One Brain At A Time

On this week's episode Adam and Andy are joined by James Feist, a Postgraduate Associate at the University of Chichester to discuss everything from his PhD Research, and the daily habits and routines that help him get everything done.We Read Your Comments!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_rt06Ri8yc---Chapters:00:00 - Clip00:25 - Intro & waffle (ft. James Intro & Marathon chat)05:13 - University of Chichester Progression11:10 - Resilience is a skill14:24 - It's about balance16:39 - James' PHD Thesis21:26 - Scanning in women's football25:34 - Structure & Planning32:22 - Exercise!36:09 - Outro---This podcast will change your life, if you let it.Welcome to One Brain At A Time, an Action Your Potential podcast.At the top of your neck you have the most powerful processing device in the known universe. But no-one's ever told you how it works... until now.Each Monday, Action Your Potential consultants Adam Wright and Andy Feist strip away the jargon and break down the neuroscience into practical tools you can apply straight away.Entertaining, evidence-based, and 100% woo-woo fre e. That's a guarantee.Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts and watch the full episodes on Youtube.If you want to learn more about the work we do at AYP, you can find out more information on our website!📧 Email us questions at adamwright@aypuk.com.👀 Watch our episodes on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OneBrainPodcast📲 Follow us on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@one.brain.podcast📲 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/one_brain_podcast?igsh=MTdxMmVvMndoeDNydg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr📬 Subscribe to the AYP Newsletter: https://substack.com/@actionyourpotentialOne Brain At A Time is written and presented by Adam Wright & Andy Feist. Production from Adam Wright and Andy Feist. Intro Music: “Happy Life” by Fredji (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvQ-5RCt9xs&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkK-1uhfhicxlQ2FJwbuA7uU&index=26). One Brain At A Time is an Action Your Potential production.

This week Adam and Andy talk about the profound neuroscience effects of breakups and heartbreak. They discuss the nucleus accumbens, our brains models and how to move on from even the most devastating break up.If you need any specific help with this, don't hesitate to email the show adamwright@aypuk.comWe Read Your Comments!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_rt06Ri8yc---Chapters:00:00 - Clip00:51 - Intro & waffle (ft. Life stress & Holidays)05:46 - Why the neuroscience helps, always.07:48 - The Nucleus Accumbens & Co-regulation11:17 - Emotional Pain & the Anterior Cingulate Cortex13:35 - It's basically grief17:00 - Your brain's models20:10 - Healing and rebuilding25:55 - Rumination29:40 - Build new models & habits31:47 - Pattern Recognition33:30 - The evenings...37:21 - Outro---This podcast will change your life, if you let it.Welcome to One Brain At A Time, an Action Your Potential podcast.At the top of your neck you have the most powerful processing device in the known universe. But no-one's ever told you how it works... until now.Each Monday, Action Your Potential consultants Adam Wright and Andy Feist strip away the jargon and break down the neuroscience into practical tools you can apply straight away.Entertaining, evidence-based, and 100% woo-woo fre e. That's a guarantee.Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts and watch the full episodes on Youtube.If you want to learn more about the work we do at AYP, you can find out more information on our website!📧 Email us questions at adamwright@aypuk.com.👀 Watch our episodes on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OneBrainPodcast📲 Follow us on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ayp.spike.podcast📲 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/one_brain_podcast?igsh=MTdxMmVvMndoeDNydg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr📬 Subscribe to the AYP Newsletter: https://substack.com/@actionyourpotentialOne Brain At A Time is written and presented by Adam Wright & Andy Feist. Production from Adam Wright and Andy Feist. Intro Music: “Happy Life” by Fredji (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvQ-5RCt9xs&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkK-1uhfhicxlQ2FJwbuA7uU&index=26). One Brain At A Time is an Action Your Potential production.

This week Adam and Andy are joined by fellow AYP Consultant Hannah Warner-Swann to discuss exam anxiety and how to overcome it through quick, actionable neuroscience.Watch the latest 'Comments Corner': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qNF-eWalZ0Watch our episode on Music (also featuring Hannah): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeQphR6un7sWatch our episode on Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G8KYl2Z0OU---Chapters:00:00 - Clip00:58 - Intro & waffle (ft. Hannah's fantastic outfit)04:33 - It's time to talk about exams.05:50 - Crash Revision discussion10:47 - What is Exam Anxiety (Models)13:29 - How to escape your sympathetic nervous system in the exam.15:03 - Expectations vs Reality19:40 - Breathing and Vagus nerve stimulation23:43 - You won't have a model! (Adam's Maths GCSE Anecdote)28:46 - Ease your way in!34:20 - Step One: Calm yourself down39:33 - Believe in yourself 40:17 - Outro ---This podcast will change your life, if you let it.Welcome to One Brain At A Time, an Action Your Potential podcast. At the top of your neck you have the most powerful processing device in the known universe. But no-one's ever told you how it works... until now.Each Monday, Action Your Potential consultants Adam Wright and Andy Feist strip away the jargon and break down the neuroscience into practical tools you can apply straight away. Entertaining, evidence-based, and 100% woo-woo free. That's a guarantee.Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts and watch the full episodes on Youtube.If you want to learn more about the work we do at AYP, you can find out more information on our website!📧 Email us questions at adamwright@aypuk.com.👀 Watch our episodes on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OneBrainPodcast📲 Follow us on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ayp.spike.podcast📲 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/one_brain_podcast?igsh=MTdxMmVvMndoeDNydg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr📬 Subscribe to the AYP Newsletter: https://substack.com/@actionyourpotentialOne Brain At A Time is written and presented by Adam Wright & Andy Feist. Production from Adam Wright and Andy Feist. Intro Music: “Happy Life” by Fredji (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvQ-5RCt9xs&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkK-1uhfhicxlQ2FJwbuA7uU&index=26). One Brain At A Time is an Action Your Potential production.

This week Adam and Andy talk through the neuroscience of self-improvement and self control. Comments Corner 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbIqbEE7V2k Adam's Marathon Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9s3IhjGpku4---Chapters:00:00 - Clip00:23 - Intro & waffle (ft. post Marathon injuries)05:43 - DISCLAIMER: It's different for everyone!06:16 - Overview (Striatum and Dopamine Systems)09:23 - What is 'Discipline'?15:30 - Decision Fatigue and the PFC19:51 - Plan it!21:30 - Why 'Mindset' isn't enough26:01 - Distraction & getting in your own way28:56 - Neuroplasticity & Social Media35:06 - Outro ---This podcast will change your life, if you let it.Welcome to One Brain At A Time, an Action Your Potential podcast. At the top of your neck you have the most powerful processing device in the known universe. But no-one's ever told you how it works... until now.Each Monday, Action Your Potential consultants Adam Wright and Andy Feist strip away the jargon and break down the neuroscience into practical tools you can apply straight away. Entertaining, evidence-based, and 100% woo-woo fre e. That's a guarantee.Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts and watch the full episodes on Youtube.If you want to learn more about the work we do at AYP, you can find out more information on our website!📧 Email us questions at adamwright@aypuk.com.👀 Watch our episodes on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OneBrainPodcast📲 Follow us on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ayp.spike.podcast📲 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/one_brain_podcast?igsh=MTdxMmVvMndoeDNydg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr📬 Subscribe to the AYP Newsletter: https://substack.com/@actionyourpotentialOne Brain At A Time is written and presented by Adam Wright & Andy Feist. Production from Adam Wright and Andy Feist. Intro Music: “Happy Life” by Fredji (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvQ-5RCt9xs&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkK-1uhfhicxlQ2FJwbuA7uU&index=26). One Brain At A Time is an Action Your Potential production.

This week, Adam and Andy walk through Action Your Potential's famous 12 Rocks of Well-Being.Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od3V-YjttzAWatch our episode on Sleep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj6AIFOsIm0Watch our episode on Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeQphR6un7sWatch our episode on Exercise, Social Health & Community: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeQphR6un7s---Chapters:00:00 - Clip00:32 - Intro & waffle (ft. Greece Holidays and Marathon updates)05:45 - What are the 12 Rocks?10:00 Rock 1 - Sleep12:46 Rock 2 - Exercise14:44 Rock 3 - Eat Healthily16:15 Rock 4 - Be Still19:00 Rock 5 - Day Dreaming20:40 Rock 6 - Feelings23:37 Rock 7 - Walk Outside in Nature25:25 Rock 8 - Music27:10 Rock 9 - Friends & Family30:58 Rock 10 - Kindness & Thanks33:50 Rock 11 - Do What You Love35:14 Rock 12 - Play, Make, Create, Learn & Read38:20 Track your rocks!39:00 Outro--This podcast will change your life, if you let it.Welcome to One Brain At A Time, an Action Your Potential podcast.At the top of your neck you have the most powerful processing device in the known universe. But no-one's ever told you how it works... until now.Each Monday, Action Your Potential consultants Adam Wright and Andy Feist strip away the jargon and break down the neuroscience into practical tools you can apply straight away.Entertaining, evidence-based, and 100% woo-woo free. That's a guarantee.Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts and watch the full episodes on Youtube.If you want to learn more about the work we do at AYP, you can find out more information on our website!📧 Email us questions at adamwright@aypuk.com.👀 Watch our episodes on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OneBrainPodcast📲 Follow us on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ayp.spike.podcast📲 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/one_brain_podcast?igsh=MTdxMmVvMndoeDNydg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr📬 Subscribe to the AYP Newsletter: https://substack.com/@actionyourpotentialOne Brain At A Time is written and presented by Adam Wright & Andy Feist. Production from Adam Wright and Andy Feist. Intro Music: “Happy Life” by Fredji (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvQ-5RCt9xs&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkK-1uhfhicxlQ2FJwbuA7uU&index=26). One Brain At A Time is an Action Your Potential production.

Now this is a special one... this week Adam and Andy are delighted to be joined by Alice May Fontecilla from Run The Lanes (A social community run club) and the FMG Project (A charity supporting disadvantaged young-people through sport and exercise. Join as Adam, Andy and Alice walk through the profound impact movement and community have on our brains.Find out more about Run The Lanes: https://runthelanes.co.uk/Find out more about The FMG Project: https://fmgproject.co.uk/---Chapters:00:00 - Clip00:44 - Intro & waffle (ft. a broken plant pot...)05:17 - Run The Lanes09:30 - Putting yourself out there13:40 - Anxiety in joining new groups17:39 - The narratives we tell ourselves22:40 - The FMG Project25:45 - Community & Narratives27:48 - Movement & the brain30:50 - Barriers to engagement33:38 - AYP x Run The Lanes Live Event!34:54 - Outro ---This podcast will change your life, if you let it.Welcome to One Brain At A Time, an Action Your Potential podcast. At the top of your neck you have the most powerful processing device in the known universe. But no-one's ever told you how it works... until now.Each Monday, Action Your Potential consultants Adam Wright and Andy Feist strip away the jargon and break down the neuroscience into practical tools you can apply straight away. Entertaining, evidence-based, and 100% woo-woo fre e. That's a guarantee.Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts and watch the full episodes on Youtube.If you want to learn more about the work we do at AYP, you can find out more information on our website!📧 Email us questions at adamwright@aypuk.com.👀 Watch our episodes on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OneBrainPodcast📲 Follow us on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ayp.spike.podcast📲 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/one_brain_podcast?igsh=MTdxMmVvMndoeDNydg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr📬 Subscribe to the AYP Newsletter: https://substack.com/@actionyourpotentialOne Brain At A Time is written and presented by Adam Wright & Andy Feist. Production from Adam Wright and Andy Feist. Intro Music: “Happy Life” by Fredji (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvQ-5RCt9xs&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkK-1uhfhicxlQ2FJwbuA7uU&index=26). One Brain At A Time is an Action Your Potential production.

This week, after much teasing... Adam and Andy finally delve into just a few of the profound effects sleep has on our brain – and why you need to get more of it.---Chapters:00:00 - Clip00:18 - Intro & (ft. Show Updates and a possible retraction)03:45 - Sleep Overview05:10 - Salience v Repetition 09:29 - Sleep as a PED13:03 - Memory16:01 - Andy's Society Bits 'n' Bobs (and knick-nacks)19:32 - Your Sleep Cycle27:22 - Sleep Tech?30:42 - Sleep Hygene34:50 - It's different for everyone!39:00 - Outro ---This podcast will change your life, if you let it.Welcome to One Brain At A Time, an Action Your Potential podcast. At the top of your neck you have the most powerful processing device in the known universe. But no-one's ever told you how it works... until now.Each Monday, Action Your Potential consultants Adam Wright and Andy Feist strip away the jargon and break down the neuroscience into practical tools you can apply straight away. Entertaining, evidence-based, and 100% woo-woo free. That's a guarantee.Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts and watch the full episodes on Youtube.If you want to learn more about the work we do at AYP, you can find out more information on our website!📧 Email us questions at adamwright@aypuk.com.👀 Watch our episodes on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OneBrainPodcast📲 Follow us on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ayp.spike.podcast📲 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/one_brain_podcast?igsh=MTdxMmVvMndoeDNydg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr📬 Subscribe to the AYP Newsletter: https://substack.com/@actionyourpotentialOne Brain At A Time is written and presented by Adam Wright & Andy Feist. Production from Adam Wright and Andy Feist. Intro Music: “Happy Life” by Fredji (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvQ-5RCt9xs&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkK-1uhfhicxlQ2FJwbuA7uU&index=26). One Brain At A Time is an Action Your Potential production.

This week Adam and Andy discuss the genuinely crazy neuroscience behind 'Truthiness' and why it's so so important that we manage what we are repeating to our brains.---Chapters:00:00 - Clip0:29 - Intro & Waffle (ft. Andy's amazing strength & 'being scienced on')05:04 - What is 'truthiness'?10:20 - What we tell ourselves17:14 - What other people tell us21:55 - Social Media & The Manosphere29:01 - A difficult truth.35:04 - Outro---This podcast will change your life, if you let it.Welcome to One Brain At A Time, an Action Your Potential podcast.At the top of your neck you have the most powerful processing device in the known universe. But no-one's ever told you how it works... until now.Each Monday, Action Your Potential consultants Adam Wright and Andy Feist strip away the jargon and break down the neuroscience into practical tools you can apply straight away.Entertaining, evidence-based, and 100% woo-woo free. That's a guarantee.Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts and watch the full episodes on Youtube.If you want to learn more about the work we do at AYP, you can find out more information on our website!📧 Email us questions at adamwright@aypuk.com.👀 Watch our episodes on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OneBrainPodcast📲 Follow us on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ayp.spike.podcast📲 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/one_brain_podcast?igsh=MTdxMmVvMndoeDNydg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr📬 Subscribe to the AYP Newsletter: https://substack.com/@actionyourpotentialOne Brain At A Time is written and presented by Adam Wright & Andy Feist. Production from Adam Wright and Andy Feist. Intro Music: “Happy Life” by Fredji (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvQ-5RCt9xs&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkK-1uhfhicxlQ2FJwbuA7uU&index=26). One Brain At A Time is an Action Your Potential production.