Is your brain stopping you from change?

Check out a new episode of the Love Letters podcast, in which Meredith learns about brain plasticity from an expert.

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By Meredith Goldstein

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In Season 10 season of the Love Letters podcast, we’re asking one big question: Can people change?

So far, the answer is: it’s complicated.

Listen to the latest Love Letters episode: “The Gates of Plasticity”

We’re hearing stories from all kinds of people about how they changed for the better. They explain how they did it (by moving, taking a class, or trying a new therapy), and how we can learn from their experiences – so we can have better relationships with the people we love.

But what do the experts think? Personal stories aside, is it really possible to change? To become happier, more empathetic, and more capable of connecting to other humans?

In a new episode, we go straight to an expert – Steven E. Hyman, Director of the Program in Brain Health at the Broad Institute, a research center in Cambridge dedicated to improving human health.

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Hyman explains neural pathways, brain plasticity, why the science of Ozempic has become so important in how we understand medicine, and how consuming a tasty sandwich in Chicago might change you to your core – and make the world seem more hopeful.

I learn about my own brain, and why I once thought I looked like Reese Witherspoon (short answer: I was on drugs).

I learn why some podcast guests find it easier to change than others.

Brains are weird. Find out how they can work for us – and our close relationships – in this week’s episode.

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