Decision Making Stress: A Simple Solution That Works
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Description
Decision making can be super stressful. We make thousands of decisions each day. Being distracted and anxious only adds to decision making fatigue and worry. Today, we learn a bit...
show moreIn this episode we will learn:
~A handy brain model to assist us in understanding how the brain works
~Why decision making in particular in the brain is delayed until our mid-twenties
~How meditation helps in making our brains more advanced
~Vipassana Meditation
Quotes:
“Meditation is practicing on focusing…hanging in there, begin tough and resiliency. And that is the name of the game! There really is nothing better for you. Meditation is about as good for you as water and you deserve a good long drink.” -Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW
Books, ideas, people, websites mentioned in this episode:
Dan Siegel’s Handy Brain Model via YouTube
The Whole Brain Child: The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive by Dan Siegel, MD https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10353369-the-whole-brain-child?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=GzIDNaUqXg&rank=1
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Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW
The Stress Therapist and Author
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A word from your host, Cheri Flake, LCSW:
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Time Stamps/Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to brain anatomy
01:41 Dan Siegel’s Handy Brain Model
05:15 Pre-frontal cortex in decision making
07:50 How to strengthen the decision-making part of your brain
08:23 How meditation helps
10:31 Decision-Making help for kids
11:15 Practicing focus vs. distraction
14:55 Introduction to Vipassana Meditation
18:27 Binaural Beats (alpha)
26:43 Guided Meditation Out
28:05 Closing Remarks
28:49 Outro
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