Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Jun 15, 2025
Jun 15, 2025
1 hr 13 min
In this episode, Dan sits down with NSW Firefighter and member of the Australian Urban Search & Rescue Team, Sam Monaghan to explore how he uses mental skills to perform under pressure in the highest stakes situations.
You'll definitely be able to take some learnings from this episode and apply them to your day-to-day pressure scenarios!
You can connect with Sam via LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-monaghan-1a68b1207/
And the book we mention The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey
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Jun 15, 2025
1 hr 13 min
May 8, 2022
May 8, 2022
49 min
In this episode Dan chats with Jared Cooney Horvath, neuroscientist, educator, and author of Stop Talking, Start Influencing: 12 Insights from Brain Science to Make Your Message Stick.
Amongst other topics they discuss:
What we get wrong about learning in classrooms, boardrooms and sporting locker rooms.
Why you can't multi-task
Why personality tests aren't worth all that much
You can find out more about Jared and get hold of his books at: https://www.lmeglobal.net/
You can check out his videos on his Youtube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/jaredcooney
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May 8, 2022
49 min
Nov 7, 2021
Nov 7, 2021
1 hr 6 min
In this episode, Dan chats with one of the world's leading neuroscientists Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett.
Dr Barrett is among the top one percent most cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. She is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University. She also holds appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, where she is Chief Science Officer for the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior.
In addition to the books Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain and How Emotions are Made, Dr. Barrett has published over 240 peer-reviewed, scientific papers appearing in Science, Nature Neuroscience, and other top journals in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, as well as six academic volumes published by Guilford Press. She has also given a popular TED talk with over 6 million views.
You can find out more at https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/
The podcast Dr Barrett refers to about her college suffering a 'Widowmaker' heart attack can be accessed here.
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Nov 7, 2021
1 hr 6 min