Total 5 episodes

19/12/2024Huberman Lab

Essentials: How to Focus to Change Your Brain

Neuroplasticity enables brains to adapt through focused attention and active engagement, which is essential for learning. While children's brains are more plastic, adults can also change their brain structure by recognizing their desire for change and actively focusing attention. Key neurochemicals like epinephrine and acetylcholine play significant roles in enhancing learning and attention. Techniques for improving focus include visual focus practices and structured learning protocols, alongside the importance of sleep and non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) for reinforcing neuroplasticity.

**Neuroplasticity is essential not just for learning new concepts but also for recovery and adaptation throughout life. Emphasizing the importance of the environment and focused engagement in learning can facilitate significant brain changes even in adulthood.**
**Experiences alone do not change the brain; it requires deliberate attention to trigger neurochemical processes that strengthen or weaken neural connections.**

# Neurochemical RolesExamination of key neurochemicals like epinephrine and acetylcholine in enhancing learning and neuroplasticity.

# Neuroplasticity Basics # Learning Techniques # Neurochemical Roles # Visual Focus Practices # Importance of Sleep

15/09/2024Confessions

Tom Gleeson & Bron Lewis

This week Sammy is joined for the first time by the legendary Tom Gleeson and the return of the great Bron Lewis. Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival: tickets Follow Tom: here Follow Bron: here Follow Confessions: here Follow Sammy on instagram & threads: here patreon.com/confessionsthepodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

# Podcast FestivalRefers to the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival, an event where various podcasts are showcased, including a live segment from 'Confessions'.

# Comedy Podcast # Reddit Confessions # Bron Lewis # Tom Gleeson

08/09/2024Confessions

Matt Stewart & Zachary Ruane

This week Sammy is joined by the return of the great Matt Stewart and Zachary Ruane! Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival: tickets Follow Matt: here Follow Zach: here Follow Confessions: here Follow Sammy on instagram & threads: here patreon.com/confessionsthepodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

# Podcast FestivalThe episode mentions the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival, an event celebrating podcasting and featuring live shows.

# Humor # Advice # Matt Stewart # Zachary Ruane

10/01/2023Faith Matters Podcast

The Lost Art of Friendship

THE LOST ART OF FRIENDSHIP When we are younger, friendships seem to just happen. My childhood friends were those who lived down the street. We bonded over building treehouses and playing pickup football games. In high school, I made friends through formal sports, building relationships with the guys on my team. In college, it was the guys I roomed with. For some reason, as we age, it becomes harder to develop and maintain friendships, but these relationships are actually more important than ever. God, Himself lives in community as a triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. King David, likewise has strong friendships with the prophet Nathan, Jonathan, and his “mighty men” as he made his march to greatness. Jesus’ twelve disciples weren’t just underlings but actual life-giving friends who walked with Him for the whole of His ministry on earth. We don’t have many models for friendships like these in the modern world because we live in a time of acquaintances. Acquaintances are easy to come by. They are the ones we meet at work but never keep up with after a job change. Acquaintances are our next-door neighbors we wave to but know very little about. But what about a friend who sticks closer than a brother? Do you have someone you could call to cover your mortgage for a month? Do you have someone you could confess an extramarital affair to? Do you have someone you would take a fun vacation with? If there is one discipline I could magically bestow on you, it wouldn’t be the ability to read and comprehend the Bible daily. It wouldn’t be the yearning to spend time every day on your knees in prayer. It would be the ability to choose and develop the right friendships. The brothers close to us will bring us laughter, wisdom, support, and meaning. We have to go back to the deep friendships of our childhoods. We may not have the pastimes we once had, and it’s doubtful that any of us will be building treehouses together anytime soon. But we have new things to build: honest relationships, bonds of accountability, commitments to encourage and occasionally admonish one another. If Jesus Himself needed brothers to live life with, then we do too, and what a blessing it is to live like Jesus in that way. PRAYER God, I feel lonely. Please bring men into my life with whom I can develop friendships. I also want to thank You for my friendship(s) with ________________________________. Please bless them as they have blessed me. Life is too important to live it alone. Amen. GET MOVING 1. Text a friend or a potential friend a simple message that says, “I was just thinking of you. I hope all is well with you. I appreciate you for _______________.” 2. If you are friend-starved, identify a way to get around other men to have some fun, whether that means joining a Bible study or an intramural sports team. This is a key starting point for a friendship.

# Biblical ExamplesReferences to friendships found in the Bible, emphasizing the communal nature of relationships modeled by figures like King David and Jesus.

# Friendship # Community # Loneliness # Biblical Examples # Action Steps

24/02/2022Faith Matters Podcast

#424 - Just Be Willing; Potential Day 6 of 7

Purpose The past few days, we’ve read stories throughout the Bible that show how God used the most unlikely people to do great things. He used people who weren’t accepted by society to change culture. Moses was bad at speaking, but God used him to persuade the leader of the Egyptians to let millions of slaves go. He used David, who was the smallest of his brothers, to defeat a giant. God used Joseph, who looked after sheep, to help lead a nation. Here’s the thing. God doesn’t use the most talented; He uses the most willing. God gives people purpose. If you don’t feel good enough, or if you don’t know what your purpose is, just know this: God will give you purpose. You don’t have to be the best or the most talented—you just have to be willing. Be willing to let God use you. 'For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord , plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. ' Jeremiah 29:11 https://my.bible.com/bible/59/JER.29.11

# Biblical ExamplesReferences to biblical figures like Moses, David, and Joseph, who achieved great things despite their limitations.