The Neuroscience of Thanksgiving: regulation beyond the ritual

Hope is one of our most extraordinary human capacities. It allows us to sense possibility before we can fully see the path toward it. To imagine that something new can emerge from the conditions we are in now. And perhaps...

Human nervous systems are constantly teaching each other what to expect from the world. Safety or vigilance. Openness or defensiveness. Curiosity or contraction. And most of that communication happens long before conscious thought catches up. Maybe the deeper question isn’t:...

When Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Brain Science: Returning to What We Already Know We're drowning in information. Collecting data. Consuming content. And yet, somehow, we're starving for wisdom. There's a particular frequency—I sometimes call it home—where the noise quiets and...

Most of us walk through the world believing we're responding to what's actually happening. But we're not. We're responding to a model—a statistical best guess shaped by our history, our nervous system, and even the people who raised us. Here's...

Resilience isn't built by staying calm. Resilience also doesn't happen by following a script or filling out a worksheet. It's built through rupture, repair, and range. It's about in-the-moment-flexibility, adaptation, and widening our repertoire of strategies and scenarios of what we can handle. I love leading research teams on enhancing human performance and resilience. It helps us get clear about what we...