The Neuroscience of Thanksgiving: regulation beyond the ritual

Mindset Neuroscience Podcast by Stefanie Faye

Nov 24, 202513:53Health

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’......

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from Mindset Neuroscience Podcast.

Neuroscience of Critical Hope with Dr. Kari Grain

Sep 24, 2026 - 54:34

Hope is one of our most extraordinary human capacities. It allows us to sense possibility before we can f...

Your Nervous System Isn’t Just Yours.. What Are You Contributing to the Field?

May 12, 2026 - 34:05

Human nervous systems are constantly teaching each other what to expect from the world. Safety or vigilan...

When Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Brain Science w Dr. Aldrich Chan

Jan 28, 2026 - 1:16:09

When Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Brain Science: Returning to What We Already Know We're drowning in infor...

Your brain doesn’t do reality – it does probability: And this is how we update the code.

Dec 30, 2025 - 1:00:38

Most of us walk through the world believing we're responding to what's actually happening. But we're not....

Resilience isn’t built by staying calm: how your brain-body actually heals

Oct 23, 2025 - 34:46

Resilience isn't built by staying calm. Resilience also doesn't happen by following a script or filling o...

How revenge affects our brain and how we can break the cycle w/ Dr. Kimmel

Sep 18, 2025 - 1:25:15

How does revenge play a role in our world? Neuroscience research shows that its neurological basis plays...

Super-Regulators: the Science of Self-Regulation Leadership

Aug 28, 2025 - 25:44

What if the most powerful leaders are not those who control others, but those who have mastered the art o...

Our Brain as a Liberation Technology: how to free our mind from our past

Jul 30, 2025 - 13:45

Our past experiences are not simply stored in the brain—they are patterns embedded into the circuitry of...