{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Equine Assisted World with Rupert Isaacson","title":"Your Brain, Your Way: Curiosity, Neurodiversity, and Healing with Dr. Chantel Prat | EP 28 Equine Assisted World","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5954,"description":"In this episode of Equine Assisted World, Rupert Isaacson sits down with Dr. Chantel Prat—a neuroscientist, psychologist, linguist, and horsewoman. Dr. Prat teaches at the University of Washington and is the author of The Neuroscience of You, a groundbreaking book that examines how every brain is different and what that means for our lives, relationships, and learning processes.\nRupert and Chantel dive deep into individual brain differences, the neuroscience of curiosity, attention, and empathy, and how equine-assisted practices can benefit from this knowledge. From mirror neurons to movement, nature, and neurodivergence, this episode explores how understanding our brains can transform education, therapy, leadership, and horsemanship.\n📚 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:\nThe Neuroscience of Individuality (Starts at 02:00)\nWhy one-size-fits-all brain models fall short.\nHow your brain builds reality from bite-sized inputs and past experience.\nRewiring How We Think About Intelligence (Starts at 06:00)\nMoving beyond deficit-based views of learning and attention.\nUnderstanding the trade-offs and strengths of different brain types.\nThe Trouble with Normal: Education, Economics, and Brain Diversity (Starts at 14:00)\nWhy school systems misunderstand how brains actually learn.\nThe mismatch between economic systems and human neurodiversity.\nCuriosity, Creativity, and Collaboration (Starts at 17:00)\nHow diversity of thought increases innovation and team success.\nCultivating workplace cultures that support different kinds of brains.\nMirror Neurons and Theory of Mind (Starts at 24:00)\nWhat mirror neurons really are—and what they aren’t.\nUnderstanding empathy, imitation, and their relevance in equine work.\nMaking Implicit Social Cues Explicit in Therapy (Starts at 34:00)\nStrategies for working with people who experience the world differently.\nThe power of observation and simplification in building empathy.\nMovement, Nature, and Attention (Starts at 41:00)\nWhy nature and motion...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/PuJAXgaKmhfeBRqqEPEATMHDH_c-iN9O1OlaUtqD0-g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQwMDI3LzE2ODI0/MjQ0MTQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}