Dr. Tara Swart
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first heard Dec 2024
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Um. Well, I hadn't experienced a problem with my reading, but he was obviously seeing the numbers slightly change. I really didn't do much more than what I've just said. So it was like not accepting the limitation and then not changing my behavior. And I think that's what you see from the third group of people, which is that...
they had to change their behavior to live like without any help and in a way that they had to when they were younger. So that essentially removed the limitations that we impose on ourself, which is that if I'm X age, it must mean that I need reading glasses or I need a walking stick or whatever it is.
There's a kind of opposite experiment to that too, which was done with young medical students in Florida. And they had to walk between five rooms and on the table were five pieces of paper with a word on it and you had to string a sentence out of it. But that wasn't the real experiment. They thought that was the experiment.
The real experiment was that in one of the rooms, the words that were on the table were Florida Beach Sunshine Walk.
bungalow and all of them walked more slowly out of that room than any of the other rooms because those words are associated with retirement and that made them slow down that you asked me is language important in art to our brain that's how important it is so just saying words can change our behavior so quickly that's what the experiment showed
And it's also just bringing that word need into your life. Like you don't have enough, like that you need something. I'm constantly changing my words, like tweaking them like that. So I would say, oh, I'm going to treat myself to a coffee.
I know that we've talked like very broadly on lots of different things, but I hope that for me, my intention with every sentence that I've said to you is that people should realize how much potential they have in their brains, like how capable they are of having an even more amazing life than they have already.
Yeah. Yeah. So if I could give people a takeaway to start with, that's really simple, but it doesn't mean there isn't a lot of hard work at the other end of it. It would be, be very clear on what it is that you want. So you've mentioned a few things. Spend five minutes sitting down and visualizing those things being true and then give gratitude for that. That would be my first step.
Those things being true. Just five minutes. I'm a great partner. I'm not messy. My podcast is super successful. Like see it, feel it in your body, taste it in your mouth, hear it in your ears. Completely immerse yourself in that five minutes, longer if you can. And then just be so grateful for all of that. Essentially, what you're doing is moving your brain from a fear state to a trust state.
And that is the gateway to making these changes.
Leading neuroscientist. Best-selling author. Dr. Tara Swart.
Hey everyone, welcome back to On Purpose, the place you choose to become happier, healthier, and more healed. Today's guest is someone that I've wanted to talk to for such a long time, and I'm so excited because we finally have her in the studio. Actually, we're all the way in London because we didn't know when she was coming to LA, and I'm so glad we made it happen.
I'm speaking about the one and only Dr. Tara Swart. She's a PhD neuroscientist, former MD, executive advisor, best-selling author, and senior advisor for neuroscience and leadership at MIT Sloan. Her book is called The Source, The Secrets of the Universe, The Science of the Brain. If you don't already have a copy, I want you to go and grab it now. I promise you, you won't regret it.
Please welcome to On Purpose, Dr. Tara Swart. Tara, it's such a joy to have you here, honestly.
No, no, this is something I was looking forward to all week. I can promise you it's a Thursday for anyone who's listening. And I've been recording all week and I was really excited to sit down with you. I think the work that you're doing is so similar in value to the work I'm trying to do in the world.
I really believe that for so long, ancient wisdom and the wisdom of the East especially has been seen through two lenses. I think there's been a lot of enthusiasm towards it and a lot of value and reverence. And at the same time, I think there's been, as you say, skepticism and cynicism around it. And so to have someone of your caliber, your research, your insight,
And communicating in the way you do, I think, is such a great blessing and benefit for the industry in and of itself. So thank you so much for the work you do.
It really means the world. But let's dive straight in. And if you hear me and Tara lock into some... what would I call them? Inside jokes, because we're both North Londoners, then just please roll with us. But Tara, I wanted to start off with where did you and why did you get so passionate about this work and finding the parallels between ancient wisdom and modern science?
And why did that work call you?
It's fascinating that all of these things have been practiced for thousands and thousands of years. And ironically, we've also had mental health and anxiety challenges for much longer than we believe we have. And I often think of the Bhagavad Gita and Arjun, which, you know, was spoken 5,000 years ago, But that experience that he's having on the battlefield is anxiety, stress.
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