Growth Mindset Psychology
Exploring psychology and beyond for practical tools and actionable lessons.
Sam Webster Harris dives through the curious sides of science and questions common advice to find greater wisdom.
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Nov. 15, 2024
How To Increase Your Intelligence and Become A Deep Thinker
5 practices to adopt and 3 habits to avoid that will build your mental clarity and decision making
Nov. 22, 2024
How To Gracefully Deal With Life Problems
A 3 part decision framework to understand and solve any frustration
Dec. 3, 2024
How To Be More Interesting
The surprising techniques to be more yourself - that also make you more interesting
Dec. 13, 2024
The Psychology of FOMO - Why it's Getting Worse and What To Do About It
Modern technology amplifies our fear and emotions. FOMO is on the rise.
Dec. 17, 2024
Self-Help Vs. Real-Help: How to Actually Improve Your Life
What does psychology say about the role of information in building wisdom and lasting change?
Dec. 31, 2024
10 Powerful Stoic Questions: Review Your Year and Refocus your Life
What does it mean to life a good life?
Jan. 3, 2025
The Life-Changing Magic of Actually Doing Stuff - Get 2025 Started Right
Stop Dreaming, Start Doing - Action is more important than planning
Jan. 24, 2025
16 Strange But Beautiful Paradoxes in Life (The hidden keys to fulfilment)
What If Everything You Knew About Success Was Backward?
Jan. 31, 2025
Ego and the Prisoner of Success: 3 Steps to Build Silent Confidence
Insecurity Screams, Confidence Whispers - Lessons from "Ego is the Enemy" that we can apply to real life
Feb. 7, 2025
5 Science-Backed Ways to Stop Disappointing Yourself - Live Gracefully
76% of people regularly break promises to themselves - Why do we keep letting ourselves down?
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Sept. 28, 2026
The Deep-Thinking Habits That Quietly Change Your Life
Train your brain to resist distraction, form your own opinions, and think like an intellectual. When every answer is one click away, we’ve forgotten how to enjoy the struggle of figuring things out. This episode explores the radical act of thinking more slowly in a fast-paced world. Modern life has made us intellectual snackers: we graze on headlines, notifications, and other people’s opinions until our minds feel full on intellectual candy floss. Drawing on ideas from Cal Newport, Charlie Mu
Sept. 24, 2026
Can Psychedelics Really Help You Change Your Patterns?
What the science says about psychedelics, neuroplasticity, and lasting behaviour change
Sept. 21, 2026
34 Unconventional Life Lessons That Changed My Definition of Success
Beyond money, status, and discipline where do we truly find meaning, purpose, and happiness?
Sept. 17, 2026
Why So Many People Secretly Struggle With Porn Addiction
An honest conversation on addiction, depression, and identity with recovery coach Powerful Eric. This week we talk about the strange modern epidemic of porn addiction, an affliction so quietly widespread that roughly one in nine men wrestle with it, yet almost nobody mentions it at dinner. Eric explains how the brain mistakes novelty for reward, why the "disease model" of addiction may be doing more harm than good, and how a golden Buddha buried under centuries of clay became his favourite met
Sept. 14, 2026
Psychology of Mistakes: 7 Lazy Thinking Habits You Don't Notice You Have
The hidden psychology behind bad decisions, blame, and self-justification
Sept. 10, 2026
8 Questions I asked Myself after 30
On self-awareness, loneliness as a digital nomad, and the psychology behind lasting career change.
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