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The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Explorations in neuroscience, mindful practices, and ways to increase hope, positive impact, and life satisfaction.
This podcast will make understanding the brain easy and even... actionable. Yes, you can train your brain, even change it, developing it as a more aligned partner bringing you more of what you want in life.
Expect understandable explanations of various brain and cognitive functions... interviews with fascinating experts and hopeful activists... and weekly lessons on "Everyday Mindfulness" that help you train your brain without adding anything more to your schedule.
Enjoy our beautiful theme song, "Land Where I Belong" by Lucia Lilikoi, on your favorite listening platform, or via her website:
https://www.lilikoimusic.com
And dive into resource pages for each podcast episode. You can always find them by visiting:
https://www.thebrainandbeyond.com/episodes
Please subscribe, and come back soon.
Ellen
The Brain and Beyond Podcast
Oxytocin and the Power of Love (Hormones)
Between us? I believe we humans, and all beings, are much (much) more than machines driven by pulses of electricity and surges of chemicals in the body and brain.
That's the "mechanistic" view, and – much to a few science-focused friends' dismay – I'm not a mechanist.
Though... our neurochemistry, and the way it interacts with lots of other things in the body, across the brain, and in the world around us, DOES shape much of our experience of life.
This episode looks at one such chemical, a hormone called oxytocin, and how it might explain some of the puzzling pieces we're all trying to put together in life.
Dive in to learn how this hormone works, how it differs across genders, and how you can encourage more of it in your life.
And be sure to visit the episode page at www.thebrainandbeyond.com/episodes/16. You'll find a lot of oxytocin-boosting goodies (and some fun!) there.
Big shoutout to Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy for being awesome, to The Commonwealth Club for allowing use of their interview with Dr. Louann Brizendine, and to the Omega Institute and Elizabeth Lesser. They both rock.
Best,
Ellen
Neuroscience Educator, Author, and Coach
www.ellenleanse.com
Theme music: Land Where I Belong by Lucia Lilikoi
Learn more at www.thebrainandbeyond.com
