Coffee with a Neuroscientist

Do you think optimism is a bunch of B.S? I’m not talking about that kind of B.S, but I’m talking about brain science! In this episode, I answer this question from the lens of neuroscience, or what I like to call neuro-perspectives, and after listening to what I reveal today, you’ll see that optimism is indeed B.S. - but in a good way! 

I’m hosting a workshop called Beyond Vision Boards, which goes even deeper into this topic. In this workshop, you’ll get to see how I balance neuroscience with reality, and I’ll give you something that is applicable and understandable so that you can get to the next level of your potential. To reserve your spot now, go to https://shontejtaylor.lpages.co/beyond-the-vision-board-list/! 

To apply and schedule a brainstorming session with Shonté, you can visit  https://shontejtaylor.lpages.co/apply/ now!

Do you create vision boards each year? Creating vision boards is a common practice that is powerful, even spiritual, but what is happening in our brains that makes this visual tool so effective for manifesting.

In this episode, I reveal the brain science behind vision boards, why having a vision board is so important for everyone to use, and the reasons that using images as a tool is so much faster than just saying words for manifesting what it is that you really want! 

I’m hosting a workshop called Beyond Vision Boards, which goes even deeper into this topic. In this workshop, you’ll get to see how I balance neuroscience with reality, and I’ll give you something that is applicable and understandable so that you can get to the next level of your potential. To reserve your spot now, go to https://shontejtaylor.lpages.co/beyond-the-vision-board-list/! 

In the busy times that we live in, it’s easy to feel like we’re drowning in all the things that we feel we have to get done each day. In what areas of your life are you feeling this way, and you don’t even know it? 

Today I want to throw you the lifesaver so that you don’t drown. I’m giving you permission to do what I did, by taking time off intentionally and not feeling guilty about it. 

You are in control of your calendar and how you show up each day, and I want you to be your best self, operating at the highest level of your mental potential! 

To apply and schedule a brainstorming session with Shonté, you can visit    https://shontejtaylor.lpages.co/apply/ now! 

Today I’m welcoming a very special guest to the podcast, our own OptiMind graduate, Paddy Moran. 

Paddy is a NeuroCulture Coach and NeuroLeader whose passion is people development, and he specializes in team development, leadership development, company culture, and organizational change, bringing out the best in the teams he works with. Of course, he’s using neuroscience to do this! 

Would you like to gain exclusive access to the most advanced brain-based personal and professional development strategies on the planet? Shonté’s signature program, Optimind, starts February 22nd, 2022!  OptiMind is an ICF accredited program designed specifically for novice or reputable coaches, trainers and leaders to show you how to effectively utilize the principles of neuroscience to help your clients, your profession and your business reach the highest levels of their human potential. To enroll now and to learn more about this exciting opportunity, go to http://optimindtraining.com. Hurry, the final day for enrollment is February 27th, 2022!  To apply and schedule a brainstorming session with Shonté, you can visit   https://shontejtaylor.lpages.co/apply/ now! 

What if I told you that marketing doesn’t have to be dull, boring, and a chore, but it can actually be joyful and fun? Today’s guest works with life coaches and shows them how to do just that, all while being their true, authentic selves. 

Simone Seol is creating a revolution in how life coaches market online. She teaches coaches how to become profitable by putting love first, leaning into their messy genius, and not being afraid to get a little weird. In the past 2 years, Simone has created millions of dollars in her own business and helped countless life coaches scale their businesses with joy and sovereignty. She is the host of the top-rated Joyful Marketing podcast, and author of The Fearless Marketing Bible for Life Coaches.

In this episode, Shonté and Simone go deep into a wide range of topics not business related, including why the concept of not doing your best is actually great for your brain (and overall!) health, how to shift your perspectives so you’re not always people pleasing, tips for navigating the relationship with ourselves and our loved ones, and so much more. 

Would you like to gain exclusive access to the most advanced brain-based personal and professional development strategies on the planet? Shonté’s signature program, Optimind, starts February 22nd, 2022!  OptiMind is an accredited program designed specifically for novice or reputable coaches, trainers and leaders to show you how to effectively utilize the principles of neuroscience to help your clients, your profession and your business reach the highest levels of their human potential. To enroll now and to learn more about this exciting opportunity, go to https://optimindtraining.com/. Hurry, the final day for enrollment is February 27th, 2022! 

What We Cover In This Episode:

• Why the concept of not doing your best can be good for your own mental health [2:51]
  

Quotes:

“Although everyone in my family has been incredibly supportive, sometimes navigating who I think they want me to be versus who I want to be, that has been tough.” [12:06] 

“As an entrepreneur, we wear 25 different hats all the time. This is why work boundaries with yourself is so important, but there’s never a point where you did all the things [you need to do] and you’re done.” [18:32]

“I just love coaches so much, and I think the highest things about the industry and every single coach I know. I think coaches are going to save the world!” [26:12] 

“The benefit of only serving one type of client is that you can go really deep into thinking about their specific brains and how they’re experiencing problems.” [26:27] 

“I think the greatest gift that I can give someone who is a life coach is to let them see me feeling joy in my work and in my marketing. Let them see me being authentic, being messy, being imperfect, and having fun.” [27:06] 

Links: 

Simone’s Website & Podcast

Her Instagram

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Teach the brain to serve you, Omozua says as she explains her coaching techniques in neuroscience and creating a new mindset for her clients. Omozua Ameze Isiramen went through years of schooling to learn about her craft, when she found the OptiMind program. Originally skeptical if she was a good fit in a program designed around neuroscience, she decided to take the leap and use her skill set combined with the OptiMind program to help change the lives of leaders. Omozua helps people to super fuel their emotions and stress on their own terms. Be it the way they relate to people or how they perform, Omozua looks to improve every aspect of your life. With a teaching background, Omozua is driven to help you find that ‘lightbulb’ moment as she transitioned into coaching. 

Omozua then went to understand how leaders learn from their point of view and what their needs are with coaching through John Mattone, a former executive coach for Steve Jobs. She has learned through communicating with someone you must learn how to step back to actually see the situation in front of you. 

Omozua starts her day with a cup of ‘DOS’; Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin. She expresses that if you want to establish trust with someone, you need to know which of the three you need to deliver to them. This mindset makes communication with leaders smooth and easier to address. Talking about inclusion and diversity, often looked at as a problem, but should be looked at as human. We are different people, and need different things as humans. 

Neuroscience is the missing link in communication, and helps you make decisions of who you like or dislike, how to judge situations, and how to identify what is going on. Helping her clients to exercise their power to choose is something Omozua uses to educate and show people how they can be resourceful. She is currently working on an emotional mastery session, teaching people how to re-assign roles for themselves in light of the COVID-19 lockdowns and leaders having to re-learn how to take on more work as they are away from the office, and spending more time at home.

Being the CEO of your brain is Omozua’s method to connect your decisions and your inner mind. Tune into this week’s episode to connect the dots between science and leadership!

Quotes: 

• “You need to understand you are a brain, talking to a brain, and at any given time, every brain needs something different.” 

Links: 

www.omozua.com

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Today, we are having coffee with TWO neuroscientists. On this episode of Coffee with a Neuroscientist, Shonté Jovan Taylor is talking with one of her favorite authors, Dr. Caroline Leaf, about her mission to “shift the paradigms and stigmas” around mental health diagnoses like anxiety and depression. Dr. Leaf is passionate about the fact that all humans struggle with their minds, and need to find ways to “clean up their mental mess” by learning more effective ways to deal with hard experiences like trauma, depression, and fear. Her solution? A process called neuro cycling. 

Dr. Leaf says in her book that “anxiety and depression are signals.” Just like hunger, or exhaustion, we get signaled to experience these feelings by existing in our chaotic world. It’s not abnormal, or strange - it’s just how we live today. So how do we deal with these signals? By understanding the difference between the mind and the brain. Using neuro cycling and “mind management” techniques, we can become less afraid of our anxiety and depression, and more intentional about how we respond to it. 

Tune in this week to hear Shonté and Dr. Leaf go deep into our cultural ideas about mind, brain, and body, and how to use Neuro cycling to start managing your mind and feeling calmer and happier today. 

Quotes:

• “All humans since the beginning of time have battled with their mind.” 

Links:

https://drleaf.com/

https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com/

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How can changing your brain change the world? How can small moments of kindness create ripple effects that echo far into the universe? Shonté Jovan Taylor discusses how compassionate acts, no matter how small, can change both our own and others’ brains in powerful ways. When we witness others acting with kindness or altruism, mirror neurons fire in our brains that help us experience empathy ourselves.

From Malala Yousafzai to Greta Thunberg to Oprah to Jane Goodall, Shonté describes countless individuals who have channeled their compassionate brains to mobilize action across the globe. Importantly, Shonté notes that you don’t need to experience trauma or violence in order to make an impact. In fact, all you really need is some deeper knowledge about the most powerful technology on the planet: your brain. 

Tune in to this week’s episode of Coffee with a Neuroscientist to learn more about how you can generate lasting change in only a moment.

 Quotes

• “You have trillions and trillions of connections in your brain. You have enough wiring in your brain to stretch from where you’re sitting all the way to the sun. That’s about 90 million miles. And these brain cells are communicating at 200 miles per hour.” (02:42-03:03)

Links

www.ShonteJTaylor.com

What does it take to be a thought leader? Not just to guide your team, but to help them think differently -- to encourage them to reframe how the systems we live in work? In this episode of Coffee with a Neuroscientist, host Shonte Jovan Taylor partners with Dr. Ryeal Simms, Neuropsychologist and Relationship Expert, to talk about thought leadership; and, no surprise here, it all starts with your actual thoughts. 

Shonte and Dr. Ryeal take a neuroscience-based approach to thought leadership as they explore the five activities you need to engage in to become a true thought leader: 1) learning about the brain, 2) diversity and inclusion, 3) socialization, 4) collaboration, and 5) attending events. 

With tons of wild neuroscience wisdom (80% of our communication is non-verbal?!), Shonte and Dr. Ryeal dive deep into the magical brain to help you take your industry to the next level. 

 Quotes

• “In order to be an advanced leader in the 21st century, you have to learn about your brain.” (17:53-17:58)

Links

www.OptiMindInstitute.com

Do you really know your own brain? In this episode of Coffee with a Neuroscientist, host Shonte Jovan Taylor talks with OptiMind Institute graduate, consultant, coach, and successful speaker Alycia Huston about how her time in the OptiMind Institute changed her career, her ability to support her coaching clients, and even her family life. 

For Alycia, OptiMind was about taking a step back, and looking at the world at a higher level. During the recession, Alycia was the CEO of a pharmaceutical company that lost 40% of its revenue virtually overnight. In that moment, she was frazzled, panicked, and living in fear. Now, during another recession and the COVID-19 pandemic, Alycia feels hopeful - and she credits that shift in mindset with her NeuroLeadership training from OptiMind.

By discovering what it feels and looks like to live in fear, Alycia can now step back and make proactive moves, not reactive ones. She can look at her clients and say, “Your amygdala is activated and you are scared right now.” Not only that -- she can respond more patiently and empathetically with her kids when they are triggered. 

Tune in to this episode to hear Alycia’s inspiring journey from scared to self-confident, her “Get Over Yourself Plan” for stepping into the spotlight, and the incredible career moves she’s made since graduating from OptiMind (can you say NASA?!). 

Quotes:

• “I was starting to see things that I’d been doing in my life, and it was all starting to make sense.” (15:17-15:23)

Links:

To learn more about Alycia-->https://leadhershipadventures.ac-page.com/truth-map 

To Learn more about The OptiMind Program--> www.OptiMindInstitute.com