Snapshot · Call Her Daddy
Wilde argues that sharing custody can actually make you a better parent because each parent is fully present during their time, giving children the best of both parents rather than a diminished version.
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Cooper notes that Wilde effectively disappeared from long-form interviews for about four years and asks if it was intentional. Wilde says absolutely — she needed to get quiet, hear herself again, and step out of the tornado. The Don't Worry Darling promotional period was unprecedented in its chaos: fake stories, fake sources, complete fictional narratives traded as fact. Her assistant, having watched it all from inside, told her it had ruined tabloids for him forever [1] — Olivia Wilde "Pulled back from public life for ~4 years: Wilde intentionally stepped back from public life and long-form interviews for roughly four year…" 1:11:03 . Wilde describes doing intensive therapy, taking the destruction as an opportunity to rebuild. She was the most talked-about woman in the world in 2022 — for her relationships, parenting, looks, and morality — and she felt completely disconnected from the person being discussed. Her private life during that period was, she says, actually wholesome and joyful: a tornado outside the door, a nice house inside.
Wilde intentionally stepped back from public life and long-form interviews for roughly four years after the Don't Worry Darling promotional chaos, to heal and rebuild herself.
Spencer Greenberg and Jeremy Stevenson analyzed almost 500 self-improvement techniques and found they all reduce to just 12 underlying psychological drivers.
Cold exposure has good short-term alertness benefits but the evidence base for long-term health benefits is much weaker than popularly believed.
In a randomized study of 20 habit-formation techniques run on hundreds of people, almost none of the techniques produced statistically meaningful results.
People given a tiny-habit fallback option (e.g. 10 squats instead of gym) were actually MORE successful at completing the full habit, not less.
The most effective habit-formation technique was 'habit reflection' — recalling a past successful habit, writing down what helped, then applying those lessons to a new habit.
A study found that simply scheduling enjoyable activities was as effective as standard cognitive behavioral therapy for depression, leading to its own therapy called behavioral activation.
The 'worry time' technique — deferring all worries to a designated time of day — helps people realize they have more control over worry than they thought and reveals it is less useful than it feels.
A study found that participants told to try to stay awake while in bed fell asleep faster than participants told to try to sleep — illustrating the paradox of direct effort.
Spencer Greenberg reduced his severe social anxiety dramatically in roughly 6 months through a structured exposure therapy hierarchy, culminating in asking strangers for hugs.
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