Exploring Brain and Mind

EPISODE SUMMARY: Our brain is not fixed, it is constantly changing, and that we are born with all brain cells we will ever have has been proven a myth by modern science. This episode of “Exploring Brain and Mind” will explain the process of Neuroplasticity (or brain plasticity) and share more insights into what is going on in the brain during the different life stages, including some tips what may...

EPISODE SUMMARY:  This is the second of a two-part episode on the subject of “Who controls your mind”, One thing to remember when you listen is: no story or headline has ever only one perspective, one angle, one side. There are ALWAYS more sides to any story or headline – the one you get presented with is usually the only one you are meant to know. The episode starts by linking up to the previous...

EPISODE SUMMARY: This is the first of a two-part episode on the subject of “Who controls your mind”. The episode focuses on how biological and internal processes influence your mind but also the people in your closer environment, i.e. your life partners, family, friends or work colleagues. You will also be offered some tips of how you can guard yourself from those around you taking over your mind...

EPISODE SUMMARY: Did you know that we have more than one brain? I could imagine the question may have raised some eyebrows in a surprised face, but fact is we do have three “brains” in our body that work very closely together. These other “brains” don’t look or work exactly like the brain that’s in our head and they are situated in other areas of our body\: in the gut and in the heart. This episod...

EPISODE SUMMARY: For millennia, humans have been curious about brain and mind and how they work, which led to many theories. Thanks to the dawn of modern science with developments of modern technological ways of brain exploration by means of EEGs, MRI scanners, etc., many theories could finally be debunked as myths, and it led to ground-breaking insights about one of our most powerful and importan...

EPISODE SUMMARY: Is the brain the mind? Or is the mind the brain? How are they connected and how do they influence each other? These are important questions that will be explored in this fourth episode of the “Exploring Brain and Mind” podcast. After looking at the definitions and key differences between brain and mind, the episode will go into how brain and mind work together and influence each o...

EPISODE SUMMARY: Are you one of the people, who want to change and start new habits but who struggle and fall back into old habits that don’t serve you? Would you like to find out how you can finally succeed to break those old useless habits and install new ones that lead you to a more fulfilled life? If you answered “yes” to one or both questions, this episode is for YOU! You will not only find o...

EPISODE SUMMARY: The first episode is about our Internal Warning System, the Amygdala and how it influences our brain and mind. It has evolved over many millennia to warn us of danger but often is a bit too hypersensitive when we enter new situations or are faced with change. The episode will help you understand the processes that happen in our brain when we are faced with change, unfamiliar situa...

EPISODE SUMMARY: This episode will cover some brain facts that will enlighten you what an amazing and powerful physical organ our brain is. Some of the facts covered may be better known than others, but all of them are well worth knowing – or at least being aware of.. The brain is occasionally compared to the CPU of a computer, which may be relevant as far as we look at the brain as the command an...

Episode 00 – Introduction to Podcast and Host I would like to briefly introduce myself as your Podcast Host: I am Elke Wallace, Founder of Mastering Your Mind Matters. My podcast “Exploring Brain and Mind” is part of my mission to help people get to know and understand their brain and how to optimise its function. It is a shorter-content, simplified and less-jargoned way of presenting different as...