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    Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement

    Most self-help advice is guesswork dressed up as wisdom. We dig into psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral science to find what actually changes lives.

    WHY LISTEN?

    Over 8 million downloads because we answer the questions that matter: How do I build mental strength? What creates lasting motivation? How can I understand my own mind well enough to work with it, not against it?

    This podcast is for curious skeptics who want frameworks backed by psychology studies, not Instagram quotes. Whether you’re navigating procrastination, building self-discipline, or designing your own philosophy for a life well lived—we explore the hidden psychology behind real change.

    WHAT YOU’LL GET

    Mental models and simple techniques from cognitive psychology, positive psychology, and ancient wisdom traditions like Stoicism and Buddhism.

    Being a human can be confusing, learning about it doesn’t have to be.

    We cover everything from emotional intelligence and habit formation to brain health and the nervous system.

    WHAT YOU DON’T GET

    No pseudoscience. No oversimplified “hacks.” No hustle porn.

    Just practical insights on mindset improvement, self-development, and human psychology that respect your intelligence and mental health.

    THE APPROACH

    Instead of telling you what to think, we explore how thinking works. Armed with psychology studies, social science research, and relentless curiosity, we uncover the mechanics of belief change, attitude change, and personal development.

    Success is personal. You might want to leverage your neurodiverse strengths, build a business, or simply discover how to be happier. We provide the mental frameworks to pursue your definition of success with mental strength and self-care that fits your life.

    YOUR HOST

    I’m Sam Webster Harris—a lifelong learner with ADHD and an obsession with finding answers to hard questions. After launching businesses, traveling the world, and nearly dying a few times, I concluded that psychology and science are where real wisdom lives.

    This show is my excuse to dive deep into health and fitness research, behavioral psychology, and cool science while helping you build genuine self-discipline and motivation.

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    PAST SERIES

    Previous guests include Olympians, Scientists, Billionaires, and Sam’s Mum.

    Past series:

    — Psychology vs Stoicism

    — Time Management for Busy Mortals

    — Independence and Knowing Yourself

    — Cognitive Biases and Rational Thinking

    — Psychology of Connection and Relationships

    — Carol Dweck and the Multiverse of Mindsets

    — Addiction and Behaviour Change

    — Nervous System Mastery and Polyvagal Theory

    — Mental Strength and Self-Discipline

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    The Paradox of Genius: How To Be A Remarkably Unbalanced Individual Sep 17, 2024
    Show notes

    Let's talk about Power Moves - Lethal Combinations of traits that can unlock your full potential


    Most of us have strengths and with each strength is a corresponding weakness.

    Says who?


    History has shown time and time again that embodying seemingly contradictory traits can result in outsized success.


    We look at the weaknesses we accept and how to overcome the fixed mindset, break out of our natural blockers, and become a spikey, unbalanced individual with additive strengths.


    Balancing lessons from history and psychology we go on a tour of the most common and powerful opposing strengths that can be turned into an unstoppable combination when harnessed correctly. We also explore:

    • How to identify your ideal strength combination
    • Tools to work on weaknesses from different angles
    • How neurodiversity and personality disorders can be harnessed as strengths
    • Embracing instead of fighting your weaknesses



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    Related Episodes

    • 7 Wierd Life-Changing Skills: That will make you happier - 19th July 2024
    • How To Build Free Will and Self-control: Determine your outcomes in life - 06th Aug 2024
    • The Neuroscience of a Growth Mindset: Learning and behaviour change - 30th July 2024




    Meet Sam

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    Growth Mindset Psychology:

    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

    • Watch - YouTube (Growth Mindset)
    • Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com


    Chapters:

    00:00 Personality Labels and the Complexity of Human Traits

    01:57 Exploring the Paradox of Powerful opposites

    03:42 George Washington's Greatest Traits - Uncommon honesty and Undoubtable deception

    06:42 The Danger of Cognitive Simplicity

    09:36 #1 Balancing Knowledge and Open-Mindedness: Rethinking assumptions

    11:20 #2 Empathy and Assertiveness: Compassionate Leadership

    12:37 #3 Time Sensitivity: Optimize vs. Immerse

    14:22 #4 Work Hard, Play Hard - Sustainable output

    15:48 #5 Patience and Urgency - Balanced tempo

    18:09 #6 Short-Term Actions vs. Long-Term Vision - Paradox of genius

    20:14 #7 Creativity and Analytical Thinking - Innovation Engine

    21:30 #8 High Belief and Highly Critical - Product Intelligence

    23:00 #9 Stubbornness and Flexibility - Thriving in uncertainty

    25:25 #10 Self-Confidence and Humility - Grounded Ambition

    26:26 #11 Humour and Seriousness - Ideal partner

    28:18 Framework to identify strengths and weakness

    31:20 Mindmapping Weakness in ADHD

    34:40 - Complementing Our Natural Appearance with Opposing Traits

    35:48 Personality Disorders and Nuerodiversity - Turning weaknesses into strengths: BPD, NPD, ADHD

    38:19 Conclusion: Embrace the Paradoxes

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    4 Hidden Fears That Secretly Sabotage Your Life (And what to do about them) Sep 13, 2024
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    A masterclass on our hidden mindsets and diagnosing the real problems behind our internal blockers.


    Your mind lies to you about what you can and can't do and creates infinitely logical reasons to hide your real fears.


    To overcome the real blockers in achieving our goals, we need to spend less time diagnosing external problems and more time understanding what's happening inside us. Humans are ultimately driven by underlying fear and desire, coming up with reasons that ignore this is hiding the truth.


    We explore the 4 core fears behind our everyday decisions and actions so we can unburden ourselves from limitations:

    1. Fear of Failure - Operating in survival mode
    2. Fear of Uncertainty - The silent killer of dreams
    3. Fear of Embarrassment - Appearance problems
    4. Fear of Success - The unexpected fear


    Webster explores how these fears are deeply entrenched in a fixed mindset, making them appear more rational than they are. Learn practical strategies to convert these fears into opportunities for growth, transform your mindset, and take bold steps toward your true potential.


    In summary, a powerful and practical guide to overcoming the psychological barriers that hold you back.



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    Related Episodes

    • The Neuroscience of Fear: Understanding anxiety, trauma & tools to overcome fears - 10th Sept 2024
    • How To Build Free Will and Self-control: Determine your outcomes in life - 06th Aug 2024
    • How To Stop Catastrophizing: Building Inner-peace with Stephen Porges - 01st Mar 2024
    • 10 Powerful Stoic Questions: The guide to a full life - 06th Feb 2024



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    Growth Mindset Psychology:

    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

    • Watch - YouTube (Growth Mindset)
    • Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com


    Chapters:

    00:00 Introduction: Hitting Invisible Walls

    02:11 The Illusion of Living Without Fear

    05:39 The Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset and Fear

    06:56 #1 Fear of Failure (Survival mode)

    08:46 Reframing Failure - Learning opportunities, incremental goals and feedback

    11:06 Standup Comedy as Exposure Therapy

    12:36 #2 Fear of Uncertainty (The silent killer of dreams)

    15:22 Overcoming Fear of Uncertainty

    17:19 #3 The Fear of Embarrassment and Ridicule (Appearance problems)

    19:14 Accepting embarrassment as a cost of entry

    23:44 #4 Fear of Success (The unexpected fear)

    26:14 Defining and Preparing for Success

    30:22 Conclusion: Embracing Fear for Growth

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    The Neuroscience of Fear - Understanding anxiety, trauma & tools to overcome fears (Lessons from NPD, BPD and ADHD) Sep 10, 2024
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    Anxiety is built into all our brains, examining the role of trauma in building fear responses helps us understand how to combat fear. We can also learn how trauma manifests in General Anxiety Disorder, Borderline (BPD), Narcissism (NPD) and ADHD.


    By studying the neuroscience of how fear and anxiety work in the brain we understand how life events and trauma shape our perceptions. To overcome the different fears we can learn from strategies required for individuals with specific disorders relating to fear to reduce their emotional reactions.


    Fear is controlled by 4 main areas in the brain, the Amygdala, the hippocampus, the Pre-Frontal Cortex and the Hypothalamus. They can keep us healthy, alive, and functioning normally. But different life events can cause them to become impaired or over-active in subtle ways causing much greater levels of fear and irrational behaviours.


    The episode explores how fears hold us back and the specific chemistry and biology to creates it and techniques we can learn to rebalance our brain towards more rational thinking and level responses.


    Tune in to learn how understanding fear can help you master your own mind and improve your life.



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    Recommended Books

    • Our Polyvagal World - Stephen & Seth Porges
    • The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel Van Der Kolk
    • Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway - Susan Jeffers



    Related Episodes

    • The Secrets of Curiosity without Worry: Building Inner-peace with Stephen Porges - 16th Aug 2024
    • The Psychology of Fear, Security & Emotional Intelligence: The Nueroscience of Polyvagal Theory - 13th Aug 2024
    • Doing the Difficult Thing: Dr Niall McCann - Director National Park Rescue - 13th June 2019



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    • Free Call - Schedule Link



    Growth Mindset Psychology:

    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

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    • Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com



    Chapters:

    00:00 Exploring the Neuroscience of Fear

    03:14 The Brain's Fear Circuitry

    06:16 The Role of Neuroception

    09:43 The Four Core Fears

    12:21 Trauma and Its Impact on Fear

    19:41 Understanding General Anxiety Disorder

    22:13 Techniques for Managing Anxiety and Fear

    25:51 Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder

    27:13 The Neuroscience Behind BPD

    31:20 Understanding Narcissistic Personality Disorder

    33:10 Lessons on Ego for All of Us

    36:44 ADHD and the Struggle to Mange Fear and Focus

    39:19 Strategies for Harnessing ADHD &Personal Experiences

    45:12 Concluding Thoughts on Fear

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    How to Spend Money to Buy Happiness Sep 06, 2024
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    Learn the economics of satisfaction, according to psychology.

    Our earliest lessons in life include that money can't buy happiness. But is that completely correct?


    We explore tactics to change your spending that can boost your mood on both a daily level and additionally build a longer-term sense of content satisfaction. Learning how to escape the nudges of advertising and society's expectations of spending and instead live in line with your values and priorities.


    Everyone has different needs and is operating on different levels. These rules help you learn to experiment to find what will work for you and build your own answers to important questions that can improve the quality of your life.



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    Recommended Resources

    • Upside of Irrationality - Daniel Ariely
    • Psychology of Money - Morgan Housel
    • National Park Rescue - Wildlife preservation charity



    Related Episodes

    • Money Traps: Cognitive Biases affecting your finances - 19th May 2024
    • 14 Habits Keeping You Poor: How the brain learns - 40th April 2023
    • Doing the Difficult Thing: Dr Niall McCann - Director National Park Rescue - 13th June 2019




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    • Free Call - Schedule Link



    Growth Mindset Psychology:

    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

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    • Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com



    Chapters:

    00:00 The Debate: Can Money Buy Happiness?

    02:19 Exploring the Psychology of Money and Happiness

    04:25 #1: Spend on Experiences, Not Things

    08:09 #2: Invest in Relationships

    10:15 #3: Prioritize Health

    12:30 #4: Buy Time to Reduce Stress

    15:41 # 5: Make Smaller, Frequent Purchases

    18:27 #6 Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

    21:35 #7 Delaying Gratification to Build Anticipation

    24:06 #8 Investing in Yourself

    25:53 #9 Spending on Enabling Activities

    27:30 #10 Give Back to Others & Charity

    29:49 #Bonus - Exploring Novel & Weird Spending Habits

    33:43 Note - The Influence of Personal History and Social Dynamics

    35:19 Conclusion - Aligning Spending with Values

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    AMA #1 - Best Decision Frameworks, Overcoming Resistance to Learning, Understanding Blockers & Building a Network Sep 03, 2024
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    From deciding what to work on to overcoming blockers - All the questions from August were answered in the Ask Me Anything of the month.


    Free listeners will only have access to the first 20 minutes. Premium subscribers can listen to the whole episode and be able to submit their own questions for future episodes.


    Questions answered in this episode:

    1. What causes resistance to learning?
    2. How do you differentiate an indie podcast? (especially when many podcasts have backing by network / business)
    3. What criteria do you use to determine if a project is worth pursuing?
    4. How do you handle uncertainties, fears, blockers when committing to a big project?
    5. Is it a good idea to pursue VC funding in the content creation industry?
    6. Tips to grow a network of people with similar interests who can provide support, feedback, and exposure?



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    Recommended Episodes

    • 3 Rules to Build Remarkable Opportunities: And uncover your purpose - 29th Aug 2024
    • Neuroscience of Growth Mindset: How the brain learns - 30th July 2024
    • 7 Wierd Life-Changing Skills: That will make you happier - 19th July 2024
    • How to Think Like a Professional: Building Better Strategies - 12th June 2024



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    Growth Mindset Psychology:

    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

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    • Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com




    Chapters:

    00:00 Today's AMA Questions Overview

    02:23 #1 What makes someone resistant to learning?

    03:22 Energy and Learning

    04:33 Ego and Social Pressure

    06:52 Fear of Failure and Asking for Help

    11:11 #2 Differentiating Your Podcast

    14:00 Don't be the best, be the only

    18:37 #3 What criteria do you use to tell if an idea is worth pursuing?

    20:30 Wrap up

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    3 Rules to Build Remarkable Opportunities - (And uncover your purpose) Aug 30, 2024
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    How to take the best shots in life and enjoy the process.


    In this episode of the Growth Mindset Psychology podcast, Sam Webster Harris delves into the psychology behind creating and seizing life's opportunities and overcoming the scarcity mindset.


    We are surrounded by pressures to achieve and plenty of people selling us the way, yet find ourselves going nowhere.

    Sam outlines practical steps you can take from any point in life to build a system around discovering opportunities and building a life we can be proud of on our own terms.


    Reduce anxiety about perfection and our rush to make it instantly and learn to build a much larger and inevitable success that comes through enjoyment and small daily actions.


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    Recommended Episodes

    • 7 Wierd Life-Changing Skills: That will make you happier - 19th July 2024
    • How to Think Like a Professional: Building Better Strategies - 12th June 2024
    • Living the 4-Hour Work Week: Felix Chandler's strategy for being content - 14th Feb 2018



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    Growth Mindset Psychology:

    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

    • Watch - YouTube (Growth Mindset)
    • Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com



    Chapter

    00:00 Take better shots

    00:00 Introduction: Eminem's Scarcity Mindset

    00:15 The Psychology of Taking Shots

    00:58 Economic Choices and Financial Wisdom

    01:47 Welcome to the Growth Mindset Psychology Podcast

    02:01 Big Announcement: Growth Mindset Premium Feed

    02:36 Exclusive Content and Community Benefits

    04:43 Listener Question: Career Change and Anxiety

    06:12 Understanding Your 'Why'

    09:48 The Importance of Small Steps

    11:15 Finding Your Passion and Enjoying the Process

    17:16 The Art of Taking Multiple Shots

    19:30 Sustainable Risk-Taking

    24:11 The MVP Mindset

    26:57 Testing Ideas and Customer Feedback

    28:03 Dating Ideas: A Personal Story

    30:32 The Importance of Not Quitting

    32:20 Reframing Failure as a Positive

    34:05 Finding Purpose and Passion

    35:12 The Reality of Difficult Achievements

    39:17 Conclusion: Infinite Games and Personal Success

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    How To Slow Down Time: Hidden psychology to improve productivity & reduce overwhelm Aug 27, 2024
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    Expand your perception of experience and build more flow and joy into your daily life.


    Many people hate time, it is a constant enemy we fight against. Yet it is simply a continuous element of the Universe that we can't change.

    However, like illusions that can make a straight line seem bent in our minds, we can use our own mind to bend time for ourselves.


    This episode expands on several psychological phenomena to help you build a better relationship with time:

    • Live a life that feels longer, richer and deeper
    • Reframe feelings of anxiety
    • Build your ability to focus, be productive, and do your best work


    It's an absolute favourite topic of Sam's and an episode he is sure you'll love.



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    Recommended Episodes

    • Desire and the Battle of Present vs. Future Self: Who are you vs. Who do you want to be - 9th June 2024
    • Nir Eyal: 10 Painful Truths about Productivity: Time management is pain management - 2nd May 2023
    • Make Time Your Friend: Panic less and enjoy more - 26th May 2024
    • 7 Time Management tool for Busy Mortals: Life advice for realists - 16th May 2023



    Recommended Books

    • Slow Productivity - Cal Newport
    • Deep Work - Cal Newport
    • Indistractable - Nir Eyal



    Meet Sam

    • Free Call - Schedule Link



    Growth Mindset Psychology:

    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

    • Watch - YouTube (Growth Mindset)
    • Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com
    • Insta - SamJam.zen
    • Newsletter - Expansive Thinking


    Chapters:

    00:00 Bending time in physics vs. our mind

    00:48 Intro to the episode

    02:48 Tiktok as an example of bending time

    03:52 Stimulated to do new things

    04:58 Making new memories

    05:36 Do new stuff

    07:15 Memory is like a notepad

    09:35 Ride that edge like a surfer rides a wave

    12:37 Reframing feelings

    13:23 Public speaking example of reframing fear

    14:16 Vippassana example of reframing feelings

    15:08 Fasting to reframe your relationship with food and hunger

    16:37 Savor those slow moments

    17:40 Nir Eyal quote

    18:13 Bob Dylan quote

    18:20 Outro

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    Environment Design: 3 Ways to Improve Your Thinking (without thinking) Aug 23, 2024
    Show notes

    Channel productivity or creativity on-demand - experience more progress, positivity, and freedom using the power of your environment.


    In this episode of the Growth Mindset Psychology Podcast, we explore the significant impact of our environment on our overall mindset and actions.

    Delve into lesser-known productivity tips from neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy and the actionable take-homes you can directly apply to your own life.


    Key insights explained:

    • Cathedral Effect - for creativity or productivity
    • The Movement Effect - For positivity and progress
    • Intentional Laptoping - For focus and freedom


    Learn how your environment can be a game-changer in achieving a life well-lived, along with practical tips and personal anecdotes to build a productive and creative space around you.


    [Note - This archived episode was recorded two years ago while Sam was cycling around Europe - Obviously he was not on his bike at the time...]



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    Recommended Episodes

    • Stop Dreaming, Start Doing: How to live in reality - 19th July 2022
    • Remove Personal Limits: Breakdown internal barriers to success - 26th July 2022
    • Gratitude lessons (that don't suck): Life advice for realists - 16th May 2023



    Meet Sam

    • Free Call - Schedule Link



    Growth Mindset Psychology:

    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

    • Watch - YouTube (Growth Mindset)
    • Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com
    • Insta - SamJam.zen
    • Newsletter - Expansive Thinking



    Chapters:

    00:00 Environment Design for Unblocking Ourselves

    04:49 #1 Cathedral effect: Creativity vs Productivity

    07:18 #2 The Movement Effect: Positivity and Progress

    11:11 #3 Intentional Laptoping: Focus and Freedom

    15:36 Bonus laptop and work tips

    17:55 Summary of Environment Design

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    How to Decide What To Focus On - When you want to do everything Aug 20, 2024
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    3 ways to stay dedicated to what is important in life, in a noisy world (and with a noisy mind).


    We are immersed in infinite options and distractions of alluring things we could be doing. Naturally we often find ourselves wanting to do all the things.


    A holiday in the Mediterranean, surfing in Bali or visiting pyramids - Why choose?


    Pursuing a career in finance, running a YouTube about cars, or becoming a teacher - Frustrating huh...


    Leaning into philosophy and the inner workings of our psychology we explore three lessons and mental models to help us calm our frenetic obsessions and build peace. We'll learn how to build an ability to focus on what matters, ignore passing surface desires and invest deeply in ourselves


    Some outcomes of this episode:

    • Investing in yourself for the long term
    • Recognise your different personalities and free them
    • Prevent getting mentally ahead of ourselves
    • Enjoying the journey



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    Recommended Episodes

    • How to build Free Will and Self-Control: Psychology of default behaviours - 6th Aug 2024
    • Work-Life Battle: Why balancing fails and what works instead - 11th May 2024
    • Do the Thing: How to stop procrastinating - 12th March 2024
    • Engineer Unstoppable Motivation: What really builds resilience - 12th Jan 2024



    Meet Sam

    • Free Call - Schedule Link



    Growth Mindset Psychology:

    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

    • Watch - YouTube (Growth Mindset)
    • Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com
    • Insta - SamJam.zen
    • Newsletter - Expansive Thinking



    Chapters:


    00:00 The Infinite Directions and Endless Cycle of Decisions in Life

    02:07 Navigating Modern Choices and the Opportunity Costs of Commitments

    03:20 Cross-Pollinating Ideas and Breaking Barriers

    05:08 The Impact of Clothing on Personality

    09:51 The Dilemma of Choosing One Path When You Hold Multiple Interests

    13:43 The Importance of Focus to Achieve Results

    16:47 The Reality of Multitasking, Mental Masturbation, & Being Ahead of Ourselves

    18:33 Exceptions to the Rule: Taylor Swift's Dress Changes

    21:39 Embracing Change & Growth Through Our Life

    27:05 Finding Creativity to Expand the Interest Potential Of Any Domain

    28:28 Conclusion: Embrace Curiosity and Keep Growing

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    The Secrets Behind Curiosity Without Worry - Building Inner-Peace w/ Stephen Porges PhD [Father of Polyvagal Theory] Aug 16, 2024
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    Live a life well lived by exploring the depths of Psychology and Polyvagal Theory with Dr. Stephen Porges.


    Join host Sam Webster on the Growth Mindset Psychology Show as he engages in a deep and enlightening conversation with Dr. Stephen Porges, the renowned researcher behind polyvagal theory.

    This episode delves into fundamental truths about psychology, societal norms, and personal growth. Dr. Porges shares insights on the body's physiological reactions to safety and threat, how they impact our behavior, and how understanding these can help us lead fulfilling lives.


    Tune in to explore the science of self-improvement and the importance of curiosity, all while unravelling the complexities of human existence.



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    Recommended Books

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    Recommended Episodes

    • The Psychology of Fear, Security & Emotional Intelligence: Neuroscience lessons from Polyvagal Theory - 13th Aug 2024
    • How Attachment styles affect all relationships: w/ Jessica Baum - 14th Jun 2024
    • The Neuroscience of Growth Mindset: Learning and behaviour change - 30th July 2024
    • Attachment Styles: Understanding our emotional blueprinte - 20th Feb 2024


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    • Work - PolyvagalInstitute.org
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    Chapters:

    00:00 Introduction to Curiosity, Safety and Mindset

    02:15 Basics of PolyVagal Theory and Episode Outline

    05:51 The Rubik's Cube of Psychology

    06:45 Primitive Organisms and Threat Response

    07:31 Creating a Safe Learning Environment

    08:43 Polyvagal Theory and Personal Reactions

    11:06 Intuition vs. Neural Reflex

    12:31 The Role of Voice and Intonation

    15:50 Social Pressure and Authenticity

    18:18 The Physiology of Safety and Stress

    20:27 Dealing with Constant Threat - Academic and Professional Challenges

    23:55 Stephen's Personal Journey and Academic Frustrations

    30:10 Curiosity, Creativity, and Personal Fulfillment

    41:45 The Zen of Loading the Dishwasher

    41:54 The Power of Focus

    43:18 Polyvagal Music: Healing Through Sound

    46:11 The Importance of Physiological State and Co-Regulation

    46:56 The Role of Rhythm in Well-being

    48:46 Exploring the History of Psychology

    50:15 The Intersection of Technology and Research

    52:55 Final Remarks

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