Your Personality Is Not Fixed | Olga Khazan

May 24, 2025 · 1h 06m

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/ 📚 Grab signed copies of her book Me, But Better at The Painted Porch! 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic Podcast on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail 🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📱 Follow us: Instagram , Twitter , YouTube , TikTok , and Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com…

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