53 min
Ep 32. Use your brain‘s neuroplasticity to cope with stress with Dr John Molidor Win @ Work and Life podcast with Nikki Bush
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Nikki Bush discusses the nuts and bolts of neuroplasticity to decrease stress and increase performance with Dr John Molidor, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine. He holds the Certified Speaking Professional accreditation from the National Speakers Association (NSA) in the US one of just over 700 speakers in the world who have it, is past president of the NSA and was President of the Global Speakers Federation 2020-2021. Earlier this year he was the recipient of the very covetted, Cavett Award which celebrates and honours those members whose speaking careers demonstrate the spirit of sharing, guiding and inspiring other professional speakers. You will hear his generous spirit in this podcast.
This conversation covers:
- How we can help our brains to operate optimally.
- What neuroplasticity actually is and how it helps us to learn, unlearn and relearn anything at all at any stage of our lives
- The five step process we go through to learn anything or get anything done
- The importance of sleep in the learning cycle and to increase mental capacity – it’s not what you think and no, it’s not about having to get eight hours of sleep a night
- Tricks and hacks to help you to drop off to sleep when your mind is overactive
- Consistency as an ingredient in the performance of anything
- Different rhythms in our lives – the circadian rhythm and the ultradian rhythm and how they connect with peak performance and getting deep work done
- The need to ‘agitate’ the brain for growth and learning to take place
- The brain-body connection – they are not separate at all
- Using breathing to manage stress levels
- The power of consciously directing your brain
Nikki Bush discusses the nuts and bolts of neuroplasticity to decrease stress and increase performance with Dr John Molidor, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine. He holds the Certified Speaking Professional accreditation from the National Speakers Association (NSA) in the US one of just over 700 speakers in the world who have it, is past president of the NSA and was President of the Global Speakers Federation 2020-2021. Earlier this year he was the recipient of the very covetted, Cavett Award which celebrates and honours those members whose speaking careers demonstrate the spirit of sharing, guiding and inspiring other professional speakers. You will hear his generous spirit in this podcast.
This conversation covers:
- How we can help our brains to operate optimally.
- What neuroplasticity actually is and how it helps us to learn, unlearn and relearn anything at all at any stage of our lives
- The five step process we go through to learn anything or get anything done
- The importance of sleep in the learning cycle and to increase mental capacity – it’s not what you think and no, it’s not about having to get eight hours of sleep a night
- Tricks and hacks to help you to drop off to sleep when your mind is overactive
- Consistency as an ingredient in the performance of anything
- Different rhythms in our lives – the circadian rhythm and the ultradian rhythm and how they connect with peak performance and getting deep work done
- The need to ‘agitate’ the brain for growth and learning to take place
- The brain-body connection – they are not separate at all
- Using breathing to manage stress levels
- The power of consciously directing your brain
53 min