The Art and Science of Wishing with Guest Brownell Landrum

You make hundreds of small wishes every day. Most of them go unnoticed - because you've been taught that wishing doesn't count as real work.What if that's exactly backwards?In this episode, Sabrina is joined by Brownell Landrum - TEDx speaker, author, inventor, and explorer of metaphysical mysteries. Brownell's work sits at the intersection of science and imagination: her book The Art & Science of Wishing investigates what actually happens - in the brain, in behaviour, in lived outcomes - when a person makes a deliberate wish. She's also the creator of the Cosmic Wishes universe, executive producer of the Life is a Trip podcast, and the author of more than a dozen books spanning fiction, nonfiction, and children's storytelling. In this conversation, she and Sabrina dig into the mechanics of belief, the neuroscience of intention, and why disciplined imagination might be one of the most underused tools in personal development.In this episode, you'll hear:Why wishing is better understood as a form of focused attention - and how that reframe changes what you do with your desires.What the science actually says about how intention shapes behaviour, and where the evidence is stronger than most people expect.How the stories we tell about ourselves function as a kind of internal operating system - and why changing the narrative is harder, and more powerful, than most self-help advice admits.The difference between wishful thinking and deliberate wishing - and why the gap between them comes down to one thing: disciplined action.Why belief isn't a passive state you either have or don't - and how you can actually build it incrementally.What imagination has in common with scientific method, and why treating your vision as a hypothesis rather than a fantasy shifts everything.How Brownell's exploration of metaphysical mysteries has shaped her view of possibility - and what she'd say to anyone who feels like their wishes are too big or too strange to take seriously.The most practical thing you can do might be the thing you've been taught to dismiss as daydreaming.Breen Time is hosted by Sabrina Brown - life coach and management consultant.New episodes every Monday on Brum Radio and wherever you get your podcasts.Instagram: @breentimepodcast LinkedIn: @breentimepodcast breentimepodcast.com Brum Radio: brumradio.comFind out more about this week's guest: brownelllandrum.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.