The Science of Becoming Conscious Humans + Book Raffle!

“When we say that we are aware of a certain piece of information, what we mean is just this: the information has entered into a specific storage area that makes it available to the rest of the brain" ”

-Stanislas Dehaene, Consciousness and the brain

When we bring awareness to our internal state, behaviors and breath, we bring those aspects of ourselves onto our conscious workspace. This workspace is where we have the ability to improve our mastery and control, where we activate neural circuits that make us better humans.  We begin to acces the precise features of the human brain that move us to adapt, evolve, improve and innovate.

One way we can do this by becoming aware of our breath.  Learn more about this in this video:

Other ways we can do this is by learning about how others have healed, found purpose and meaning and who have optimized their life in some way. When we combine this with the biological mechanics of how we do this -we get to keep better track of what works and what doesn't.  This is the journey of becoming more conscious.

To become more conscious is to become more human.

To become more conscious means we have a better chance of healing from our past and not repeating unwanted experiences. It increases the number of choice points, degrees of freedom within which we can create our realities.

There is SCIENCE to becoming conscious. 

Science does not reduce the mystery or compassion of the journey... in fact, if anything, it opens and expands our awareness and our perspectives to see more fully and experience life on a richer level.

I will be integrating this into Season 4 of the Mindset Neuroscience Podcast, where we will explore Purpose, Healing, Meaning, Transcendence and Conscious Access.

Just finished recording an interview focused on Complex Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress with thoughts about the systems that lead to vast amounts of people experiencing forms of trauma, oppression, suppression and repression - and what that means for mental health.

Season 4 starts January 2024. Stay tuned.

RAFFLE FOR SIGNED COPIES OF MY BOOK!

Next Thursday (December 21), I will send an email out to announce the raffle for my book... the first 5 people who reply with a 1-3 sentence review of either my podcast, newsletter, videos or seminars will get a free, signed copy mailed to your home!

And in case you missed the email with the Growth Mindset Handouts and Mini-Book, make sure to subscribe.. I send handouts and free gifts that only subscribers receive.
 

If you know of anyone who would love to get these resources please send them to this link

Have a beautiful rest of the week.

With Love,

Stefanie

p.s.- THANK YOU to those of you who have subscribed to my newsletter - it is something I take seriously that you have offered your email address to receive these (very different than following someone on social media). And I truly, truly appreciate the beautiful emails some of you have been sending with thanks for the recent videos, mini-books and seminars.  Sharing this space with all of you is an absolute honor.

this is me with collaborators - social neuroscientist Caroline Szymanski, creativity researcher Sergio Agnoli and Stanford computational neuroscientist Manish Saggar for our presentation on the Neurobiology of Innovation in Berlin several years ago.

Also excited to be a guest speaker for the International Association for Somatic Coaches!  If you know of any other conferences that would find it helpful to have a neuroscience perspective to their work, please let me know!  Conference presentations have been a passion for me since 2011 and I am looking forward to returning to those spaces in the new year.

Upcoming workshops!

Tuesday January 9, 2024 at 7:30 PM PST

Discover the specific neuromechanics behind why some conversations have the power to heal relationships and deepen our understanding while others seem to cause pain and heartache. Find out how our minds can distort our words, and learn how we can align how we express ourselves with our highest intentions.

Tuesday February 6, 2024 at 7:30 PM PST

What are emotions? Are they different than feelings? How can we use emotions to help us evolve, love, heal and grow? This workshop will go into the neuromechanics of what is really occurring beneath the surface of our emotions - the primal architecture, sequences and systems that lead us to feel how we feel.

Workshops are $55, participants get recordings, notes and handouts after the seminar.

You can also register for the remaining 6 seminars and get a 15% discount

“December’s seminar was mind blowing for me. I learned so much. I was able to map a range of behaviours against your learning matrix from today and suddenly many things fell into place in terms of understanding my own behaviour and that of my clients. I am very grateful for the learning that you elicit.”

“I found her November workshop on emotional regulation very valuable and loved the engagement and interactivity- people asked questions for a long time after the end of the workshop and Stefanie answered everyone. People are attending from around the world. These workshops are as special as I thought they would be. Just Stefanie’s mapping of arousal/ valence provided a very useful map to work with in understanding my own response and those of the people I work with.”