Program: Yes, you can change your personality (kind of)

Many of us may have thought about changing parts of our personalities, staff writer at the The Atlantic Olga Khazan, actually did it. 

After spending a year intensively researching the science of personality change, the journalist and author of Me, But Better applied that science to herself.

But, what does the research say about the reality of personality change? And, are there evidence-based ways to change the essence of who we are?

Guest:

• Olga Khazan, journalist, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change
• Dr Carly Johnco, clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at Macquarie University