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Being Well Podcast: Everything I Wish I’d Known: A Guide to Personal Growth
February 3, 2025

In this special episode of the Being Well Podcast, Forrest focuses on the key lessons from 400 episodes of Being Well, giving you a crash course in personal growth and development. If you’re just getting into the show, or are looking for a good episode to share with someone, this guide to personal growth is a great place to start.

Key Topics:

  • 0:00: Introduction: A guide to personal growth
  • 1:10: Change is possible, but change is hard
  • 3:00: Focus on what you can control
  • 4:30: The consistency principle
  • 6:05: Punishing ourselves is a losing strategy
  • 7:45: What are you pursuing?
  • 9:30: The negativity bias
  • 11:40: Why you don’t have self-worth
  • 13:40: Change the beliefs you have about yourself
  • 17:05: Forming a coherent narrative
  • 19:50: Set reasonable expectations
  • 22:45: The middle path
  • 24:30: Homeostasis and social pressure
  • 26:30: How to get good at anything
  • 27:45: Willpower, and avoiding willpower
  • 28:25: Don’t know mind
  • 31:25: The trap of self-awareness
  • 32:35:  Risking disappointment
  • 34:10: The function of our bad habits
  • 36:00: Look for those who support you
  • 37:15: Changing our models of relationship
  • 40:00: Authenticity
  • 41:50: Embrace good conflict
  • 44:40: Contempt
  • 46:20: Start by joining
  • 48:40: Experiencing out
  • 49:55: Joining with the defense
  • 51:15: Moving toward to move away
  • 52:40: Learning to trust yourself

Forrest is now writing on Substack, check out his work there.

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