Brain Fact Friday on ”The Neuroscience of High Performance: Improving Focus and Clarity”

<p>Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast for Brain Fact Friday and EPISODE #175 that was inspired by our recent interview with Dr. Francis Lee Stevens whose book that was just released this week on Amazon, <em>Affective Neuroscience in Psychotherapy<a href='#_edn1'>[i]</a></em> that reminded us that we can accelerate our results, experience less stress and psychopathology (like depression and anxiety) when we can understand the emotional science<em> (affect is the scientific word for emotion) </em>that can be mapped and understood within the depths of the human brain.  </p> <p><a href='https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-on-the-neuroscience-of-high-performance-improving-focus-and-clarity-with-your-brain/'>To access the images in the show notes, click here. </a></p> <p>There were many AHA Moments during our interview with psychologist Dr. Stevens this week, but with mental health at the forefront of this podcast, and the fact that we are now into the last quarter of 2021, I wanted to provide something that we could all use to give us clarity and focus to finish this year on a strong, high note.  When I thought about what Dr. Stevens taught us, and why an application of affective neuroscience could help patients with psychological disorders, I thought about that for a while and wondered how this week’s Brain Fact Friday could bring us to a heightened sense of clarity, focus and direction that would give us a razor’s edge advantage in our life, with whatever it is we are working on or moving towards, and set us up with the right footing for a solid Q1 in 2022.</p> <p>In Today’s Brain Fact Friday, You Will Learn:</p> <p>✔︎ Why a calm brain is important to achieve ANY level of success.</p> <p>✔︎ Strategies to calm our brain/regulate ourselves before we can access the thinking/decision-making parts of our brain.</p> <p>✔Why a calm, regulated brain, precedes mental clarity, needed for high performance.</p> <p>✔︎ How to calm or regulate ourselves