Neuroscience
How Your Mindset Can Change Your World
When I saw the title The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your WorldI couldn’t resist. Published in February 2023, this new book by British science writer David Robson […]
Navigating the “Oh, shit!” circuit
I had my own lived experience navigating the “oh, shit!” circuit just last week. What neuroscientists call the “Oh, shit!” circuit is the disruption of dopamine when we get a […]
Stumbling and Bumbling into Curiosity
In reviewing many recent mind maps to reassure myself that my decision to retire had been a wise one, and for the right reasons, I noticed how many times I […]
This Is Your Brain on “Deep Reading”
My friend Lynn reliably sends me links to relevant and thought-provoking podcasts, often BBC or Frontline. This time, Ezra Klein’s recent interview with neuroscientist and reading specialist Maryanne Wolf about […]
Growing Beyond the Loneliness
A client recommended Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist’s Journey through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection by Stephanie Cacioppo, published April 2022. I read it the week I […]
Caffeine: The Most Popular Psycho-Active Addiction on the Planet
Re-emerging from the 2021 Mill Valley Film Festival (33 films in ten days – is that an addiction?) easing into an acknowledged if benevolent addiction of reading good books, I’ve […]
One of Those “You Just Never Know” Moments
It really happened this way. A young man from Alberta, Canada emailed his appreciation of my post The Neuroscience of Resilience: Nervous System Regulation. “…exceptionally well-written…gave me a new perspective…connecting […]
Heading into winter/summer/holidays – don’t lose your balance
We’re heading into winter in the northern hemisphere, summer vacation in the southern hemisphere, end of year holidays – Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s – around the globe, when people can […]
Newsletter: Using Our Somatic Intelligence to Recover Our Resilience
These posts offer ways to cope skillfully when things go haywire. Our most basic responses to all of life’s challenges and adversities begin in our bodies, so this month’s posts […]
How the Brain “Unlearns” Patterns that De-Rail Resilience
As we’re learning how the brain learns, we also want to learn how to use the brain’s neuroplasticity to un-learn patterns of response that derail our resilience or no longer […]