Mindset Neuroscience Podcast
Episodes
When Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Brain Science w Dr. Aldrich Chan
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Brain Science: Returning to What We Already Know We're drowning in information. Collecting data. Consuming content. A...
Your brain doesn’t do reality – it does probability: And self-understanding is how we update the code.
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us walk through the world believing we're responding to what's actually happening. But we're not. We're responding to a model—a statistical ...
The Neuroscience of Thanksgiving: regulation beyond the ritual
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gratitude - and all of its related rituals - can come across as surface level and performative. But when we can explore it through the lens of neuro...
Resilience isn’t built by staying calm: how your brain-body actually heals
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Resilience isn't built by staying calm. Resilience also doesn't happen by following a script or filling out a worksheet. It's built ...
How revenge affects our brain and how we can break the cycle w/ Dr. Kimmel
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How does revenge play a role in our world? Neuroscience research shows that its neurological basis plays a deeper, darker role than we might have imag...
Super-Regulators: the Science of Self-Regulation Leadership
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the most powerful leaders are not those who control others, but those who have mastered the art of self-regulation? Not only leaders who can r...
Our Brain as a Liberation Technology: how to free our mind from our past
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our past experiences are not simply stored in the brain—they are patterns embedded into the circuitry of our brain-body system. For many peopl...
Our Body Keeps the Score, Our Cells ‘Remember’ with Dr. Nikolay Kukushkin
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Memory is not just in the brain. Many of you have heard of the book, The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk. The main idea of the book is tha...
Our Body Keeps the Score, Our Cells ‘Remember’ with Dr. Nikolay Kukushkin
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Memory is not just in the brain. Many of you have heard of the book, The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk. The main idea of the book is tha...
The Science of How to Build Our Most Powerful Brains w Dr. Immordino-Yang
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does your mind do when it wanders? Perhaps you catch yourself getting 'lost in thought'... moments of daydreaming, wondering, wandering... ...
Artificial Intelligence, Disembodied Wisdom: interview with Dr Mathilde Cerioli
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“[...] humans, people and knowledge are not only objectively significant: they are by far the most significant phenomena in nature – the only ones...
Recognition: the Science and Power of Attunement, Non-Conformity, and Hope with Dr. Ross Ellenhorn
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"It's a blessing to be hidden and a disaster not to be found." - D. W. Winnicott The labels we assign to ourselves or accept from others can drasti...
Neuroscience of Attachment: satiated connection, rest and play as prerequisites for growth
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Attachment theory is not a 'theory'.. it's a part of our neurophysiological operating system It’s a biobehavioral adaptation that helps us regulate ...
Cerebral Entanglements: How the Brain Shapes Our Public and Private Lives – Dr Allan Hamilton
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"your brain is editing out what it thinks you should know about and what you shouldn't know about." -Dr. Allan Hamilton Understanding why we react ...
the science of brain fog: 4 ways to boost your mind’s clarity (mini podcast episode)
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever feel like your brain's in a fog? Like something is off and your brain is not firing on all cylinders? This is something I come across a lot when ...
The Heart as a Little Brain: the beauty and power of mindful breathing
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Years ago, while studying with my mentor-professor at NYU, Zoran Josipovic - who was looking at brains scans of monks - I decided to stay for a few mo...
How to not take things personally: The science of stimulus-response
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As we approach the end of the year, we may start notice within ourselves - and others - feelings of exhaustion, burn out, feeling frazzled or overwhel...
Brains on the same wavelength: higher levels of collective intelligence – interview with Caroline Szymanski Season 4 Ep 9
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connection is a 'biological imperative'. Being a mammal means that we are extremely 'nurture-dependent'. We cannot survive without connection to anoth...
Bravery and the Brain: how to cultivate courage and vulnerability for learning and trying new things
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Whether it's asking a question, raising our hands, speaking in public, posting or publishing, expressing something new, asking someone out, having a d...
Beware False Growth Mindset: Signals of Inauthenticity and How to Change Them
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When we truly understand the power of the human brain, and we authentically become learners, neuroscience becomes a language of the human spirit - one...
How to not repeat history: neurochemical identities and self-fulfilling prophecies – mini episode
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As we approach the holidays and important moments in history… are there social or family dynamics that feel like repeats or remnants from the past? ...
How purpose and transcendent thinking affect the brain
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Purpose isn't just some grandiose, once-in-a-lifetime discovery. It's not a single "aha" moment where suddenly everything clicks. Instead, we can view...
How to inspire growth mindset using neuroscience (5 steps)
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"One thing about human intelligence is absolutely certain: it is malleable, meaning it can be changed through exposure to new information or even by l...
Emotion Regulation doesn’t mean being calm and collected all the time – Mini Episode
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Emotion regulation doesn't mean being calm and collected all the time. It's about range and repertoire, and an ability to intentionally shift into a s...
Vibrational Availability: how our brain distorts people and reality – Mini Episode
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The brain, more than anything, is a predictive system. It conserves energy by attempting to predict - rather than truly understand - what is in front ...
Mastering the Art of Inner Intelligence – Mini Episode
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it continuously revises and remodels,...
Suppress, Switch, Engage: The neuro-mechanics of your inner voice and how to fuel your purpose – Season 4 Ep 7
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine yourself when you were at a low point in your life. Is there a voice that could have somehow helped you see yourself in a new way? Perhap...
The Neuroscience of Intergenerational Trauma and Healing: Interview with Tim Lewis – Season 4 Ep 6
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We have learned that trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it [...] has ongoing consequences for how the human organism...
the science of intergenerational trauma
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We have learned that trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it [...] has ongoing consequences for how the human organism...
The Neuroscience of Feeling Like a Failure: why our brain makes us feel like giving up and what we can do stop it – Interview with Dr. Kyra Bobinet, Season 4 Ep 5
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is it about those things we know are good for us that we somehow just can’t get ourselves to do? Maybe we have intentions to do something healt...
Uncertain: The Science and Wisdom of Being Unsure Season 4 Ep 4
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“too often people typically spring into action based on what first comes to mind, and thus too often mind… And thus too often, wind up seeing the ...
Embodied Social Neuroscience and Self-Regulation: brainwaves, heart rhythms, and more
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our nervous systems and brain networks are powerfully shaped by experiences that are embodied, visceral, sensory-motor and social. This is the essence...
Mindstuck: the science of stubbornness and how to change your mind- interview with Michael McQueen Season 4 Ep 2
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” ― Albert Einstein In a world that often values certainty and consistency, it can b...
Neuroscience of Growth Mindset & How to Apply It To Your Life
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You were born with a growth mindset. When you were first learning to speak and walk, you fell and fumbled over and over again. But there was a part of...
Season 3 Ep 12 – Safety, Security and Systems Intelligence
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"A problem never exists in isolation; it is surrounded by other problems in space and time. The more of the context of a problem that a scientist can ...
Season 3 Ep 11: Mission, Endurance and Post-Traumatic Growth – Interview with Two Wolf Foundation
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task. What h...
Season 3 Episode 10 – Education, Maturity & Human Potential
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Because of how human brains develop, the only way for maturity to emerge is in the presence of maturity. Listen on Blubrry Listen on Spotify Lis...
Season 3 Episode 9 – Mindset, Purpose & Neuroplasticity: Career Insights & Perspectives
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A quick episode that covers some insights gained over the course of my career in human communication and psychology, child development, teaching, a...
Season 3 Episode 8 – Warriors Heart: Courage, Connection and Healing
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.” ― Shannon L. Alder Listen on Blubrry L...
Season 3 Episode 7 – Danger, Attachment and Navigating our Neurochemicals with Loretta Breuning
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danger - and how it is dealt with - is the central theme of attachment - and therefore human interaction. Who we turn to and who we have around us du...
Season 2 Ep 6: Love, Purpose and Relational Realities
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Love is at once an affirmation and a transcendence of who we are.” ― Esther Perel “And what is true for human beings is true for every li...
Season 3 Episode 5: Why social rejection is so scary – the science of communication, maturity and purpose
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” * ― Leo Tolstoy Listen on Blubrry Listen on Spotify Listen on ...
Embodied Cognition and Learning with Drs. Sheila Macrine and Jennifer Fugate
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Learning is a gateway to power and freedom Learning increases our degrees of freedom by giving us new ways to move, communicate and adapt to challenge...
Season 3 Ep 3: The socio-biomechanics of resilience, trust and flow
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Once again, the world seems to be less about objects than about interactive relationships.” ― Carlo Rovelli, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics ...
Season 3 Episode 2 – Interview with Jason Knight: Natural Intelligence and Embodied Mindsets
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To update our algorithms and enhance our brain functioning, there is one key thing we can do: Intentionally add experiences into our weekly routine th...
Season 3 Episode 1 – Biomechanics of Human Communication and Social Intelligence
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I explore: -the difference between our autonomic and somatic nervous systems and why knowing the difference gives us power to change ...
Season 2 Episode 12 – Moral Injury, Forgiveness and Cognitive Flexibility
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is moral injury, and how can we use it as a path to cognitive flexibility, sense of purpose and forgiveness? In this episode, we explore the foll...
Season 2 Episode 11 – The Neuroscience of Attachment and Emotion Regulation
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Attachment theory is not a 'theory'.. it's a part of our neurophysiological operating system Attachment is a way of seeking proximity to an attachment...
Season 2 Episode 10 – The Science of Feeling Understood
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever had the experience of feeling like someone really ‘gets you’? This can take various forms - like being able to share what’s on ...
Season 2 Episode 9 – Hierarchies and Signal Flow
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why do systems fall apart or become dysfunctional? A system can be a family, relationship, community, business, organization, society. The human mind...
Season 2 Episode 8 – Shifting the Burden
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, I talk about something called ‘shifting the burden’. It’s about the topic of what we depend on ourselves for, and what...
Season 2 Episode 7 – Normal versus Natural
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Normal is based on historical data. It’s based on what has happened the most often in the past. Our past ‘normal’ can make it easy to not que...
Season 2 Episode 6 – Why are humans so anxious? and the dark side of mindfulness
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When we focus on trying to 'fix' dysregulation without acknowledging how it emerged, we are conveying a message that somehow the anxiety or overreacti...
Season 2 Episode 5 – Resilience, Stability and Hyper-Coherent Networks
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The formation of self-identity and group identity through the lens of hyper-coherent networks, key features of what makes a system resilient. (re...
Season 2 Episode 4 – Tech Addiction and the Social Dilemna
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The human species has some pretty spectacular systems built into us to achieve mental, emotional and physiological states that most of us are not even...
Season 2 Episode 3 – Feedback Loops
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What do a viral video and a stampede of animals have in common? It's a mechanism that is also related to 'self-fulfilling prophecies', self-beliefs...
Season 2 Episode 2- Your Brain’s Predictions and Paradigms
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most complex adaptive systems we know of is the brain*. When we are trying to understand a complex system, one of the most impor...
Season 2 Episode 1 – Systems Thinking
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode focuses on the idea of systems thinking, and how we can use this 'lens' or paradigm as a way of expanding our thinking so we can see n...
Season 1 Episode 12 – “Relational Minds”
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“What matters is not how things are, but how they interact.“ – Carlo Rovelli, theoretical physicist, in his book, Reality is Not What It Seems ...
Season 1 Episode 11 – This is what happens to your brain when you add diversity to your life
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
No two people ever experience reality in the same way: our senses and neural architecture are built up by our own lifetime of unique experiences. Our ...
Season 1 Episode 10 – Can you make people ‘willing’ to change their mindset?
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Most growth mindset interventions don’t work because they focus on: changing ‘other people’s’ attitudes rather than on the mindset of the pe...
Season 1 Episode 9 – How to be more authentic when you teach growth mindset
14 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In order to teach growth mindset, we need to be sure it’s coming from an authentic place. It seems that much growth mindset teaching is focused on c...
Season 1 Episode 8 – Toxic Media: How social media impairs your brain, nervous system and relationship skills
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever had a misunderstanding over text? Maybe you texted someone and they didn’t reply right away.. or their answer left you feeling rejec...
Season 1 Episode 7 – How fixed mindset leads to bias, stereotype and prejudice
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier studies on fixed vs growth mindset reveal how we build bias and stereotypes. The original wording used by Carol Dweck and colleagues before th...
Season 1 Episode 6 – The importance of sound and how it affects our wellbeing
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sound may be the most important sense we have for learning as well as for detecting others emotions. The human ability to hear ‘just noticeabl...
Season 1 Episode 5 – Self-Regulation: the remarkable skill that will make you a better human
13 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Feelings can annoy or delight us, but that is not what they are for […]. Feelings are for life regulation, providers of information concerning ...
Season 1 Episode 4 – A Sense of Purpose
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: In this episode, we look at how neuroscience can help us explain: why so many people react to life unconsciously (not ‘on purpose’). Un...
Season 1 Episode 3 – The science most people keep using is wrong
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There's a lot of 'old science' out there. Stuff we used to believe that has been de-bunked. Things like... 'humans are more complex than other spe...
Season 1 Episode 2 – Psychological Safety, Resilience and the Vagus Nerve
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"It's not merely that we can't be loving or creative when we're scared; we can't heal." -Stephen Porges In order for us to access our most evolved ...
Season 1 Episode 1 – Neuroscience of Growth Mindset
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Listen on iTunes Old, outdated science said that the human brain basically stopped developing in childhood and there wasn't much we could do to cha...