Happy Habit Podcast

My guest today is Dr Steven Laureys, a world leading neurologist, researcher, author and keynote speaker with a passionate interest in understanding and caring for the brain. His team works principally with severely brain damaged patients with various degrees of consciousness including comatose patients, to determine their extent of neurological disability and their degree of neuronal plasticity, which ultimately will govern their capacity to recover. They do these using various forms of brain scans. Dr Laureys is also a passionate meditator and has married his medical background, his interest in the brain, and his curiosity regarding meditation by writing a book entitled: The no nonsense meditation book, a scientist's guide to the power of meditation. In this episode expect to learn what meditation is, how studying the brains of expert meditators like buddhist monks while they're meditating is giving us an insight into the brain's ability to physically change. We learn of the physical, psychological and emotional benefits of meditation. We also find out how applying our knowledge about the brain's ability to change can be used to benefit severely brain damaged patients. Plus Dr Laureys talks to us about brain activity in those people who have undergone a near death experience, and finally we learn about how meditation changes our DNA to help us live longer! I loved talking with Dr Laureys, his work is lifechanging and groundbreaking, I hope you enjoy our conversation. Dr Laureys' Ted Talk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qqc_wJS6-Q Dr Laureys' book : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Steven-Laureys/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3ASteven+Laureys His website : https://www.drstevenlaureys.org/

Dr Jaimie Krems is an assistant professor in social psychology at UCLA. Her research explores human social cognition, emotions, and behaviour. Evolution has influenced our frienships and is the reason we are loyal, we share intimate details, we feel betrayal when let down. What follows is a really interesting discussion where we learn what women want from a man, we ask can men and womens rally be friends, are men's relationships with their male friends less profound and less complex than womens relationships with their female friends. Does hell really hath no fury like a woman scorned? Liam Neeson even crops up in the discussion and we touch upon how modern dating apps are altering how we meet a partner plus, we tlk about women having casual sex. https://www.kremslab.com/ https://www.psych.ucla.edu/faculty-page/jkrems/

We all know the quote : 'Do one thing everyday that scares you', but why ? What are the benefits of doing things that scare us , that are hard or that make us uncomfortable?

Feeling like a fraud is something that 70% of us feel at any given time, indeed some famous names you'd usually associate with unbreakable confidence and unlimited success admit to having imposter syndrome. How do we recognise imposter syndrome and how do we deal with it such that it no longer has a debilitating effect on our progress.

Sean Conway is a recordbreaking adventurer who by his own admission wants to live experiences that allow him to reach extraordinary levels of mental and physical endurance. In his career he has swam, cycled and run the length of the UK, and biked 4000 miles across Europe in record time. Most recently he broke the world record for the most ironamn distance triathlons in consecutive days, 105 !!. In this podcast he talks about his mindset, how he stays physically so strong and how he manages pain and discomfort. https://www.seanconway.com/ https://www.trueventure.org.uk/donate https://www.instagram.com/seanconwayadventure/?hl=en

Some basic tips that will help any of us on our self-improvment journey. Remember human beings are designed to crave self-improvement, theres absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to become a better version of yourself, this episode spells out why and how you can attain what you want.

You are what you repeatedly do, good habits are a great way to instil positive, life-affirming routines that bring out the best in you, but equally impactful are bad habits that erode our happiness. In this episode I list 7 habits that make us unhappy.

How can we hack productivity easily and get more done in less time and enjoy the process? In this episode I give some simple to use tips that allow us to optimise our time and free us up to spend more time doing the things we love.

British adventurer Jasmine Harrison is only 23 but has already rowed the Atlantic solo and swam the entire length of Great Britain. She is also a motivational speaker, having given a Ted talk and is planning on sailing around the world in 2025. In this episode I talk to Jasmine about the mindset that has helped her prevail through the enormous physical and mental obstacles she has faced while she undertook her challenges. Jasmine's Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/jasminerharrison/

Charisma is something we find very attractive in people like George Clooney, Oprah and Martin Luther King, but what defines charisma and can we obtain its characteristics so that we may benefit in our own lives.