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Why You Keep Repeating the Same Mistakes and How to Fix the Bug
A New Year's Reality Check: Your brain's mental shortcuts can turn mistakes into habits. Here's why you keep repeating errors and what actually breaks…
 • Rob Lefort
Here's Why the Source of Your Anxiety Is Also Your Way Out
Discover how your brain's greatest liability—its ability to manufacture anxiety from thin air—is also your ticket to freedom.
 • Rob Lefort
A Cognitive Decline Foretold: Your Brain in the Age of AI
Technology promises ease, but our brains need challenge to stay sharp. What happens when we outsource thinking itself? A psychologist explores the…
 • Rob Lefort
Your Brain is Lying to You: The Hidden Culprit Behind Anxiety
Cognitive distortions fuel anxiety and depression by making your brain interpret reality as more threatening than it is. Learn how CBT helps you…
 • Rob Lefort
Why You Should Replace Long Term Plans for Micro Experiments
Discover why micro experiments beat grand plans for mental health. Learn to embrace uncertainty, decode procrastination, and experiment your way to a…
 • Rob Lefort
Your Brain Is Making Reality Up: The Reverse Inference Problem
Your brain doesn't detect reality—it creates it by predicting what's happening based on past experience. Here's why that matters for your daily life.
 • Rob Lefort
The Qualia Dilemma: Why We Can Never Fully Understand Each Other
Ever wonder why you feel misunderstood even by those closest to you? Explore why perfect human understanding is impossible—and why that might be the…
 • Rob Lefort
The Accidental Genius: The Mystery of Savant Syndrome
Savant syndrome reveals how brain injury or developmental differences can unlock extraordinary abilities, challenging our understanding of human…
 • Rob Lefort
The biological effects of fasting and hidden psychological benefits
Explore the surprising psychological benefits of fasting—from dopamine resets to reduced anxiety, and how going without food might actually feed your…
 • Rob Lefort
How meditation rewires your brain: the science behind neural remodeling
Discover the science of how meditation reshapes brain regions, lowers stress, and boosts focus through the power of neuroplasticity.
 • Rob Lefort
PTSD: When your Brain's Security System Goes Rogue
Learn why trauma memories feel so vivid and intrusive compared to normal memories, and how your brain's unique filing system can be healed through…
 • Rob Lefort
The Art of Not-Knowing: What Zen and Psychology Have in Common
Discover the common ground between an ancient spiritual practice of mind training and modern psychotherapy, and how they share similar tools for…
 • Rob Lefort
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