Rewired Together

Today I’m talking nerdy about neurodiversity with Alex Martynowicz.  In today’s conversation, Alex breaks down for us what neurodiversity is, the rise in neurodivergent diagnoses like ADHD and ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), the difference between neurodivergent awareness and supportive action, and how neurotypical individuals can foster a greater environment of inclusivity and celebration. 

Alex is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and yoga teacher, working with neurodivergent teens at a middle school through Acceptance and Commitment Training, yoga, mindfulness, and breathwork. Her neurodivergent-affirming practices aim to empower her students and give them tools to show up authentically, reduce anxiety, and live in a way that is in alignment with their own values.

Alex is also a graduate of my neuroscience-based Breathwork + Meditation Teacher Training which we reference in this episode. 

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Episode Resources:

Find Alex Martynowicz on Instagram

Empower yourself with information: #actuallyautistic

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Today’s episode explores the neuroscience of romantic and sexual attraction, love, and relationship conflict. This episode was bootlegged from a conversation I had with Christine Eartheart, founder of The Center for Thriving Relationships, where she interviewed me for her podcast, The Thriving Relationships Show, a few weeks ago.

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Episode Resources:

Learn more about Christine and The Center for Thriving Relationships and listen to The Thriving Relationships Show

Rae Bird was the couples coach that supported Alex in ending her last relationship. 

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Masterclasses with Alex ($27): 

Rewiring Relationships: The Neuroscience of Love, Attraction, Heartbreak, & Healing

Rewiring Codependency: The Neuroscience of Secure Relating, Self-Respect, & Boundaries

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In this conversation with Mona Anand, we break down what the ancient practice of Yoga Nidra is, Non-Sleep Deep Relaxation, how it differs from other forms of meditation and hypnotherapy, its power to release and heal subconscious and unconscious blocks, memories, and stuck emotions, as well as create an expanded state of consciousness. 

Mona is a co-owner of ISHTA Yoga, a yogiraj or yoga master in the ISHTA lineage and the teacher training director of ISHTA’s world renowned teacher training programs.

She is most passionate about and best known for her work in the field of yoga nidra.  Mona was first introduced to yoga nidra as a teenager growing up in Mumbai, India. She was profoundly affected by the deep state of relaxation and expanded state of awareness she experienced through this meditation technique and has continued to practice yoga nidra throughout her life, sparking her interest in the brain and neuroscience.  

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Episode Resources:

Talk Nerdy To Me Episode 1: Neuroplasticity: How To Rewire Your Brain

Practice Yoga Nidra with Mona on Spotify

Practice Yoga Nidra with Mona on Insight Timer

Practice Yoga Nidra with Mona Anand on Teachable

Live classes in NYC & Online at ISHTA Yoga

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Today I’m talking nerdy about your brain's decision-making process with Tobias Johnson.  In this conversation, we’re diving into the different factors that influence your brain’s ability to make decisions such as- how much effort is required, when that effort will be required, how much time it will take, and other factors such as your emotional state and relationship with discomfort. In this episode, Toby gives some really practical, research-based action steps that you can take to help your brain get on track to make decisions, set goals, and follow through on your commitment. 

Tobias is a health & physique coach from Auckland, New Zealand. He specializes in creating body transformation through sustainable behavior change. He's a published scientist and holds a first class honors degree in Neuroscience and is off to Oxford University this year to pursue postgraduate studies in Psychology.

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We drop new episodes of Talk Nerdy To Me every Wednesday. Make sure you’ve subscribed so you don’t miss them! 

Episode Resources:

Find Toby on Instagram

Read Toby’s published research here

Talk Nerdy To Me Episode 2: The Neuroscience of Habit Change with Dr. Alex Korb

Learn more about the S.N. Goenka Vipassana meditation retreats we referenced

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Today I’m talking nerdy with Jonathan Bowles on taking a leap of faith and how to get out of your head and into your heart. In today’s conversation, Jonathan and I are going to step away from the science for a moment and into the practical: what does it actually take to recondition your relationship with fear in such a way that it can exist without holding you back from creating a life beyond your wildest dreams?

Jonathan is a motivational speaker, professional encourager, coach,  and lovingly known as the pastor of disaster. He left a 16 year career in the evangelical megachurch to start his own company, Slingshot House, that now helps develop and launch the dreams of people all over the world. 

I wanted to bring Jonathan on to talk with me about living fearlessly because I recently recorded an episode on the anatomy of fear (episode 7)  and Jonathan is the person that I personally call whenever I need a pep talk before taking a leap of faith. 

If you loved this style of episode, send me a DM @alex_nashton and let me know. If you hated this style of episode, send me a DM and let me know. I want to be recording episodes that are supportive and inspiring for you and I promise my little perfectionistic heart will be able to handle the feedback. 

Before you dive in, I would love it if you could leave us a 5 star review and a written review on whatever platform you’re listening on. In doing so, you help get this podcast into the ears and brains of more people like you. 

We drop new episodes of Talk Nerdy To Me every Wednesday. Make sure you’ve subscribed so you don’t miss them! 

Episode Resources:

Find Jonathan on Instagram

Find The Slingshot House on Instagram

Talk Nerdy To Me Episode 7: Anatomy of Fear: Amygdala, Autonomic Nervous System, & Overcoming Anxiety

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Today I’m talking nerdy with Ruby Lee about money mindset, how misbeliefs around money inhibit our earning potential, how to overcome fear in upleveling your income, and the work that we both did to create relationships with money that are peaceful rather than emotionally triggering and stressful. 

Ruby Lee is a Motivational Speaker, Business Coach, & Wealth Activator. She’s the founder of Flow State Business Coaching. With a focus on flow state mastery and flow psychology, Ruby’s unique coaching philosophy blends energetics with tactical strategies to help her clients back themselves in a big way.  Her mission is to help women in business create massive wealth for generations to come and to live the abundant lives they desire.

Ruby and I met a few years ago in a business mastermind facilitated by our mutual coach and friend, Scott Oldford. Every conversation I’ve had with Ruby since has felt so expansive and joyful, but this one was especially so much fun!  

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For the month of June 2023, when you share this podcast and tag @alex_nashton on Instagram, you’ll be entered into a giveaway for the chance to win a 90 minute long coaching call with Alex. 

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Episode Resources:

Listen to Ruby’s Podcast The Flow State Business Podcast on all platforms where podcasts are available 

Follow Ruby on Instagram here

Take Ruby’s mini-course BDE (Big Dollar Energy) for $197 AUD  here

Learn more about our mutual friend and coach Scott Oldford

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Today’s guest has been one of the single most influential people in my own life and mental health. In this conversation, we talk about the most common dysfunctional and unhelpful patterns of thinking and behavior that people struggle with, the difference between desire and motivation in creating lasting change, what stops people from changing, and the skills that are necessary for psychological health and resilience. 

Dr. Raymond Bepko has been a practicing psychotherapist in New York State since 1978. He is presently in private practice in the central New York area. His practice encompasses traditional emotional and behavioral issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, and adjustment to life events. Dr. Bepko specifically uses mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy to help his patients recover from and transcend mood disorders, pain, illness, injury, addiction, and trauma, and to develop and practice the specific attitudes, skills, and behaviors central to physical and psychological wellness. 

Dr. Bepko has also been my personal therapist for the last 8 years and who I lovingly refer to as the Robin Williams to my Good Will Hunting. 

Episode Resources: 

Learn more about Dr. Bepko on his website here

Find a therapist based on specialty, location, &  insurance on Psychology Today

Dr. Bepko’s Book Recommendations: 

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Thich Nhat Hanh

Donald Meichenbaum - learn more about CBT

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

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Today we’re talking nerdy about the neuroscience of fear and anxiety. In this solo episode with Alex, we’ll dive into how your brain learns and unlearns fear, the difference between healthy fear and anxiety, the role that your amygdala and autonomic nervous system play in your fear response, and 4 key practices you can start using today to work through your own anxiety. Not only will Alex break down what brain regions and neural pathways are associated with fear, but how you can use a conceptual understanding of this neuroscience to create actionable steps towards change. 

If you loved this episode, help us get it into more ears by leaving a 5 star review and subscribing on whatever platform you’re listening on. 

For the month of June 2023, when you share this podcast and tag @alex_nashton on Instagram, you’ll be entered into a giveaway for the chance to win a 90 minute long coaching call with Alex. 

Each episode that you share in June 2023 will lead to one entry which means that you can share all of them! 

Episode Resources: 

Episode 1 Neuroplasticity: How To Rewire Your Brain

Episode 4: Exploring the Science & Spirituality of the Nervous System with Kristin Leal

Episode 6:  The Science of Secure Attachment: How to Cultivate Healthier Relationships with Ashley Weller

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Today I’m talking nerdy with Ashley Weller on the science and psychology of attachment styles. Your attachment style is one of the most important, if not the most important factor in how you show up and sustain relationships. Today we’re delving into where they come from in terms of formative childhood and relational experiences, how they influence your relationship behaviors as an adult, and how you can change them.

PSA 🚨 If you are finding yourself in unhealthy or unhelpful relationship patterns, Ashley and I are going to talk about how you can become increasingly secure. 

Not only does this episode cover how we attach and form bonds with other humans, but Ashley will also teach you about the attachment bonds we form with other conceptual and physical entities, like money.

Ashley is a Health Psychology and Human Sexuality Professor, she hosts a sex positive show called "What's Your Position?" that focuses on health, wellness, relationships, mental health and all things sex. Sex and sex positivity are discussed at length in this episode so this is your little warning in case you are tuning in around sensitive or young ears. In addition to being an engaging and delightful podcast host, Ashley also has her Masters in Health Psychology and has been lecturing about sex and sexuality since 2013. 

Episode Resources: 

Learn more about Ashley & What’s Your Position Podcast by following… 

On Instagram

On Tik Tok

Keep an eye on Ashley’s Instagram stories for news on upcoming online courses and workshops with Bloom Community! 

You can listen to “What’s Your Position?” anywhere that podcasts are available. 

Click here to listen to the episode where Ashley interviews Alex on how she rewired her own anxious attachment style and codependency on Spotify.

Click here to listen on Apple Podcast.

Listen to the Instagram Live Ashley & Alex hosted on how to have uncomfortable conversations by clicking here!

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Each episode that you share in June 2023 will lead to one entry which means that you can share all of them! 

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Online Masterclasses with Alex ($27): 

Rewiring Relationships: The Neuroscience of Love, Attraction, Heartbreak, & Healing

Rewiring Codependency: The Neuroscience of Secure Relating, Self-Respect, & Boundaries

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Today’s guest is an expert on the lived experience of neuroplasticity within the nerve pathways that your body uses to experience sexual pleasure. In today’s episode of Talk Nerdy To Me, I’m speaking with Lauren Harkness on expanding your body’s capacity to feel pleasure, the four sexual nerve networks and how they can change, the role of the Vagus Nerve in healing trauma, and what exactly tantric embodiment practices are. This episode may not be suited for sensitive ears as my guest and I cover topics such as sexuality and trauma. 

Lauren Harkness is the Co-Founder of The Tantra Institute where she leads workshops, offers 1:1 coaching, and facilitates trauma release. She is passionate about Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual well-being and is here to be a stand for everyone ready to heal and further ignite their sexual self: healthy, conscious, sovereign, and free! She has a degree in Psychology from the University of Washington. She is an Advanced Certified Tantra Educator with Charles Muir’s Source School of Tantra, and studied Lafayette Morehouse Practices. Lauren is also trained in the D/s arts and Shamanism with Om Rupani, Somatic Experiencing with Peter Levine, and is a Graduate of Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts.

Episode Resources: 

You can learn more about Lauren Harkness here

Follow Lauren on Social Media Here:

Instagram

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Learn more about The Tantra Institute Events

For Women: 

Learn more about the Radiant Ecstasy Festival in June, BDSM Practitioner Training, and Level 1 & Level 2 Tantra Practitioner Training, and keep an eye out for the next round of Erotic Sovereignty (the program Alex used to heal from sexual trauma)

Take one of Lauren’s masterclasses here

For Men: 

Email Lauren to learn more about working with her 1:1 here: [email protected]

If you loved this episode, help us get it into more ears by leaving a 5 star review and subscribing on whatever platform you’re listening on. 

For the month of June 2023, when you share this podcast and tag @alex_nashton on Instagram, you’ll be entered into a giveaway for the chance to win a 90 minute long coaching call with Alex. 

Each episode that you share in June 2023 will lead to one entry which means that you can share all of them! 

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