What if bragging (or "humblebragging") has nothing to do with vanity or narcissism, but everything to do with a lack of self-acceptance?

Expect to learn:

- What past experiences led us to start bragging?

- What insecurities are causing us to brag?

- What does bragging do to our self-worth? And what can we do about it?

- Why Aladdin never actually needed to brag - to pretend be the rich "Prince Ali"

"Genetics influence 30-70% of our personality" 

Dr. Antoine Eid is a behavioral genetics researcher at Cambridge University, and the founder of MeetYourself, a startup that combines DNA and personality testing to reveal our hidden talents and preferences. 

Expect to learn how genetics can reveal our hidden potential, how discovering our genetic preferences can help us find our purpose, how praise and positive reinforcement are more effective than criticism, how we're taught from birth to be "not good enough", how our Negativity Bias demotivates us, how we can help children by recognizing their talents and preferences early on, how positive reinforcement how genetics (nature) combine with our environment and culture (nurture) to present us with multiple paths and options. 

YouTube Video Link: https://youtu.be/OkHHShI7pVM

Connect with Antoine:
-LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/drantoineeid
-Website: https://meetyourself.me/

Do you have someone you really care about, but when it comes time to express your affection for them, whether it's in the form of a hug, a kiss, or a simple "I love you", you just can't bring yourself to do it? This episode is about why we struggle to express affection, and how we can change our mindset about it.

What if the reason we're obsessed about relationships - is because we're using them to avoid dealing with our problems? 

In this episode, we discuss how romance is like a video game - a game called The Relationship Escalator, and how we like using this video game to distract us from the difficult problems in our lives.

Do we try to impress people because of vanity? Or does it actually have to do with feeling unloved in our past?

Discover how Self-Awareness can help you strip away the power of your deepest insecurities. 

What if Perfectionism has nothing to do with striving for greatness, but everything to do with crippling insecurity?

If dating apps make everyone so miserable, how come we can't stop using them? 

How do we stop them from dominating our attention and our lives? 

What's the underlying emotional reason that causes us to invest so much time on Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble? 

What procrastination has nothing to do with laziness, but everything to do with guilt and anxiety?