# Lisa Feldman Barrett

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Practice Being a Super Ager

Send us Fan Mail Hi my dears! This week I'm diving into one of my favorite topics: how to strive to have a great and long life. These are the amazing folks in their 80s and beyond whose memory is as sharp as someone 20 or 30 years younger. I share what researchers at Northwestern University, Massac…

The Neuroscience of Investing: Training Your Brain for the Market

When market volatility hits, the default advice is usually to "take the emotion out of investing." But neuroscience tells us something very different: emotions are woven into every level of how our brains process information and make decisions. You can't simply turn them off. In this episode of Be…

The New Science Of Emotions, Anxiety & Brain Health - Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett - #987

Lisa Feldman Barrett is a professor at Northeastern University, psychologist, and a neuroscientist. Why do we feel emotions? From happiness and joy to anger, anxiety, and sorrow, emotions shape how we experience life. But what purpose do they serve, and how can we learn to manage them more effecti…

Where emotions come from (and why it matters) Part 2 with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett and Akiko

In our last conversation with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett https://youtu.be/JPR3puMZ2xI a couple of weeks ago we looked at her theory of where emotions originate. This has important implications for things like: - How our \'body budgets\' affect our feelings - How we make meaning from our feelings so o…

Where emotions come from (and why it matters) Part 1 with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett and Akiko

Have you ever wondered where our emotions come from? Do you think that if you look at a person’s face, you can have a pretty good idea of how they’re feeling? But at the same time, do your child’s feelings seem mysterious to you, like you can’t figure them out? Listener Akiko introduced me to D…

"Just Stop Yelling!" Training our nervous systems to lead with calm

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. We all have choices as we interact with others, to do what we've always done and what feels easy. Sometimes what we've always done is not only hurting us but hurting those around us. In this episode we will get a mini science lesson on the …

Feeling colors with Claire North

Claire North, author of the new book Ithaca, interacts with words and colors in a different way than almost anyone you have ever met. Claire has synesthesia, a condition that means she interacts with words and colors in a very unique way. This helps her in her "day" job where she lights live music …

Think You Know Your Brain… Think Again!

Your brain is hallucinating a miserable life and how to stop it. ACT I: THE PREDICTIVE ENGINE One, the big lie. Your brain isn’t a reactor. It’s a guessing machine. Consider for a moment the profound illusion of your own experience. We navigate our days under the enduring delusion that we are passi…

Letting Go of Intrusive Thoughts & Rumination: The Pink Elephant Paradox, The Whac-A-Mole Problem, & Skills That Actually Help [290]

Intrusive thoughts, rumination, worrying... these are nearly universal experiences and the most important thing, particularly when it comes to intrusive thoughts, is that the content doesn't matter as much as what you do with them. Whether it's a shocking thought that pops up out of nowhere or tha…

ReThinking: You have more control over your emotions than you think with Lisa Feldman Barrett

Emotions are like opinions — everyone has them. Thanks to the pioneering research of today’s guest, we know that it’s possible to transform our feelings by changing how we think and talk about them. Lisa Feldman Barrett is a psychologist and neuroscientist at Northeastern University and Harvard Med…