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Watson-HowlandJonah Lehrer: The Science of Love, Being Cancelled & ConsciousnessWhat happens in your brain when you fall in love? How does attachment shape our lives and relationships? Neuroscientist and Bestselling Author, Jonah Lehrer, reveals the science of love, how to rebuild a life after cancellation and the mysteries of consciousness. Jonah explores how love, secure attachment, and meaning helped him reconstruct his life, identity, and work after public shame and professional exile. Expect to learn about the neurological mechanisms that drive our emotions, the impact of childhood on adult relationships, and more.Jonah explains:–Why love is not a single moment but a...
2025-12-011h 33
Talking To Teens: Expert Tips for Parenting TeenagersEp 181: How to Use Mystery to Motivate TeensJonah Lehrer, author of Mystery, explains why the unknown is so tantalizing, we just can’t seem to resist. Turns out, we all could use a bit more uncertainty in our data-driven world, because curiosity is a powerful driving force in our lives.Full show notesAs parents and people, we tend to seek out certainty. We keep our kids in the same schools so they can have consistent friends. We cook the same group of recipes, so we’re sure to have something ready for dinner without too much stress. And we encourage our kids...
2022-03-1328 min
The Creative Penn Podcast For WritersHow To Use Mystery To Hook Your Readers With Jonah LehrerHow can you use elements of mystery to hook your readers, regardless of the genre you write? How can you make sure your writing process prevents errors or plagiarism? Jonah Lehrer covers these aspects and more.
In the intro, KDP Print available in hardback; Bookvolts book-specific NFT platform [Medium]; Books for writers in the NaNoWriMo Storybundle; ALLi self-publishing conference; Tomb of Relics.
Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener...
2021-10-0400 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyQ&A: JONAH LEHRER, Author, NYT #1 Best-Seller - IMAGINE: How Creativity WorksAired 04/08/12Do you consider yourself to be creative? Do you think of creativity as a gift, a talent, something you either have or you don't? Do you find creativity to be a bit mystical or magical, dependent on luck, the muses, or higher powers? Today's guest, JONAH LEHRER, has written a book in which he looks at the latest brain science and attempts, in his words, "to collapse the layers of description separating the nerve cell from the finished symphony, the cortical circuit from the successful product."In Imagine: How Creativity Works, Lehrer makes...
2012-04-1055 min