Ancient Role Models https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec13_Post.mp3 One of the reasons they invented storytelling was because it provided good role models. Well, not really, it was more of an accident. But we can imagine two different tribes. Each told stories around the campfire each night. Epic legends of heroic monster killers of the past. […]
Gorilla Bias Technique
Did You See That? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec12_Post.mp3 Here’s basic theory on how we may develop unhelpful beliefs. Beliefs are kind of like filters between the world and our brain. Some are built in, some are learned. Anyhow, here’s what happens. There is the first event. Something that happens unexpectedly and gives us […]
Recalibrated Memories
Wait, What? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec11_Post.mp3 There are a lot of cool stories that spin memory. Specifically improperly functioning memory. Maybe the most clever is Memento. The dude can only remember the last fifteen minutes. But he, like every other protagonist, is on a quest. But because he can remember only 15 minutes, […]
Life Long Winning Streak
Good vs. Bad https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec10_Post.mp3 Imagine two different scenarios. A good one and a bad one. First the good one. You are going to a party. At the place of a friend of friend. You are supposed to meet him there. But right when you get off the elevator to […]
Rebuild Your Personality
B People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec07_Post.mp3 Most of what we remember is wrong. Plenty of studies confirm this. Even in school, when we’re told exactly what to study, we can’t remember. We get B’s on tests. So when things happen to use unexpectedly, it’s a sure bet we really don’t know what happened. […]
Your Programmable Memory
What’s Really In Your Brain? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr03_Post.mp4 Back in the seventies, a troubling trend started to happen. Some psychologists got the big idea that dysfunctional adults had emotional issues because of repressed childhood memories. Which set up a very disturbing situation. Not unlike how people can easily be coerced into giving false confessions […]
Sensory Deprivation Hypnosis
Data Input System There are only a few ways data from the outside world can get into our brains. Visual and auditory are the two main ones. But feeling, taste, and smell are so paths to storied memories. Teacher Error https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr27Loop.mp4 I have a friend who is a teacher. She said […]
Highway Hypnosis Origins
How’d I Get Here? The most common form of hypnosis is highway hypnosis. You get in your car, intending to drive to your destination, and next thing you know you’re already there. You forgot everything that happened on the way. Classic Recipe https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr02Loop.mp4 One of the criteria of a good movie is […]
Open Your Unconscious
Improv A while ago I took an improv class on the recommendation of my then acting teacher. I had no idea what to expect, but it turned out to be a class on how to open your subconscious communication. Most of the exercises were non verbal, so you can learn to use your […]
Hypnotizing Chickens
Super Genius Doctor There is this therapist that, when she first got her MD, she wanted to be the most successful therapist in the world. But she wanted to do so without ever having to prescribe any drugs to her patients. So she invented a very powerful form of deep hypnosis to solve […]
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