#97: Predictive Processing & Ultimate Well-Be...

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

Sam Harris speaks with Shamil Chandaria about how the brain constructs a vision of the self and the world. They discuss the brain from first principles; Bayesian inference; hierarchical predictive processing; the construction of vision; psychedelics and neuroplastici ...

In today’s episode, you’re going to learn about the powerful connection between neuroscience and religious experiences.

Renowned medical doctor and neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Newberg, MD is here on the podcast today, and you’re going to be amazed at what he shares.

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In this episode, Sam Harris, neuroscientist, author, and host of the Waking Up Podcast, walks us through the profound, yet practical, ways that meditation can transform our lives. Additionally, he helps to define the types of meditation and clarifies potential misconceptions w ...