Daria Burke

The plasticity in neuroplasticity is about the brain's ability to adapt and to change and to evolve in response to experiences, to things that we learn, to the stories that we tell ourselves. And that for me was such an aha moment in that one, I wanted to just know more about the concept because my instinct there was, well, what else don't I know about this?

How else might this articulate some of what I had been feeling? Because as you mentioned, people have this reaction when they meet me. And when I say they have this reaction, I get this two to three times a week sometimes where people walk up to me and ask some version of, do I report the news or are you on TV? So I

How else might this articulate some of what I had been feeling? Because as you mentioned, people have this reaction when they meet me. And when I say they have this reaction, I get this two to three times a week sometimes where people walk up to me and ask some version of, do I report the news or are you on TV? So I

How else might this articulate some of what I had been feeling? Because as you mentioned, people have this reaction when they meet me. And when I say they have this reaction, I get this two to three times a week sometimes where people walk up to me and ask some version of, do I report the news or are you on TV? So I

But I could often never really explain when I was telling someone about my family background and they couldn't make sense of this person. They said, well, you don't look like what you've been through, so to speak. And I could never fully explain how I had come to be this other person. And this idea with neuroplasticity that...

But I could often never really explain when I was telling someone about my family background and they couldn't make sense of this person. They said, well, you don't look like what you've been through, so to speak. And I could never fully explain how I had come to be this other person. And this idea with neuroplasticity that...

But I could often never really explain when I was telling someone about my family background and they couldn't make sense of this person. They said, well, you don't look like what you've been through, so to speak. And I could never fully explain how I had come to be this other person. And this idea with neuroplasticity that...

Every new piece of information, every new stimulus, every new story we tell ourselves, all of that helps inform the way we see the world and the way in which our brain will adjust and move beyond its tendency to recreate what it knows or to hinge on what it knows. And from there, my appetite to learn more just became voracious again.

Every new piece of information, every new stimulus, every new story we tell ourselves, all of that helps inform the way we see the world and the way in which our brain will adjust and move beyond its tendency to recreate what it knows or to hinge on what it knows. And from there, my appetite to learn more just became voracious again.

Every new piece of information, every new stimulus, every new story we tell ourselves, all of that helps inform the way we see the world and the way in which our brain will adjust and move beyond its tendency to recreate what it knows or to hinge on what it knows. And from there, my appetite to learn more just became voracious again.

Absolutely, I did, because I also knew that both of my grandfathers had addiction. And so I didn't drink in college. I was such a goody two shoes. I didn't touch anything. I was just so afraid that this monster would emerge if I had given it just a taste of what it was looking for. And eventually allowed myself to relax a little bit more around that and feel a little bit less concerned. But

Absolutely, I did, because I also knew that both of my grandfathers had addiction. And so I didn't drink in college. I was such a goody two shoes. I didn't touch anything. I was just so afraid that this monster would emerge if I had given it just a taste of what it was looking for. And eventually allowed myself to relax a little bit more around that and feel a little bit less concerned. But

Absolutely, I did, because I also knew that both of my grandfathers had addiction. And so I didn't drink in college. I was such a goody two shoes. I didn't touch anything. I was just so afraid that this monster would emerge if I had given it just a taste of what it was looking for. And eventually allowed myself to relax a little bit more around that and feel a little bit less concerned. But

That fear stayed with me for many, many years. And by the way, I think that the conditions under which any one of us who may have a propensity towards addiction or the ways in which that gene may get expressed, it is still real. And so I try to be very mindful about that and be so self-aware about that. I also just don't have the instinct to do drugs, and so that helps.

That fear stayed with me for many, many years. And by the way, I think that the conditions under which any one of us who may have a propensity towards addiction or the ways in which that gene may get expressed, it is still real. And so I try to be very mindful about that and be so self-aware about that. I also just don't have the instinct to do drugs, and so that helps.

That fear stayed with me for many, many years. And by the way, I think that the conditions under which any one of us who may have a propensity towards addiction or the ways in which that gene may get expressed, it is still real. And so I try to be very mindful about that and be so self-aware about that. I also just don't have the instinct to do drugs, and so that helps.

Yes, I did. And by then, I felt so clear. I had a different kind of agency when you're a teenager. And I suppose typically it's the time where you're wrestling a bit with or rumbling with your parents for agency and claiming more independence. I already had it. So the decision to test into and attend Renaissance was mine alone. And the decision to where I went to college was mine.

Yes, I did. And by then, I felt so clear. I had a different kind of agency when you're a teenager. And I suppose typically it's the time where you're wrestling a bit with or rumbling with your parents for agency and claiming more independence. I already had it. So the decision to test into and attend Renaissance was mine alone. And the decision to where I went to college was mine.

Yes, I did. And by then, I felt so clear. I had a different kind of agency when you're a teenager. And I suppose typically it's the time where you're wrestling a bit with or rumbling with your parents for agency and claiming more independence. I already had it. So the decision to test into and attend Renaissance was mine alone. And the decision to where I went to college was mine.

I certainly got advice and guidance that led me away from going to college in Los Angeles, where I was born. planning to attend the University of Southern California and to go closer to home at Michigan because I had a younger sister who was still in high school at that time. But other than that, the decisions were mine, and I felt very clear that that was the pathway through.