NuCalm’s Jim Poole on anxiety: Why the brain ‘knows how to heal’

Evgeny Lebedev is joined by Jim Poole, chairman, president and chief executive of neuroscience company Solace Life Sciences.The company owns NuCalm, a technology designed to reduce stress and improve sleep without recourse to drugs.You may have even spotted the Duchess of Sussex wearing one of their stress relief patches.In this episode, Evgeny and Jim explore the evolution of the human brain, anxiety and how to deregulate the amygdala, a small, almond-shaped part of the brain that plays a central role, which Jim says ‘feeds on fear’. In this episode:The current state of brain understandingBrain psychology and its evolutionThe autonomic nervous system and how it shapes everything from stress to relaxationHo to control anxious thoughtsHow to downregulate the amygdala, the part of the brain that triggers intense fear responsesDifferent frequencies in the brain and how they influence mental statesWhy “the Western world may be leading the cause” of anxiety Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.