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Jun 2025
25m 32s

When Your Brain Won’t Shut Up: A guide t...

Growth Mindset Psychology
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Let's unpack the heart of attention, addiction, autopilot and self-sabotage. This episode is a deep dive into the junk food of thought: addictive mental loops that hijack your attention, and keep you stuck repeating the same boring patterns — again and again and again. We talk about why your thoughts are like badly designed software, why addiction makes you ... Show More
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