91 Highest Potential How to Start Writing Your Personal or College Essay

10/29/21 • 22 min

In this episode, Fi and I will talk about how to get started on writing a personal essay. We will tell you about several key questions and tools that you can apply to trigger memories to explore self-awareness. Whether you're writing your personal college essay or starting a self-reflection query, you can use this format so you don't get stuck with writer's block. Download your list of Values that we talk about in this episode HERE It's my monthly chat with Fiona Murden, my great friend, awesome mom, award-winning author, and host of Dot to Dot Podcast. Each month we sit down to discuss the science and real life applications of topics that help us perform under pressure and achieve our highest potential, without burning out. Fiona and I hit it off immediately! We are both passionate about teaching the science of resilience and as parents, we both have a special interest in teaching kids how they can positively influence their brains. We are on a mission to widely share practical cognitive and motivational research tools with curious people who want to fulfill their potential and ultimately, lead happier lives. Fiona is a Chartered UK Organizational Psychologist who coaches top performers and C-suite individuals to achieve optimal performance and Juna teaches high-achieving students of all ages at the Juilliard School, and previously at NYU, Columbia, Barnard, Achievement First and at many other organizations. For more resources, sign up for the newsletter at mindbodyspace.com/podcast Fiona's podcast Dot to Dot listen HERE Fiona's award winning books: Mirror Thinking HERE

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90 Chill Pill Calm Breath

Regulating our breath can have a significant effect on our stress levels.

Longer exhales can slow down your heart rate, which in turn can signal to your brain that you are calm.

Get a pen and paper for this scientific self-help exercise to see how this Chill Pill works for you. Let us know how you did! Take the poll on spotify!

Regulate your breath to calm down your heart rate and focus your attention. Whether you're in a competition or game, this technique will help you focus your attention on what matters. There are many different types of breathing patterns and they relate to different emotional states.

Geek out: Stanford researcher Dr. Krasnow, describes many different types of breaths: "regular, excited, sighing, yawning, gasping, sleeping, laughing, sobbing" and these breath patterns relate to different emotional states. His team has identified a cluster of neurons in the brainstem of mice that are breathing rhythm generators, which directly communicate with the higher functioning brain to regulate attention, alertness, and stress levels.

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Lifestyle Medicine for Peak Performance with Beth Frates MD

Welcome to 2022! Learn science backed ways to take care of our mind-body-space with me! I am so excited to have Dr. Beth Frates with me. She's an MD and a pioneer in lifestyle medicine education. She is also an award-winning teacher at Harvard, and she is now the president-elect of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Listen as we start the conversation on how powerful lifestyle changes can be to help us be at our best.

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