Best of: The Surprising Science of Water with Wallace Nichols
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2017
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In one of our most fascinating interviews ever, Dr. Wallace Nichols explained to us the surprising science behind water and the human condition. Studies had been done on the effect music and stress had on the mind, but when Wallace went to search for research done on the effect water had on the mind, his results came up empty. So he decided to conduct his own research, and the results may surprise you! Take a listen and find out how water affects us all!
Dr. Wallace “J.” Nichols, called “Keeper of the Sea” by GQ Magazine and “a visionary” by Outside Magazine is an innovative, silo-busting, entrepreneurial scientist, movement maker, renown marine biologist, voracious Earth and idea explorer, wild water advocate, bestselling author, sought after lecturer, and fun-loving Dad. He also likes turtles (a lot).
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| 0:00.0 | As you probably notice, this month we're bringing you our Life of Purpose series and revisiting |
| 0:04.6 | some of our most transformative episodes. Tune in to explore expert insights and practical |
| 0:09.4 | strategies on help, performance, and community well-being, all aimed at helping you achieve |
| 0:14.4 | personal and professional fulfillment. If you sign up for the newsletter, you'll not only get |
| 0:18.5 | recaps of the key ideas in each interview, but at the end of the series, you'll receive our free Life of Purpose ebook. |
| 0:24.5 | What you have to do is go to UnmistakableCreative.com slash LifePurpose. |
| 0:28.1 | Again, that's UnmistakableCreative.com slash Life Purpose. |
| 0:32.5 | So it turns out when we do put ourselves at the edge of the water, |
| 0:41.5 | visually our field of view is simplified. |
| 0:57.9 | Auditorially, our world is simplified. Your sensory input gets simple. It doesn't completely turn off, doesn't go away, but the patterns become more clear. |
| 1:04.7 | When you get into the water, assuming that you want to be in the water, it's totally different if you get thrown into the water. |
| 1:13.3 | That's more of a red mind experience, but assuming that this is all taking place and you're in control, the waves are small, the water's warm, and you want to be there, then you give up to, you give up the gravity. |
| 1:20.4 | So the hundreds of muscles that have been holding you in that position that you were standing |
| 1:25.8 | in no longer need to do the work. |
| 1:29.1 | And the brain regions that were taking care of that aspect of living on land, get a break. |
| 1:36.8 | So auditorily, visually, somatically, you're getting a break. |
| 1:44.0 | So what happens is you kind of go into what's often referred to as the default mode, |
| 1:50.7 | the default mode network is activated, which is a more contemplative, |
| 1:57.9 | self-referential perspective. |
| 2:05.1 | Thank you. self-referential perspective. I'm Sreeny Rao, and this is the Unmistakable Creative Podcast, where you get a window |
| 2:09.6 | into the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who started movements, |
| 2:14.3 | built thriving businesses, written bestselling books, and created insanely |
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