Belief Leadership Starts with Knowing Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick

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What if the exhausting voice in your head isn't your inner critic but something closer to an inner dictator, running a full scale propaganda campaign to keep you safe instead of happy? Repeat guest Owen Fitzpatrick, social psychologist and author of the new book Inner Propaganda, joins Cait to unpack how our brains build the beliefs that quietly drive burnout, perfectionism, and people pleasing. It gets personal fast, including a story about something six year old Cait believed about her father's addiction that shaped three decades of hyperindependence. Key Topics Covered • What inner propaganda actually means, and why the brain builds it for survival, not happiness • The difference between an inner critic and an inner dictator • How childhood beliefs form before we have the words to question them • Cait's story about the deal she made with God at age six, and how it built her perfectionism • Why fierce independence can actually be one of the most selfish things a person does • The three conditions a belief needs before it can change: it has to feel right, fit who you are, and only then make sense • Belief leadership, and why data alone never gets a team to buy in • The anti-fragil

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