Can people actually change or are we just stuck with who we are? In this episode, author and journalist Olga Khazan** **joins Ryan to unpack the age-old debate: are personality traits fixed or can we reshape them over time? Olga shares what happened when she tried to change her own personality over the course of a year and what science says about whether that’s even possible.
Olga Khazan is a staff writer at *The Atlantic and author of Me, But Better). *You can follow Olga on Instagram and X @Olganator) and read more of her work on Substack: https://olgakhazan.substack.com/)
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