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Anxiety
The Quantum Mechanics of Collective Duress

Lisa Broderick on July 2, 2024

The concept of collective duress, seen through the lens of quantum mechanics, is a quirky but insightful way to understand how our minds might interact.

The concept of collective duress, seen through the lens of quantum mechanics, is a quirky but insightful way to understand how our minds might interact.

Fear
It Doesn't Matter: The Mechanics of Perception

Lisa Broderick on March 20, 2024

If the relationship between perception and future events matters, there is an opportunity for empowerment in consciously un-solidifying future, fearful events.

If the relationship between perception and future events matters, there is an opportunity for empowerment in consciously un-solidifying future, fearful events.

Cognition
Schrödinger's Tree

Lisa Broderick on December 11, 2023

The story of Schrödinger's Tree is a real-world quantum physics experiment and a lesson about not coming to conclusions when faced with the ambiguous nature of time.

The story of Schrödinger's Tree is a real-world quantum physics experiment and a lesson about not coming to conclusions when faced with the ambiguous nature of time.

Anxiety
Destiny Is a Real Thing (Scientifically Speaking)

Lisa Broderick on December 9, 2022

Are the ways the pandemic affected your life making you long to go back and change the past? New research suggests it's possible—but watch out for destiny.

Are the ways the pandemic affected your life making you long to go back and change the past? New research suggests it's possible—but watch out for destiny.

Spirituality
The Spirituality of Linear Time

Lisa Broderick on May 10, 2022

What if we experienced existence with no passage of time? No more decay, aging, or death. But would it really be all that great?

What if we experienced existence with no passage of time? No more decay, aging, or death. But would it really be all that great?

Career
Time Slips, the Multiverse, and You

Lisa Broderick on January 9, 2022

Ever wish you could travel back in time? Science holds that time travel is possible but, based on our current understanding, we can’t explain how it might work—or can we?

Ever wish you could travel back in time? Science holds that time travel is possible but, based on our current understanding, we can’t explain how it might work—or can we?

Flow
Time in the Mind and Flow

Lisa Broderick on November 1, 2021

Have you ever felt so engrossed in something that time doesn’t pass normally? It may be the flow state, which can be induced intentionally.

Have you ever felt so engrossed in something that time doesn’t pass normally? It may be the flow state, which can be induced intentionally.

Fear
The Brain on Slowed-Down Time

Lisa Broderick on October 9, 2021

Does how we show up for a situation in our minds (the conscious product of our brains’ firing neurons) affect our physical experience of time? It may, and here's how and why.

Does how we show up for a situation in our minds (the conscious product of our brains’ firing neurons) affect our physical experience of time? It may, and here's how and why.

Neuroscience
Time in the Mind

Lisa Broderick on September 25, 2021

What if time, that supposedly linear, inevitable phenomenon, isn’t what we think it is? What if we could learn something which would change the way we experience time?

What if time, that supposedly linear, inevitable phenomenon, isn’t what we think it is? What if we could learn something which would change the way we experience time?