1 hr 18 min
Consciousness - Meaning of Consciousness & How Your Brain Works - Neuroscientist Dr. Pierre Guertin Bernie Chats
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The Neurophysiology behind Consciousness
In this thought-provoking episode, we discuss Consciousness and Mindfulness.
Professor Pierre A. Guertin, PhD, Neuroscientist, shares the latest Insights on consciousness and how our brains work.
Consciousness vs Mindfulness
Stop being a Reactive Reflex Machine!
Meditation approaches to reducing anxiety
How life's big shocks can trigger change in you
Is there life after death?
The secret life of trees, and plants
Difference between the spirit & consciousness
Dr. Pierre recently published a book (link below) on some of his struggles and interpretations through the lens of neuroscience.
He explains some of the neurophysiology behind life's traumatic experiences we all experience and how consciousness holds promise for dealing with them.
Thanks for listening and subscribing!
Dr. Pierre's latest book:
"8th chance at enlightened living for a regular guy: The inspirational journey of a man battling to find serenity and inner peace"
https://www.amazon.ca/chance-enlightened-living-regular-inspirational-ebook/dp/B09577M18G/
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More about Dr. Pierre Guertin:
Born in Montreal in 1965, Pierre A. Guertin was raised in a typical North American middle-class family. As an infant, everything was going relatively well in his life, at least until the divorce of his parents. Having to change schools regularly meant making friends was difficult. At the age of nine, alone in a subway station, he experienced one of his first great fears and potentially fatal incidents — a gang of teenagers tried to throw him under the wheels of a train. Several years later, spending holidays in Venezuela, a group of men armed with guns threatened to kill him. As a young adult, he flirted again with death while madly riding his motorcycle between California and Arizona. Then, when skiing in the French Alps, he nearly fell off a precipice and considers himself ‘lucky’ not to have broken his neck or smashed his head on a rock. However, that did not suffice for sustainable positive mental transformations — he continued to feel fear, sadness, anger, and psychological pain. At thirty-six years old, Pierre was diagnosed with a non-Hodgkin lymphoma and he received unprecedented care and unconditional love from his wife and children. He began studying spiritual philosophers, practicing meditation, and exploring scientifically the biological basis of the soul. Unfortunately, once again, positive long-lasting changes in his life failed to occur. While developing new theories on the limits of consciousness and awareness, he was diagnosed again with cancer fifteen years after the first episode. That seventh brush with death, combined with insightful discussions with an old Native American woman finally triggered something strong enough to unravel enlightened mental changes. From there, he progressively found a way to practice per se what he had found personally and scientifically. Adapted to the stress and imperatives of modern life, he developed a form of meditation ‘in movement’ doable momentarily all day long during normal and typical tasks such as walking, driving, working, eating, and talking. Now sharing his time between North America and Europe, Pierre is generally at peace with himself and grateful to be alive in the here and now, with increased lucidity, serenity, and joy.
The Neurophysiology behind Consciousness
In this thought-provoking episode, we discuss Consciousness and Mindfulness.
Professor Pierre A. Guertin, PhD, Neuroscientist, shares the latest Insights on consciousness and how our brains work.
Consciousness vs Mindfulness
Stop being a Reactive Reflex Machine!
Meditation approaches to reducing anxiety
How life's big shocks can trigger change in you
Is there life after death?
The secret life of trees, and plants
Difference between the spirit & consciousness
Dr. Pierre recently published a book (link below) on some of his struggles and interpretations through the lens of neuroscience.
He explains some of the neurophysiology behind life's traumatic experiences we all experience and how consciousness holds promise for dealing with them.
Thanks for listening and subscribing!
Dr. Pierre's latest book:
"8th chance at enlightened living for a regular guy: The inspirational journey of a man battling to find serenity and inner peace"
https://www.amazon.ca/chance-enlightened-living-regular-inspirational-ebook/dp/B09577M18G/
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More about Dr. Pierre Guertin:
Born in Montreal in 1965, Pierre A. Guertin was raised in a typical North American middle-class family. As an infant, everything was going relatively well in his life, at least until the divorce of his parents. Having to change schools regularly meant making friends was difficult. At the age of nine, alone in a subway station, he experienced one of his first great fears and potentially fatal incidents — a gang of teenagers tried to throw him under the wheels of a train. Several years later, spending holidays in Venezuela, a group of men armed with guns threatened to kill him. As a young adult, he flirted again with death while madly riding his motorcycle between California and Arizona. Then, when skiing in the French Alps, he nearly fell off a precipice and considers himself ‘lucky’ not to have broken his neck or smashed his head on a rock. However, that did not suffice for sustainable positive mental transformations — he continued to feel fear, sadness, anger, and psychological pain. At thirty-six years old, Pierre was diagnosed with a non-Hodgkin lymphoma and he received unprecedented care and unconditional love from his wife and children. He began studying spiritual philosophers, practicing meditation, and exploring scientifically the biological basis of the soul. Unfortunately, once again, positive long-lasting changes in his life failed to occur. While developing new theories on the limits of consciousness and awareness, he was diagnosed again with cancer fifteen years after the first episode. That seventh brush with death, combined with insightful discussions with an old Native American woman finally triggered something strong enough to unravel enlightened mental changes. From there, he progressively found a way to practice per se what he had found personally and scientifically. Adapted to the stress and imperatives of modern life, he developed a form of meditation ‘in movement’ doable momentarily all day long during normal and typical tasks such as walking, driving, working, eating, and talking. Now sharing his time between North America and Europe, Pierre is generally at peace with himself and grateful to be alive in the here and now, with increased lucidity, serenity, and joy.
1 hr 18 min