How To Escape Your Brain's Default Mode Network | Zindel Segal and Norman Farb

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<p dir="ltr">Using your senses to reduce overthinking, turn down the voice in your head, and get out of what these scientists call "the house of habit."</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/labs/mindful-awareness/">Dr. Zindel Segal</a> is Distinguished Professor of Psychology in Mood Disorders at the University of Toronto Scarborough and a cofounder of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.radlab.zone/">Professor Norman Farb, PhD</a>, is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto Mississauga, where he directs the Regulatory and Affective Dynamics laboratory.<br /> <br /> Together, they are the co-authors of <a href= "https://betterineverysense.com/">Better In Every Sense: How the New Science of Sensation Can Help You Reclaim Your Life</a>. </p> <p dir="ltr">In this episode we talk about:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">How the brain's default mode network is essential to our survival but also can keep us stuck in rumination and overthinking </p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Segal and Farb's simple practice of "sense foraging" and why they say it can help break patterns and thoughts that aren't serving us </p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The differences and the similarities between sense foraging and mindfulness </p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr">Related Episodes:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://open.substack.com/pub/danharris/p/how-to-escape-your-brains-default-88a?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"> Depression and Anxiety: Your Old Enemies, Your Best Friends | Zindel Segal — Ten Percent Happier</a> </p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://open.substack.com/pub/danharris/p/gretchen-rubin-on-how-to-use-your-d5d?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"> Gretchen Rubin on: How To Use Your Five Senses To Reduce Anxiety, Increase Creativity, and Improve Your Relationships</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://open.substack.com/pub/danharris/p/why-you-cant-pay-attention-and-how-77b?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"> Why You Can't Pay Attention - And How to Think Deeply Again | Johann Hari — Ten Percent Happier</a> </p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><br /> <br /></strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Get the 10% with Dan Harris app <a href= "https://app.danharris.com/membership">here</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Sign up for Dan's free newsletter <a href= "http://www.danharris.com/">here</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Follow Dan on social: <a href= "https://bit.ly/3tGigG5">Instagram</a>, <a href= "https://bit.ly/3FOA84J">TikTok</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Subscribe to our <a href= "https://bit.ly/3FybRzD">YouTube Channel</a></p> <p dir="ltr">To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit <a href= "https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris">https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris</a></p> <p> </p>