Noggin Notes Podcast

Podcast Episode: Are We Moving Towards a Better Society or Regressing?

Man is considered the most intelligent amongst all animals. Hence, human beings are not only superior but also evolved, and civilized. Civilisation has seen a stark evolution over many decades now for us to stand where we are today. How we perceive "today" and being "evolved" is very subjective.

 

Looking around in our own vicinity, with the rise of crime, our immediate environment compromised for selfish motives, spoilt habits and unnecessarily luxurious lifestyles, also living with societal prejudices about gender, religion, and caste, are we really as evolved as we think we are?

 

We are joined by Donald Conte who is a Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth Sciences, California University of Pennsylvania. A consultant, a author and researcher. He also runs a blog called http://thisisnotyourpracticelife.com/. 

 

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Podcast Episode: Understanding Emotions Part V: Fear and Surprise

Facial expression recognition is mediated by a distributed neural system in humans that involves multiple, bilateral regions. There are six basic facial expressions that may be recognized in humans (fear, sadness, surprise, happiness, anger, and disgust); however, fearful faces and surprised faces are easily confused in rapid presentation.

 

In today's episode, Jake explains how the concept of surprise and fear is relevant to many aspects of human behavior. It also affects beliefs about other events. When a person takes an unexpected stance that violates his or her self-interest, the person’s arguments are surprising and quite often more persuasive.

 

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Podcast Episode: Understanding Emotions Part IV: Disgust and Contempt

Today, Jake breaks down the 4th part of Understanding Emotions. He discusses Disgust and Contempt.

 

Analyzing the contempt as an intergroup emotion, we suggest that contempt and anger are not built upon each other, whereas disgust seems to be the most elementary and specific basic-emotional antecedent of contempt.

 

Want to enjoy positive work relationships, healthy relationships with friends, family and partners? Dump the contempt. Listen well. And pump up the positivity! When those more vulnerable feelings are explored in safety and grieved dyadically, a corrective emotional experience may occur. You can’t build a temple of appreciation without fully excavating the building site.

 

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Podcast Episode: Part III: Guilt and Shame

In today's episode Jake discusses potentially the unhealthy cycles of shame and guilt. We encourage you to think of instances in your life where you may be requiring deed based performances from people in order for you to extend forgiveness, and ask yourself are these deeds really necessary for you to forgive them?

 

Similar to respect and trust, it is up to us to extend these to people. Is it really necessary for us to require people to ‘earn’ these things from us with an arbitrary deed? On the flip side, maybe you think certain people in your life are requiring too much from you. Jake gives everyday examples of where this may occur and delves deeper into forgiveness and the emotions of shame and guilt.

 

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Podcast Episode: Understanding Emotions Part II: Excitement and Joy

Today we continue with Excitement and Joy.

 

Happiness is a blurred emotion. It can mean different things to many people. Most of us will agree that happiness is an emotional state of well-being defined by positive feelings ranging from contentment to intense joy.

 

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Podcast Episode: Understanding Emotions Part I: Sadness and Anger

This will be the start of our 6 part series on emotion functioning, where Jake will dive deep into each emotion. Understanding emotions can help you move through life with intention and compassion for yourself and others. Today we begin with Sadness and Anger.

 

Everyday frustrations, disappointments, work-life balance, financial stress or grief can cause an individual to feel sad. People are entitled to feel and express sadness. Yet sadness It’s an emotion that helps us relieve stress, empathise with other people and makes us think about what we really want in life

 

Anger is an emotion that everyone has experienced. Something or someone has made you frustrated, infuriated, irritated, annoyed or just plain angry. This episode aims to illustrate the significant role that anger contributes to motivation and if your motivation is not to make change, then you might need to let go of your anger because anger should always serve an intentional purpose.

 

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Podcast Episode: Are Dating Apps Worth It?

Dating is a funny old business. Add in the wide range of dating apps and the whole process becomes a lot more complicated. Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, there are now so many social networking options where you can meet and talk to new people, that you can whizz through hundreds of new faces without even thinking about it. It’s like speed dating on steroids.

 

Dating apps have spent the last decade persuading us to date online, wiping away the stigma that clung to the practice from its origins in the original dot-com era. Couples are now more likely to form a relationship through online dating than any other avenue, according to a 2019 Stanford study. Talking up someone at a bar let alone finding someone through friends, family or work can seem as quaint as a love sonnet or waiting for marriage to have sex.

 

On today's episode we welcome Adam Sikorski & Angel Littlefield who have a conversation about their experiences in the dating world through the different dating apps. They share what they have encountered and communicate what impact it has brought up in their own lives.

 

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Podcast Episode: Woman against Invisible Illnesses

We are so happy to welcome back Jasdeep Mago on the show. She is a neuro-psychologist who runs Invisible Illness India. A little recap of her story, she lost her friend to suicide and battled a depressive episode herself, that's when she decided to change her course of action form practicing cognitive rehabilitation. She started her own mental health awareness organisation to prevent suicide. Where they offer free of cost events at a minimal cost.

 

In today's episode, Jake and Jasdeep speak about her work and the effects of Covid19 has had in the different regions.

 

Taking a mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition.

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Podcast Episode: Overcoming Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

For some people, merely recalling a traumatic event feels just like going through it all over again. Psychotherapy and some other strategies can help.

 

At some time in life, at least half of us will live through a terrifying event in which we experience, are threatened by, or witness grave physical harm. The stress of a life-threatening trauma takes time to ease, whether it arises from a car accident, assault, rape, terrorist attack, combat, or a natural disaster, such as the Asian tsunami and its aftermath.

 

Most people recover with the support of family and friends, but some develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), an anxiety disorder that may last a lifetime if appropriate help is not available.

 

In today's episode we welcome Eddie Davenport who is a clinical social worker student. Eddie speaks to us about his journey of overcoming his PTSD.

 

Taking a mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition.

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Podcast Episode: Effect of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

Mindfulness is a simple and very powerful practice of training our attention. It’s simple in that it’s really just about paying attention to what’s happening here and now (i.e. sensations, thoughts, and emotions) in a non-judgemental way. It’s powerful because it can interrupt the habit of getting lost in thoughts, mostly about the future or past, which often generates more stress on top of the real pressures of everyday life.

 

In today's episode we welcome Colleen Caminisch. Jake and Colleen speak more about MBSR. They talk about the effects of meditation through mindfulness and how you can incorporate this practice in your everyday life.

 

Taking a mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition.

Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are real, common and treatable. And recovery is possible. To take your Free Mental Health screening visit https://walkthetalkamerica.org/ or click the following link. 

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