Why Doing The Right Thing Will Feel Bad Sometimes: Your Brain Is Changing

Show Notes

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In this episode, Jake shares a personal story where doing the right thing left him feeling terrible for weeks. Together, we explore why doing the right thing sometimes makes us feel bad. Why do we have these bad feelings? What does it mean when we find ourselves in a similar situation. Should we do things differently to avoid feeling bad? Or is there something else happening that we should pay attention to?

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Episode Resources:

• Article - Neuroplasticity: Learning Physically Changes the Brain
• Article - How to Train Yourself to Think Differently and Permanently Rewire Your Brain, According to ScienceIt's not about thinking positively. It's about learning how to think realistically
• Video - Beautiful 3-D Brain Scans Show Every Synapse | National Geographic
• Article - A Short History of Empathy: The term’s only been around for about a century—but over the course of its existence, its meaning has continually changed.
• Article - Why Empathy Is Your Most Important Skill (and How to Practice It)
• Video - Your Brain is You: Learning and Memory (Part 5 of 6)
• Video - Experiences Build Brain Architecture
• Video - Neural pathway

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Two longtime friends, both Canadian – one black, one white, and both men – explore what it looks like to adopt the mindset of an inclusive society. Instead of asking, ”How do we get there?”, Jake and Chris discuss what does it look like to act as if we’re there already.