Episode 100
Memory Reconsolidation & the Neuroscience of Change
The way we engage with the world is largely rooted in learned habits that are deeply embodied. How can neuroscience and embodied coaching inform how we help our clients change?
In this conversation with leadership coach Amanda Blake we dive into the neuroscience of change, ways of knowing, how to work with embodied habits and the deep philosophical waters of transformation.
In this podcast we talk about:
00:55 Why neuroscience is helpful for coaches
07:10 Models of neural functioning
14:00 Leveraging vision and desire for change
21:00 Motivators for transformation
25:00 Working with embodied habits
30:50 Activating the parasympathetic nervous system
35:05 Encountering deep philosophical waters
41:00 Humility in the spiritual world
44:30 Interrupting the self-constellation
51:35 How to help clients shift a behaviour
Resources:
Herbert Simon
4E cognition
Bernardo Kastrup
Bruce Eckers
John Vervaeke
Unlocking the emotional brain, by Bruce Ecker and others
Why I am not a Buddhist, by Evan Thompson