Cognitive dissonance occurs when one’s thoughts contradict themselves, their thoughts contradict their behaviors, or their behaviors contradict their other behaviors. One of my largest problems with cognitive dissonance was remedied this summer during an internship in California. I had a supervisor over me who was from Columbia. Jeanelle Ariza is a brilliant female scientist who also has a deep testimony of the power of Christ. Every morning she would ask me “how are you today?” and I would tell her I was fine, to which she would squint her eyes, put her little hands on her hips and say in her thick accent, “I don’t believe you.” I believe Jeanelle to have a spiritual gift to read people. She would tell me I was sad. She would ask me why and I had no answer for her. I didn’t feel sad; I felt the way I always had felt. Because of her example and curiosity and compassion, I began introspection and realized that while I acted each day as though I was perfectly happy, inside