Mindset Neuroscience Podcast

Mar 04 2025 57 ep. 45 mins 684

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Science-based strategies to enhance resilience, self-regulation, learning and innovation by focusing on mindset, relationship, biofeedback and psychological safety.

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Neuroscience of Attachment: satiated connection, rest and play as prerequisites for growth

Mar 04 2025 75 mins

Attachment theory is not a 'theory'.. it's a part of our neurophysiological operating system It’s a biobehavioral adaptation that helps us regulate ourselves and explore new frontiers. And attachment is not just a childhood concept. It is something that carries out through our life. In this podcast interview, I speak with Deb MacNamara, a developmental psychologist an

Cerebral Entanglements: How the Brain Shapes Our Public and Private Lives – Dr Allan Hamilton

Feb 11 2025 58 mins

"your brain is editing out what it thinks you should know about and what you shouldn't know about." -Dr. Allan Hamilton Understanding why we react the way we do, where our patterns come from and how we can show up differently gives us strength, agency and internal safety because it increases our ability to choose... choose our boundaries, our behaviors, our values, our p

the science of brain fog: 4 ways to boost your mind’s clarity (mini podcast episode)

Jan 28 2025 20 mins

Ever feel like your brain's in a fog? Like something is off and your brain is not firing on all cylinders? This is something I come across a lot when working with clients, and particularly in doing brain maps. What might be underlying our brain fog, and importantly, what can we do about it? Mindset is important. Our belief in our ability to change our brain is a key to

The Heart as a Little Brain: the beauty and power of mindful breathing

Jan 07 2025 8 mins

Years ago, while studying with my mentor-professor at NYU, Zoran Josipovic - who was looking at brains scans of monks - I decided to stay for a few months at various monasteries. One of them was Deer Park - under the guidance of Thich Nhat Hanh. It was an eye-opening experience. We engaged in many meditation and mindful breathing practices. These practices taught me the power of

How to not take things personally: The science of stimulus-response

Dec 17 2024 22 mins

As we approach the end of the year, we may start notice within ourselves - and others - feelings of exhaustion, burn out, feeling frazzled or overwhelmed. There are seasons that are influenced socially and symbolically.. for example, the beginning of academic years, the end of a calendar year, holiday breaks, shortened days, different temperatures... all of these can aff

Brains on the same wavelength: higher levels of collective intelligence – interview with Caroline Szymanski Season 4 Ep 9

Dec 03 2024 30 mins

Connection is a 'biological imperative'. Being a mammal means that we are extremely 'nurture-dependent'. We cannot survive without connection to another. On the one hand, each human must become self regulating to a certain degree. Self-regulation is what we do on our own to regulate our nervous system.Co-regulation is another essential aspect of our survival as mammals. Co-reg

Bravery and the Brain: how to cultivate courage and vulnerability for learning and trying new things

Nov 19 2024 20 mins

Whether it's asking a question, raising our hands, speaking in public, posting or publishing, expressing something new, asking someone out, having a difficult conversation, setting a boundary, or wanting to have a new experience that challenges us… our ability to push through the unfamiliar and take action has to do with the idea of bravery, courage and vulnerability.

Beware False Growth Mindset: Signals of Inauthenticity and How to Change Them

Nov 12 2024 9 mins

When we truly understand the power of the human brain, and we authentically become learners, neuroscience becomes a language of the human spirit - one that empowers and inspires. Unfortunately, it can also become a language of buzzwords, hype and cheerleading without substance. There are micro-signals of authenticity that reflect our internal states and that transmit f

How to not repeat history: neurochemical identities and self-fulfilling prophecies – mini episode

Nov 05 2024 15 mins

As we approach the holidays and important moments in history… are there social or family dynamics that feel like repeats or remnants from the past? Do you sometimes get the feeling that nothing ever really changes? Repeating history isn’t necessarily a bad thing… If we’re repeating the parts of it we like. A part of our growth and learning is that we take what

How purpose and transcendent thinking affect the brain

Oct 29 2024 47 mins

Purpose isn't just some grandiose, once-in-a-lifetime discovery. It's not a single "aha" moment where suddenly everything clicks. Instead, we can view a sense of purpose as an ongoing narrative that evolves with our unique sensitivities* and experiences - and the meaning we make about those sensitivities and experiences. *a sensitivity is related to what we notice in our externa