Building Your Best Brain

Sylvie Lahaie
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Using science, practical tools, cutting-edge research and human experience to empower you to have the healthiest and happiest brain. Tune in to learn the what, why and how to empower yourself to build to your best brain.

  1. 1d ago ·  Video

    Ep 47 - You've Been Taught Resilience Wrong

    Welcome to Building Your Best Brain, the podcast where we explore neuroscience-backed principles to help you build resilience, regulate stress, and show up as the fullest version of yourself. In the final episode of the Balanced Brain series, we're talking about resilience! What it actually means, what it looks like in the brain, and how we can intentionally build more of it. In this episode, we cover: What resilience actually means and how my definition has evolved What brain activity studies reveal about the differences between more and less resilient individuals How we can use neuroscience to understand what makes a brain more resilient The number one tool I'm using right now to actively build my internal resilience If you'd like to explore these concepts further, join me for my free Pick My Brain webinar series, where we dive deeper into the neuroscience and practical application of these concepts and answer your questions live. Have a wonderful day, and I look forward to connecting with you in the next episode. Want to Go Deeper? Join me live for a free webinar by joining my newsletter and staying tuned for the next Pick My Brain session. If you're looking to improve your stress regulation, take my quiz to discover where your brain is currently at—and what steps can help you move to the next level. Additional Resources   Ep 45 - Could your brain be living somewhere else?    Ep 44 - The Part of Neuroplasticity Everyone Overlooks    Ep 43 - The Balanced Brain Series: The Neuroscience Behind Boredom    Ep 17 - Brain FUNdamentals   Study - Xu R, Zhang C, He F, Zhao X, Qi H, Zhou P, Zhang L and Ming D (2018) How Physical Activities Affect Mental Fatigue Based on EEG Energy, Connectivity, and Complexity. Front. Neurol. 9:915. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00915 Let's Connect 📱 Instagram & TikTok — @synaptic.sylvie 🎥 YouTube — Synaptic Sylvie 🌐 Website — synapticsylvie.com

  2. Aug 14 ·  Video

    Ep 46 - How I Reprogrammed My Brain for my PhD Defence

    Welcome to Building Your Best Brain, the podcast where we explore neuroscience-backed principles to help you build resilience, regulate stress, and show up as the fullest version of yourself. In this episode, I'm sharing a very personal story: how I reprogrammed my brain for my PhD defense and how the day ended up going better than I could have ever imagined. This episode is a behind-the-scenes look at what that process actually looked like. In this episode, we cover: How I unpacked the root cause of my exhaustion and stress in the weeks leading up to my PhD defense How I reprogrammed an intention for how I wanted to experience my defense — rather than trying to control exactly what would happen What happened when my "worst fear" actually came to life during my defense Why the outcome was still better than I could have imagined If you'd like to explore these concepts further, join me for my free Pick My Brain webinar series, where we dive deeper into the neuroscience and practical application of these concepts and answer your questions live. Have a wonderful day, and I look forward to connecting with you in the next episode. Want to Go Deeper? Join me live for a free webinar by joining my newsletter and staying tuned for the next Pick My Brain session. If you're looking to improve your stress regulation, take my quiz to discover where your brain is currently at—and what steps can help you move to the next level. Additional Resources Ep 45 - Could your brain be living somewhere else?  Ep 44 - The Part of Neuroplasticity Everyone Overlooks  Ep 43 - The Balanced Brain Series: The Neuroscience Behind Boredom  Ep 42 — Four Lessons That Made Finishing My PhD Surprisingly Enjoyable  Sara Sessions - Home | Sara Sessions | Somatic Coaching | Nervous System Regulation | Massage therapy  Let's Connect 📱 Instagram & TikTok — @synaptic.sylvie 🎥 YouTube — Synaptic Sylvie 🌐 Website — synapticsylvie.com

  3. Jul 24 ·  Video

    Ep 45 - Could your brain be living somewhere else?

    Welcome to Building Your Best Brain, the podcast where we explore neuroscience-backed principles to help you build resilience, regulate stress, and show up as the fullest version of yourself. It is an exciting time because we are starting on episode three of this new series on this podcast all about the balanced brain! Not a perfect brain that never comes across any obstacles but a brain that is flexible, resilient and able to come to a balanced place more easily.  In a world where our brains are overloaded, overstimulated, overwhelmed, a spiritual tool points to a brain change that is a huge piece to bringing balance which is ... being present.  We cover; What does presence truly mean (and what is the opposite)  What brain networks turn on when we are truly present  What are the blocks when it comes to being present If you'd like to explore these topics further, join me for my free Pick My Brain webinar series, where we dive deeper into the neuroscience and practical application of these concepts and answer your questions live. Have a wonderful day, and I look forward to connecting with you in the next episode. Want to Go Deeper? Join me live for a free webinar by joining my newsletter and staying tuned for the next Pick My Brain session. If you're looking to improve your stress regulation, take my quiz to discover where your brain is currently at—and what steps can help you move to the next level. Additional Resources   Ep 43 - The Balanced Brain Series: The Neuroscience Behind Boredom    Ep 42 — Four Lessons That Made Finishing My PhD Surprisingly Enjoyable    Ep 17 - Brain FUNdamentals - What I Wish Everyone Knew  Let's Connect 📱 Instagram & TikTok — @synaptic.sylvie 🎥 YouTube — Synaptic Sylvie 🌐 Website — synapticsylvie.com

  4. Jul 16 ·  Video

    Ep 44 - The Part of Neuroplasticity Everyone Overlooks

    Welcome to Building Your Best Brain, the podcast where we explore neuroscience-backed principles to help you build resilience, regulate stress, and show up as the fullest version of yourself. It is an exciting time because we are starting on episode two of this new series on this podcast all about the balanced brain! Not a perfect brain that never comes across any obstacles but a brain that is flexible, resilient and able to come to a balanced place more easily.  Neuroplasticity is a big part of that flexible balanced brain! We are focusing on the most underrated part of neuroplasticity, your brain's ability to change and rewire, that literally no one talks about which is … patience!  We cover; What neuroplasticity is and is not  How neuroplasticity changes  How does patience play an important role  If you'd like to explore these topics further, join me for my free Pick My Brain webinar series, where we dive deeper into the neuroscience and practical application of these concepts and answer your questions live. Have a wonderful day, and I look forward to connecting with you in the next episode. Want to Go Deeper? Join me live for a free webinar by joining my newsletter and staying tuned for the next Pick My Brain session. If you're looking to improve your stress regulation, take my quiz to discover where your brain is currently at—and what steps can help you move to the next level. Additional Resources   Ep 43 - The Balanced Brain Series: The Neuroscience Behind Bordeom    Ep 27 – The Stress Circuit You've Never Heard Of (But It Runs Everything)    Ep 17 - Brain FUNdamentals - What I Wish Everyone Knew  Let's Connect 📱 Instagram & TikTok — @synaptic.sylvie 🎥 YouTube — Synaptic Sylvie 🌐 Website — synapticsylvie.com

  5. Jul 9 ·  Video

    Ep 43 - The Balanced Brain Series: The Neuroscience of Boredom

    Welcome to Building Your Best Brain, the podcast where we explore neuroscience-backed principles to help you build resilience, regulate stress, and show up as the fullest version of yourself. It is an exciting time because we are starting a new series on this podcast all about the balanced brain! Not a perfect brain that never comes across any obstacles but a brain that is flexible, resilient and able to come to a balanced place more easily.  We are focusing on boredom! We cover; What boredom looks like in our brain  How to integrate boredom into your life  What do to when you resist boredom If you'd like to explore these topics further, join me for my free Pick My Brain webinar series, where we dive deeper into the neuroscience and practical application of these concepts and answer your questions live. Have a wonderful day, and I look forward to connecting with you in the next episode. Want to Go Deeper? Join me live for a free webinar by joining my newsletter and staying tuned for the next Pick My Brain session. If you're looking to improve your stress regulation, take my quiz to discover where your brain is currently at—and what steps can help you move to the next level. Additional Resources Ep 42 — Four Lessons That Made Finishing My PhD Surprisingly Enjoyable  Ep 27 – The Stress Circuit You've Never Heard Of (But It Runs Everything)  Ep17 - Brain FUNdamentals - What I Wish Everyone Knew  Beaty RE, Benedek M, Wilkins RW, Jauk E, Fink A, Silvia PJ, Hodges DA, Koschutnig K, Neubauer AC. Creativity and the default network: A functional connectivity analysis of the creative brain at rest. Neuropsychologia. 2014 Nov;64:92-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.09.019. Epub 2014 Sep 20. PMID: 25245940; PMCID: PMC4410786. Baird B, Smallwood J, Mrazek MD, Kam JW, Franklin MS, Schooler JW. Inspired by distraction: mind wandering facilitates creative incubation. Psychol Sci. 2012 Oct 1;23(10):1117-22. doi: 10.1177/0956797612446024. Epub 2012 Aug 31. PMID: 22941876.  Let's Connect 📱 Instagram & TikTok — @synaptic.sylvie 🎥 YouTube — Synaptic Sylvie 🌐 Website — synapticsylvie.com

  6. Jun 24 ·  Video

    Ep 42 — Four Lessons That Made Finishing My PhD Surprisingly Enjoyable

    Welcome to Building Your Best Brain, the podcast where we explore neuroscience-backed principles to help you build resilience, regulate stress, and show up as the fullest version of yourself. Today's episode is a timely story from my own life: the journey of writing and submitting my PhD thesis in neuroscience. While this episode may resonate with anyone currently working on a thesis or major project, it's really about something much bigger. It's about the limiting thoughts we tell ourselves, the scripts we inherit from our environment, the beliefs that keep us stuck, and what it actually takes to move through overwhelm without burning out. In this episode, I share four lessons that not only made writing my thesis possible, but surprisingly enjoyable. My invitation to you is simple: choose one lesson that resonates and experiment with applying the accompanying tool in your own life. Pay attention to what changes. Chances are, your brain will respond differently than you expect. I'd love to hear what stood out to you. Leave a comment, question, or curiosity below. Reflection and discussion are some of the most powerful ways to deepen learning and create lasting change. If you'd like to explore these topics further, join me for my free Pick My Brain webinar series, where we dive deeper into the neuroscience and practical application of these concepts and answer your questions live. Have a wonderful day, and I look forward to connecting with you in the next episode. Want to Go Deeper? Join me live for a free webinar by joining my newsletter and staying tuned for the next Pick My Brain session. If you're looking to improve your stress regulation, take my quiz to discover where your brain is currently at—and what steps can help you move to the next level. Let's Connect 📱 Instagram & TikTok — @synaptic.sylvie 🎥 YouTube — Synaptic Sylvie 🌐 Website — synapticsylvie.com

  7. Jun 3

    Ep 41 — Surprising Ripple Effect of Stress Regulation

    Welcome back to the Building Your Best Brain podcast! This week's episode is the final installment (for now) of our Inside-Out Brain series, where we've been exploring the science behind how our internal brain activity influences the people and world around us. We're ending on one of my favorite topics: the stress response. In this episode, we dive into how your stress response impacts not only you, but also the people around you in ways you may not expect. We explore how stress can spread through social interactions, how our nervous systems influence one another, and why learning to regulate your stress may be one of the most powerful ways to support the well-being of those around you. In this episode, we cover: How regulating your stress can help regulate the people around you What the stress response actually is Micro-expressions and how stress shows up on our faces Physiological synchrony and nervous system co-regulation Why your internal state influences your relationships more than you may realize Leave a comment, question, or curiosity below. Asking questions and reflecting on what you've learned is one of the best ways to deepen understanding and create lasting change. If you'd like to dive deeper into these topics, join me for my free Pick My Brain webinar series, where we explore these concepts in more detail and answer your questions so you can better integrate them into your everyday life. Have a wonderful day, and I look forward to connecting with you next time. Want to Go Deeper? Join me live for a free webinar by joining my newsletter and staying tuned for the next Pick My Brain session. If you're looking to improve your stress regulation, take my quiz to discover where your brain is currently at—and what steps can help you move to the next level. Additional Resources Ep 37 – The Inside-Out Brain: Your Body's Hidden Influence Ep 20 – Chronic Stress & Your Brain: What I Wish Everyone Knew Physiological Synchrony Review Paper (The review paper is currently behind a paywall. If you'd like a copy, send me an email at hello@synapticsylvie.com.) Let's Connect 📱 Instagram & TikTok — @synaptic.sylvie 🎥 YouTube — Synaptic Sylvie 🌐 Website — synapticsylvie.com

  8. May 27

    Ep 40 — Thoughts as Broadcasts

    Hi curious friends, welcome back to the Building Your Best Brain podcast! This week's episode is a special one because it gives you a sneak peek into my free Pick My Brain webinar series. This session was a mix of live and previously submitted questions all centered around how our thoughts impact not only our own brain activity, but also the people around us. We explore the neuroscience behind thoughts, perception, emotional regulation, communication, and the subtle ways our internal world shapes our external experiences. If you are curious to get your questions answered, deepen your understanding, and learn how to integrate this information in a way that best fits your life, goals, and brain — I would love to have you join the next session. Add your email to be notified about the date and time of the next Pick My Brain webinar. Wishing you a lovely week, and I look forward to connecting with you soon for the next (and likely final) episode in the Inside-Out Brain series. Want to Go Deeper? Join me LIVE for a free webinar by joining my newsletter list for updates on the next Pick My Brain session. If you are looking to improve your stress regulation, take my quiz to understand where your brain is currently at — and how to move to the next level. Let's Connect 📱 Instagram & TikTok — @synaptic.sylvie 🎥 YouTube — Synaptic Sylvie 🌐 Website — synapticsylvie.com

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