Brain Observations @BrainObs

Ever feel stuck in your head like thoughts are just spinning around? If the content is negative and it happens frequently it is not good for your health. The good news? Meditation practice or guided relaxation can reduce this type of thought patterns. #podcast #beinghuman

It can be hard to notice how we start breathing faster when we're stressed out. But with practice we can. And when we intentionally slow down and deepen the breath the stress will be reduced. We just often need to practice the noticing part 😊 #podcast #stress

To create a habit of meditating, start small and keep going. We always fall off the wagon, in everything we do. But if it is something important to you, get back up, reflect on what worked and what didn't and course correct 😊 #meditation #personalgrowth #podcast #meditation

Ever felt pressure to perform when entering a new workplace? Totally normal. But how can we leverage the outside perspectives of someone new joining our team? Shani Persson talks gives us her view in the latest episode of The human Experience (link in comments). #podcast

Subjective insertion is how you change things in life. You need to decide what you want to change so the brain can find a mismatch. Then search for new information on how to reduce the margin of error. And course-correct along the way #personalgrowth

Empathy, sympathy and compassion. What’s the difference? Sometimes we get overwhelmed by sharing the emotions of others, but there is a way out of this. Prof. Olga Klimecki explains more in this episode: brainobservations.com/episode-2-buil… #empathy #compassion #neuroscience @OKlimecki

Change comes with friction. Discomfort is positive. This is true. But sometimes this friction causes anxiety instead of motivation. We stop instead of gaining momentum. And what we know to be positive still somehow feels intensely negative. #personalgrowth Photo: RussieseO

Do you find it difficult to say no to people? Yeah, me too. But Prof. Jennifer Crocker taught me one of the best ways to deal with this. To think of it as an ecosystem where our value can be to facilitate help when we can't give it directly ourselves #podcast #communication

All those little things that makes us just a tiny bit stressed are called microstressors. And when they accumulate over time it increases our baseline level of "system alert". Having a body constantly ready to fight or flee is harmful to us. #stress #podcast #health

Ever felt nervous or scared without really knowing why? Fear learning is how we collect information from our surroundings about what might hurt us. But we can adopt the fears of others even when it's not rational to do so. Listen to Ewelina Knapska (@e_knapska) to learn more.

The process of deconstructing old patterns while creating new is one of the hardest things we get to do in life. But at the same time, it's one of the most rewarding things. #personalgrowth #happiness #personaldevelopment Photo by Анна Рыжкова

Do we have free will? And is there anything we can do to affect this? Listen to Prof. Daniel Levy giving us a neuroscientific perspective on this age-old question. Catch the full episode here: brainobservations.com/episode-6-a-ne… #freewill #podcast #neuroscience #philosophy

The first episode of the series The Human Experience is out now! Here, I talk to Axel Wennhall about how we can become more present, how we can deal with the struggle of wanting to be and do everything at once and why we resist so much. Tune in here: brainobservations.com/episode-13-the…

Connections in the brain change when we learn new things, this is the concept of brain plasticity. And it's never too late! Prof. Olga Klimecki teaches us about the plasticity of social emotions here 👉 brainobservations.com/episode-2-buil… #personalgrowth #podcast #neuroscience #brain

Stress is common, microstressors affect us daily. And over time this affects our health in many ways. Listen to Dr. Michaela Pascoes advice on how to counteract stress here 👉 brainobservations.com/episode-1-the-… #podcast #stressreduction #meditation #neuroscience @MichaelaPascoe

With everything that is going on in life, it’s easy to get overwhelmed or forget to live in the present. We all get caught up sometimes in to-do lists and busy agendas. Mindfulness meditation cultivates the ability to enjoy life moment to moment. #mindfullness #meditation

Self-awareness is the foundation of insight. In order to fix things we need to know more than just what's wrong. Listen to Dr. Cortland Dahl explaining this in more detail in this episode: brainobservations.com/episode-3-four… #awareness #meditation #personalgrowth #podcast @CortlandJDahl