Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain

You 2.0: How to Get Out of a Rut

Jan 12, 2026 · 1h 38m

<p>There are times in life when the challenges we face feel insurmountable. Authors succumb to writer’s block. Athletes and artists hit a plateau. People of a certain age fall into a midlife crisis. These are all different ways of saying: I’m stuck. This week, in a favorite conversation from 2023, psychologist <a href="https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/adam-alter" target="_blank"><strong>Adam Alter</strong></a> shares his research on why we all get stuck at various points in our lives, and how to break free. Then, psychologist <a href="https://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/gab38/">George Bonanno</a> …

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