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Ayelet Waldman

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The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

Yeah, I mean, it's remarkable. I knew something had to be going on with my brain because I was feeling so different. I was managing stress. And I think it was the first time that I was stressing out about something and my husband said to me, why don't you go quilt? And I thought, huh, yes. And also, what the heck is going on? Was that an immediate feeling in your brain, in your body? Totally.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

Yeah, I mean, it's remarkable. I knew something had to be going on with my brain because I was feeling so different. I was managing stress. And I think it was the first time that I was stressing out about something and my husband said to me, why don't you go quilt? And I thought, huh, yes. And also, what the heck is going on? Was that an immediate feeling in your brain, in your body? Totally.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

Yeah, I mean, it's remarkable. I knew something had to be going on with my brain because I was feeling so different. I was managing stress. And I think it was the first time that I was stressing out about something and my husband said to me, why don't you go quilt? And I thought, huh, yes. And also, what the heck is going on? Was that an immediate feeling in your brain, in your body? Totally.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

I smell the fabric, I hear the machine and I start touching the fabric and I am like everything that's going on in, you know, that agitation you feel when you're stressed, that kind of feeling in your throat, in your stomach, in the back, it just vanishes. It's so curious.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

I smell the fabric, I hear the machine and I start touching the fabric and I am like everything that's going on in, you know, that agitation you feel when you're stressed, that kind of feeling in your throat, in your stomach, in the back, it just vanishes. It's so curious.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

I smell the fabric, I hear the machine and I start touching the fabric and I am like everything that's going on in, you know, that agitation you feel when you're stressed, that kind of feeling in your throat, in your stomach, in the back, it just vanishes. It's so curious.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

Let me tell you a little bit about what I think is going on in your brain and what all of these various neurosurgeons have told me. Okay, so, some of it has to do with this idea of bilateral brain activity. So, you know, we have our right brain and our left brain. And when we are engaged in bilateral stimulation, that actually makes us relaxed. It induces a kind of comfortable feeling.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

Let me tell you a little bit about what I think is going on in your brain and what all of these various neurosurgeons have told me. Okay, so, some of it has to do with this idea of bilateral brain activity. So, you know, we have our right brain and our left brain. And when we are engaged in bilateral stimulation, that actually makes us relaxed. It induces a kind of comfortable feeling.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

Let me tell you a little bit about what I think is going on in your brain and what all of these various neurosurgeons have told me. Okay, so, some of it has to do with this idea of bilateral brain activity. So, you know, we have our right brain and our left brain. And when we are engaged in bilateral stimulation, that actually makes us relaxed. It induces a kind of comfortable feeling.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

Und Quilting und ein anderes Handwerk sind eine sehr bilateralen Aktivität, weil man beide Hände benutzt. Man geht zwischen Dinge, die sehr technisch und mathematisch sind und eine Art kreatives Ding. Und man macht das sortieren, wieder und wieder. Und dann gibt es dieses tolle Ding, das man als Default-Mode-Netzwerk nennt.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

Und Quilting und ein anderes Handwerk sind eine sehr bilateralen Aktivität, weil man beide Hände benutzt. Man geht zwischen Dinge, die sehr technisch und mathematisch sind und eine Art kreatives Ding. Und man macht das sortieren, wieder und wieder. Und dann gibt es dieses tolle Ding, das man als Default-Mode-Netzwerk nennt.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

Und Quilting und ein anderes Handwerk sind eine sehr bilateralen Aktivität, weil man beide Hände benutzt. Man geht zwischen Dinge, die sehr technisch und mathematisch sind und eine Art kreatives Ding. Und man macht das sortieren, wieder und wieder. Und dann gibt es dieses tolle Ding, das man als Default-Mode-Netzwerk nennt.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

So the default mode network is this brain system that is active when you're in the state of, think about wakeful rest, right? You're letting your mind wander. It might be when you're on a walk, when you're not controlling what you're thinking about, right? Und diese Art von wachsendem Rest, wenn dein Default-Mode-Netzwerk sich aufschließt und übernimmt, ist sehr, sehr ruhig.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

So the default mode network is this brain system that is active when you're in the state of, think about wakeful rest, right? You're letting your mind wander. It might be when you're on a walk, when you're not controlling what you're thinking about, right? Und diese Art von wachsendem Rest, wenn dein Default-Mode-Netzwerk sich aufschließt und übernimmt, ist sehr, sehr ruhig.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

So the default mode network is this brain system that is active when you're in the state of, think about wakeful rest, right? You're letting your mind wander. It might be when you're on a walk, when you're not controlling what you're thinking about, right? Und diese Art von wachsendem Rest, wenn dein Default-Mode-Netzwerk sich aufschließt und übernimmt, ist sehr, sehr ruhig.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

Und wenn du zurückgehst zur Aufmerksamkeit, findest du dich ein bisschen ruhig und invigoriert.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

Und wenn du zurückgehst zur Aufmerksamkeit, findest du dich ein bisschen ruhig und invigoriert.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

Und wenn du zurückgehst zur Aufmerksamkeit, findest du dich ein bisschen ruhig und invigoriert.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

Das erinnert mich daran, dass du 2017 in deinem Buch einen guten Tag geschrieben hast, über Microdosing, LSD, als Weg, um Mood und Anxiety Disorders zu helfen. Hat Quilting den gleichen Effekt für dich? Total.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

Das erinnert mich daran, dass du 2017 in deinem Buch einen guten Tag geschrieben hast, über Microdosing, LSD, als Weg, um Mood und Anxiety Disorders zu helfen. Hat Quilting den gleichen Effekt für dich? Total.