Mindset Neuroscience Podcast

Have you ever had a misunderstanding over text?  Maybe you texted someone and they didn’t reply right away.. or their answer left you feeling rejected or frustrated? Do you know why you feel the urge to put an exclamation mark... READ MORE The post Season 1 Episode 8 – Toxic Media: How social media impairs your brain, nervous system and relationship skills appeared first on Stefanie Faye.

Earlier studies on fixed vs growth mindset reveal how we build bias and stereotypes. The original wording used by Carol Dweck and colleagues before they popularized ‘fixed versus growth mindset’ was ‘entity’ versus ‘incremental’ mindsets. Dweck’s research (included the idea... READ MORE The post Season 1 Episode 7 – How fixed mindset leads to bias, stereotype and prejudice appeared first on Stefanie Faye.

    Sound may be the most important sense we have for learning as well as for detecting others emotions. The human ability to hear ‘just noticeable differences’ is significantly more powerful than what our eyes are able to detect... READ MORE The post Season 1 Episode 6 – The importance of sound and how it affects our wellbeing appeared first on Stefanie Faye.

“Feelings can annoy or delight us, but that is not what they are for […].  Feelings are for life regulation, providers of information concerning basic homeostasis or the social condition of our lives.” -Antonio Damasio, The Strange Order of Things... READ MORE The post Season 1 Episode 5 – Self-Regulation: the remarkable skill that will make you a better human appeared first on Stefanie Faye.

Summary: In this episode, we look at how neuroscience can help us explain: why so many people react to life unconsciously (not ‘on purpose’).  Understanding this helps us get to the root of our issues, instead of repeating our reactions... READ MORE The post Season 1 Episode 4 – A Sense of Purpose appeared first on Stefanie Faye.

There's a lot of 'old science' out there. Stuff we humans used to believe that has been de-bunked. Things like...   'humans are more complex than other species, which means we have more genes.' Before the Human Genome Project was completed... READ MORE The post Season 1 Episode 3 – The science most people keep using is wrong appeared first on Stefanie Faye.

"It's not merely that we can't be loving or creative when we're scared; we can't heal." -Stephen Porges   In order for us to access our most evolved neural and behavioral resources, we must be in a state of physiological... READ MORE The post Season 1 Episode 2 – Psychological Safety, Resilience and the Vagus Nerve appeared first on Stefanie Faye.

Listen on iTunes   Old, outdated science said that the human brain basically stopped developing in childhood and there wasn't much we could do to change it.  What we got was what we got.   But we now know that that... READ MORE The post Season 1 Episode 1 – Neuroscience of Growth Mindset appeared first on Stefanie Faye.