(credits: Diary Of A CEO) Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett is a Professor of Psychology and among the top 0.1% of most cited scientists for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. She is also the author of books such as ‘Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain’.

00:00 Intro

02:22 Lisa's Mission
04:14 Why Is It Important to Understand How the Brain Works?
10:48 Measuring Emotions
13:55 What Is the Predictive Brain?
16:08 Examples of the Brain Making Predictions
24:13 Is the Predictive Brain at the Root of Trauma?
31:27 Cultural Inheritance, Trauma, Anxiety, and Depression
36:29 How Reframing the Meaning of Past Events Can Change Identity
42:41 Meaning as a Consequence of Action
44:11 How to Overcome Fear by Taking Action
45:43 Prediction Error
47:37 Learning Through Exposure
49:47 Dangers of Social Contagion
54:06 Anxiety in the Context of Social Contagion
58:33 Is Social Media Programming Us to Be Sad?
1:02:08 Ads
1:03:03 First Step to Making Life Changes to Overcome Mental Issues
1:05:18 Chronic Pain
1:08:23 What Is Depression?
1:09:17 Body Budgeting and Body Bankruptcy
1:12:26 What Stress Does for Weight Gain
1:15:00 Depression in Adolescents
1:17:02 Is Depression a Chemical Imbalance?
1:18:30 The Story of Lisa's Daughter
1:21:09 Oral Birth Control as a Risk Factor for Depression
1:24:07 How Lisa Helped Her Daughter Out of Depression
1:29:11 Social Support
1:35:26 Lisa's Daughter's Recovery from Depression
1:39:12 Does Alcohol Impact the Body Budget and Increase Depression Risk?
1:42:45 Ads
1:44:00 Can People Change Their Emotions by Smiling?
1:45:49 Lisa's Perspective on ADHD
1:48:01 The Power of Words to Facilitate Emotion
1:52:26 Stress as a Burden to the Metabolic Budget
1:53:27 Lisa's View on God and Religion
1:54:25 What Is the Meaning of Life in Lisa's Opinion?
1:59:32 Question from the Previous Guest

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