No.1 Neuroscientist: Why You Should Always Look Into Someone’s Left Eye! & How Stress Leaks Through Skin, Is Contagious & Gives You Belly Fat! Dr. Tara Swart
Sep 25, 2023
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Dr. Tara Swart, a neuroscientist and executive advisor, dives into how stress affects our health and even those around us. She explains the contagious nature of emotions and why we should gaze into someone's left eye during conversations. Discover how stress can lead to belly fat and why exercise is key to combating it. Swart also reveals the intriguing connection between trauma and genetics, alongside tips for enhancing mental resilience and the importance of deep sleep for brain health. This conversation sparks insights on transforming our mindset for better well-being.
Stress hormones like cortisol can leak into sweat and lead to belly fat. It's important to actively grow and change the brain to improve cognitive functions.
Stress is contagious and can impact those around us. Intuition is rooted in past experiences and wisdom stored in the brain and gut neurons. Building resilience and incorporating creative activities are crucial.
Acknowledging the mental health effects of the pandemic is essential. Embracing interconnectedness with nature, serving others, valuing aesthetics, and fostering deep relationships are part of a spiritual revolution.
Pornography negatively affects relationships by fostering unrealistic beauty standards and transactional expectations. Respectful relationships, empathy, and reducing screen time are vital.
Engaging in new experiences promotes neuroplasticity and personal development. Learning new skills, traveling, and interacting with diverse individuals enhance problem-solving, emotional regulation, and creativity.
Deep dives
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Building Mental Resilience to Overcome Stress
Neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swatt discusses the impact of stress on the body, including how stress hormones like cortisol can leak into the sweat and affect others, leading to belly fat. She also emphasizes the importance of actively growing and changing the brain to improve higher cognitive functions.
The Contagion of Stress and the Power of Intuition
Dr. Tara Swatt explains how stress can be contagious, impacting those around us. She also delves into the concept of intuition, which is rooted in past experiences and wisdom stored in the brain and gut neurons. Additionally, she highlights the importance of building resilience and incorporating creative activities in daily life.
The Looming Crisis and the Need for a Spiritual Revolution
Dr. Tara Swatt discusses the ongoing crisis resulting from the pandemic and the importance of acknowledging its effects on mental health and overall well-being. She emphasizes the need to embrace an interconnectedness with nature, serve others, appreciate aesthetics, and value deep and meaningful relationships as part of a spiritual revolution for personal and societal transformation.
The Impact of Pornography on Relationships
The podcast discusses the negative effects of pornography on relationships, highlighting a disconnect between men and women. The distorted idealization of women and the objectification of relationships in pornography contribute to a lack of empathy for the consequences of one's actions in real-life relationships. This includes unrealistic beauty standards, pressure for plastic surgery, and transactional expectations in intimate relationships. The podcast emphasizes the need for respectful relationships, empathy, and a reduction in screen time to foster healthier connections.
Neuroplasticity and Personal Growth
The podcast explores the concept of neuroplasticity and its impact on personal growth and transformation. Unlike previously believed, the brain is capable of growth and change beyond early adulthood. By engaging in new and challenging experiences, individuals can create new neural pathways and enhance executive functions such as problem-solving, emotional regulation, and creativity. The podcast suggests learning new skills, engaging in travel, and interacting with diverse individuals as ways to promote neuroplasticity and personal development.
Manifestation and Neurodiversity
The podcast touches on the topics of manifestation and neurodiversity. Manifestation is discussed as a process based on changing thoughts, beliefs, and actions to attract desired outcomes. The importance of aligning one's personal values and qualities with the desired traits in a partner is highlighted for successful relationships. Regarding neurodiversity, it is seen as a recognition of the natural variation in brain functioning and thinking styles. The discussion acknowledges better diagnostic capabilities but also explores the possibility of certain neurodivergent traits being adaptations to the rapidly changing world.
Neuroplasticity and its Mechanisms
Neuroplasticity refers to the brain's ability to change and adapt through various mechanisms. One of these mechanisms is myelination, which involves the coating of neural pathways with a fatty substance called myelin. This process enhances the speed of neural communication. Another mechanism is synaptic connection, where existing neurons connect with each other to form new pathways. These connections can be strengthened through repetition and practice. The third mechanism, neurogenesis, involves the formation of new nerve cells, particularly in the hippocampus. Neurotrophic factors like brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) play a role in this process. Factors that contribute to neuroplasticity include aerobic exercise and consuming dark-skinned foods.
Language and Changing Habits
Language plays a crucial role in shaping our thoughts and behaviors. Choosing our words carefully can impact our brain and facilitate positive changes. By creating positive affirmations and counteracting negative thoughts, we can challenge limiting beliefs and change our mindset. The language we use to describe ourselves and our goals matters significantly. Additionally, the power of visualization and gratitude can shift our brain from a fear state to a trust state, opening the door to personal transformation. Recognizing personal responsibility and making conscious choices can also contribute to lasting change.
Have you ever want to change your mind? Well what if you changed your brain instead?
In this new episode Steven sits down with neuroscientist, executive advisor and author, Dr Tara Swart Bieber.
Dr Swart, has a PHD in Neuropharmacology and a past successful career medical doctor as a psychiatrist. From there she transferred into becoming a top level leadership coach, specialising in improving mental resilience in CEO’s and helping them to operate at peak brain performance. Her clients include leaders of FTSE100, Fortune 500 and Magic Circle firms. She is a Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan, and the author of the bestselling book, ‘The Source’.
In this conversation Tara and Steven discuss topics, such as:
How emotions are contagious
Neuroscience tricks for love and connection
How Tara uses neuroscience to help leaders
Using neuroscience to handle stress
How stress can make you fat
The way that exercise can combat stress
How the brain cleans itself
The chemical nature of love
How to improve relationships using neuroscience
Why your gut instinct is real
Why the world needs a spiritual revolution
The impact of porn on the brain
How your friendship group impacts your brain and health
The ways to physically change your brain
How trauma can be inherited
How trauma changes your genes
The ways that you can train and strengthen your brain
How exercise can change the brain
The science of the law of attraction and manifestation
Changing the voice in your head
How your thoughts can stop you ageing
You can purchase Tara’s book, ‘The Source’, here: https://amzn.to/461TDRS
