Drawing from Haley’s framework of relationships, in a radio talk from the 1960s, Alan Watts explains that in a therapist-patient relationship--and in most normal life relationships for that matter--there is one person who is one-up and the other person who is one-down in any given situation.

“Mindset is a portal between conscious and subconscious processes” (dr. Alia Crum). The profound progress in the science of mindset and cognitive psychology can teach us how to implement a sustainable growth mindset in life, where you take responsibility for your life, not the other way around.