Are your Instincts Holding you Back? Joe De Sena interviews Rebecca Heiss, PhD
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2020
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Evolution has left you with two basic drives - to survive and to procreate, but evolutionary biologist Rebecca Heiss, Ph.D. tells Joe De Sena how understanding those drives can lead us to overcome fears and achieve success. Fear, says Heiss, is an ancient signal meant to keep us alive, but most things we fear today are not life-threatening. In this interview, she shares tactics to replace you A.N.T.s (automatic negative thoughts), to use triggers to heighten consciousness and to think like a Spartan.
As Heiss says - When life gives you lemons, bite down and keep going.
You can pre-order her book "Instinct: Rewire Your Brain with Science-Backed Solutions to Increase Productivity and Achieve Success " coming out in April.
"my entire field of study is based around understanding why we behave the way we behave based on these ancient stories. Basically I'm here to tell you that your brain is literally wired to survive and have sex. That's it. Two Worlds we live it right? Can I eat that or is it gonna kill me?and can I procreate with that? That's what we're walking around with most of the time. So how can we use that brain to maximize our efficiency in life?" ~ Rebecca Heiss, PhD
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| 0:00.0 | My entire field of study is based around understanding why we behave the way we behave based on these ancient stories that basically I'm here to tell you that your brain is literally wired to survive and have sex. |
| 0:12.3 | That's the two worlds we live in, right? |
| 0:15.0 | Like, can I eat that? |
| 0:16.5 | Is it gonna kill me or can I procreate with that? |
| 0:19.7 | That's what we're walking around with most of the time. |
| 0:22.1 | So how can we use that brain to maximize |
| 0:24.8 | our efficient moving life? |
| 0:26.8 | Welcome to the Spartan Up podcast |
| 0:28.9 | with Joe DeSenna, founder and CEO of Spartan Race. |
| 0:36.0 | We are talking about overcoming obstacles. The same way we teach people to get over obstacles on the course, |
| 0:42.0 | we will teach you here on the Spartan Up Podcast to get over obstacles on the course. We will teach you here on a Spartan |
| 0:43.6 | up podcast to get over obstacles in your mind. Today on the podcast Joe |
| 0:48.9 | DeSenna talks to Evolutionary Biologist Dr Rebecca Heis about what drives our behavior and how we can adapt those drives and even our fears to our advantage. |
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| 1:15.0 | Spartans. |
| 1:18.0 | We're here for Spartan Up Podcast. |
| 1:20.0 | Joe Descenta founder and CEO with Rebecca Heis, an evolutionary biologist. |
| 1:25.6 | I have no idea why we want an evolutionary biologist on the show, but they tell me that you're |
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