Put on your running shoes
The first step to behavior change
May 19, 2022
Transform your life with Experimental Honesty
Deepen your relationships and build a more authentic, compassionate life through guided exploration and daily practice of honesty-related principles spanning psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience.
Truthful and useful
This practice of more skillfully communicating what you believe to be true and beneficial for yourself and others while better aligning your moment-to-moment behavior with your deepest values is a lifelong adventure.
Experiments
Learning about honesty is fascinating. Putting this learning into practice through daily experimentation is life changing. The principles underlying the experiments in Experimental Honesty incorporate key insights from various philosophers, our growing neuroscientific understanding of honesty and deception, and evidence-based psychological skills spanning Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapzcgy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Mindfulness-Based Interventions, and more.
Conversations
Can you name a drama, thriller, or comedy where lying, deception, and honesty aren't critical themes?
Why do we laugh at Jim Carey in Liar Liar or Ricky Gervais in The Invention of Lying?
Authors write about it. Scientists study it. Comedians make their living with it.
Honesty. Let's talk about it.
Community
Experimental Honesty is about more than transforming your own life. It's about a new way of viewing yourself and your relationships with other people. What if you could share your newly discovered insights from building a more honest, authentic life with a growing community of like-minded individuals? What might you learn from the collective experiences of other people committed to the same lifelong adventure?
GiveWell
Doing what we can to help alleviate suffering by making tiny positive changes. Compassion, cooperation, creativity, gratitude, honesty, humor, integrity, justice, openness. These are a few of our core values for making the world a better place. What do you value?
About Brian Curtis, Ph.D.
Brian Curtis is a clinical psychologist, founder of the Honest Sleep clinical psychology practice, and creator of the Experimental Honesty app.
Brian received a master’s degree (M.S.) in neuroscience under the mentorship of Nobel Prize winning geneticist Mario Capecchi, Ph.D. and went on to receive a doctorate (Ph.D.) in clinical psychology.
Brian has long been fascinated by the role of honesty in human relationships, health, and wellbeing. This fascination has been shaped by his graduate work in neuroscience, interest in philosophy, and clinical practice of evidence-based treatments for a wide range of difficulties including chronic insomnia, nightmare disorder, anxiety disorders, major depression, relationship difficulties, chronic pain, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and borderline personality disorder.
Experimenting with honesty has transformed Brian's life personally. Being effectively honest about deal breakers and must have's in romantic relationships: A 10-year marriage to his best friend, Megan. How to be skillfully honest as parents to their 4 young children: An ongoing and exciting challenge. Admitting he had a problem with alcohol to cope with lifelong anxiety and chronic insomnia: Psychotherapy, learning, and practicing new skills to manage these difficulties while achieving long-term sobriety. Honestly examining and reflecting on his values and values-based goals: Changing careers, founding his own clinical psychology practice, and creating the Experimental Honesty app in the hopes of building a community of like-minded people to make tiny, positive changes while we're alive.
Want to be an early tester?
Get a free year of Experimental Honesty by testing beta versions of the app. We look forward to your feedback. Honestly.
