#85: Neuromagic & Illusion - Stephen Macknik,...

Psychologist and pioneering self-compassion researcher Dr. Kristin Neff returns to the FitMind Podcast to explore how to work with shame, self-criticism, and difficult emotions in everyday life. We discuss how supportive touch can help calm the body's threat response, why self-co ...  Show more

FitMind founder Liam McClintock returns to the FitMind Podcast after several years of intensive meditation and monastic training to explore how his understanding of mental fitness has evolved, what he learned from life as a Buddhist monk, and the practices he now considers most e ...  Show more

Why does magic fool us so easily? Is our perception of reality just an illusion? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Gary O’Reilly explore the neuroscience behind magic with magician Teller (of Penn & Teller) and neuroscientist Susana Martinez-Conde.

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Dr. David Spiegel is a psychiatrist, Stanford professor, and leading authority on hypnosis and stress-related health. What exactly is hypnosis? Most of us picture it as a magician’s trick, when someone dangles a watch, your eyes get heavy, and suddenly you’re suggestible. But tha ...  Show more

This episode will make you believe in Magic. This week, Ashdin is joined by Illusionist, Mentalist, Magician, Hypnotherapist, and Author Suhani Shah. In this episode, we learn about the mind, body language, how different schools of thought teach similar concepts, lessons learnt f ...  Show more