366: How God (and Big Ideas) Change Your Brain with Mark Robert Waldan

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Lucas Rockwood

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🗓️ 4 July 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Whether you’re a devout believer or a staunch atheist, the research is clear: prayer works. Here’s what also works: introspective time, mindfulness, positive focus, and big ideas. Science has proven that your brain physically changes through the regular practice of prayer, meditation, and mindfulness, and the changes can happen in as little as six to eight weeks. Our guest on this week’s show has dedicated his life to the study of positive neural changes through prayer and spiritual practices, and his discoveries will surprise you.

Listen & Learn:

The three-yawn technique for instant mindfulness
How prayer, meditation, and mindfulness can change your brain
Why these positive benefits have nothing to do with the existence (or inexistence) of God
How chanting, singing, and spiritual experiences are only valuable if there is time afterward to integrate and reflect on the experience

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ABOUT OUR GUEST

Mark Robert Waldman is Executive MBA Faculty at Loyola Marymount University. He teaches the NeuroLeadership program. He is the author of 14 books including Words Can Change Your Brain and How God Changes Your Brain. He has been featured on PBS, National Public Radio, Canadian National Television, Oprah and Friends, and in dozens of national magazines. He is also on the faculty of Holmes Institute.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Lucas Rockwood Show. I'm a yoga trainer, I'm a nutritional coach. I am an
0:08.1	entrepreneur and a father, but first and foremost I'm just a student. I love learning and
0:11.8	this show is really about me scratching my own
0:15.0	itch I love to learn I go out and find interesting people pick their brain read their
0:19.6	books and hopefully deliver for you some of their best research so that I can hopefully help you live a better life.
0:25.0	On this week's show, we will be talking about mindfulness.
0:30.3	It's a recurring theme on the podcast, and it's one that's constantly frustrating for me.
0:35.0	I feel like mindfulness is this buzzword, sort of like green smoothies were five years ago.
0:40.0	Everyone's talking about it. nobody knows why or what it really
0:43.3	means people are claiming that walking their dog is their meditation and even
0:48.1	crazy things like going out for drinks is meditation and I just I think there's a real vanilla quality to most of the meditation, spirituality, pseudo-spirituality
0:58.9	that's going on right now.
1:00.6	And the reason I think that's a shame is because there's some real neuroscience, some real health benefits that are available immediately to us if we can unpack how all this stuff works.
1:10.0	My guest on this week's show does just that, he'll actually lead you through some really simple
1:14.6	yawning practices before you roll your eyes, listen in, I think you'll find it really interesting,
1:18.6	and talks about some ways that you can actually add forced mindfulness to your life on a daily basis. This was a really
1:24.4	unexpected interview and I am really excited about this guest and his work. I
1:29.5	think you'll find it really useful. As always your questions, comments, and feedback are most welcome. You can email me
1:34.8	podcast at yoga body.com.
1:36.7	So hello and welcome everyone. Today's show is called How God and Big
1:47.0	ideas change your brain. I am joined here with Mark Robert Walden. Mark is an
1:51.7	executive MBA faculty at Loyola Marymount University.
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