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In this episode, Maeva continues the review of the book Seven and a Half Lessons About The Brain. She covers lessons 4 and 5, which are:

• Your brain predicts (almost) everything you do
• Your brain secretly works with other brains

This fascinating book shows us that the brain is constantly getting rewired throughout our entire lives, whether we choose it or not. But we can choose how it gets rewired and take control of our lives.

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In part one of the review of  Seven and a Half Lessons About The Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett, Maeva covers the first 3.5 lessons about the brain, namely:

• Your brain isn't made for thinking
• You have one brain (not three)
• Your brain is a network
• Little brains wire themselves to their world

This fascinating and entertaining book takes us into how the brain develops and how it's affected by our external environment, behaviors and inputs. A lovely read for anyone interested in why their emotions and life are the way they are.

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In this episode, Maeva breaks down the top core wounds that people carry with them from childhood that stops them from being able to reach breakthroughs and results even if they put in the work.

If you've ever...

- Felt inadequate, or have had feelings of not being enough or not being a good person
- Made the same mistakes in relationships over and over again
- Unable to improve bad habits, like money management or making mistakes at work
- Felt numb or disconnected to your emotions
- Or feel resentment, betrayal or abandonment from others

This episode will be a very powerful listen!

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Maeva goes through the book This Is Your Brain On Food by Uma Taidoo, MD, which covers how food affects your mental health. She cites several peer-reviewed studies:

• Major phenolic compounds in olive oil: metabolism and health effect
• Extra-virgin olive oil and the gut-brain axis: influence on gut microbiota, mucosal immunity, and cardiometabolic and cognitive health
• Effects of Olive Oil and Its Minor Components on Cardiovascular Diseases, Inflammation, and Gut Microbiota
• Mediterranean diet improves cognition: the PREDIMED-NAVARRA randomised trial
• Consumption of Olive Oil and Risk of Total and Cause-Specific Mortality Among U.S. Adults

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In this episode, Maeva walks you through the difference between therapy, coaching, somatic healing, journaling, and all the different tools in helping you improve your life. Each has their purpose, and you need a combo sometimes for the best effect.


The study mentioned in the podcast: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804021/

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In this episode, Maeva talks about how passive aggressiveness shows up, how you might use it even though you don't know it. Then she dives into techniques and communication frameworks, including the non-violent communication technique, to better communicate your needs rather than aggressively.

Links to feelings inventory: https://www.cnvc.org/training/resource/feelings-inventory

Links to needs inventory: https://www.cnvc.org/training/resource/needs-inventory

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In the first episode of Purposeful Living, Maeva dives into how confidence is a skill that can be built like anything else. 

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