Something You Should Know
The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
22 Mar 2025
When you feel that urge to go to the bathroom – it just might be a good time to make an important decision. That probably sounds weird. What could the connection possibly be? Listen as I start the episode by explaining why and then it will make perfect sense. https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/full-bladder-better-decisions-controlling-your-bladder-decreases-impulsive-choices.html We live in a noisy world which is only getting noisier. Not only is there noise coming at you from the outside but also from inside your own head. All that noise can’t be good. What’s the solution? Simple silence! That’s according to Leigh Marz, a consultant and coach who is coauthor of a book called Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise (https://amzn.to/3yKi203). Listen as Leigh reveals the negative effects of noise that are often hard to notice. She also has some great advice to help you turn down the volume on noise and enjoy the benefits that silence has to offer. Where do cravings come from? Why do we get them? Can you stop them? Should you ever give in to them? Here to discuss the science of cravings and how best to handle them is Amy Shah, MD. She is a board-certified medical doctor, having trained at Cornell, Columbia, and Harvard Universities. She is the author of the book I’m So Effing Hungry: Why We Crave What We Crave – and What to Do About It (https://amzn.to/3JCOHL8) It would seem sensible that your homeowner’s or renter’s insurance policy covers things related to your home. And it does. However, you might be surprised to learn what else it also covers including things that are unrelated to your home. Listen as I explain some of those likely benefits. http://consumerist.com/2012/04/12/stuck-with-a-forged-check-homeowners-insurance-to-the-rescue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Episode
Today on Something You Should Know, why the next time you need to make a decision, you might want to wait until you have to go to the bathroom. Then, the power of silence. It's magical because we live in a very noisy world.
One way we know that is we look to emergency sirens. So in the past hundred years, those sirens have gotten six times louder in order to cut through the noise around us. The estimates that 65% of the population, about 450 million people, live with decibel levels that are harmful to their health.
Also, you might be surprised in a good way what your homeowner's or renter's policy actually covers. And food cravings, why we get them and how to stop them.
Getting sunlight activates a hormone called alpha-MSH. That hormone makes you feel satiated. It calms the cravings and it makes you feel fuller.
All this today on Something You Should Know.
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