#108: Take Charge of Your Mind with Dr. Caroline Leaf

The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Dr. Caroline Leaf is a neuroscientist specializing in cognitive and metacognitive neuropsychology. Since the early 1980s, she has researched the mind-brain connection, the nature of mental health, and the formation of memory. She was one of the first in her field to study how the brain can change (neuroplasticity) with directed mind input. This week we chat about what is actually happening in the brain with relation to memories, relationships, and life experiences, and how to use mind-directed techniques to help relieve intrusive thoughts. ~ Discover: The brain, mind and the difference between them Suppression is a reinforcement process Positive thinking is a band-aid to the wound Make the process work for you, discover wisdom and responsibility Depression is not an illness, it's a signal Conscious and non-conscious mind How to create the shift Awareness brings autonomy How to dismantle "The toxic tree" The connection to suppressing emotions and disease The "switch" technique Going beyond mindfulness Find Dr. Leaf online at www.drleaf.com or on Instagram @drcarolineleaf. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of the Mark Rose podcast.
0:11.3	I'm so excited this week to be talking about the brain, the brain and the mind.
0:16.7	And just how our brains work and how to change them, how to change the way we think,
0:20.5	how does it change us and how that affects our health and all of those things?
0:24.8	You know, as you know, I very much enjoy nerding out on science and research.
0:30.1	So this week I brought on Dr. Caroline Leif, who's a cognitive neuroscientist who just, I mean,
0:35.3	she studies all of this delicious stuff.
0:37.6	You know, this is so much of the work that we have to do, right, is getting aware of the
0:41.7	thoughts that we have around relationship, the automated reactions we have that get in the
0:45.8	way of connection. And all of us have these things that we're working on or not working on,
0:50.4	but exist, these things that get in the way of love, that get in the way of connection.
0:55.1	In any context, it doesn't have to be romantic relationships. It can be any relationships,
1:00.0	our reactivity at work, and we have all these biases and how they affect us and being able to
1:05.6	understand our mind and how it works and how those things correlate to our health, not just
1:10.6	relationally, but our
1:11.9	physiology is so important, and this work is important. And so I'm really very pumped to be able
1:19.1	to share this week's episode with you. Before we get started, please, wherever you listen to this
1:23.4	podcast, subscribe to it, give it a written review and a five-star review, and please share
1:28.8	the episode. Imagine what it could do for someone else that you share it with. So without further
1:33.4	ado, here is Dr. Caroline Leif. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Mark Groves podcast.
1:41.3	Today, I have Dr. Caroline Leif, who is a cognitive neuroscientist.
1:47.9	So, well, first off, welcome.
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