By FitMind: Neuroscience, Meditation & Mental Fitness Training
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Stanford psychologist Fred Luskin, PhD, discusses the science of forgiveness, emphasizing the need to process grief as a foundation for emotional healing.
He explores practical ways to teach forgiveness to children and how adults can approach societal challenges with acceptance and meaning.
Luskin also introduces his 9 Steps to Forgiveness, a research-based framework for releasing resentment and fostering gratitude, offering listeners actionable tools for resilience and well-being.
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Show Notes
0:00 | Introduction to Dr. Fred Luskin
3:23 | Link to 30 Days of Meditation, Science & Bliss course: https://bit.ly/30-day-course
3:33 | Forgiveness is the Forgotten Step
5:44 | Forgiveness Defined
12:30 | Resolving Grievances
16:22 | Choosing Where to Put Your Attention
18:50 | Grief Precedes Forgiveness
26:40 | Power of Forgiveness Anecdotes
38:40 | 9 Steps to Forgiveness
46:11 | Revenge is a Life Well Lived
51:49 | Repainting Your Life Picture
59:02 | Modeling Forgiveness for Children
1:06:00 | Forgiveness of Global Issues
1:10:40 | Next Steps
In this episode, Dr. Andrew Litchy recounts his journey from life as a monk to becoming a naturopathic doctor.
He shares his insights on how meditation helped him manage ADHD and how it has become integral to both his personal life and professional practice.
The conversation spans topics from the daily life of a monk and the experience of ordination to practical tips on integrating mindfulness into a busy life.
Dr. Litchy also discusses practical strategies for training the mind in a hectic world and provides top wellness tips, making this episode a rich resource for anyone interested in meditation and holistic health.
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind Website: www.fitmind.org
Show Notes
0:00 | Introduction to Andrew Litchy
9:02 | ADHD in Meditation
12:18 | How Meditation Clicked
13:25 | Straight Mindful Vipassana
19:05 | Jhanas Defined
23:42 | Experience of Ordaining as a Monk
27:40 | Day in the Life of a Monk
45:25 | From Monk to Med School
47:20 | Study on Meditation and HRV
55:20 | How to Train the Mind in a Busy Life
1:02:14 | Sticky Notes
1:10:17 | Homebase for the Mind
1:13:32 | “Waking From the Dream”
1:21:10 | Time Is a Construct
1:25:44 | Meditation Training for Children
1:31:05 | Top Wellness Tips
1:36:40 | Most Common Problems Treated in a Naturopathic Doctor’s Office
How does the mind shape our reality? What happens when the conceptual mind turns off?
The answers might be found in the depths of meditation.
Doug Kraft has delved into the complexities of the mind from various perspectives: as a psychotherapist, writer, minister, meditation teacher, and through the lenses of bio-energetics and neuroscience.
In this episode, we discuss consciousness and the mind's role in constructing our reality. We explore how to train our brains to achieve lasting contentment.
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind Website: www.fitmind.org
SHOW NOTES
0:00 | Introduction to Doug Kraft
1:20 | Home Retreat Experience
8:15 | Dependent Origination
14:23 | What is Consciousness?
23:31 | How the Mind Constructs Reality
36:24 | The Man Who Lost $100,000
45:04 | Exercise for Glimpsing Deep Awareness
47:48 | Practice Insight - Redirecting Attention
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How does the brain work at its deepest levels? And to what extent can we radically upgrade it, creating neuroplastic changes?
Ruben Laukkonen, PhD is a cognitive neuroscientist, contemplative, speaker, and poet.
His eclectic background includes competing semi-professionally in Muay Thai Kickboxing, founding two businesses (including the first online market for bitcoin in Australia), and intensive meditation training.
Dr. Laukkonen is currently a principal investigator and lecturer at Southern Cross University and holds honorary fellowships at VU Amsterdam and The University of Queensland. He uses methods such as behavior, neuroimaging, machine learning, and phenomenology to empirically investigate some of the rarest states of human consciousness.
This episode is a full tour of the mind, including a deep dive into some of those rare states of consciousness and what they reveal about achieving the highest levels of human happiness.
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind Website: www.fitmind.com
SHOW NOTES
0:00 | Introduction to Ruben Laukkonen, PhD
2:02 | Early Experience
10:45 | How the Mind Makes Itself
22:18 | Predictive Processing & Agitation
25:30 | Why There's Always Something Wrong
31:28 | Chain of Causality in the Mind
36:00 | The Mind Rebuilding After Deepest Levels of Meditation
38:25 | Meditation for Reconditioning the Mind
52:06 | Doing Nothing Very Well
53:14 | Stages of Meditation & Predictive Processing
1:08:28 | Cessation & Awakening Research
1:17:12 | Jhanas - Stages of Deconstruction
1:24:22 | Rapid Fire Questions
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Delson Armstrong is a meditation teacher and author of A Mind Without Craving.
He trained for extended periods in the Himalayas and mastered several systems of yoga, including the ten levels of samadhi (meditative states of absorption). Delson has recently collaborated with leading neuroscience research labs interested in studying his brain.
On this episode, we discuss how to conquer a craving mind, cessation and its benefits, the unique way he experiences his inner world, and the studies being done on his brain.
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind Website: www.fitmind.com
SHOW NOTES
0:00 | Intro to Delson Armstrong
1:30 | A Mind Without Craving
7:25 | Experience of “No Self”
15:40 | Awakened Mind = Supreme Happiness
20:40 | Daily Life After Awakening
26:03 | Meditation Brain Study
30:15 | Cessation - What Is It & Benefits
34:24 | Experiencing How the Mind Works
37:43 | Deconditioning a Wandering Mind
48:11 | Rapid Fire Questions
LINKS
Delson Armstrong Website: https://delsonarmstrong.info/
Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center: https://www.dhammasukha.org/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/delson
A Mind Without Craving via Suttavada Foundation: https://www.suttavada.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/a-mind-without-craving.pdf
Dr. Anna Abraham is a psychologist and neuroscientist who investigates creativity and how we can optimize this key trait. She’s also a leading scholar on the study of human imagination.
On this episode, we discuss the key ingredients of a creative mind, how to become more creative, and how the brain can tell the difference between real and imaginary worlds.
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind Website: www.fitmind.com
SHOW NOTES
0:00 | Intro to Anna Abraham, PhD
1:44 | Imagination More Important Than Knowledge?
4:45 | Imagination Defined
7:53 | How We Experience Real vs. Imaginary Worlds
17:20 | Fiction Crossing Into Reality
21:35 | Overlap of Memory & Imagination
29:28 | Ingredients of a Creative Mind
42:08 | Ways to Build Creativity
48:35 | Predictors of Creativity
58:12 | Rapid Fire Questions
Nick Littlehales has been an elite sport recovery coach for nearly a quarter-century and is the bestselling author of Sleep: The Myth of 8 Hours, the Power of Naps... and the New Plan to Recharge Your Body and Mind.
On this episode, we uncover the common myths and misunderstandings about sleep. We also discuss the circadian rhythm, chronotypes, polyphasic sleep, and treating sleep as recovery.
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind Website: www.fitmind.com
SHOW NOTES
0:00 | Intro to Nick Littlehales
1:42 | Sleep Tips
3:45 | Becoming a Sleep Coach
7:28 | How the Pros Optimize Sleep
9:38 | What to do Before You Sleep
19:36 | Understanding Circadian Rhythm
26:10 | Polyphasic Sleep: Importance of Naps
28:58 | 7 Key Sleep Recovery Indicators
37:27 | How to Improve Sleep
43:54 | Microrest
45:20 | Rapid Fire Questions
Donald Hoffman, PhD is a cognitive scientist and author of The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes.
He is currently a professor at UC Irvine, where he studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology.
On this episode, we “take the red pill” and hear Dr. Hoffman’s theory on why reality is not what it seems. He explains this complex topic by comparing reality to a user interface.
We discuss many topics, such as his mathematical theory of consciousness, questioning beliefs, and how the mind forms new mental models.
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind Website: www.fitmind.com
Show Notes
0:00 | Introduction to Donald Hoffman, PhD
2:23 | Why Reality Isn’t as It Seems
7:30 | Reality as a User Interface
13:51 | Adapting to Evolving Technology
16:06 | Creating New Mental Models
18:31 | Moving Beyond Spacetime
23:06 | Consciousness is Fundamental
25:26 | Ancient Wisdom & Science of Consciousness
30:00 | Conversation with the Dalai Lama (starting at 54:40)
30:15 | Reality Transcends Concepts
36:39 | Questioning Beliefs
38:56 | A New Worldview
45:04 | Mathematical Theory of Consciousness
45:39 | Rapid Fire Questions
Andrew Holecek is an author and meditation teacher with decades of intensive practice experience, including a 3-year silent retreat in the Tibetan tradition.
Andrew’s work combines ancient wisdom with modern science.
We discuss the insights gained from his lengthy silent retreat, the 2 vectors of enlightenment, how our minds construct our realities, and much more.
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind Website: www.fitmind.com
SHOW NOTES
0:00 | Intro to Andrew Holecek
4:55 | In the Presence of Meditation Masters
10:10 | 3-Year Silent Retreat Experience
18:58 | Insights Gained from 3-Year Retreat
22:50 | Unsticking the Mind
30:06 | Enlightenment Defined
38:58 | Waking Up & Growing Up
44:23 | How Our Minds Construct Our Realities
54:20 | Deconstructing Mental Constructs
62:23 | Rapid Fire Questions
Miguel Nicolelis, MD, PhD is a Brazilian neuroscientist and physician famous for his pioneering work in the field of brain-machine interface (BMI) technology.
Dr. Nicolelis’s extensive research with brain-machine interfaces blurs the lines between real life and science fiction.
In the episode, we discuss neuroprosthetics, monkeys controlling robots, brain-to-brain communication, and the key implications of these wild, futuristic technologies for us all.
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind Website: www.fitmind.com
SHOW NOTES
0:00 | Intro to Dr. Miguel Nicolelis
4:20 | Monkeys Controlling Robots
10:30 | Mirror Neurons & Brain-Machine Interface (BMI)
13:02 | Advances & Applications of BMIs
17:50 | BMIs for Parkinson’s Disease
21:36 | Upgrading the Human Mind?
24:50 | Why Machines Will Never Think Like a Human
29:56 | Brains are Changed by Digital Systems
32:50 | Limitations of Computers
37:07 | How Nature Shaped the Brain
40:15 | We Only Experience a Sliver of Reality
49:45 | Viruses of the Mind
59:30 | Rapid Fire Questions
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