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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.
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Website: www.fitmind.orgShow 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 | âWaking From the Dreamâ
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 Doctorâs Office
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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.
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Website: www.fitmind.orgSHOW 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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Doug's website: https://easingawake.com/ Doug's retreat talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DutrLDZo1Yk&t=2403s -
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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.comSHOW 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
LINKS
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Dr. Anna Abraham is a psychologist and neuroscientist who investigates creativity and how we can optimize this key trait. Sheâs 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.comSHOW 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
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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.comSHOW 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
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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 âtake the red pillâ and hear Dr. Hoffmanâs 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.
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Website: www.fitmind.comShow Notes
0:00 | Introduction to Donald Hoffman, PhD
2:23 | Why Reality Isnât 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
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Andrew Holecek is an author and meditation teacher with decades of intensive practice experience, including a 3-year silent retreat in the Tibetan tradition.
Andrewâs 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.comSHOW 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
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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. Nicolelisâs 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.
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Website: www.fitmind.comSHOW 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 Parkinsonâs 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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Edward Slingerland, PhD, is a Professor of Philosophy and Associate Member in the Asian Studies and Psychology Departments at the University of British Columbia. He's an expert on the cognitive science of ancient philosophies.
On this episode, we discuss the science of ancient concepts like Wu Wei (âeffortless actionâ), hot vs cold cognition, ways to alter consciousness, the paradox of trying not to try, and much more.
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Website: www.fitmind.comSHOW NOTES
0:00 | Intro to Edward Slingerland, PhD
1:39 | Wu Wei & Flow State
9:34 | Hot vs. Cold Cognition
13:45 | How to Get into State of Wu Wei
17:35 | When to Not Use Wu Wei
19:30 | Paradox of Trying Not to Try
26:40 | Wu Wei in Daily Life
30:10 | Microdosing Psychedelics
32:28 | Alcohol and Ways to Alter Consciousness
38:06 | How Much Effort is Needed to Become Effortless?
40:00 | Rapid Fire Questions
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Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde and Dr. Stephen Macknik are neuroscientists who specialize in the science of magic and illusion.
Both are professors of ophthalmology, neurology, and physiology & pharmacology at the Downstate Medical Center.
Together they pioneered the study of various aspects of magic such as perception, cognitive illusion, and attentional misdirection.
On this episode, we discuss how magic tricks fool the brain, why everyday life is an illusion, what neuroscientists and magicians can learn from each other and much more.
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Website: www.fitmind.comShow Notes
0:00 | Intro to Stephen Macknik, PhD & Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD
8:00 | How Magic Hacks Our Minds
13:00 | What Neuroscientists Learn from Magicians
15:54 | What Magicians Learn from Neuroscientists
17:24 | Testing Attention Manipulation
22:25 | Cognition & Calculation
25:36 | How Our Brains Construct Reality
28:27 | Vision Produces Our Changing Realities
29:53 | Microsaccades Explained
32:58 | Brain on Autopilot
35:50 | Expertise as an Unconscious Process
40:46 | Magic for Kids vs. Magic for Adults
43:43 | Is Magic Still Enjoyable When You Know the Tricks?
48:24 | Rapid Fire Questions
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Dr. Elena Antonova is a neuroscientist and senior lecturer in psychology at Brunel University London.
Her research focuses on the effects of long-term mindfulness meditation practice in the hope of promoting mental wellbeing in the general population.
On this episode, we dive into the different approaches to meditation and the 4 levels of meditation practice development.
We also discuss what goes on in the brains of elite meditators and what it takes for the average person to reap the benefits from a meditation practice.
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Website: www.fitmind.comShow Notes
0:00 | Introduction to Elena Antonova, PhD
4:28 | Categorizing Meditation Practices
7:15 | Why Breath Focus is Fundamental
10:19 | Constructivist vs. Innateist Approach to Meditation
12:08 | 4 Levels of Meditation Practice Development
17:12 | Mental Fitness Defined
20:19 | Brains of Mental Olympians
24:10 | Default Mode Network Differences
32:00 | Field of Awareness Described
35:45 | Habituation of the Attention System
46:45 | Eye Movement Paradigm Study
54:00 | Balancing Brainâs Predictive Nature with the Present Moment
57:10 | Measurable Changes with Just 10 Minutes a Day
59:14 | Rapid Fire Questions
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Dr. Antonio Damasio is a neurologist, psychologist and best-selling author.
He's the Founder & Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute, which researches human emotions, memory, communication, and decision-making, and is regarded as one of the most influential psychologists of the modern era.
On this episode, we discuss the evolution of the mind, the surprising role of feelings in consciousness, and why we have a brain in the first place.
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Website: www.fitmind.comShow Notes
0:00 | Introduction to Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD
2:07 | Why Do We Have a Brain?
4:00 | Brain & Nervous System Are One
6:08 | Evolution of the Mind
10:28 | Minds are Representation Machines
16:51 | Distinguishing Between Feeling & Emotions
19:04 | Feelings are the Beginning of Consciousness
22:38 | Nervous Systems Produce Feelings/Consciousness
29:30 | Understanding Feelings is of Utmost Importance
34:34 | How Feelings Impact Culture, Politics, Relationships, & Everything Really
39:37 | Building Conscious Machines with Vulnerability
43:30 | Rapid Fire Questions
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Dr. Sidarta Ribeiro is an award-winning neuroscientist, author, and Founder of the Brain Institute at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil, where he is also a professor of neuroscience.
In this episode, we discuss how dreams have influenced human evolution, the connection between sleep and learning, and how to cultivate a rich dream life.
He gives his top tips for how to get a better nightâs sleep and stresses the importance of sharing our dreams with others.
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind
Website: www.fitmind.comShow Notes
0:00 | Introduction to Sidarta Ribeiro, PhD
3:09 | History of Sleep and Dreams
5:56 | Problem with Not Paying Attention to Dreams
7:27 | Purpose of Dreams
13:45 | How Sleep Made Humans a Dominate Species
22:17 | How to Cultivate a Dream Life
27:38 | Interpreting Meaning of Dreams
36:23 | Collective Dreams Have Changed During Covid
37:48 | Sleep Tips - How to Get a Better Nightâs Sleep
41:43 | Are Naps Good?
42:55 | Connection Between Sleep, Memory and Learning
46:13 | Too Much Sleep?
49:51 | Rapid Fire Questions
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Ramses Alcaide, PhD is an electrical engineer, neuroscientist, and CEO of Neurable, an innovative brain-computer interface company.
At Neurable, he is the inventor and primary developer of a brain-computer interface technology that is designed to turn human biometrics into actionable insights.
On this episode, we discuss his work at Neurable, how thoughts can be read by machines, and the benefits, ethical concerns, and future of brain-computer interface technology.
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind
Website: www.fitmind.comShow Notes
0:00 | Introduction to Ramses Alcaide, PhD
3:20 | What is a Brain-Computer Interface?
5:34 | How a Brain Interfaces with a Machine
9:48 | How Thoughts are Read by Machines
13:48 | Enten EEG Headphones - How They Work
23:18 | Addressing BCI Concerns and Ethics
26:30 | Future of BCIs
35:28 | Can People Become too Reliant on BCIs?
40:33 | Rapid Fire Questions
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Dr. Amishi Jha is a neuroscientist and professor of psychology at the University of Miami. She's the Director and Co-Founder of Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative.
Dr. Jha leads research on the neural basis of attention and the effects of mindfulness-based training programs on cognition, emotion, resilience, and performance, working with the military, educators, elite athletes, and children.
We discuss the 3 main subsystems of attention, the evolutionary reason for mind wandering, and recommended practices to sharpen your attention.
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Website: www.fitmind.com0:00 | Introduction to Amishi Jha, PhD
4:48 | The Attention Problem
6:30 | 3 Main Subsystems of Attention
11:06 | How Subsystems of Attention Work Together
13:20 | Meta Awareness and Meta Cognition
15:30 | Evolutionary Reason for Mind Wandering
18:58 | What Makes a Thought âStickyâ
24:18 | High Stress and Attention
31:33 | Can You Undo Benefits of Mindfulness?
36:28 | Different Definitions of Mindfulness
40:18 | Recommended Practices to Train Attention
43:58 | Rapid Fire Questions
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Apkar V. Apkarian, PhD is a professor of physiology, anesthesiology, and physical medicine and rehabilitation at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.
He has been studying pain for more than two decades and is a pioneer in the use of fMRI to study the neurochemistry of the brain. Dr. Apkarian's research has increasingly focused on chronic pain, including the strategic use of placebo treatment.
In this episode, we discuss the placebo effect, how pain works in the brain, and susceptibility to chronic pain and placebo response.
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Dr. James Cooke is a neuroscientist, writer and speaker, focused on consciousness, meditation, psychedelic states, and science.
He studied Experimental Psychology and completed his PhD in Neuroscience at Oxford University.
He holds research positions at University College London and Trinity College Dublin where he investigates how the brain creates our experience of the world.
In this episode, we dive into the concept of nonduality, why our brains construct an ego, the nature of consciousness, psychedelic states and much more.
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Shauna Shapiro, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, bestselling author, and an expert in mindfulness and self-compassion. She has spent two decades studying the benefits of mindfulness and compassion. Her TEDx Talk on this topic has been viewed over 2 million times.
Dr. Shapiro is a professor of psychology at Santa Clara University. She graduated summa cum laude from Duke University, and received a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Arizona. She's published over 150 journal articles and 3 books. Her most recent book is Good Morning, I Love You: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity, and Joy.
We dive into the science supporting self-compassion, the exciting overlap between modern neuroscience and ancient wisdom, where the mindfulness movement might be headed, and much more.
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Elliot Roe is a leading expert in mindset optimization for high performers.
In just the last 3 years his poker clients have won over $150,000,000 and nearly every major tournament title, including the World Series of Poker Main Event. His clientele also includes Olympic medalists, UFC Champions, Hollywood actors, business executives, and Wall Street traders.
He also Co-Founded the mobile mindset app Primed Mind and hosts the A-Game Advantage Podcast. Elliot holds a graduate degree in Clinical Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy.
We discuss his work with the world's top poker players and other mental peak performers, the psychology of hypnotherapy, and his advice for forming your own optimal mindset.
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Dr. Massimo Pigliucci is Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York, former co-host of the Rationally Speaking Podcast, and one of the most influential modern Stoics.
He's published several books including How to Be a Stoic, Nonsense on Stilts, and A Field Guide to a Happy Life. Professor Pigliucci has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology and also a PhD in Philosophy.
We go in-depth on Stoicism, what it is, and how to apply it in everyday life.
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