My Audience is Me

Have you ever felt like it is impossible for you to remember new information, understand a new concept or learn a new skill? Maybe your hippocampus has left a building because it was under too much stress! This part of our brain is highly susceptible to trauma and prolonged stress. Listen in to today's episode to learn how to get your hippocampus back and working optimally. I promise you, you will feel more alert, more intelligent and you will form more memories!

This episode made my smoke alarm go off a bit, sharing a personal example that was way harder to talk about than I expected! Is the house on fire or was burner left on too high of heat? The MPFC is the part of our brain that helps us sort that out! If it's working correctly of course. This episode dives into the function and importance of our brains watchtower and how to get it in working order and balance with our smoke detector. Guys, our brains are amazing and I love them. How bout you??

The thalamus. Our brain's gatekeeper, filter and relay station. We all have tons of sensations coming at us at any given moment. Our thalamus does us a solid and filters through all the information and let's us know what is relevant. But when trauma or prolonged stress is in the mix our thalamus tends to check out. So how can we get our thalamus working again and learn to trust our ability to filter through all the information we get? Listen to this episode find out!

Continuing the study of our amazing brain's and their response to trauma. This week we look at the DLPFC, the timekeeper! You know when you are in the middle of a difficult experience or in pain and it feels like it will last forever? Yep, that's because of our DLPFC! In this episode we learn how to live in the present and keep our brain's timekeeper in working order.

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Book Referenced: The Body Keeps the Score

Nerding out on our amazing brains!! A look at one of the 7 areas of our brain most affected by trauma and stress. What's affected, how is it affected, and how can we bring it back into balance? This episode is all about the Amygdala, our brain's built in smoke detector!

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