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Fearproof Your Brain, Stress-Inoculation Tips, The Marriage Of Meditation & Technology, Digital Sleeping Pills & Much More

Ben Greenfield Life

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The Benefits of Meditation

Long term meditators seem to have greater projections from their prefrontal cortex to the amygdala. So when a scary situation arises and the amygdala kind of wakes up and goes, oh no, something might be going on here, they are better able to take a metacognitive approach. The phrase fear proof your brain is what I just wrote down as part of the title of today's episode. Oh, God, we can just dive into fear if you want to. If I had a motto for life, it was feel the fear and do it anyways.

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