Your Questions On Manifestation, Confidence, and Getting Over Your Ex, Solved

SOLVED with Mark Manson

Mark Manson

Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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It's been one year of SOLVED. 20 episodes, 20 million downloads, 3 million YouTube subscribers, and a truly unreasonable number of poop jokes. To celebrate, I sat down with over 200 of your questions and picked the ones that hit the hardest. We get into why most people fail at quitting addictions (hint: the problem isn't the feelings, it's that you never planned for them). I explain why, if you have ADHD and can't stop procrastinating, you need to treat yourself like a dog that shits on the carpet. We talk about the real science behind manifestation, why it sort of works but not for the reason TikTok thinks it does. I break down the difference between trait confidence and state confidence, and why "build evidence" is only half the equation. We cover how to handle panic attacks, getting over a "perfect" ex (spoiler: they're not perfect, and thinking they are is the problem), the uncomfortable truth about self-love, the difference between a boring relationship and being bored in a relationship, the purpose vs. money question, what FIRE retirees never tell you, and what I'd reincarnate as. Plus some big announcements: we're going back to the mega episode format in June, the PDF guides are returning, and our first topic is going to be how to actually change your life. • Sign up for my newsletter, Your Next Breakthrough. It will help make you a less awful person: ⁨https://markmanson.net/breakthrough⁩ • Get clarity on what actually matters. Try Purpose, Mark's AI mentor app that learns your patterns, challenges your blind spots, and helps you take action. Get 7 days free at purpose.app/solved Chapters: 0:00: One-Year Anniversary and Show Announcements 4:37: Overcoming Addiction and Relapse 8:18: Procrastination and ADHD 11:30: The Science of Manifestation 16:11: Panic Attacks, Siblings, and Getting Over a "Perfect" Ex 20:18: Self-Love, Gratitude, and Religion 27:12: Relationships, Purpose, and Money 36:07: Maladaptive Daydreaming, Personality, and Growing with Friends 39:59: Nomadic Living, FIRE Retirement, Purpose Anxiety, and Reincarnation Follow Mark Mark's IG: https://www.instagram.com/markmanson Solved IG: https://www.instagram.com/solvedpodcast/ Twitter: https://x.com/markmanson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmanson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@IAmMarkManson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, before we get into it, if you listen to the show, you probably consume a lot of personal growth content.
0:06.1	The books, the podcasts, YouTube videos, all of it.
0:09.3	And you've probably noticed the gap between knowing what to do and then actually going out and doing it.
0:13.9	You've got the insights, but what you don't have is something that connects them to your actual life.
0:18.9	That's why I built purpose.
0:20.4	It's a personal development AI that learns you, your patterns, your blind spots, all the
0:25.3	stuff that you keep circling back to over and over again.
0:27.9	Instead of handing you another framework, it gives you specific personalized direction.
0:32.6	So check it out.
0:33.4	You can try it for free for seven days.
0:35.5	Go to purpose.app.
0:36.7	That is purpose. That is purpose. dot app.
0:39.0	Welcome back, everybody, to the solved podcast, the last podcast you will ever need.
0:44.9	I'm your host, Mark Manson, and we have a very special episode for you today.
0:49.0	Yes, it is our one-year anniversary of the Solved podcast.
0:52.7	It's been an incredible year. We published 20 episodes,
0:56.5	had over 20 million downloads, changed countless lives, and made lots of really bad poop jokes.
1:04.1	On top of that, we just reached 3 million subscribers on YouTube, so it's even more of a time
1:09.7	to celebrate. And to do that, I'm going
1:11.7	to do a Q&A episode with our community. You guys send in over 200 questions. And we're going to
1:17.6	cover a lot of ground today, including advice on overcoming addiction, how to defeat
1:22.2	procrastination, even if you have ADHD, getting over a quote unquote perfect X, practical tips around gratitude
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