During this episode of the Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to Caroline Williams, whose latest book ‘Move’ explores the emerging science of how movement opens up ‘a hotline to our minds’. Caroline is also a public speaker (including her 2014 TedX titled ‘Pimp My Brain’), consultant and writer for New Scientist and is the editor of two of New Scientist’s Instant Expert Guides, How Your Brain Works: Inside the most complicated object in the known universe (John Murray, 2017) and Your Conscious Mind: Unravelling the greatest mystery of the human brain (John Murray, 2017).

Move: How the New Science of Body Movement Can Set Your Mind Free

 
0.00 Introduction

2.33 What drew you into studying movement?

4.50 What are the implications of living a sedentary life?

7.26 In your book you write about the evolutionary internalisation of movement. Can you elaborate on that? 

11.35 You write about how breathing and related exercises aid decision making, and also cite a 2016 study that shows that we can synchronise our breathing with our brainwaves. Can you talk to us about that? 

14.17 What have you learnt for yourself through this work, what have you taken on board?

15.55 What advice would you give to leaders about how to ensure that their team are adopting movement practices in order to get the most out of them?

18.19 Was there anything that surprised you whilst researching the book? 

20.18 You mention (in particular) one study about First Responders and 9/11. Can you talk to us about that?

23.31 What are we learning about elderly physical movement?  

25.36 What are your favourite movements?

27.10 What else is catching your attention right now? 

32.24 What did you learn about osteocalcin?

36.01 What’s the ideal amount of exercise and how should people be approaching that with intentionality?

39.43 What’s your next project?

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