Have you ever reacted in ways you promised you wouldn’t? This episode of the Jade Dragon Podcast explains neuroplasticity — how the brain reorganizes through repetition, shaping habits, emotions, and stress responses — and why change is possible throughout life.
Host David Hastings Lloyd covers how attention, repetition, and mental rehearsal reshape neural circuits, the role of the frontal lobe in interrupting automatic reactions, and practical implications for building lasting behavioral change.
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