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Sep 2025
52m 59s

Winning the Battle Against Yourself

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
About this episode
Many of us have been raised to believe that if we want to get something done, we just need to set our minds to it. Where there's a will, there's a way, right? Yet somehow we end up polishing off that pint of ice cream in the freezer, or spending more than our budget allows. It's almost as if we're not the ones in charge. This week, we talk with psychologist ... Show More
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