Exploring The Mindside With Dr. Bhrett Mccabe

Dr. John Medina compares the stress of society to the Amazon river, both are without one clear source. The MindSide Podcast brings on the molecular biologist and author of top-selling book, “Brain Rules” to dive into some light and educational discussion about why a human’s brain works the way that it does and why so many ideas out there are false. During this episode Medina talks about how, if given the chance, he would teach the importance to empathy to individuals who are struggling to overcome stress barriers in today’s world. “I would teach them how to traffic empathy.” He also argues that the more digital exposure an individual receives, the increased amount of empathy that individual tends to express. There are many myths about how the brain functions floating in the psychological world today. Medina crushes them in his noteworthy book, “Brain Rules”. “…the brain cares about one thing – the brain cares about surviving.” Medina discusses the “weapons focused” way of thinking that affects us all at some