Anxiety Narrows Your Brain. Here's How to Widen It Back Out. | Susa Talan
Plus: how to handle discomfort, be more present, and remember to be aware throughout your day. Most of us spend our days somewhere between the past and the future — technically conscious, but not real...
29 Touko 24min
Stop Being Hijacked By Anxiety, Grief, and Anger — A Buddhist Approach | Sebene Selassie & Jeff Warren
On regulating emotions, ending the war with reality, and feeling more alive. Sebene Selassie is an author and meditation teacher. She writes the popular newsletter remind me to love and her first book...
27 Touko 1h 2min
How to Click With Anyone, Read Every Room, and Stop Absorbing Other People's Stress | Kate Murphy
The neuroscience of human connection: your nervous system is picking up other people's signals all day without your knowledge. Here's how to use that. Journalist Kate Murphy's eclectic essays and arti...
25 Touko 1h 9min
Brain Won't Stop? Here's How to Calm Down | Dan Harris
On short-circuiting anxiety, breaking thought loops, and learning how to talk to yourself. In this live Q&A, Dan covers: Why action is the best antidote to AI anxiety — and what's actually in your c...
22 Touko 32min
Lust, Addiction, and Ambition: Why Your Desires Are Wired to Disappoint You | Joseph Goldstein
Why you'll never find happiness where you're looking for it–and where to look instead. Joseph Goldstein is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, both...
20 Touko 1h 7min
Emotion Regulation: Top 10 Neuroscience-Backed Tools | Ethan Kross & Emma Seppälä
Manage anxiety, rewire your inner critic, and never worry alone. Emma Seppälä, PhD is a psychologist and research scientist from Yale, and the author of two books, The Happiness Track and Sovereign. ...
18 Touko 1h
There's an Off-Switch for Stress. Here's How to Build It | Kelly Boys
The simple practice and surprising benefits of yoga nidra, a guided lying-down meditation. Plus: parts work, core beliefs, and the blind spot effect. This episode originally aired in December 2022. ...
15 Touko 1h 2min
The Science of Sleep: Why You're up at 3AM — And Why Worrying About It Makes It Worse | Sara Mednick
Sara Mednick is a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of the book The Power of the Downstate. This episode is part of our month-long "Mental Health Reboot...
13 Touko 52min
