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Science-based strategies to enhance resilience, self-regulation, learning and innovation by focusing on mindset, relationship, biofeedback and psychological safety.
When Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Brain Science: Returning to What We Already Know We're drowning in information. Collecting data. Consuming...
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 stat...
Gratitude - and all of its related rituals - can come across as surface level and performative. But when we can explore it through the lens...
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...
How does revenge play a role in our world? Neuroscience research shows that its neurological basis plays a deeper, darker role than we might...
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...
Our past experiences are not simply stored in the brain—they are patterns embedded into the circuitry of our brain-body system. For many peo...
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 b...
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 b...
What does your mind do when it wanders? Perhaps you catch yourself getting 'lost in thought'... moments of daydreaming, wondering, wandering...
“[...] humans, people and knowledge are not only objectively significant: they are by far the most significant phenomena in nature – the onl...
"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...
Attachment theory is not a 'theory'.. it's a part of our neurophysiological operating system It’s a biobehavioral adaptation that helps us r...
"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...
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...
Years ago, while studying with my mentor-professor at NYU, Zoran Josipovic - who was looking at brains scans of monks - I decided to stay fo...
As we approach the end of the year, we may start notice within ourselves - and others - feelings of exhaustion, burn out, feeling frazzled o...
Connection is a 'biological imperative'. Being a mammal means that we are extremely 'nurture-dependent'. We cannot survive without connectio...
Whether it's asking a question, raising our hands, speaking in public, posting or publishing, expressing something new, asking someone out,...
When we truly understand the power of the human brain, and we authentically become learners, neuroscience becomes a language of the human sp...
As we approach the holidays and important moments in history… are there social or family dynamics that feel like repeats or remnants from th...
Purpose isn't just some grandiose, once-in-a-lifetime discovery. It's not a single "aha" moment where suddenly everything clicks. Instead, w...
"One thing about human intelligence is absolutely certain: it is malleable, meaning it can be changed through exposure to new information or...
Emotion regulation doesn't mean being calm and collected all the time. It's about range and repertoire, and an ability to intentionally shif...
The brain, more than anything, is a predictive system. It conserves energy by attempting to predict - rather than truly understand - what is...
“Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it continuously revises and r...
Imagine yourself when you were at a low point in your life. Is there a voice that could have somehow helped you see yourself in a new way? P...
“We have learned that trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it [...] has ongoing consequences for how the human...
“We have learned that trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it [...] has ongoing consequences for how the human...
What is it about those things we know are good for us that we somehow just can’t get ourselves to do? Maybe we have intentions to do somethi...
“too often people typically spring into action based on what first comes to mind, and thus too often mind… And thus too often, wind up seein...
Our nervous systems and brain networks are powerfully shaped by experiences that are embodied, visceral, sensory-motor and social. This is t...
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” ― Albert Einstein In a world that often values certainty and consistency, it can be...
You were born with a growth mindset. When you were first learning to speak and walk, you fell and fumbled over and over again. But there was...
"A problem never exists in isolation; it is surrounded by other problems in space and time. The more of the context of a problem that a scie...
“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task. What...
Because of how human brains develop, the only way for maturity to emerge is in the presence of maturity. Listen on Blubrry Listen on Spotify...
A quick episode that covers some insights gained over the course of my career in human communication and psychology, child development, teac...
“One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.” ― Shannon L. Alder Listen on Blubrry L...
Danger - and how it is dealt with - is the central theme of attachment - and therefore human interaction. Who we turn to and who we have aro...
“Love is at once an affirmation and a transcendence of who we are.” ― Esther Perel “And what is true for human beings is true for every livi...
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” * ― Leo Tolstoy Listen on Blubrry Listen on Spotify Listen o...
Learning is a gateway to power and freedom Learning increases our degrees of freedom by giving us new ways to move, communicate and adapt to...
“Once again, the world seems to be less about objects than about interactive relationships.” ― Carlo Rovelli, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics...
To update our algorithms and enhance our brain functioning, there is one key thing we can do: Intentionally add experiences into our weekly...
In this episode, I explore: -the difference between our autonomic and somatic nervous systems and why knowing the difference gives us power...
What is moral injury, and how can we use it as a path to cognitive flexibility, sense of purpose and forgiveness? In this episode, we explor...
Attachment theory is not a 'theory'.. it's a part of our neurophysiological operating system Attachment is a way of seeking proximity to an...
Have you ever had the experience of feeling like someone really ‘gets you’? This can take various forms - like being able to share what’s on...
Why do systems fall apart or become dysfunctional? A system can be a family, relationship, community, business, organization, society. The h...