Our Videos
These videos offer a more comprehensive understanding behind some of the information presented inside Consciousness in a Nutshell.
The Universal Reason Why People
Get Depressed
There are 10 findings in Neuroscience that challenge the existing "chemical imbalance" narrative about where depression comes from, and in this video we go through all 10, while at the same time putting forth a novel theory about the true origins of depression in its place. A theory that makes solid predictions, explains 'what' depression is, where it comes from, and even a bit about why it comes about.
The Universal Reason Why People
Get Anxiety
In this video, author/researcher Jay Nelson, links Anxiety and Depression by talking about a large-scale network in the brain called the default mode network, which has been shown to be hyperactive in both anxious and depressed individuals. At the end of the video, we even share share the most effective, low-cost treatment plan out there which doesn't involve marinating your brain in a bunch of SSRIs or Benzodiazepines until the end of time.
What to do if your Mind is Torturing You (the Science of Emotions)
How do you stop a memory that won't leave you alone? Why are some events traumatic and not others? In this video we break down the science of healing, how the structure of the brain gives rise to some of the "emotional disconnects" we all experience, and how looking back can paradoxically sometimes be the key to helping us move forward.
Chapter 10 - "Emotional Coding"
(a virtual chapter read)
As Harvard-trained neuroanatomist, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, once pointed out, "Although many of us think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, biologically we are feeling creatures that think," and in this chapter, we really attempt to breathe life into this quote. First, by highlighting just how important emotions are to how we see the world, then by explaining how we unconsciously end up coding our lives like computers.
The Evolution of Consciousness and the Consciousness of Evolution (PsychedelX Keynote Address)
How did we get here? How does life evolve? And why are psychedelics proving to be such useful tools in the study consciousness? In this talk for the annual PsychedelX conference, Keynote speakers, Jay Nelson and Lindy Nelson break down the "impossible-to-describe" transcendent or ego-death experience, and explain why it's the first step in understanding 'what' consciousness is.
