What the Hell is My Brain Doing?

New Year’s Resolutions. As we wind down 2022 and prepare to journey into 2023, many of you will be considering your goals or “resolutions” for the coming year. Do you find yourself being perhaps too critical as you self-evaluate and think about what you want to improve? Sadly, this is all too common. Before making your checklist with the big desires of 2023, I want you to make sure you are doing s...

“I got 104 on my science final!” my daughter texted to me with glee. I love that my daughter celebrates all the things. Our brains spend so much time keeping us safe and anticipating survival processes. Those are vital and important. Equally important in both our personal lives but also in our business and career life is to celebrate the good moments. I recently started looking at my 2023 goals an...

Firstly, I want to wish a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Kwanzaa, Happy Yuletide, and Season's greetings to all!  We talked last week about the concept of Scarcity. I want to pivot to think about the opposite of that word. I am talking about Abundance. The “Growth” mindset as some call it. The thought that there IS enough for all of us. I can 100% own that this mindset can feel more...

Scarcity. This word can have many meanings and cause many emotions for good or for ill in our brains and in our day-to-day behaviors. Sometimes our brain “creates” scarcity in our lives and drives us to seek gratification from the wrong sources of pleasure. And sometimes that scarcity is very real and represents a true un-met need. This can show up in our personal lives with unhealthy addictions a...

“I don’t want anything for Christmas- Is something wrong with me?” Are you the type of person who dreads when family members or friends ask “What do you want for Christmas?” Do you get to November 1st and think, “Someone is going to ask me for my Christmas list soon” with a sense of tiredness and anxiety? A listener reached out to me with the question, “I don’t want anything for Christmas- Is some...

Shopping and the Brain- Did you know that shopping effects your brain? Why does looking through the black Friday ads excite you? What is it about this time of year that makes us feel like wants become needs as we find these “deals?” Julie takes you through the emotions that shopping may involve and how to recognize when shopping is being used as a coping mechanism and when it’s just taking care of...

Gratitude for the small things- Happy Thanksgiving Friends! In this season of gratitude and the week of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, come learn about the physical effects of gratitude on the brain. Sit back and listen how the simple act of gratefulness and mindfulness actually improves the chemical makeup of your emotion regulating system. This episode is meant for anyone who is...

Sleep and the Brain- Daylight Savings time is a controversial topic because among other things, it messes with our sleep cycle. Did you know that the brain is like our home where everyday it gets cluttered with thoughts? It's true and our sleep is the daily housekeeping that we need to keep our brains tidy and efficient. Come learn about the sleep cycles, how long it takes to move through your sle...

Cognitive Dissonance in the Brain- Hey Friends, its Election Day! Sometimes as we think about days like today and as we go through our daily lives, our thoughts don’t always match our actions. Why is that? It’s called Cognitive Dissonance. Sometimes we create this dissonance on purpose because we can’t face a truth. Sometimes we face this when new information confronts past thoughts and closely he...

Welcome back Friends! Life is full of new and exciting experiences and sometimes our fears can hold us back from doing something we know we want or should want to do. How do we create a sense of safety in the brain so we can face our fears and honor our best selves? I am so glad you asked! Come with Julie on another exciting adventure into the brain and learn how we can find that sense of safety w...

Welcome back! Our discussion on how the brain creates, reacts to and processes fear and anxiety responses continues! If you enjoyed last weeks episode, tune in to hear Julie bring it all together and get you on a path to greater brain peace and understanding of self!  https://julie-lamb-coaching.ck.page/podcast

Halloween approaches! Come listen to scary tales told by Julie! Ok....not really. As you will learn in this episode, scary things is NOT Julie's cup of tea. But the Brain IS Julie's cup of tea and in in this fascinating episode, she dissects some of the psychology and physiology behind our fears, phobias and anxieties. Come join us for a not so spooky tale to learn what the hell is your brain doin...

On this fascinating episode, Julie teaches you about the 4 "Happy" chemicals in the brain and how they impact the body. What emotions release these chemicals and what do they do? Where do these emotions created by your brain processes sit in your body? What impact does the tense or relaxed body have on the brain? Can I use my body to help hack my brain? Julie answers all these questions and more!...

Continue your brain journey with Julie as you complete your understanding about how the brain learns and grows and changes overtime. Challenge those negative thoughts and create a new path, a new canyon of positivity in your brain! Change from “I am not good enough” to “I am proud of what I have done and who I am!” https://julie-lamb-coaching.ck.page/podcast

12- What is Neuroplasticity? You ever here gurus talk about your "Neuroplasticity" and think "That's a fancy sounding word? What in the world does it mean?" Come with Julie as she simplifies the complex concept known as Neuroplasticity. She will dive into the literal canyons and creases of the brain to teach you how our thoughts become ingrained behaviors for good or bad. Learn how to start adjust...

Julie continues her series on trauma talking about the “Little T’s” or the smaller sometimes more subtle trauma’s we experience frequently. Cutting remarks, self-doubts, limiting beliefs all contribute to how we perceive ourselves and show up in the world and our daily lives. Learn to recognize those traumas so you can change your thoughts and heal them. https://julie-lamb-coaching.ck.page/podcast

TW: 9/11 Terrorism, War, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Abuse. During this time of reflection 21 years following September 11th attack in NY, Julie does a comprehensive dive into big Trauma’s that can and do impact our lives. Come learn about and discuss how to recognize and deal with these large stressors in Julie’s characteristic and easy to listen to manner. https://julie-lamb-coaching.ck.p...

1- Continue the discussion of our development of social ques with a journey through the timeline of childhood to adult social development. How is it that children with identical parents turn out so unique? Examine the difference that our experiences can have on our development and views of safety, security and competence. Finally, learn the power of belief and choice in changing our thoughts, fear...

Now that we understand the basic survival responses that have evolved in our brains, learn how they impact the social ques and situations we deal with in our modern world. Why does a baby’s foot react to the slightest touch? How does our social environment interact with and train our behavioral and emotional responses? Don’t miss this first part of the amazing two part series where Julie connects...

Dive deeper with Julie into the stress responses that govern so much of our daily lives. How does it affect you physically and why? Why do we feel these things from imaginary threats and why do we sometimes like this feeling? Why do we sometimes feel like we have to hide ourselves to help others? Come learn why with Julie today! https://julie-lamb-coaching.ck.page/podcast

Dive deeper into the safety mechanism of our brain. Where did it come from and how can it both help and hinder us? Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and its importance in your maximum growth and development. Challenge your misconceptions about yourself and others who may be struggling against their brain’s natural safety responses and how to feel like you can start moving forward. https://julie-lamb-coa...

How did our brain evolve to function the way that it did? How has the structure of the brain changed over time? How did we go from thinking purely about base survival to the complex, existential and poetic philosophies of our current day? Julie breaks it down in her always approachable way. https://julie-lamb-coaching.ck.page/podcast

Come discuss the base reactions of our brain to external stimuli that we are unfamiliar with. Learn how and why we react these ways and how this knowledge can empower you to take control as you better define and understand these responses. Disclaimer: My Husband says I must apologize to the Star Wars and Star Trek Fandoms. He will be re-watching the movies with me to ensure I am properly educated...

Learn about the mind body connection and how the nervous system works with your brain. Get nerdy with the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic systems and magic of the natural stress and peace cycles. https://julie-lamb-coaching.ck.page/podcast

Why does our fear create a thought and then why does that thought create an action? You’ve heard about the conscious and unconscious brains, but how do they actually work? Learn how our brains work to keep us safe leveraging both the conscious & unconscious brains and why learning to run from saber-tooth tigers still helps us today. https://julie-lamb-coaching.ck.page/podcast