This excerpt from my conversation with Laura Behrens Wu is a great example of what happens as we grow up and realize how much we are run by cultural, habitual and genetic conditioning.
As children, we form beliefs and opinions about the way the world works based on our experiences.
We are by default vulnerable and we find ways through the trauma of growing up that don't really work that well when we get older.
As adults, it becomes a tricky process to uncover these beliefs and shine the light of truth on them so to speak.
This can be a very uncomfortable process, particularly for those of us with childhood trauma. Yet the feeling of liberation on the other end of our fault models is truly limitless in its relief.
If you want to listen to the whole episode, here it is.
How to update your mental models