Embrace Your Brain

Wanted: courageous elders to step up!! Society has plenty of information and expert minds. But it lacks the wisdom and creative openness of wise elders.

When our creative energy flows, it's great.  We become better mentors and more interesting people.  But there are several key ways it can be blocked!

We lean on our strong suits. In time we become too focused and tight or too laid back and loose. One secret to balancing?  Exertion without Effort.

The world desperately needs a vast army of wise elders. BUT the brain change from knowledge to wisdom won't happen by itself! It's going to take work!

...I'd be thrilled.  Listen in as Bucky Bacteria and Cyrus the Virus explore the politics and brain science behind their good fortune.

Is there an instinct driving the brutality toward migrants, the focus on revenge and the attacks on valued programs?  Is our anxiety one of the goals?

Cognitive neuroscience can shed some light on Trump's and Musk's minds. If you like this fresh lens for tracking the chaos, I hope you'll pass it on.

To test plumbing connections, we turn on the faucet. But how do we test the truth of thought connections? Is it just a storyline or is it real wisdom?

When is the media speaking the truth?  For that matter, when is our own mind able to tell what’s true? First, let’s look at how flashes of intuition work.

As adults, our brains could find the brain states to do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. But the aging brain takes more skill to operate well!

We all give up sometimes.  But if you are caught in anxiety or despair, one or more brain layers has shut down, and another is running the show.

Our brain layers don't have to fight for dominance.  They can rise above that and become a dream team!  Here's how.

Despair and apathy suggest one or more brain layers has given in to "learned helplessness". What are these layers? Next time we'll explore remedies.

Today may be ok, but do you still live under a cloud of dread? Is your mind filled with negative storylines about tomorrow? What's going on?

There's one brain app that triggers all these behaviors. It's an ancient design that worked for 200 million years. But it wasn't meant for humans!

I've been exploring rage behavior, and my quest just kept growing. It even connects to suicide and eating disorders! Finally, I'm ready to begin.

To let the outside world come to us, we must awaken our bodies to help us get the message. These messages come in as gestures!!  Here’s how it works!

Faith-based literalists and reason-based pragmatists need a third place to stand. Let's consider a higher ground that asks each of them to stretch.

As stress levels rise, communications can break down. Let's look at the gridlock two key mindsets are facing today. Then we can look for a solution.

When giving up moves beyond depression and anxiety, it can settle into apathy. Why is that so hard to shake?  And how can we stop it from spreading?

When we feel helpless, it can trigger depression, anxiety, or apathy. Learn some remedies for depression and anxiety.   Next podcast looks at apathy.

Are you a list maker?  Is it a mix of important, trivial, easy and dreaded tasks? Lists can run our lives if we let them.  Here's how to take charge.

Think back from 12th to 1st grade.  Did your education include teaching your mind to play with gestures?  Are you still using those gestures today?

We can choose to play or to think in metaphors.  Then we feel those gestures.  But some gestures originate from within and seem to choose us. 

Think about the motions involved in your favorite play activities. Those motions may have influenced how your mind plays now.