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🗓️ 25 March 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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In this episode, Dr. Sarah McKay dives into debunking common brain myths and explores what’s really holding you back from change. She also discusses willpower and how it isn’t the magic bullet for behavior change. This conversation is all about separating fact from fiction when it comes to understanding your brain and how it works.
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0:00.0 | All your brain is doing is kind of gathering a lot of information as it goes along through life |
0:04.6 | and stores that information so that when you're in that situation next, you can make that decision |
0:08.9 | about what to do. |
0:10.3 | And a lot of the time, we will be making decisions based on, did that feel really good last |
0:15.1 | time? |
0:15.7 | Or did that not feel so great? |
0:25.2 | Yeah. feel so great. Welcome to the one you feed. |
0:27.6 | Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have. |
0:32.1 | Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true. |
0:39.7 | And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what |
0:47.2 | we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. |
0:53.0 | But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter. |
0:56.6 | It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about |
1:02.5 | how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf. |
1:10.0 | What if I told you that some of the most popular beliefs about your brain, like the idea that |
1:15.9 | you only use 10% of it, are completely false? |
1:19.7 | And worse, these myths might actually be holding you back from real change. |
1:25.0 | Today I sit down with neuroscientist Dr. Sarah McKay to debunk the biggest |
1:29.7 | neuro myths you probably still believe. We'll also explore why willpower isn't the magic bullet |
1:35.2 | for behavior change and what actually is. And Sarah shares a deeply personal shift she's making |
1:41.7 | it 50 that might just change how you think about your own life's pace. |
1:46.7 | If you're ready to separate fact from fiction when it comes to your brain and maybe even rethink how |
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