Podcast Episodes

1597 || easy brain hacks

Did you know you can "hack your brain" for things beyond your productivity? You can become more resilient, more conscious, more in control, through a…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

1596 || your brain is play-doh

Our brains are malleable, and we can actually enrich our experiences to encourage more "plasticity" or adaptability in our own heads - if we know wha…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

1595 || brains are lazy, we are not

Think about a good joke. If you knew the punchline right away? It's less funny. If you had to have the punchline explained? Less funny. But if you un…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

1594 || dropping the cognitive load

It's not about spinning all the plates, it's about setting most of them down so you can actually focus on the spinning process.

THE SOURCES:

Reducing…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

1593 || parenting yourself with love + logic

When I’m having a rough time, trying to treat myself like I liked to treat my students, with empathy, compassion, patience, kindness, attention, care…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

1592 || consulting with love + logic

Instead of trying to control others, become a consultant.

"Children need thoughtful guidance and firm, enforceable limits. We set those limits based …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

1591 || micromanager vs. drill sargent

"Effective parenting centers around love: love that is not permissive, love that doesn’t tolerate disrespect, but also love that is powerful enough t…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

1590 || tools for skeptical thinking || throwback

Enjoy this throwback episode (from day 872) before the new series drops on Monday!

"There's a sucker born every minute." - P.T. Barnum

Carl Sagan shar…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

1589 || the list for getting unstuck || throwback

ENJOY THIS THROWBACK EPISODE FROM DAY 751, BEFORE THE NEW SERIES DROPS ON MONDAY -

Make a list of all the shit you're good at + a list of all the goo…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

1588 || why learning sucks

Curiosity is fragile. Learning is difficult as hell. Our brains are built for efficiency, not thinking. We can trick our brains into motivation by wo…

11 months, 3 weeks ago