This is the first episode to feature an interview – and what a person to speak with. Alice Waters is an icon – a catalyst shaping the US Farmers Market, Slow Food, Farm to Table, and many other movements that champion both our health and the health of our planet.

She's also the visionary founder of Chez Panisse, the legendary Berkeley, CA restaurant that challenged assumptions about what a restaurant might be, and won the many accolades that affirm its place in the history of cuisine.

This episode focuses on three mindsets that have driven her impact. In Episode 7 we'll look at the skillsets she's enacted as she's – literally changed the world. In Episode 10, expect to explore what I see as the "brainsets" her intentions and practices have shaped – and how she uses them to advocate for a future where we celebrate our senses and the environment that activates them.

Be sure to visit the Episode page at www.thebrainandbeyond.com/episodes/5. You'll find some fascinating history and resources there. And come back soon for the rest of Alice's story. I promise you'll be as dazzled as I am.

Ellen
Neuroscience Educator, Author, and Coach
www.ellenleanse.com

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Run this mindfulness guide in background while you're living everyday life. It activates new ways of thinking that may boost  your mindful moments as you continue the exercises it suggests.

This is the very first Everyday Mindfulness practice on this podcast. I'll share one every week, each with a focus on a life experience, activity, or part of the brain that deserves thought and reflection. As always, you can find a resource page for each episode. This one is at www.thebrainandbeyond.com/episodes/4

If you're looking to boost mindfulness and the healthy results it delivers, start here. And come back soon for a new topic, cross-training your brain to bring mindfulness to more of your life.

Ellen
Neuroscience Educator, Author, and Coach
www.ellenleanse.com

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Understanding how the brain ages is a cause for concern to many – especially since we are all, well... aging. That's how life works.

Yet  research points to a surprising "Aha!" about how mindful practices might support brain health in a meaningful way at any life chapter. 

Listen in for the science going on in the grey stuff of the brain so you can direct your thoughts toward perhaps making it healthier, through all the years. 

Be sure to try the short, easy visualization at the end of the episode. It will encourage both mindful thought and neuronal activity in a few important regions of the brain.

Find episode notes and images at www.thebrainandbeyond.com/episodes/3

Thank you for being here. I hope you'll subscribe and come back soon.

Best,

Ellen
Neuroscience Educator, Author, and Coach
www.ellenleanse.com

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The brain's newest, most uniquely human, and singularly powerful Prefrontal Cortex – the PFC – delivers many of the functions and abilities we want more of in our lives. Yet it's not always available when we need it – until, that is, we learn how it works and how WE can work with it.

This episode invites you to explore the PFC's abilities and the challenges to accessing them so that you can begin to practice the mindsets and mindstates that will, with time, keep that intentional powerhouse more readily online.

I've shared some fun links, a video about the PFC, and follow-ups on this episode's resource page: www.thebrainandbeyond.com/episodes/2. Take a look, and email me at [email protected] with suggestions, or  topics you'd like to learn more about.

Thank you for being here and please listen in again soon.

Best,

Ellen
Neuroscience Educator, Author, and Coach
www.ellenleanse.com

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Here are five important insights about the brain that might come in handy as you navigate this thing called life – and especially as you look to update habits or reset outdated ways of doing things. Pay special attention to Tip #5 ... it's a great one to have around if you're ready to make changes in your thoughts, behaviors, or ways of seeing the world.

This is my inaugural episode (hooray!) so I'm very thankful to have you here. Please subscribe so you're first to know about future episodes – and visit this episode's page at www.thebrainandbeyond.com/episodes/1 for illustrations, helpful links, and other resources about the brain.

Thank you for being here and please listen in again soon. Best,

Ellen
Neuroscience Educator, Author, and Coach
www.ellenleanse.com

Theme music: Land Where I Belong by Lucia Lilikoi

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