🧠 Your brain’s trying to save your life, not improve it

Turns out, a few quiet truths from therapy can absolutely rewrite your internal monologue.

When something important happens in a movie, you get the full treatment: music swells, the camera pushes in, the director practically whispers, ‘did you catch that?’ Life doesn’t offer those cues, which means some of the most crucial things we hear in therapy just sit there, quietly, until one day they change everything.

One moment, you’re explaining how you obsessively prepare for the worst to avoid anxiety. The next, your therapist casually points out... that actually is anxiety.

In this story, Ryan Reed pulls together five offhand therapy truths and asks real mental health pros why they hit so hard. The answers are a reminder that breakthroughs aren’t always loud.

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🎸 Who are The Beatles of the '70s, '80s, and beyond?

From Bowie to Beyoncé, fans are debating who filled The Beatles' musical boots.

The Beatles were gone by 1970*, but their shadow has loomed over every decade since. Which artist deserves the crown in their absence? Depends on who you ask.

As Ryan Reed reports, Reddit users nominated everyone from Bowie (the “obvious” answer) to ELO, Fleetwood Mac, and even KISS. The '80s had Prince and Queen. The '90s gave us Nirvana, Oasis, and Radiohead. And one brave soul insisted Radiohead owned three decades in a row. (Was that you, Ryan?)

It’s a music debate that’s part nostalgia, part chaos, and 100% impossible to settle. But once you see the list, you’ll have opinions of your own.

* - STAT NERD TIME: The Beatles cranked out a new album every 7 months, scored a U.S. #1 single every 110 days, and spent about 60% of their 8-year time as a band sitting on top of the charts.

And what did we learn?

We’ll have the answer for Yesterday’s quiz on Monday. There’s still time to put in your answer, though. Which of the major awards has Harrison Ford won?

☠️ Malicious compliance, meet the afterlife

You can’t take it with you, and they can’t collect once you’re gone.

In this story from the GOOD vault by Adam Albright-Hanna, a UK woman found herself in a surreal tug-of-war with a debt collection agency that refused to believe her father was dead.

After endless letters and phone calls, the agents insisted they needed to speak directly to the account holder. So she made it happen.

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💬 From the group text…

I would also never eat 10 tortillas. But I would cut them into quarters, deep-fry them, dip them in guacamole, and scarf them down before starting my “real” meal. Human digestion is a trip!