AN OPEN MYND
This is An Open MYND — MY(NDY's) blog where neuroscience meets real talk, and nobody's asking you to meditate on a mountaintop. I write about the messy, funny, human side of mental fitness and the science behind how you can make your brain work for you, not against you.
Prefer to watch instead of read? Catch me on YouTube at Your Brain, Explained, where I break it all down one episode at a time.
The Moving Day Survival Guide: How to Brain-Hack Your Way Through Stress
We moved from Philly to South Carolina in seven days during a snowstorm. While pregnant. And we didn't just survive, we thrived. The secret? We treated ourselves like Bernadoodles named Potato. Here is the science of why "Self-Bribery" is actually your best Mental Fitness tool.
Messed Up at Work? Yeah, Us Too.
We’ve all had our “Ruckflow” moments—those painfully embarrassing mistakes at work we wish we could undo. But what if messing up is actually the key to building mental fitness? This post turns workplace blunders into a powerful lesson on developing a growth mindset, learning faster, and being a little less brutal to yourself.
