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Nikki Rubin

Nikki Rubin

Licensed clinical psychologist (PsyD, Pepperdine), co-founder and COO of MindScience Collective, specializing in ACT and third-wave CBT in Los Angeles.

Sep 17, 2026

4:58
... what traps do people fall into?
5:00
Sure.
5:00
So, um, that's, that's a great question, and you've actually already named the first one, which is trying to figure out every possible problem, every possible solution, basically, like, trying to know everything.
5:14
And, you know, look, hopefully, um, you know, for most of us that have been practicing for a long time, we're very well-trained and honestly comfortable with not knowing things.
5:25
Like, you know, certainly when we're earlier in our training, that can feel a lot more unpleasant, but, like all of us, myself included, we can, you know, we can feel anxious, like, when we don't know what's happening in the room, like, where to go.
5:36
And so the tendency is, you know, just as it is with humans in general, is I gotta figure it all out.
5:42
I gotta go into problem-solving mode.
9:41
[laughs]

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