Adults behaving like kids at christmas

How is it that people look so look forward to the holiday season and yet there is so much conflict, disappointment and family arguments around this time of year? Revertigo, the humorous name given to what psychologists call Associative Regression at this time of year explains why conflict happens and how you can avoid it. Click below to listen to this 12 minute radio segment on the ABC Radio’s Breakfast Program with Robbie Buck and Wendy Harmer on 14th December 2019.

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