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These short weekly brain bits give you fresh glimpses into how your mind works and how to develop its natural brilliance!

Dr. Dee Joy Coulter


    • May 10, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 7m AVG DURATION
    • 312 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Embrace Your Brain

    Lies, Loyalty, Boasts and Borders

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 10:34


    Is there an instinct driving the brutality toward migrants, the focus on revenge and the attacks on valued programs?  Is our anxiety one of the goals?

    Cognitive Patterns in Todays Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 11:30


    Cognitive neuroscience can shed some light on Trump's and Musk's minds. If you like this fresh lens for tracking the chaos, I hope you'll pass it on.

    Coming to Terms with Dread

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 12:22


    Today may be ok, but do you still live under a cloud of dread? Is your mind filled with negative storylines about tomorrow? What's going on?

    LIES, LOYALTY, BOASTS AND BORDERS

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 10:34


    There's one brain app that triggers all these behaviors. It's an ancient design that worked for 200 million years. But it wasn't meant for humans!

    What's Taking Her So Long?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 5:52


    I've been exploring rage behavior, and my quest just kept growing. It even connects to suicide and eating disorders! Finally, I'm ready to begin.

    Becoming the Gesture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 10:13


    To let the outside world come to us, we must awaken our bodies to help us get the message. These messages come in as gestures!!  Here's how it works!

    A meeting ground for gridlocked mindsets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 8:38


    Faith-based literalists and reason-based pragmatists need a third place to stand. Let's consider a higher ground that asks each of them to stretch.

    Two Mindsets Caught at an Impasse

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 8:39


    As stress levels rise, communications can break down. Let's look at the gridlock two key mindsets are facing today. Then we can look for a solution.

    Understanding and overcoming apathy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 12:01


    When giving up moves beyond depression and anxiety, it can settle into apathy. Why is that so hard to shake?  And how can we stop it from spreading?

    Unlearning helplessness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 8:54


    When we feel helpless, it can trigger depression, anxiety, or apathy. Learn some remedies for depression and anxiety.   Next podcast looks at apathy.

    A FRESH LOOK AT GIVING UP

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2024 9:32


    We all give up sometimes.  But if you are caught in anxiety or despair, one or more brain layers has shut down, and another is running the show.

    Meet Your Brain's Dream Team

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 8:10


    Our brain layers don't have to fight for dominance.  They can rise above that and become a dream team!  Here's how.

    An Imaginary Interview with our Brain Layers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2024 8:50


    Despair and apathy suggest one or more brain layers has given in to "learned helplessness". What are these layers? Next time we'll explore remedies.

    What Your Lists Are Telling You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2024 12:28


    Are you a list maker?  Is it a mix of important, trivial, easy and dreaded tasks? Lists can run our lives if we let them.  Here's how to take charge.

    Backward Bios 4 – Becoming The Gesture

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 10:13


    We can choose to play or to think in metaphors.  Then we feel those gestures.  But some gestures originate from within and seem to choose us. 

    Backward Bios 3 – Remembering Thought Gestures

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 8:20


    Think back from 12th to 1st grade.  Did your education include teaching your mind to play with gestures?  Are you still using those gestures today?

    Backward bios #3 – remembering thought gestures

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 8:21


    Think back from 12th to 1st grade.  Did your education include teaching your mind to play with gestures?  Are you still using those gestures today?

    Backward Bios 2 – remembering play gestures 

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 9:43


    Think about the motions involved in your favorite play activities. Those motions may have influenced how your mind plays now.

    Backward Bios 2 – remembering play gestures 

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 9:44


    Think about the motions involved in your favorite play activities. Those motions may have influenced how your mind plays now.

    Backward biographies – exploring the ground

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023 8:33


    Typical biographies tell it forward and track what we have DONE in life. But only looking backward can we tell the story of what we have BECOME.

    Backward biographies – exploring the ground

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023 8:32


    Typical biographies tell it forward and track what we have DONE in life. But only looking backward can we tell the story of what we have BECOME.

    When new learning seems hopeless

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2023 9:16


    Even great teachers can have a rare student that just shuts down. Offering micro-steps without novelty may succeed when all else fails. But why?  

    When new learning seems hopeless

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2023 9:17


    Even great teachers can have a rare student that just shuts down. Offering micro-steps without novelty may succeed when all else fails. But why?  

    Can we stop emotional brushfires?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2023 9:49


    Society seems as likely to become enflamed and our planet has. Can we learn to lower our emotional temperature and interrupt our explosive emotions?

    Can we stop emotional brushfires?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2023 9:49


    Society seems as likely to become enflamed and our planet has. Can we learn to lower our emotional temperature and interrupt our explosive emotions?

    Chronic pain – the search for miracles

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2023 9:43


    When disruptive events knock us down, we usually recover easily.But sometimes the illness, grief or chronic pain needs a miracle to stop spiraling.

    Chronic pain – the search for miracles

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2023 9:44


    When disruptive events knock us down, we usually recover easily.But sometimes the illness, grief or chronic pain needs a miracle to stop spiraling.

    Regulation – even worms do it

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2023 9:15


    What does it mean to go too far, to go past the tipping point.  And what does that have to do with spiraling? Can that lead to chronic pain?

    Regulation – even worms do it

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2023 9:14


    What does it mean to go too far, to go past the tipping point.  And what does that have to do with spiraling? Can that lead to our chronic pain?

    Chasing the mystery of chronic pain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 6:12


    What drives chronic pain?  Why does it happen to some of us? Is there any way to break that cruel pattern once it starts?

    Chasing the mystery of chronic pain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 6:12


    What drives chronic pain?  Why does it happen to some of us? Is there any way to break that cruel pattern once it starts?

    Life as Seven Year Cycles

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2023 6:11


    It's only one lens for looking at life's journey but it's a remarkable one. Here's a first look at these 7 year milestones and how to track them.

    Life as Seven Year Cycles

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2023 6:10


    It's only one lens for looking at life's journey but it's a remarkable one. Here's a first look at these 7 year milestones and how to track them.

    Accessing your best brain states

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 6:40


    As adults, our brains could find the brain states to do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. But the aging brain takes more skill to operate well!

    Accessing your best brain states

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 6:39


    As adults, our brains could find the brain states to do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. But the aging brain takes more skill to operate well!

    Flipping our brains onto manual control

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2023 7:34


    Our brain automatically switches connections as we take on different tasks. As we age, this can break down. But we can shift onto manual control.  

    Flipping our brains onto manual control

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2023 7:33


    Our brain automatically switches connections as we take on different tasks. As we age, this can break down. But we can shift onto manual control.  

    Has it happened yet?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2023 5:58


    Aging well can mean getting wiser, until it doesn't.  Sooner or later the deficit view can creep in, throwing our competency into question. See the handout for this podcast here.

    Has it happened yet?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2023 5:57


    Aging well can mean getting wiser, until it doesn't.  Sooner or later the deficit view can creep in, throwing our competency into question. See the handout for this podcast here.

    Drop it; then see what arises

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2023 6:31


    Ever wonder where new ideas come from and how to invite them? One great way is to “drop it” – to erase the blackboard in your mind, and just wait.

    Drop it; then see what arises

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2023 6:30


    Ever wonder where new ideas come from and how to invite them? One great way is to “drop it” – to erase the blackboard in your mind, and just wait.

    Why showing up isn't easy!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2022 8:23


    Has your life become a race against time? Is it harder to truly enjoy being with friends? Let's look at how we can really show up more often.

    Why showing up isn't easy!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2022 8:23


    Has your life become a race against time? Is it harder to truly enjoy being with friends? Let's look at how we can really show up more often.

    Unpacking the mystery of co-regulation!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2022 10:17


    We've been exploring co-regulation for decades and just didn't know it!  Now that we have the science to document it, let's see what it can explain!

    Unpacking the mystery of co-regulation!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2022 10:16


    We've been exploring co-regulation for decades and just didn't know it!  Now that we have the science to document it, let's see what it can explain!

    Covid kids: What did they miss? Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 7:36


    We'll explore the dramatic impacts of puberty on thinking and feeling. And we'll discuss why some subject areas backslide so much more than others.

    Covid kids: What did they miss? Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 7:36


    We'll explore the dramatic impacts of puberty on thinking and feeling. And we'll discuss why some subject areas backslide so much more than others.

    Covid kids — what did they miss – part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2022 7:47


    Between first and sixth grade, kids go through two major brain changes. If they miss out on school during one of those times, it's quite a setback.

    Covid kids — what did they miss? Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2022 7:47


    Between first and sixth grade, kids go through two major brain changes. If they miss out on school during one of those times, it's quite a setback.

    Covid kids – what did they miss? Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2022 11:43


    What did they need during those two years? The brain, body and social growth have different timelines. Let's track those timelines from birth to 7.

    Covid kids – what did they miss? Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2022 11:42


    What did they need during those two years? The brain, body and social growth have different timelines. Let's track those timelines from birth to 7.

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