The Emotional Brain
Caroline Leaf discusses the importance of teaching kids emotional intelligence and challenges the notion that emotions are a sign of a faulty brain. She emphasizes that our life experiences impact our brain and body, and shares research on how mind management can positively affect telomeres and biological age. Dave Asprey adds his perspective on triggers and the futility of expecting the world to change instead of addressing our own emotional baggage.In this clip
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Related Questions
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, then if a person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning? Am I right?
For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, and every time they see the spider or get activated through some trigger, they immediately use breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
Does being severely bullied change the structures of the brain, as discussed in the episode 497: How to prevent dementia & heal trauma | Neuroscientist Caroline Leaf, Ph.D. and the clip Understanding Bullying's Impact?