by Lynne Franklin Wordsmith | Jun 15, 2022 | Neuroscience, Video
Why Your Thoughts Default to the Negative and What to Do About It When you get bad news, it’s so easy to get sucked into the negative swirl. Blame your ancestors for this. It’s called negativity bias. Our brains look for — and learn best from —...
by Lynne Franklin Wordsmith | May 3, 2022 | Neuroscience, Video
Why Where We Live Makes Us Think Negatively — and What We Can Do about It I call it “the swirl.” It starts with the moment when I have a negative thought about something I’ve said or done — or didn’t say or do. “I feel guilty...
by Lynne Franklin Wordsmith | Mar 1, 2022 | Neuroscience
Why Gesturing Helps Everyone’s Brain The first time I watched the video of my TEDx Talk on “How to Be a Mind Reader,” I was appalled. My hands were always moving. I thought, “How distracting! I have to learn to let my hands drop to my sides. Or at least not do the...
by Lynne Franklin Wordsmith | Feb 23, 2022 | Neuroscience, Video
Listen to Your Body and Choose What You Call Your Feelings We’ve been taught that we’re at the mercy of our emotions. And that, as leaders, we need to take control of these and not be swayed by them. Otherwise, we’re just weak. Not so. It helps to...
by Lynne Franklin Wordsmith | Dec 10, 2021 | Neuroscience, Storytelling, Video
Tell Stories Designed to Excite the Brains of Your Listeners Our brains are meaning-making organs. We look for patterns. We fill in gaps to try to create an understandable narrative. And our favorite place to do this is through stories. With the holidays upon us, you...
by Lynne Franklin Wordsmith | Nov 23, 2021 | Neuroscience
Use Three Neuroscience Tools to Save the Day “Hey everybody: let’s have a virtual meeting!”—said no one ever. But the time spent in meetings in general—and online ones in particular—had been growing at a rate of 10% a year since 2000. This increased 24% since Covid...
