Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
In this episode, Drew and I dive into some of the biggest beliefs we’ve shifted over the years—and what it actually looks like to change your mind.
We talk about Drew’s evolving views on religion, why I’m way less convinced that people are as changeable as we like to believe, and why I think trauma might be getting a little too much airtime in the self-help world.
We also get into the loneliness epidemic, the quiet power of community, and why so much of “personal growth” isn’t about becoming someone new—it’s about learning to work with who you already are.
Leave a comment below about what you’ve changed your mind about—and enjoy.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro: What we've changed our minds about
02:59 Religion
07:40 Where does belief change start?
17:08 Does Mark stand by his books?
18:06 Why change is so hard
30:27 Trauma isn't destiny
37:52 Cautious optimism
Theme song: Icarus Lives by @Periphery, used with permission from Periphery.
In this episode, Drew and I dive into some of the biggest beliefs we’ve shifted over the years—and what it actually looks like to change your mind.
We talk about Drew’s evolving views on religion, why I’m way less convinced that people are as changeable as we like to believe, and why I think trauma might be getting a little too much airtime in the self-help world.
We also get into the loneliness epidemic, the quiet power of community, and why so much of “personal growth” isn’t about becoming someone new—it’s about learning to work with who you already are.
Leave a comment below about what you’ve changed your mind about—and enjoy.
Sign up for my newsletter, Your Next Breakthrough. It will help make you a less awful person: markmanson.net/breakthrough
Follow me:
instagram.com/markmanson
twitter.com/IAmMarkManson
facebook.com/Markmansonnet
linkedin.com/in/markmanson
tiktok.com/@iammarkmanson
Chapters
00:00 Intro: What we've changed our minds about
02:59 Religion
07:40 Where does belief change start?
17:08 Does Mark stand by his books?
18:06 Why change is so hard
30:27 Trauma isn't destiny
37:52 Cautious optimism
Theme song: Icarus Lives by @Periphery, used with permission from Periphery.
