3734: How to Feel Better by Mark Manson on Therapy, Journaling and Meditation

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🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3734: Mark Manson unpacks why therapy, journaling, and meditation all reliably boost mental health, despite their different methods. At the core, each helps us step back from our emotions by turning them into something observable, which builds self-awareness and loosens the ego’s grip. This shift from “I am my feelings” to “I am observing my feelings” opens space for clarity, choice, and growth. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://markmanson.net/how-to-get-better Quotes to ponder: "The value of therapy isn’t the therapy. It’s the context. It’s the environment." "There is something mysteriously powerful about verbalizing your thoughts and feelings; it somehow causes them to lose their power over you." "They are three tools for building self-awareness and chipping away at the ego." Episode references: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson: https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Franklin-American-Life-Isaacson/dp/074325807X The Diary of Marie Curie: https://www.amazon.com/Diary-Marie-Curie-Autobiographical-Notes/dp/0486470113 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.6	How to Feel Better by Mark Manson of Mark Manson.net.
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1:05.2	And now let's get right to it as we optimize your life.
1:12.1	How to Feel Better by Mark Manson of Mark Manson.net.
1:17.4	Therapy, journaling, and meditation have all been shown to improve mental health.
1:23.6	When you look a little closer, they all share one thing in common.
1:28.2	Therapy.
1:29.6	Why does talking to someone about our problems make us feel better?
1:33.8	Therapy as a whole has a great and reliable track record as a tool to help people.
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