Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

It's about keeping you safe.

And so when that amygdala is on, that is the sense that you feel, that feeling of survival.

And so when that amygdala is on, that is the sense that you feel, that feeling of survival.

And so...

And so...

You know, what's happened now, the purpose of the amygdala and the sympathetic nervous system, your fight or flight system, evolutionarily it was to keep you safe.

You know, what's happened now, the purpose of the amygdala and the sympathetic nervous system, your fight or flight system, evolutionarily it was to keep you safe.

So when you face a tiger in the forest, you know, when we were all cave dwellers back in the day, evolutionarily, you would face a tiger in the forest and you would fight the tiger or you would flee.

So when you face a tiger in the forest, you know, when we were all cave dwellers back in the day, evolutionarily, you would face a tiger in the forest and you would fight the tiger or you would flee.

That's what the fight or flight response is.

That's what the fight or flight response is.

But now all of these tigers, these metaphorical tigers, aren't this one moment in time and then you have a moment of rest.

But now all of these tigers, these metaphorical tigers, aren't this one moment in time and then you have a moment of rest.

It's these things that just never go away.

It's these things that just never go away.

So for entrepreneurs, funding issues, growing challenges with growth, challenges with meeting the demands of consumers, all of these business issues that people are facing, they're happening at a low hum in the background at all times.

So for entrepreneurs, funding issues, growing challenges with growth, challenges with meeting the demands of consumers, all of these business issues that people are facing, they're happening at a low hum in the background at all times.

So that amygdala is,

So that amygdala is,

is just on at all times.