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How to Make New Years Resolutions *Actually* Stick! Pt. 2 Dec 31, 2025

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Welcome back to the communal Schauer! This week we’re doing a part two to how to make your new years resolutions actually stick and hint; we need to efficiently, effectively, and strategically utilize saliency. We want to find the most direct route, give ourselves guardrails, space expectations, and leave a little *rewarding* bread crumb trail so our brain and body (together) keep showing up! I’m wishing you all nothing but the absolute best, you can absolutely do this. Do not beat yourself up if you flub in January, just keep it pushing.

Thank you all for making this year an absolute delight! I cannot stress how much you all have made my learning and growth journey so incredibly worthwhile. Your belief in me, a somewhat total stranger, has been invaluable. Please absolutely utilize that with yourself and your goals. I have received but a fraction of your conviction and I can only imagine what you can achieve if you aim that power, that consistency, back at yourself.

That being said, I hope you all have a wonderful New Year’s, we’ll chat in 2026!

Resources:

The Science of Nutrition: Debunk the Diet Myths and Learn How to Eat Well for Health and Happiness - Rhiannon Lambert

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change - Emily Falk

On Muscle : The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters - Bonnie Tsui

This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers & Ogi Ogas

Reparenting: Seeking Healing for Your Inner Child

https://positivepsychology.com/reparenting/

Difference between expectations and standards

https://theeverymom.com/expectations-versus-standards-with-kids/

5 Rules for Setting SMART goals

https://us.humankinetics.com/blogs/excerpt/5-rules-for-setting-smart-goals#:~:text=You%20may%20have%20learned%20about,met%20in%20the%20time%20allotted

Substack Recommendations:

Finding the Best (free) Resources for Your 2025 Self-Study Goals

https://substack.com/home/post/p-171479150

Where to find media to consume instead of doomscrolling

https://substack.com/home/post/p-168039199

Learn for Fun or Free or Fun & Free

https://substack.com/home/post/p-175242020

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How to Make New Years Resolutions *Actually* Stick! Pt. 1 Dec 24, 2025

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Welcome to the weekly communal Schauer, today we’re discussing the history of new year’s resolutions as well as the neuroscience of making them stick. You might be wondering “why is she taking so long on the phrasing of these goals?” That’s a wonderful question *hypothetical* listener and the answer to that is because how you speak to yourself does matter. Decisions are changes, they are pivots - pivots are a rapid change in direction that, if not taken carefully or under control, can cause significant strain and even injury. “But that’s muscle strain” - yes, however cognitive strain is also real and can cause you to fear pivots and change in the future. We’re taking this slow, step by step, because I’m talking about how to make things stick (grip) so the pivot feels solid and stable!

Thank you all for making this year absolutely fabulous, I would not be where I am without all y’all’s (2nd person possessive plural pronoun btw) support and feedback. I’m wishing everyone a happy holidays, happy new year, and just a general sense of happiness as it’s very much needed.

Go easy on yourselves, you got this.

Free and affordable book and audiobook options (scroll down to bottom of Substack post)

https://substack.com/home/post/p-181291076

Resources:

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change - Emily Falk

The Science of Nutrition: Debunk the Diet Myths and Learn How to Eat Well for Health and Happiness - Rhiannon Lambert

The History of New Year’s Resolutions

https://www.history.com/articles/the-history-of-new-years-resolutions

Millennials most likely to make 2026 resolutions over other generations: survey

https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/lifestyle/millennials-most-likely-to-make-2026-resolutions-over-other-generations-survey/

The Neuroscience of Goals & Behavior Change

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5854216/

How Does “Not” Affect What We Understand? Scientists Find Negation Mitigates Our Interpretation of Phrases

https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2024/may/how-does--not--affect-what-we-understand--scientists-find-negati.html

Acute Stress Impairs Inhibitory Control based on Individual Differences in Parasympathetic Nervous System Activity

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5448703/

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The “Art” of AI: A Critique on the Creaturds of Slop Dec 17, 2025

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Bring your waders, this week we’re wandering into the stagnant swamp of Earth’s abject “elite.” Feel free to breathe through your mouth as we discuss AI brain rot, the “culture” of the 1%, and the longstanding tradition of offloading labor no matter the cost. Don’t worry, before we lock eyes with the ethically bankrupt and cognitively forlorn, we’ll also be discussing neuroscience, psychology, and art across cultures! So fun! I hope you enjoy these Schauer Thoughts.

Links to Substack:

Research Wrapped 2025: https://substack.com/home/post/p-181291076

My 2025 Reading List: https://substack.com/home/post/p-181265928

Resources:

StudyTogether & Study Stream

These are the apps I was talking about when wanting to find someone else to study abstract concepts with

Generative AI: the risk of cognitive atrophy

https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/neuroscience/generative-ai-the-risk-of-cognitive-atrophy/

Art Across Cultures: A Tapestry of Diverse Expressions

Exploring the impact of culture on artistic perception and creation.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/non-weird-science/202406/art-across-cultures-a-tapestry-of-diverse-expressions

The language of absence.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18558956/#:~:text=The%20paper%20%22The%20language%20of%20absence%22%20by,tantalizing%20*%20Mental%2C%20physical%2C%20and%20sexual%20abuse

ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT study

https://time.com/7295195/ai-chatgpt-google-learning-school/

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The Science of Generosity & Holiday Gift Guide Dec 10, 2025

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Get ready for a strange mix of holiday cheer and fear, this week we’re serving up the science and psychology of generosity with a side of lore (my lore.) Don’t worry, things will be merry and bright… eventually. I’m just joshing, but make sure to check out the links below for sources, ideas, and much more. Hope to see you in the communal shower!

Link to my substack: https://substack.com/@sarahschauer

Full reading list will be posted tomorrow, Dec. 10, around noon PST - it is simply too long for this caption lol. Resources: Undoing Drugs: How Harm Reduction Is Changing the Future of Drugs and Addition - Maia Szalavitz Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature’s Toxins - from Spices to Vices - Noah Whiteman What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change - Emily Falk Give Well, Feel Great: The Science of Gift Giving and Receiving https://www.templeton.org/news/give-well-feel-great-the-science-of-gift-giving-and-receiving The Psychology Behind Perfect Gift-Giving https://swipegifts.com/blog/gift-psychology Gift Resources & Links: Scientific American’s Best Nonfiction of 2025 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientific-americans-best-nonfiction-of-2025/ The Scientific American Staff’s Favorite Books of 2025 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-scientific-american-staffs-favorite-books-of-2025/ Gifts for every kind of nerd https://www.morningbrew.com/stories/2025/10/24/gift-guide-nerd Craft Club https://www.craftclubco.com/pages/gift-guide?srsltid=AfmBOorxPL2GQZwm70XO8bEjQWQ03oM2MFEh4jgRFMYXqaJrtxXNtnbp Customer Stained Glass Piece https://www.etsy.com/market/custom_stained_glass Custom Vinyl Records https://www.freestyle-vinyl.com/collections Canva Magazines https://www.canva.com/magazines/ Custom Lego Figure https://www.lego.com/en-us/minifigure-factory Fibonacci Wall and Desk Clock https://www.etsy.com/listing/1576771073/fibonacci-wall-and-desk-clock-unusual Gifts for math lovers https://www.mathnasium.com/blog/great-gifts-math-lovers-2024 Educational Subscription Boxes for Kids https://www.cratejoy.com/collections/educational-subscription-boxes STEM Build Boxes https://coolsciencefinds.com/articles/stem-build-boxes Lighting for Lego Sets https://www.lightmybricks.com/blogs/learning-centre Science Art - Scientific Illustration Artworks and Wall Art https://cognitive-surplus.com/collections/wall-art Planet Bath bombs https://www.kiwico.com/us/store/dp/planet-bath-bombs/3205 Custom Star Map from special nights - jewelry, art, etc https://www.thenightsky.com/ They have star map lockets! Library Check Out Card Bookmark - Vintage https://www.etsy.com/listing/1081591959/library-check-out-card-bookmark-vintage Custom Book Embosser https://www.etsy.com/listing/840508076/book-embosser-personalized-custom-ex?ls=s&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=ex%20libris&ref=sr_gallery-1-35&sr_prefetch=1&pro=1&frs=1&pop=1&content_source=5d442138550e8a17059979d09cb92cbabcd17809%3A840508076&search_preloaded_img=1&organic_search_click=1&logging_key=5d442138550e8a17059979d09cb92cbabcd17809:840508076&source=aw&utm_source=affiliate_window&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=us_location_buyer&utm_content=740219&sv1=affiliate&sv_campaign_id=740219&awc=6220_1764911312_c63edd94bc322514623e5c6d663ea839 Jane Eyre Embroidery Kit https://www.etsy.com/listing/1008531760/jane-eyre-embroidery-kit?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=jane+eyre+embroidery&ref=sr_gallery-1-2&organic_search_click=1&utm_source=affiliate_window&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=uk_location_buyer&utm_content=1266099&sv1=affiliate&sv_campaign_id=1266099&awc=6091_1764911520_293ebbe0bc58c5494c72236acc01f8ad

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How to Be More Creative: Abstraction and Improvisation (Part 3)! Dec 03, 2025

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Here we are, the third and final installment on how to be more creative! What a wild and winding journey it’s been, hopefully everyone is forever changed. Just a reminder: the essence (aka timbre - a unique quality of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds) of a shower thought is a rambling (divergent) musing while in the shower - an environment where sound and heat are taking ego (fixedness) offline and allowing you to make more fluid connections. Water is also a fluid, which is a substance that can flow and take the shape of it’s container aka your body, your brain - which btw are constantly changing so best to keep a lot of things fluid, moving, lest some solids clog flow. Anywho, I hope you enjoy the neuroscience, the lateral movements, the abstractions, the improv, but most of all… I hope you dance.

To the beat of your own drum.

Don’t fall in line, or do, it’s up to you! Talk again soon, toodles!

Edit: I meant to say “IAF does RC circuits, not currents” - I was speaking so fast that I flubbed that.

Also, second edit: for an electrical fire, always disconnect the power source first.

Third edit at the end: Delight is surprise + happiness, not happiness + sadness - I was speaking too fast.

For more information on book club, visit my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-book-for-143088045

Resources:

This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance - Elise Vernon Pearlstine

Plant Lore and Legend - Ruth Binney

The Botany of Desire - Michael Pollan

Most Delicious Poison - Noah Whiteman

The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets - Thomas R. Cech

The Mind-Gut Connection - Emeran Mayer, MD

On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters - Bonnie Tsui

The Beauty Molecule - Nicholas Perricone, MD

A neurocomputational model of creative processes

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422001452#bbib49

Lateral Thinking: A Textbook of Creativity

https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/34623410/Lateral_thinking-libre.pdf?1409804461=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DL_AT_ERAL_T_HINKING.pdf&Expires=1764634187&Signature=gNaugtGh5fV5tq9C76US8IlQFXrqcrkaQ8UfxyvUsb~UM2YhbJJB-9PQOD4gjmHvFVaHfBNuIWsr9a~eVOHZuveFrUdxx-zZJdmh3DDxosekQ2OoHM2trx2ixYlWitsqpWY5CfobdDM0aQVICGCb00--EUfzJJq0-gIrySw388J4EI8MvqHtWJaGEIXWJx7gwpYvhfF3xTJ12GFhUK4pvrmz8qoLYTmLLjs3AwFZ-EWPRRfcCh8M6-eELduwJaTfi05edifhH6duN9qzmVUe7Nc-egIYIxcYWzIbFvwbDqseOpBDa2vD42DEZrU9eL4vW3XiYOobx6RD31QGEEvnpQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA

Play It As It Lies | What Does This Mean?

https://cattailcrossing.ca/blog/play-it-as-it-lies-what-does-this-mean/

Improv Games for Collaboration

https://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/improv-games-for-collaboration

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How To Be Creative: Divergent Thinking (Pt. 2)! Nov 26, 2025

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Prepare to get meta, I’m going to walk you through my creative, divergent thinking process while explaining the neuroscience of creativity and divergent thinking! We do need our brains and bodies to be in sync for this to be meaningful, illuminating, give you (and I) an “aha!” moment.

Please note, divergent thinking means you think in a way that is not typical or standard, so I apologize if I’m hard to follow, however it is necessary to illustrate the point I’m making. I want you to know that you don’t have to understand every single detail, however you should focus on the actual “route” my mind is taking - the “figure 8.”

Thank you so much to The Allen Institute for inviting me to Neuroscience 2025 in San Diego, I am beyond grateful and appreciative for the experience. I encourage everyone to check out their website, as well as their mission, because science (and creativity) truly are for everyone.

The Allen Institute: https://alleninstitute.org/

New Book Club Information:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-book-for-143088045

Resources:

This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us - Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross

Horror in Architecture: The Reanimated Edition - Joshua Comaroff + One Ker-Shing

Future Tense: Why Anxiety Is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad) - Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, PhD

This is the book I recommended on arousal state splitting off into excitement or anxiety.

A neurocomputational model of creative process

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422001452

Functional Fixedness: When We Stick to What We Know

https://nesslabs.com/functional-fixedness

This is not the Time Magazine article but it also covers functional fixedness and how it impacts creativity

Sensorimotor experience and verb-category mapping in human sensory, motor and parietal neurons

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010945217301491

Mental time travel, language, and evolution

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028393219302441

Isometric Handgrip Exercise Speeds Working Memory Responses in Younger and Older Adults

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10238670/

This article does include hand exercises for younger adults, most however are focused on improving working memory for older populations

Analogy: Definition, Examples, and Usage

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/literary-devices/analogy/

Learning from the Double Diamond: How Divergent and Convergent Thinking Can Improve Collaboration and Problem-Solving in Museums

https://www.aam-us.org/2024/04/05/learning-from-the-double-diamond-how-divergent-and-convergent-thinking-can-improve-collaboration-and-problem-solving-in-museums/

On the emergence of interdisciplinary scientific fields: (how) does it relate to science convergence?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733324000751

A Global Map of Science Based on the ISI Subject Categories

https://www.leydesdorff.net/map06/texts/index.htm

The Brain Science of Elusive ‘Aha! Moments’

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-elusive-brain-science-of-aha-moments/

Recommended Books:

The Geometry of Grief - Michael Frame

The Tao of Physics - Fritjof Capra

The Gentrification of the Mind - Sarah Schulman

On the Art and Craft of Doing Science - Kenneth Catania

The Meaning of Proofs: Mathematics as Storytelling - Gabriele Lolli

The Botany of Desire - Michael Pollan

The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know - Shawn Coyne

When Narcissism Comes to Church - Chuck DeGroat

Humour - Terry Eagleton

The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone - Philip Fernbach & Steven A. Sloman

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How To Be Creative! Pt. 1 Nov 19, 2025

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I heard you wanted to get creative, so here is my *almost painfully*detailed breakdown of that process. If you’d like my resume when it comes to creative thinking, Google my name.

(Before appearing too self-righteous to prospective listeners, we will be discussing the fundamental use of first person and first person possessive pronouns when it comes to creativity.)

This is part one to my new mini-series on how to be more creative where we’re exploring the fields of neuroscience, linguistics, metalinguistics, musculature, childhood development and much more! It’s time to brace yourself because the communal Schauer this week is loosening some pretty big knots.

Resources:

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change - Emily Falk

A neurocomputational model of creative process

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422001452

The Seven Functional Movement Patterns + Video Demonstrations

https://www.opexfit.com/blog/seven-functional-movement-patterns

Advertising: how it influences children and teenagers

https://raisingchildren.net.au/toddlers/play-learning/screen-time-media/advertising-children#:~:text=At%207%2D11%20years%2C%20children,overstate%20how%20good%20products%20are.

Describing Skeletal Muscles: A Review of Muscle Attachments and Actions

https://www.visiblebody.com/learn/muscular/muscle-movements#:~:text=3.,muscles%20play%20in%20each%20movement.&text=The%20prime%20mover%2C%20sometimes%20called,are%20keeping%20your%20posture%20sturdy

Behavioral energetics in human locomotion: how energy use influences how we move

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11993254/

“I” versus “the author”: The power of first-person voice when writing about science

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11145200/#:~:text=Writing%20in%20the%20first%20person,that's%20something%20most%20scientists%20want.

Using “I”: The First Person in Academic Writing

https://www.brandeis.edu/writing-program/resources/faculty/handouts/first-person.html

Please everyone read this to understand how to apply “I” statements in academic writing OR AT LEAST when studying and trying to retain the information - there is clearly a benefit to using 3rd person, but using first person *strategically and with nuanced understanding* will make knowledge more relative and rewarding to self, as well as make concepts easier to apply.

Why Metalinguistic Awareness Matters

https://www.gemmlearning.com/blog/learning-issues/why-are-metalinguistic-skills-important/#:~:text=Metalinguistic%20awareness%20is%20the%20ability%20to:%20*,your%20understanding%20as%20you%20listen%20and%20read

Epithelium

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22062-epithelium

Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

https://www.verywellmind.com/kohlbergs-theory-of-moral-development-2795071

For sources from a previous podcast episode, please visit that episode for the full source list in the caption!

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How to Learn to Love Math feat. Mina Neuberg Nov 13, 2025

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This week on Schauer Thoughts we have a special guest - please give a warm welcome to Mina Neuberg, CEO of WonderMath! Also, this episode is NOT an ad, I am not being paid, I just really love math and wanted to discuss learning and executive functioning with the executive putting the “fun” in functional learning. No but seriously, math is incredibly important and I appreciate y’all listening and *hopefully* expanding the communal comfort zone!

Learn More About WonderMath:

https://www.wondermath.com/

Where to Reach Mina:

mina@wondermath.com

New Book Club Information:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-book-for-143088045

Resources:

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change - Emily Falk

The Power of Fun - Catherine Price

Mathematics for Human Flourishing - Francis Su

Is Math Real? - Eugenia Cheng

The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone - Philip Fernbach

Neural correlates of hate

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18958169/

What Is Hate and Where Does It Live in the Brain?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-brain-on-food/202208/what-is-hate-and-where-does-it-live-in-the-brain

The premotor cortex

https://www.physio-pedia.com/Premotor_Cortex#:~:text=The%20premotor%20cortex%20is%20a,of%20the%20contralateral%20hemisphere%20alone.

Behavioral energetics in human locomotion: how energy use influences how we move

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11993254/

Demonstration and Pantomime in the Evolution of Teaching

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5361109/

Total Physical Response (TPR) - Teaching Method

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392376539_Total_Physical_Response_TPR

Screen Apnea

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/10/1247296780/screen-apnea-why-screens-cause-shallow-breathing

Olfactory Enrichment to Improve Memory

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10405466/

What the Thalamus Does

https://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/2012/3/12.03.02/4#:~:text=In%20this%20way%2C%20the%20thalamus%20is%20screening,matters%20of%20value%20and%20filtering%20out%20distractions.

This is How the Brain Filters Out Unimportant Details

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-babble/201502/is-how-the-brain-filters-out-unimportant-details#:~:text=This%20%E2%80%9Creciprocal%E2%80%9D%20connectivity%20can%20be,popcorn%2C%20and%20air%20conditioning).

Movement-Based Learning: Students Need to Use Their Bodies to Learn

https://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies/2025/03/movement-based-learning-students-need-to-use-their-bodies-to-learn/

Math Has Its Own Language. How Can Students Learn to Speak It?

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/math-has-its-own-language-how-can-students-learn-to-speak-it/2024/09

Conceived linearities in mathematics education and how to disrupt them

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14794802.2025.2579307?src=#d1e125

How Did You Solve It? Metacognition in Mathematics

https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/how-did-you-solve-it-metacognition-in-mathematics

Writing Problems in Possessive Form

https://www.ef.edu/english-resources/english-grammar/forming-possessive/

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Regular & Hypnotic Shower Thoughts Nov 05, 2025

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Today’s Schauer Thoughts are a little smattering of everything with hypnotic speech for desert. Nod your head ‘yes’ if that sounds like a good time, shake your head ‘no’ if that sounds like a bad time. You’ve been a lovely audience, make sure to tip your waiter, as well as visit coat check to put your clothes back on.

And once again, run this episode and related resources by your therapist or mental health provider so your sense of self can relieve oneself.

“That was a stretch.” Exactly, you get it.

Resources:

How Magicians Think - Joshua Jay

Introduction To American Deaf - Thomas K. Holcomb

This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

A Little Book of Language - David Crystal

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change - Emily Falk

The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone - Steven Sloman & Philip Fernbach

Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing?

https://www.vogue.com/article/is-having-a-boyfriend-embarrassing-now

What Is the Somatic Nervous System?

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-somatic-nervous-system-2795866

Automatic-voluntary dissociation

https://www.medlink.com/articles/automatic-voluntary-dissociation

Watch How You Nod

https://www.science.org/content/article/watch-how-you-nod

Imagined and real movements are controlled by the brain in the same way

https://news.ki.se/imagined-and-real-movements-are-controlled-by-the-brain-in-the-same-way

Chapter 8: Hypnotic Phenomena and Keeping Techniques

https://connect.springerpub.com/content/book/978-0-8261-2487-6/part/part01/chapter/ch08

Reflex Arc

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/reflex-arc#:~:text=A%20reflex%20arc%20is%20a,the%20body%20to%20a%20stimulus.

The Link Between Optic and Spinal Nerves

https://www.themiamiproject.org/the-link-between-optic-and-spinal-nerves/

Examples of other hypnotic speech pattern’s

https://hypnosistrainingacademy.com/milton-model-hypnotic-language-patterns-trance/?amp=1

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A Refreshing Take on “Brain Rot” Oct 29, 2025

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This week we’re tackling brain rot, brain fog, social media addiction, and stopping to smell the roses! Join me on a cognitive journey to the land of untapped and undervalued sensory input, the nose. Remember, this is about a harm reduction method, it alone will not “cure” you - also feel free to run absolutely all of this by a licensed medical professional and thoroughly review the resources for yourself. As always, it’s been a pleasure having you in the communal Schauer, I hope my STEAM (du-dun-tss) of consciousness (and extended research) provides some refreshing mental clarity.

For more information on my book club visit:

Substack:

https://sarahschauer.substack.com/p/schauer-thoughts-book-club-additional?utm_source=activity_item

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/c/sarahschauer/membership

Books:

Horror on the Brain: The Neuroscience Behind Science Fiction - Austin Lim, PhD

Attention: Beyond Mindfulness - Gay Watson

Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance - Elise Vernon Pearlstine

Plant Lore and Legend: The Wisdom and Wonder of Plants and Flowers Revealed - Ruth Binney

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihály Csizkszentmihalyi

Articles: