Mindset Neuroscience Podcast

When Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Brain Science: Returning to What We Already Know We're drowning in information. Collecting data. Consuming content. And yet, somehow, we're starving for wisdom. There's a particular frequency—I sometimes call it home—where the noise quiets and... READ MORE The post When Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Brain Science w Dr. Aldrich Chan appeared first on StefanieFaye.

Most of us walk through the world believing we're responding to what's actually happening. But we're not. We're responding to a model—a statistical best guess shaped by our history, our nervous system, and even the people who raised us. Here's... READ MORE The post Your brain doesn’t do reality – it does probability: And self-understanding is how we update the code. appeared first on StefanieFaye.

  Gratitude - and all of its related rituals - can come across as surface level and performative.  But when we can explore it through the lens of neuroscience, we see that it is not just about some frivolous ‘feel-good’... READ MORE The post The Neuroscience of Thanksgiving: regulation beyond the ritual appeared first on StefanieFaye.

Resilience isn't built by staying calm. Resilience also doesn't happen by following a script or filling out a worksheet. It's built through rupture, repair, and range. It's about in-the-moment-flexibility, adaptation, and widening our repertoire of strategies and scenarios of what we can handle.   I love leading research teams on enhancing human performance and resilience.  It helps us get clear about what we... READ MORE The post Resilience isn’t built by staying calm: how your brain-body actually heals appeared first on StefanieFaye.

How does revenge play a role in our world? Neuroscience research shows that its neurological basis plays a deeper, darker role than we might have imagined...   “Behavioral studies from around the world confirm that people who hurt (or kill)... READ MORE The post How revenge affects our brain and how we can break the cycle appeared first on StefanieFaye.

What if the most powerful leaders are not those who control others, but those who have mastered the art of self-regulation? Not only leaders who can regulate themselves, but those who regulate the nervous systems of those around them.  By... READ MORE The post Super-Regulators: the Science of Self-Regulation Leadership appeared first on StefanieFaye.

Our past experiences are not simply stored in the brain—they are patterns embedded into the circuitry of our brain-body system.     For many people, their history can linger as patterns of dysregulation, stress, or a sense of being "stuck"... READ MORE The post Our Brain as a Liberation Technology: how to free our mind from our past appeared first on StefanieFaye.

Memory is not just in the brain. Many of you have heard of the book, The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk. The main idea of the book is that memory is not just something contained in... READ MORE The post Our Body Keeps the Score, Our Cells ‘Remember’ with Dr. Nikolay Kukushkin appeared first on StefanieFaye.

What does your mind do when it wanders?  Perhaps you catch yourself getting 'lost in thought'...  moments of daydreaming, wondering, wandering...   Do you believe that those 'lapses in attention' are helpful or hindering?   Without knowing what the brain is... READ MORE The post Neuroscience of Mind Wandering, Default Mode & Social-Cognitive Complexity with Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang appeared first on StefanieFaye.

“[...] humans, people and knowledge are not only objectively significant: they are by far the most significant phenomena in nature – the only ones whose behaviour cannot be understood without understanding everything of fundamental importance.” ― David Deutsch, The Beginning... READ MORE The post Artificial Intelligence, Disembodied Wisdom: interview with Dr Mathilde Cerioli appeared first on StefanieFaye.

"It's a blessing to be hidden and a disaster not to be found." - D. W. Winnicott   The labels we assign to ourselves or accept from others can drastically influence our self-perception and motivation. The words we hear about... READ MORE The post Recognition: the Science and Power of Attunement, Non-Conformity, and Hope with Dr. Ross Ellenhorn appeared first on StefanieFaye.

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... READ MORE The post Neuroscience of Attachment: satiated connection, rest and play as prerequisites for growth appeared first on StefanieFaye.

"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... READ MORE The post Cerebral Entanglements: How the Brain Shapes Our Public and Private Lives – Dr Allan Hamilton appeared first on StefanieFaye.

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... READ MORE The post the science of brain fog: 4 ways to boost your mind’s clarity (mini podcast episode) appeared first on StefanieFaye.

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...READ MORE

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,...READ MORE

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...READ MORE

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...READ MORE

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...READ MORE

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...READ MORE