Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

The Twelve Levers for a better life (with Jeremy Stevenson)


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Why is so much self-help useless, and why is some of it genuinely life-changing? What separates a powerful psychological technique from vague advice? Why is “love yourself” often less useful than a concrete sequence of actions? How can insight into the causes of suffering become a path to change rather than just an explanation? When does understanding the past help, and when does it distract from the controllable patterns happening now? Why can a simple realization about approval-seeking, avoidance, or fear reorganize a person’s life? What does exposure therapy reveal about the gap between what the anxious mind predicts and what reality actually delivers? Why is the stretch zone so important for change? How do thoughts, attention, speech, and the body become the real machinery of self-improvement? And what would it mean to build a toolkit around what people can actually control?

Links:

  • Jeremy's Website

  • Jeremy and Spencer's Book: The 12 Levers

Dr. Jeremy Stevenson works as a clinical psychologist at Adelaide Psychology and Co., and as a researcher at Spark Wave.

Staff

  • Spencer Greenberg — Host + Director
  • Ryan Kessler — Producer + Technical Lead
  • WeAmplify — Transcriptionists
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