In this week’s podcast, Cort and Richie discuss how fear shrinks our perception, but harnessing awareness widens the lens again. See chapter list below.
In case you missed it, check out a written contextual summary of this podcast here:
Podcast Chapter List
0:00:00 - Intro
2:28:00 - How the brain reacts to uncertainty
7:33:00 - Amygdala activation: narrowing perception to potential threats
8:54:00 - Physical responses to fear and the spiral of anxiety
12:41:00 - Evolutionary origins: the brain as a “change detector”
16:38:00 - Chronic activation: why unresolved threats are unhealthy
17:30:00 - Meditation as mental training for self-awareness
21:40:00 - Lab studies: unknown fears trigger stronger reactions
27:06:00 - When the future is unpredictable: what can we do?
29:01:00 - The elixir of awareness
40:13:00 - Cort and Richie discuss coping with uncertainty
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