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The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Ellen Petry Leanse
23 episodes
6 months ago
Beauty, it turns out, is in the brain of the beholder. Research looking to pin down the correlates and functions associated with "experiencing beauty" so far leave scientists wondering where and how the the whole beauty thing happens. Yet the chase to "be" beautiful is a major cultural phenomenon, not to mention a $650B + global industry. Today's guest, Grace Gold, is an expert in that industry and the players and products that shape it. Which makes it even more refreshing when she explores...
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Beauty, it turns out, is in the brain of the beholder. Research looking to pin down the correlates and functions associated with "experiencing beauty" so far leave scientists wondering where and how the the whole beauty thing happens. Yet the chase to "be" beautiful is a major cultural phenomenon, not to mention a $650B + global industry. Today's guest, Grace Gold, is an expert in that industry and the players and products that shape it. Which makes it even more refreshing when she explores...
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Episodes (20/23)
The Brain and Beyond Podcast
More Than Skin Deep with Grace Gold
Beauty, it turns out, is in the brain of the beholder. Research looking to pin down the correlates and functions associated with "experiencing beauty" so far leave scientists wondering where and how the the whole beauty thing happens. Yet the chase to "be" beautiful is a major cultural phenomenon, not to mention a $650B + global industry. Today's guest, Grace Gold, is an expert in that industry and the players and products that shape it. Which makes it even more refreshing when she explores...
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7 months ago
50 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
The BITCH is Back with Zoologist and Bestselling Author Lucy Cooke
Stories shape our world – and our lives. Even when they're simply... stories, not actual truths. That's where Lucy Cooke comes in. With a deep understanding of the natural world and the courage to be a shotcaller, she goes to where the truth is revealed: the wild places our animal kin inhabit, getting first-hand accounts of what the world's species are really about. Looking beyond outdated perspectives and challenging the biases that have skewed our stories, she reveals the incredible...
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8 months ago
51 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Welcome to Season Two of The Brain and Beyond Podcast!
We're back in action – and look forward to sharing a lively interview as our first official episode of Season Two. Thanks for your patience as I've prioritized other work and taken a deep dive into evolutionary biology – as in "how did our brains evolve?" – human history – as in "what events and changes have made us who we are today?" – and a whole lot about the mutuality of females and males and how we seem to have lost our ways. Season Two's first episode shares a lively interview with ...
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8 months ago
2 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Inner Work, Outer Impact with Dr. Susanne von der Becke
Change, it's said, begins within – and it's hard to imagine a more inspiring advocate for inner change and outer action than Dr. Susanne von der Becke. Susanne's path to mindful living grew, from the inside out, through her work as a scientist, economist, and banker. Along the way she realized the power of an inner-guided way of living, a path she today teaches at corporate retreats, well-being forums, and individual work in Europe and around the world. She's an active investor and board mem...
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1 year ago
1 hour 5 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Breath and Presence with Zee Clarke, Author, Mindfulness Guide, Breath Expert
Breath is essential to each moment of your life – yet seldom do we realize, or harness, its power. Yet we can guide, even reset, the outlooks and presence with which we navigate the world when we understand the power of breath. Zee Clarke illuminates that path through her book Black People Breathe and through the abundance of resources she shares via YouTube, Instagram, her website, and in all that she does. Listen to Zee and you'll connect with the power of YOUR ...
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2 years ago
57 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Back to the Brain: Embodied Intelligence & The Body Brain
What took this episode so long? Seriously, it was the amount of eye-opening information on how much intelligence there is to be discovered in the systems of your body – so much so that I don't think I'll ever see the "brain" as the 3-pound mass so far explored in this episode. It is and you are so much more. We scratch the surface here with a look at the "body brain" of the brainstem, medulla oblangata, and cerebellum... then wander down to the Vagus Nerve to really light things up. I'v...
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2 years ago
44 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
The Body's Way with Debbie Rosas, Wellness Innovator, Entrepreneur, Creative Force
Maybe you already know about Nia, the dance technique celebrated worldwide, the one that combines martial arts, healing arts, dance arts, and amazing music in a whole body, whole heart experience. Today's episode shares the voice of Nia founder, Debbie Rosas, and her unique look at the power of sensing – very different from thinking – as a primary intelligence. Listen to Debbie and you'll get all kinds of insights about the brain – the BALANCED brain, that is – and what we might be ...
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2 years ago
43 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Oxytocin and the Power of Love (Hormones)
Between us? I believe we humans, and all beings, are much (much) more than machines driven by pulses of electricity and surges of chemicals in the body and brain. That's the "mechanistic" view, and – much to a few science-focused friends' dismay – I'm not a mechanist. Though... our neurochemistry, and the way it interacts with lots of other things in the body, across the brain, and in the world around us, DOES shape much of our experience of life. This episode looks at one such chemical...
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2 years ago
48 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Everyday Mindfulness: PRESENCE
Take 15 minutes to breathe, invite curiosity, balance your mind, and ... experience presence. Maybe you're noticing a theme between the last few episodes and Everyday Mindfulness practices: something about you having more agency and power in your life than the common narratives want you to believe. After all, it's harder for them to meet their goals when you, as the saying goes, are the product. Thanks to wisdom guide and Buddhist scholar/teacher Pamela Weiss for her many sparks of i...
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2 years ago
15 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Emotional Rescue: Disarming the Amygdala Hijack
In this episode you'll meet two tiny organelles with the power to transform you – or anyone – into a fight, flight, or freeze follower of their survival agenda: your amygdalae. The fight or flight response, or its more modern-day expression, the "Amygdala Hijack," carries an ancient legacy of success in getting our long line of ancestors away from threats to their survival. After all, we wouldn't be here today if their collective amygdalae hadn't excelled at firing the "alert and conv...
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2 years ago
33 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
The Power of Curiosity with Mónica Guzmán
Some of us are already bracing ourselves for the conflict and tension anticipated in the upcoming 2024 US elections. Yet we don't have to wait 'til then for the escalation of polarizing political – and media – triggers that seem to show up wherever we look. And often, uncomfortably close to home. This episode shares the unique, bridge-building perspectives of author, activist, and Braver Angel Mónica Guzmán, whose bestselling book, I Never Thought of it That Way," guides new ways of think...
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2 years ago
1 hour 1 minute

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Everyday Mindfulness: VALUES
It's great to be back from some travel and to share another Everyday Mindfulness episode. VALUES shape perceptions, and even the brain – and thus, pretty much everything we experience, think, or do. Yet for most of us the idea of actively choosing and knowing our values simply ... doesn't happen. Interestingly, some of the most popular undergrad classes at Stanford, Princeton, Yale, and no doubt many other schools guide students through choosing their values as a path to "design...
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2 years ago
15 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Beyond Binary: Envisioning Balance, Celebrating Pride
This episode explores the binary – or better yet, the lack thereof – when it comes to sexual and gender identity. Celebrating PRIDE and the activist spirit of transgender entrepreneur, community leader, and family man Nat Stratton-Clarke, this special interview weaves in perspectives from social science and biology to support the life-affirming power of a gender spectrum... one on which we all have a unique and important place. Be sure to visit the Episode Page at www.thebrainandbey...
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2 years ago
53 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Episode 10: Brainsets of Hope with Alice Waters
Greetings – this one took some heavy lifting, yet I wanted to publish before leaving for business travel. I'll catch up with the description and the Episode Page as soon as I can. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy. – Ellen www.ellenleanse.com
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2 years ago
41 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Episode 9: Better Together... Two Halves of a Balanced Brain
I didn't leave anything on the table with this one. Yes, there's neuroscience. There's definitely balance. And ... maybe ... there's even hope. Maybe. Because this episode lays out what I think is the most important opportunity we humans have to face the "poly-crises" we're currently addressing and rethink our place in a future we want to be part of. That belief stems from a growing understanding of the differences between the hemispheres of the brain and what we left behi...
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2 years ago
45 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Episode 8 / Everyday Mindfulness: Cooking
When it comes to cooking, the ingredients in your mind are as important as the ones you're prepping or simmering. This Everyday Mindfulness practice explores how intention can change both your experience in the kitchen AND increase your ease as you practice mindfulness. Remember that mindfulness involves both your presence as you navigate an experience, pretty much any experience, and your observation of the feelings, emotions, frustrations, resistance, or whatever else comes up as you do...
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2 years ago
16 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Episode 7: Balanced Brain Skillsets with Alice Waters
This episode continues where Episode 5 left off – moving from the "Mindsets" of world-changing activist, restauranteur, and non-profit visionary Alice Waters to the "Skillsets" that have shaped her extraordinary life – and balanced brain. Using Alice's fierce "Slow Food Manifesto" as a framework, this episode examines the difference between the brain's two hemispheres in ways that show a concerning correlation between her "Fast Food Values" – more like an aggressive agenda – and the rise of...
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2 years ago
50 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Episode 6 / Everyday Mindfulness: Mothers
Listen to these words honoring mothers, all mothers over time and history, in honor of Mother's Day 2023. Consider this a meditation on the concept of mothering: one you can sit quietly with, or one to consider thoughtfully as you practice mindfulness through everyday action, experiencing all that you notice and observe, all that arises inside you as you listen. As always, you can find a resource page for each episode. This one is at www.thebrainandbeyond.com/episodes/6. Much appre...
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2 years ago
15 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Episode 5: The Activist Mindset with Alice Waters
This is the first episode to feature an interview – and what a person to speak with. Alice Waters is an icon – a catalyst shaping the US Farmers Market, Slow Food, Farm to Table, and many other movements that champion both our health and the health of our planet. She's also the visionary founder of Chez Panisse, the legendary Berkeley, CA restaurant that challenged assumptions about what a restaurant might be, and won the many accolades that affirm its place in the history of cuisine. Thi...
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2 years ago
38 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Episode 4 / Everyday Mindfulness: Touch
Run this mindfulness guide in background while you're living everyday life. It activates new ways of thinking that may boost your mindful moments as you continue the exercises it suggests. This is the very first Everyday Mindfulness practice on this podcast. I'll share one every week, each with a focus on a life experience, activity, or part of the brain that deserves thought and reflection. As always, you can find a resource page for each episode. This one is at www.thebrainandbeyond...
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2 years ago
13 minutes

The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Beauty, it turns out, is in the brain of the beholder. Research looking to pin down the correlates and functions associated with "experiencing beauty" so far leave scientists wondering where and how the the whole beauty thing happens. Yet the chase to "be" beautiful is a major cultural phenomenon, not to mention a $650B + global industry. Today's guest, Grace Gold, is an expert in that industry and the players and products that shape it. Which makes it even more refreshing when she explores...