Sometimes words can become your worst enemy. Clinical psychologist and cognitive behavioural therapist Dr Jane Gregory tells how to defuse their power.

The main part of this episode is a rerun of episode 14; visit theallusionist.org/behave to see the full show notes. There's a new piece of word history this time round, though: the etymology of 'control'. Strap in for a wild ride down to the 13th century accounts department!

I had forgotten I had quite a rough throat when I recorded this episode originally; it sounds like I'm whispering reverently, whereas I'm just trying not to wake the hacking cough. Bit of insight into The Process for you there.

The transcript is at theallusionist.org/transcripts/behave-rerun.

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TODAY'S RANDOMLY SELECTED WORD FROM THE DICTIONARY:

aglet