Laura pulls apart a viral moment from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Amanda Frances said "and it's true" about out-earning her husband, and it illustrates why the mental reach for truth as justification almost always leaves you stuck with thoughts that aren't actually doing anything for the life you're trying to build.

In this episode:

• Why "and it's true" is one of the most common mental moves we make
• The difference between a thought being true and a thought being useful
• How the same statement can be useful under one intention and completely counterproductive under another
• A look at how producers manufacture polarizing moments, and how different intentions operating on the same statement produce wildly different verdicts
• A quick callback to Episode 1: why utility, not truth, is the filter that actually gets you somewhere

New here? Start with Episode 1: Welcome to the Practice.