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The Science of Scarcity: What Poverty Does to the Brain
Poverty has such a measurable impact on your nervous system that we can see it in brain scans, yet we don't often talk about what those impacts look like. Benjamin Faye is back on the show to unpack some of the ways that poverty changes our brain chemistry, alters expectations, and increases struggles for self-regulation. And we discuss what healing can look like with in community and with support.
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By Tori Williams Douglass, Benjamin Faye
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Poverty has such a measurable impact on your nervous system that we can see it in brain scans, yet we don't often talk about what those impacts look like. Benjamin Faye is back on the show to unpack some of the ways that poverty changes our brain chemistry, alters expectations, and increases struggles for self-regulation. And we discuss what healing can look like with in community and with support.
SUPPORT THE SHOW
Benji on Instagram
Benji on Bluesky
White Homework on Instagram
Tori on Bluesky