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Meditation & Mental Fitness Training

FitMind: Neuroscience

Expert insights on the science of mental fitness. Topics include psychology, neuroscience, mental health, mindfulness meditation, productivity, brain technologies, Stoicism, happiness hacking, and more. 

Liam McClintock, the Founder of FitMind, talks with leaders in their fields, from neuroscientists and psychologists to Buddhist monks and professional athletes. 

At FitMind, we believe that the next great human frontier is the mind. FitMind combines ancient techniques with western psychology to provide mental fitness training that is taught at Fortune 500 companies, addiction centers, schools, government organizations, and on the FitMind meditation app.

Liam McClintock received a B.A. from Yale and worked in finance before traveling to Asia to study meditation full-time. He is currently completing an MS in Applied Neuroscience at King’s College London. Liam is an RYS Certified Yoga & Meditation Instructor and has trained in various meditation styles. He has been featured in Time, Vice, Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan, NBC, and Men’s Health.

The FitMind Podcast: Mental Fitness, Neuroscience & Psychology

Scott Ste Marie is the founder of Depression to Expression, a mental wellness company that has reached over 20 million people. We discuss the impact of social media on mental health, how to deal with depression, the importance of curiosity and more.
 
Scott’s research and work makes it clear that we need inter-personal connection in order to thrive psychologically.
 
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind
 Website: www.fitmind.com

#14: Depression, Social Media & Curiosity - Scott Ste Marie

In this episode, Dr. Shamil Chandaria, an expert in consciousness, neuroscience, and AI, shares insights from his work on human experience and the intersection of technology and well-being.
 
He discusses the Bayesian brain theory and the free energy principle, explaining how the brain constructs reality by predicting and updating perceptions to reduce uncertainty and surprise.
 
Chandaria also explores how meditation helps break habitual thought patterns, offering a deeper awareness of how the brain shapes our experience and revealing profound insights into consciousness.
 
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind
 
Website: www.fitmind.org
 
 
 
Show Notes
 
0:00 | Introduction to Dr. Shamil Chandaria
 
3:38 | Spiritual Awakening in Human Flourishing
 
4:31 | How the Brain Predicts Reality - Bayesian Brain Explained
 
9:26 | AI & the Human Brain
 
21:33 | Free Energy Principle in Wellbeing
 
37:30 | Befriending Difficult Emotions
 
43:30 | Boundless Awareness
 
54:00 | Effortless Action
 
57:17 | Psychedelics & Bayesian Brain
 
1:07:29 | Default Mode Network & Predictive Processing
 
1:13:12 | Gamma Brain Waves in Long-Term Meditators Research

#97: Predictive Processing & Ultimate Well-Being - Shamil Chandaria, PhD

GMAC holds the record for surfing the largest wave in the world. We discuss flow states, what it's like surfing a 100-foot wave, and how to execute on a vision in life.
 
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind
 Website: www.fitmind.com

#13: Surfing & Flow States - Garrett "GMAC" McNamara

Marc Lesser is the CEO of ZBA Associates, the author of four books and holds an MBA degree from NYU. He was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for 10 years and helped develop Google's mindfulness and emotional intelligence program.
 
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind
 Website: www.fitmind.com

#15: The Zen CEO - Marc Lesser

Robert Waggoner is an expert on the science and practice of lucid dreaming.
 
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind
 Website: www.fitmind.com

#16: Lucid Dreaming - Robert Waggoner

Dr. Mark Leary is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University who has made significant contributions to his field. We discuss when and why self-awareness evolved in humans and how this causes problems today.
 
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind
 Website: www.fitmind.com

#17: Evolution of the Self - Mark Leary, PhD

At the age of 21, Tami Simon founded Sounds True, a large multimedia publishing house with a mission to disseminate spiritual wisdom. She is also a renowned meditation instructor and wrote Being True: What Matters Most in Work, Life, and Love.
 
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind
 Website: www.fitmind.com

#18: Meditation & Non-Dogmatic Spirituality - Tami Simon

Dr. Cortland Dahl is a leading scientist at The Center for Healthy Minds, the top meditation research lab in the world. He also has decades of meditation experience and is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Tergar International, a global network of meditation groups and centers. We talk about what science has to say about unlocking the mind's full potential through meditation.
 
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind
 Website: www.fitmind.com

#19: Science, Meditation & the Mind's Full Potential - Cortland Dahl, PhD

Richard Lang is the primary teacher of a popular meditation technique known as Headless Way. He was a close friend of Douglas Harding, the philosopher who first invented this method, and is also coordinator of UK charity Shollond Trust.
 
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind
 Website: www.fitmind.com

#20: Headless Way Meditation - Richard Lang

Dr. Gackenbach is a dream researcher whose focus is lucid dreaming and other altered states of consciousness. She holds a Ph.D in Experimental Psychology and her most recent research focuses on video game players and the development of consciousness.
 
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind
 Website: www.fitmind.com

#21: Virtual Realities & the Mind - Jayne Gackenbach, PhD

Dr. Kauffman is a licensed psychologist with a PhD in counseling psychology from Stanford. She specializes in working with kids, teens and parents. We talk about the challenges of raising children in the digital age and the effects of technology on a developing brain.
 
FitMind Neuroscience-Based App: http://bit.ly/afitmind
 Website: www.fitmind.com

#23: Teenage Brains & Parenting in the Digital Age - Laura Kauffman, PhD

#23: Teenage Brains & Parenting in the Digital Age - Laura Kauffman, PhD

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