The Adventures of Self Podcast

The Brain as a Computer – with Sam Led


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This week's adventure is taken in the company of author, speaker and transformative coach Sam Led who focusses on guiding people back to wellbeing and success After a major setback in life. His book, Fear Less, talks about his living through personal hardship and how to rise above the darkness in your life.

They talk about the brain as a computer, how it can glitch, and how to realise that you are not the sum total of your thought, how you can get it wrong, how to polish the lens of the heart and that deep down you all are diamonds.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • Presence and mindfulness is bandied about, but being able to polish off the dust from your heart that settled from the day before is about refocussing that presence and awareness.
  • We think we’re living through our circumstances in the outside world, but we have it backwards, I think we’re living through a world f thought and thinking. We think that’s reality and the brain is doing its best to keep us safe, but we forget who we are and that we do our best when we’re not thinking.
  • When we’re in a low mood, the brain wants to find a fall guy to keep us safe. It’s normal to feel low, when we start to think it’s not normal, that’s when the problems start.
  • The brain is only as good as the operator, like if you don’t plug your laptop into the wall you can’t turn it on. Some of our brains glitch and you have to hit Ctl/Alt/Delete, and that’s OK too.
  • All of you are diamonds covered in shit and layered in lipstick, what matters is the diamond part.
  • BEST MOMENTS

    ‘If you asked me over three years ago that we’d be chanting the Hanuman Chalisa I’d be like ‘What?! I haven’t done that since my bar mitzvah!’

    ‘We’re all just one thought away from that moment of presence.’

    ‘I just want to have a happy life and I want my clients to have happy lives, it’s as simple as that.’

    ‘The brain is the filter through which we experience the universe.’

    ‘The anxious thinking floppy disc was inserted into my hard drive, but I’m not going to figure it out because it’s a very human thing and it doesn’t matter.’

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    ABOUT THE GUEST

    Sam is a no-nonsense intuitive transformative coach, author, and speaker. His career has spanned the world of organizational and personal development.

    From successful executives, spiritual leaders, health professionals, to the entertainment industry, Sam has lovingly guided his clients back to well-being and success after experiencing a major life setback or loss.

    His studies at University of South Florida and Nova Southeastern University combined with his deep knowledge of the transformative potential of a principle-based understanding of the mind highlighting the direct link between people’s state of mind and their outcomes, coupled with a graduate degree in conflict resolution make him a powerful conduit for his clients.

    Sam Led's website: https://samledconsulting.com/

    IG: @samledconsulting

    ABOUT THE HOST

    Taylor Roark is the founder of Galliant Trainings, which guides and facilitates individuals and organisations in Creative Purpose.

    He has worked variously as a school bus driver, a blacksmith, a Wall Street lawyer and a developer of offshore wind farms. He has lived on 3 continents, travelled to more than 50 countries and currently resides in London, England.

    Taylor is a keen cyclist, an amateur photographer, an alchemical writer, a weekend DJ and a Taoist at heart. He chooses to live life as a mythical adventure.

    “The adventure you seek in life is yourself!”

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