The Science Of Rewiring Your Brain To Be Less Miserable - Rick Hanson - #903
Modern Wisdom
02/15/25
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Dr. Rick Hanson is a psychologist, author, and speaker.
Our brains are more adaptable than we realise. With a bit of understanding, patience, and the right techniques, you can rewire your brain for greater happiness and well-being. So what are the best ways to make this happen?
Expect to learn what positive and negative mental states are from a neurological perspective, if human brains are predisposed to being happy or peaceful, how to convince someone that they actually can change their mind, what the process for making our brain more likely to be happy, how to stop ruminating on bad experiences, how to not focus on negative self-talk, and much more...
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(00:00) Neurobiology of Positivity & Negativity (08:42) How Negativity Bias Occurs (17:04) The Power to Change Your Mind (22:39) How to Make Your Brain More Happy (29:15) The HEAL Framework (46:16) Importance of Slowing Down & Being Present (55:12) Our Fear of Insufficiency (59:17) Scientific Evidence for Changing Your Brain (01:07:21) What Happens in the Brain When We Feel Fear? (01:15:52) Is It Possible to Reverse Negative Patterns? (01:23:10) Where to Find Rick
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The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - #902
February 13, 2025
•102m
Dr Tracy Vaillancourt is a professor at the University of Ottawa, a researcher and an author with a focus on the link between violence and mental health.
A common feature of every generation’s schooling experience is the presence of bullying. Top psychologists over the years have wrestled with the issue and developed intervention after intervention, and yet it still persists.
How can society eradicate bullying once and for all? Expect to learn why people bully and the different types of bullies, the common characteristics of victims of bullying, how bullies view their victims, why it happens so much in school particularly, how to overcome bullying as an adult and much more...
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(00:00) How Much Research is Being Done Into Bullying? (04:38) The Motivations for Bullying (07:57) Personality Profile of a Typical Bully (13:08) Are All Bullies From Broken Homes? (15:33) The Components of Bullying (20:17) The Types of People Who Get Bullied (23:07) Bullies & The Need to Belong (27:29) Ethnic Group Differences in Bullying (29:20) Are Obese Kids More Likely to Be Bullied? (33:02) How Boys & Girls Bully Differently (42:46) What We Learn From Our Parents (47:57) Bullying of LGBT Youth (52:30) How Do Bullies View Their Victims? (57:01) Why Bullying Is Especially Common in Schools (01:01:40) How Bullying Impacts an Individual (01:10:33) Overcoming Bullying as an Adult (01:15:34) Does Bullying Build Resilience? (01:18:29) How Effective Are The Interventions? (01:29:24) How Increased Supervision Reduces Bullying (01:34:38) Parents Who Were Bullied (01:36:57) Differences Between Childhood & Workplace Bullying (01:40:52) Where to Find Tracy
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The Secret Weapons Of Marketing Psychology - Rory Sutherland - #904
February 17, 2025
•129m
Rory Sutherland is one of the world’s leading consumer behaviour experts, the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising and an author.
Every moment of the day, you're being marketed to. From the instant you check your phone in the morning to the subtle strategies behind political campaigns. So how can you decode the world around you and master the art of marketing?
Expect to learn how effective companies will be at getting their employees back in office, Rory’s thoughts on Jaguars rebrand, what Rory thinks of the current state of British culture at the moment, what causes Overton windows to shift, what the Myth of Collective Wisdom is, the assessment of Trumps successful marketing campaign for president, If people who pay more taxes should get special privileges, how to make a boring product interesting, what makes a brand cool and much more...
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(00:00) Are We Seeing the Death of Remote Work? (13:49) We Are Too Impatient to Be Intelligent (27:45) Was the Jaguar Rebrand a Disaster? (39:43) Why Posh Hotels Still Have Doormen (46:56) Solving Problems Through Addition & Subtraction (52:48) The Current State of British Culture (01:06:27) How to Market the UK to Be More Attractive (01:16:18) Where the Democrat Campaign Went Wrong (01:27:13) Should Higher Taxpayers Be Rewarded More? (01:39:49) Are Companies Trying Too Hard to Be Cool? (01:46:42) Why Airports Are Becoming Wellness Spaces (01:52:38) The European Burden of Internet Cookies (02:07:44) Where to Find Rory
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