Episodes

Gratitude - and all of its related rituals - can come across as surface level and performative. But when we can explore it through the lens of neuroscience, we see that it is not just about some frivolous ‘feel-good’... READ MORE The post The Neuroscience of Thanksgiving: regulation beyond the ritual appeared first on StefanieFaye.

How does revenge play a role in our world? Neuroscience research shows that its neurological basis plays a deeper, darker role than we might have imagined... “Behavioral studies from around the world confirm that people who hurt (or kill)... READ MORE The post How revenge affects our brain and how we can break the cycle w/ Dr. Kimmel appeared first on StefanieFaye.

What if the most powerful leaders are not those who control others, but those who have mastered the art of self-regulation? Not only leaders who can regulate themselves, but those who regulate the nervous systems of those around them. By... READ MORE The post Super-Regulators: the Science of Self-Regulation Leadership appeared first on StefanieFaye.

Our past experiences are not simply stored in the brain—they are patterns embedded into the circuitry of our brain-body system. For many people, their history can linger as patterns of dysregulation, stress, or a sense of being "stuck" in... READ MORE The post Our Brain as a Liberation Technology: how to free our mind from our past appeared first on StefanieFaye.

Memory is not just in the brain. Many of you have heard of the book, The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk. The main idea of the book is that memory is not just something contained in... READ MORE The post Our Body Keeps the Score, Our Cells ‘Remember’ with Dr. Nikolay Kukushkin appeared first on StefanieFaye.

Memory is not just in the brain. Many of you have heard of the book, The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk. The main idea of the book is that memory is not just something contained in... READ MORE The post Our Body Keeps the Score, Our Cells ‘Remember’ with Dr. Nikolay Kukushkin appeared first on StefanieFaye.

What does your mind do when it wanders? Perhaps you catch yourself getting 'lost in thought'... moments of daydreaming, wondering, wandering... Do you believe that those 'lapses in attention' are helpful or hindering? Without knowing what the brain is... READ MORE The post The Science of How to Build Our Most Powerful Brains w Dr. Immordino-Yang appeared first on StefanieFaye.

“[...] humans, people and knowledge are not only objectively significant: they are by far the most significant phenomena in nature – the only ones whose behaviour cannot be understood without understanding everything of fundamental importance.” ― David Deutsch, The Beginning... READ MORE The post Artificial Intelligence, Disembodied Wisdom: interview with Dr Mathilde Cerioli appeared first on StefanieFaye.

Attachment theory is not a 'theory'.. it's a part of our neurophysiological operating system It’s a biobehavioral adaptation that helps us regulate ourselves and explore new frontiers. And attachment is not just a childhood concept. It is something that carries... READ MORE The post Neuroscience of Attachment: satiated connection, rest and play as prerequisites for growth appeared first on StefanieFaye.

"your brain is editing out what it thinks you should know about and what you shouldn't know about." -Dr. Allan Hamilton Understanding why we react the way we do, where our patterns come from and how we can show... READ MORE The post Cerebral Entanglements: How the Brain Shapes Our Public and Private Lives – Dr Allan Hamilton appeared first on StefanieFaye.