One of my main goals, then, is to help my patients become aware of their pathogenic beliefs and change them. This is often a slow and difficult process because these beliefs are not factual ones, such as “the earth is flat,” which could be disproved, or opinions like “schools shouldn’t teach sex education,” which could be altered by a persuasive ar

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When we don’t understand something, someone, a new idea or technology, and when that new thing challenges our identity, intelligence or livelihood, instead of listening and leaning in – in an attempt to ease our cognitive dissonance – we too often lean out and attack them. This might make us feel good, but an ostrich with its head in the sand is at

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