Change Your Brain, Change the World

Coffee with a Neuroscientist

How can changing your brain change the world? How can small moments of kindness create ripple effects that echo far into the universe? Shonté Jovan Taylor discusses how compassionate acts, no matter how small, can change both our own and others’ brains in powerful ways. When we witness others acting with kindness or altruism, mirror neurons fire in our brains that help us experience empathy ourselves.

From Malala Yousafzai to Greta Thunberg to Oprah to Jane Goodall, Shonté describes countless individuals who have channeled their compassionate brains to mobilize action across the globe. Importantly, Shonté notes that you don’t need to experience trauma or violence in order to make an impact. In fact, all you really need is some deeper knowledge about the most powerful technology on the planet: your brain.

Tune in to this week’s episode of Coffee with a Neuroscientist to learn more about how you can generate lasting change in only a moment.

Quotes

• “You have trillions and trillions of connections in your brain. You have enough wiring in your brain to stretch from where you’re sitting all the way to the sun. That’s about 90 million miles. And these brain cells are communicating at 200 miles per hour.” (02:42-03:03)
• “We have the power to engage other people’s brains, to activate other people’s brains in a moment.” (04:18-04:26)
• “So from that day, I started making the daily shifts, the daily decisions that would ensure that my brain, body, and spirit showed up in a more powerful way. So now my kids, my family, my community, my clients are able to get the best of me instead of the rest of me. They’re able to get the more powerful me instead of the burnt out me.” (08:19 -08:48)
• “It doesn’t matter your age, and you don’t need all the time in the world. You only need moments because the brain is capable of changing in moments. So I’m going to challenge you in these moments to do those kind things because sometimes we only have brief moments.” (11:04-11:26)

Links

www.ShonteJTaylor.com