# Your Mind Is Working to Heal You (By Hurting You) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-school-of-life-7778042/your-mind-is-working-to-heal-you-by-hurting-you Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-school-of-life-7778042/your-mind-is-working-to-heal-you-by-hurting-you.md Podcast: [The School of Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-school-of-life-7778042) Published: 2026-06-18T08:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG2887149737.mp3?updated=1778647998 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG2887149737.mp3?updated=1778647998 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-school-of-life-7778042/episodes/your-mind-is-working-to-heal-you-by-hurting-you Duration seconds: 366 ## Resource Emotional Intelligence, Daily. Start now: https://www.theschooloflife.com/subscription/ Trapped in a cycle of unhappiness? 😔 Explore the psychological concept of repetition compulsion and why we unconsciously repeat painful patterns in relationships, work, and life. Learn how to break the cycle by confronting past trauma and finding true healing and self-awareness. #Psychology #MentalHealth #Anxiety #Relationships #HealingTrauma #SelfImprovement Unlock all the content of The School of Life with a subscription to our podcast, articles, videos, and exercises, specially tailored to your needs. Get weekly insights for better relationships, deeper self-knowledge, and inner calm straight to your inbox. Sign up for more ideas, plus 10% off your first shop order: https://www.theschooloflife.com/signup/ You can read more on this and other subjects in our articles, here: https://www.theschooloflife.com/article/why-we-keep-repeating-patterns-of-unhappiness/ “Many of us dimly sense that, despite ourselves, unfortunately and mysteriously, we keep ending up in some very similar dark places: perhaps another relationship with someone who doesn’t seem to love us properly, or another breakdown of trust at work, or another panic about reputation or sex. Or else the repeated patterns involve a return to a background mood: yet again we feel highly anxious. Yet again we feel convinced that everyone hates us or that something terrible is about to happen…” OUR COLLECTIONS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpcEwc0qydf2jSszQFSht81E https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpckOvZZ_AZjD7WM2p9-6NBv https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpeUL1vz9Su7OmeghBDgmj7X https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpeypJMHfNbJ4RAFkRtmAN3P https://www.youtube.com/playlist?l… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-school-of-life-7778042/episodes/your-mind-is-working-to-heal-you-by-hurting-you/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-school-of-life-7778042/your-mind-is-working-to-heal-you-by-hurting-you.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.