How Mindsets Shape Reality w/ Dr. Alia Crum

How Mindsets Shape Reality w/ Dr. Alia Crum

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November 20, 2025 · 1h 0m

About this episode

Scott discusses with Dr. Alia Crum how mindsets influence reality and well-being.

This week, Scott sits down with his longtime friend and colleague, Dr. Alia Crum—one of the world’s leading researchers on the science of mindsets. Dr. Crum’s groundbreaking work investigates how our subjective beliefs and interpretations can produce real, measurable changes in behavior, physiology, and psychological well-being. Drawing inspiration from research on the placebo effect, Dr. Crum explores how mindsets influence everything from health and stress to performance and interpersonal effectiveness. She and Scott discuss the mechanisms through which mindsets shape objective reality, and how deliberately shifting our mental lenses can lead to meaningful transformation in our lives and organizations. This conversation is especially personal for Scott, who first met Dr. Crum during their graduate school days at Yale. They revisit early philosophical chats while highlighting how far her research—and its real-world implications—has come. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Scott

Guest: Dr. Alia Crum

Topics covered

  • mindsets
  • placebo effect
  • behavior change
  • psychological well-being
  • performance
  • interpersonal effectiveness

Keywords

  • mindsets
  • behavior
  • placebo effect
  • psychology
  • health
  • stress
  • performance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yale

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