Bravery has a biology: how the brain learns to move toward

About this episode

The episode explores the underlying skill of discernment that contributes to courage and personal power.

Most of what we call courage rests on a quieter skill underneath it. Most of what feels like real personal power does too. That skill is discernment. The ability to read what our own system is actually telling us. Without... READ MORE The post Bravery has a biology: how the brain learns to move toward appeared first on StefanieFaye .

People in this episode

Host: Stefanie Faye

Topics covered

• courage
• discernment
• personal power
• brain function
• self-awareness

Keywords

• courage
• discernment
• brain
• personal power
• self-awareness
• mental health
• fitness

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