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Second Mind empowers you to become the greatest version of yourself and better the world. To ignite personal growth and intrigue your mind, we showcase the journeys, ideas and mindsets of inspiring people. We broadcast guests who live and think differently to create their mark on the universe. Their messages will challenge your perspectives and give you the fuel to master your potential.
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The story of a kid named Reece I was babysitting this weekend Cover art photo provided by NordWood Themes on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@nordwood
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Using Adventure with Purpose to Help Create a Better Society | Isaac Kenyon & Alex Pierrot on SECOND MIND
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We have all been there. You glance down at your phone whilst going about your day to see another headline about that world issue that you care about. Something rises up in you, a new energy that demands action and positive change. But as quickly as this spark arrived, it dims and vanishes as you move through the rest of your day. Maybe you sometime…
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How to Restore Balance in Your Body and Mind | Dr Ian Tennant on SECOND MIND
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I am in conversation with Dr Ian Tenant, a wellbeing specialist helping people make inexpensive and simple choices that improve their health. With a doctorate from The University of Edinburgh in Clinical and Surgical Sciences and qualifications in sports massage and holistic lifestyle coaching, Ian works with knowledge on the frontiers of medical r…
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Why You Need to Reconnect with Nature | Faith Douglas on SECOND MIND
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In the last 50 years, humanity has destroyed 50% of all wildlife on Earth. Currently, there’s more carbon dioxide in our atmosphere than any other time in human history, causing a climate breakdown. It is clear our modern society’s relationship with nature is heavily out of balance. Whilst all this destruction is occurring to our environmental life…
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You Are Your Own Best Doctor: Using Food to Heal & Thrive | Grace Kingswell on SECOND MIND
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In this episode, I am joined by Grace Kingswell, a functional nutrition therapist who is passionate about the healing power of food. Through her functional nutrition practice, Grace works to treat and heal the root causes of health issues, guiding her patients on complex chronic issues such as thyroid disorders, gut imbalances and eczema. She also …
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Ignore the Fear and Find Your Adventure | Fiona Quinn on SECOND MIND
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My guest on the show is the fantastic Fiona Quinn, an endurance adventurer, entrepreneur and keynote speaker. Just a few years ago, Fiona was new to adventuring, finding her feet with small local cycling trips. Fast forward to the end of 2018, she was able to paddleboard 800 miles across 81 days from Land’s End to John O'Groats, despite having a de…
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Humans ARE Nature: Reviving Our Connection to Nature, Society and Our Inner Selves | Satish Kumar on SECOND MIND
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In this episode, I am in conversation with former monk, long-term peace and environmental activist and world-renowned speaker, Satish Kumar, who has been quietly setting the global agenda for change for over 50 years. At the age of just 9 years old, Satish left home to become a Jain monk and campaigned for Gandhi’s vision of a renewed India. In the…
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Lessons from a global adventurer - upgrading your travel | Ash Bhardwaj on SECOND MIND
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We dive into the experiences and learnings of Ash Bhardwaj, a travel adventurer, writer, film-maker and storyteller who explores the world with curiosity and excitement. He has written for The Daily Telegraph, The Times and Huffington Post and has produced programmes for Channel 4 and the BBC. Just to name a few of his accomplishments, he has: - Tr…
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Small steps will change the world – my 1000km paddle | Skip Graham on SECOND MIND
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In this episode, we explore the story of Skip Graham AKA Barefoot Skip, who recently completed his latest adventure prone paddle boarding 1000km around the South West coast of the UK in just a matter of weeks. Skip, a passionate environmentalist, stopped off in coastal areas along the way to help out in local beach cleans, whilst also raising money…
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Unlocking your inner power to break through fear | Jon Boys on SECOND MIND
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Our guest for this episode is a former RAF communications specialist and professional engineer Jon Boys, who empowers people to break through their limits using fire walking. After a self-proclaimed ‘nervous breakthrough’, Jon started his own personal development company and trained as a firewalking instructor. Running his own workshops across the …
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How to create your own luck | Henry Blanchard on SECOND MIND
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Henry Blanchard left a boring corporate job at Deloitte to create an adventure sports business, set up a charity in rural Uganda, and travel the world. He now shows others how to do the same. Working with Oxford University Business School, Enterprise Nation, TEDx, and others, Henry delivers events and workshops to help people get the most out of th…
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Using habits and leadership to achieve your dreams | Leyth Hampshire on SECOND MIND
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In this episode, we travel inside the mind of Leyth Hampshire, a globetrotting businessperson and digital creator who is blending the line between commerce and environmentalism. Still in his early 20’s, he has already co-founded the sustainable food business Pelico, and is now spreading useful habits and mindset tips through his personal brand, Me …
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Liberating yourself from ego & social conditioning | Adam Laidler on SECOND MIND
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After losing his business, ending a long-term relationship and being diagnosed with depression, Adam Laidler began to reinvent himself by seeking to help others and embarking on a journey of continual self-discovery. We explore the experiences and mindset behind the radical change in the councillor, life coach and public speaker, whilst discussing …
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Inside the mind of a second grader
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Interviewing a kid named Reece I was babysitting this weekend
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Up Your Online Dating Game with Evidence-Based Strategies
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Choosing a user name starting with a letter appearing earlier in the alphabet is just one scientifically vetted way to increase the odds of turning an online encounter into a first date. Christopher Intagliata reportsOleh Scientific American
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High-calorie and exceedingly pleasurable foods appear to change rat brain rewards circuitry, causing the rodents to continue to seek such fare. Erika Beras reportsOleh Scientific American
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High Price Tag on Meds May Boost Healing
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Parkinson’s patients derived more benefits from a salt solution they were told was an expensive drug than from the same solution when it was described as being cheap medication. Karen Hopkin reportsOleh Scientific American
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Publication Bias May Boost Findings for Bilingual Brain Benefits
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Of studies presented at conferences, those that found a cognitive benefit to bilingualism were almost twice as likely to get published in journals as were studies finding no benefit. Karen Hopkin reportsOleh Scientific American
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Inclusion Illusion Lessens Racial Bias
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Implicit bias against another race lessened after volunteers experienced themselves via virtual reality as a member of that race. Karen Hopkin reportsOleh Scientific American
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Blood Test Forecasts Concussion Severity
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Levels of a protein fragment in the blood paralleled how long head injuries benched hockey players. Ingrid Wickelgren reportsOleh Scientific American
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If you're in an up mood, you may walk more energetically. But a study finds that purposefully walking more energetically may improve your mood. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Synchronized Walking Reduces Opponent's Perceived Size
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Subjects who kept pace with a walking colleague estimated a potential enemy to be smaller and lighter than did other walkers who were not marching. Karen Hopkin reportsOleh Scientific American
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Big Parental Control May Stunt Kid Assertiveness
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Young adults who’d had highly controlling parents were less able to stress their own viewpoints to a friend or partner in confident and productive ways. Daisy Yuhas reportsOleh Scientific American
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Lots or Little Sleep Linked to Sick Days
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Absence from work due to illness increased dramatically for those who slept less than six hours or more than nine hours per night. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Can’t Take My Eyes off You—Your Face, That Is
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The direction of your gaze when looking at someone offers an unconscious, automatic giveaway of whether your initial reaction is romance or sex. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Talking to Strangers Makes You Happy
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People who had to strike up conversations on a subway later reported feeling happier than those who didn’t. Christie Nicholson reports.Oleh Scientific American
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People Think Experiences Bring Happiness, Still Opt for Things
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Survey subjects rated life experiences as making them happier and as a better use of money than buying objects. But they actually spent their cash on material goods, whose value is more easily quantifiable. Erika Beras reportsOleh Scientific American
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Childhood Stress Decreases Size of Brain Regions
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Children who experience neglect, abuse and/or poverty can have smaller amygdalas and hippocampuses, brain regions involved in emotion and memory, compared with kids raised in nurturing environments. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Even Monkeys Believe In Hot Streaks
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Monkeys trained to play fixed video games made moves indicating that they expected certain patterns to occur. Erika Beras reportsOleh Scientific American
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Brain State Bread Crumbs Lead Way Back to Consciousness
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Researchers studying anesthetized rats discovered a handful of activity patterns that may mark the path to consciousness after anesthesia. Karen Hopkin reportsOleh Scientific American
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Body's Pain Perception Mapped for First Time
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Our ability to pinpoint pain varies across the body, and in a specific pattern. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Vision Involves a Bit of Hearing, Too
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Researchers could tell what sounds blindfolded volunters were hearing by analyzing activity in their visual cortexes. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Parents Who Support Corporal Punishment Do It a Lot
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Thirty-three families allowed themselves to be recorded for up to six nights. Parents who said they supported corporal punishment did it often and with little provocation. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Extroversion Extends Benefits across Cultures
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In a study covering five different countries, subjects reported feeling best on the days when they practiced what are considered extroverted actions. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Eaters Assume Crunchy Foods Have Fewer Calories
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Food’s texture in your mouth—also called “mouthfeel” or “oral haptics”—influences estimates of calorie counts. And people might eat more crunchy stuff assuming (often incorrectly) it has fewer calories than softer fare. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Stressed Teens May Be Better Drivers
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Teenage drivers who have a high sensitivity to stress actually have lower rates of car accidents than their more mellow friends. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Mobile Phones Exert Emotional Pull
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What's being called "nomophobia," the anxiety of not having your mobile phone with you, may be a real condition among teens, at least according to two recent studies out of South Korea, the world’s most connected nation. Larry Greenemeier reportsOleh Scientific American
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Barbie Exposure May Limit Girls' Career Imagination
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Girls who played with dolls were then asked about future careers. Those who played with Barbie more likely to envision traditional pink-collar jobs than were girls who played with Mrs. Potato Head. Erika Beras reportsOleh Scientific American
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Kids Books May Cause Confusion about Animals
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Children who heard descriptions of animals behaving like humans were less likely to attribute to a real animal a newly learned biological fact than were kids who heard realistic information. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Danger Explainers Convince Kids Better Than Do Edict Issuers
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Moms were better able to sway a child's perception of risk when they explained the reasons an activity was dangerous and its possible consequences rather than just saying no. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Youth Gang Membership Affects Mental Health Later in Life
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Adults who had been members of gangs in their adolescence had poorer outcomes on a variety of measures, including physical and mental health, than those who'd never been in a gang. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Infants Use Verbs They Know to Learn New Nouns
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Babies learning speech figure out what an object is by listening to others talk about what that object does. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Recent and easily retrievable information can overwrite the details of memories, thus altering them in your mind. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Young Musicians Reap Long-Term Neuro Benefits
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People who played instruments as children responded a bit quicker to complex speech sounds as adults, even if they had not played an instrument in many years. Erika Beras reportsOleh Scientific American
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Movie-Watching Together Strengthens Marriages
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Psychologists found that encouraging newlywed couples to watch romance flicks, and then discuss them cut the three-year divorce rate in half. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Review Finds Meditation Somewhat Effective against Anxiety and Depression
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A meta-analysis of 47 previously published studies concludes that there's moderate evidence for meditation offering some relief of anxiety and depression, and low or insufficient evidence for effects on other conditions. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Brain-Training Games May Not Improve Overall Intelligence
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Brain-training games seem to temporarily improve specific tasks, but claims that they can improve overall brain function have yet to be proved. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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How Computers Affect Our Movements
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Computer-use affects the brain's ability to generalize the skill of moving a mouse. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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"Angelina Jolie Effect" Leaves Public with Inaccurate Knowledge of Breast Cancer Risk
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A survey of 2500 Americans finds that despite many knowing about Jolie's preventive double mastectomy, most remain in the dark about breast cancer risk. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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Test Prep Doesn't Help Raise Intelligence Scores
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Scores on standardized tests may go up but a student's ability for abstract and logical thinking may not improve. Christie Nicholson reportsOleh Scientific American
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