Mind Matters - 21 Practical Tools for Better Thinking

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Tim Flood

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1. Introduction

1. Welcome.mp4

02:26

2. The 12 Modules (and what it is not).html

3.1 Can Critical Thinking be Learnt.html

3.2 Edward De Bonos website.html

3. Why Teach Thinking.mp4

01:11

4.1 Alpha Brain Waves.html

4.2 Brain Waves.html

4.3 Conscious Discipline.html

4. TOOL 1 - Change the Brain State.mp4

03:51

5.1 A good summary of Fast and Slow.html

5. Thinking about Thinking.mp4

02:48

6.1 Pinkers Website.html

6. Thinking with Pinker.mp4

00:55

7.1 Can we Control the Mind.html

7.2 More Incredible Illusions.html

7.3 Optical Illusions.html

7. What we Can and Cannot Control.mp4

03:22

8.1 Who Wrote it.html

8. Tool Number 2 - The Serenity Prayer.mp4

01:14

9.1 95% Rule.html

9.2 Morsellas Paper regarding the subconscious.html

9.3 Which comes first Conscious or Unconscious.html

9. The 95% Rule.mp4

01:13

10.1 A Wonderful video from Mark Solms asking What is a Mind.html

10.2 Experiences Build Brain Architecture.html

10. 10 Science and You.mp4

00:51

2. Module 1 - The Three Eyes

1. The Three Eyes.mp4

01:20

2.1 A whole raft of Tools at Just One Thing on the BBC with Dr Michael Mosley.html

2.2 An inspiring poem.html

2. Inspiration.mp4

02:45

3.1 Some quotes from The Bard.html

3. TOOL 3 - Keep a Quote.mp4

02:12

4.1 Jessica Heslop is a wonderful YouTube mentor, her Gratitude and Self Love meditations are essential..html

4. You as Inspiration.mp4

01:10

5.1 Another take on imagination from a TedX talk.html

5.2 The Open University defines Imagination.html

5. Imagination.mp4

03:02

6.1 Ways to Change Habits.html

6. Initiation.mp4

01:58

7.1 Do Schools Kill Creativity Sir Ken Robinson with a Ted Talk that has over 20 million views..html

7.2 Sir Ken Robinson on Imagination and Education.html

7. Teaching us How to Think.mp4

01:48

8.1 TOOL 4 - Being Grateful.mp4

11:50

8. TOOL 4 - Being Grateful.html

9. Module 1 Summary.mp4

00:52

3. Module 2 - Body and Mind

1.1 Evan Thompson on embodiment and mindfulness.html

1.2 George Lakoff on the Embodied Mind.html

1.3 Karl Friston talks about the embodied brain.html

1. The Embodied Mind.mp4

03:11

2.1 A web page from Webmd.com on the sensorimotor stage of development..html

2.2 The Sensorimotor System.html

2. Sensorimotor Capacities.mp4

03:47

3.1 An explanation of Piagets Sensorimotor Learning stage.html

3.2 The web site verywellmind.com explains Piagets Sensorimotor Stage.html

3. Learning Association and the Embodied Mind.mp4

02:38

4. Learning to Drive.mp4

01:36

5. TOOL 5 - Drop the Shoulders.mp4

01:52

6.1 A moving TedX Talk on the benefits of dance on someone with mental health issues..html

6.2 Dance and health.html

6.3 On BBC Sounds - Just One Thing - Michael Mosley provides evidence of the benefits of Dance..html

6.4 The Benefits of Dance.html

6.5 The Musical Human - Michael Spitzer.html

6. Music Mind and Body.mp4

02:20

7.1 A brief history of sports psychology.html

7.2 A detailed history of sports psychology.html

7.3 A good explainer of sports psychology and visualisation..html

7. Sport and the Mind.mp4

02:42

8. Bonus TOOL 1 - The Elastic Band.mp4

01:16

9.1 A Brief Introduction to Social Cognition.html

9.2 A Detailed Overview of Social Cognition.html

9. Social Cognition - An example.mp4

01:54

10.1 A positive spin on intution.html

10.2 Can we measure intuition.html

10.3 Echkart Tolle on Intuition.html

10. Intuition.mp4

02:29

11.1 Are you at the mercy of your feelings.html

11.2 Essential Viewing - Mapping Emotions on the Body.html

11.3 Karl Friston explains Embodiment.html

11. What Moves You.mp4

02:24

12.1 Krishnamurti describes his model of levels of consciousness.html

12.2 The Lifehack web site describes levels of Thought.html

12. Levels of Thought.mp4

03:03

13. TOOL 6 - Press Pause.mp4

01:59

14. Module 2 Summary.mp4

01:14

4. Module 3 - Emotions and Control

1.1 Control over the Mind.html

1. Emotions and Control.mp4

02:09

2.1 A brilliant Tedx talk on emotions by Jaak Panksepp..html

2.2 Thought, Feelings and Behaviours.html

2. Elephant and Lemon.mp4

02:13

3.1 A Stanford Lecture on Stories.html

3.2 Karen Eber at Ted talks about Brain and Story.html

3.3 The Brain and the Power of Storytelling.html

3. Stories Dreams and Daydreams.mp4

03:57

4. TOOL 7 - The Stop Sign.mp4

00:50

5.1 A longer overview of emotions and the brain..html

5.2 A simple overview of brains and emotion.html

5.3 Overcoming Fear.html

5. Emotions and the Mind.mp4

03:39

6.1 Neural Circuits and fear, the biology of fear.html

6. Emotional Interaction.mp4

01:22

7.1 Sapolskys introductory Lecture - watch them all!.html

7. Behaviour.mp4

01:08

8.1 A Lecture by Professor Robert Sapolsky on Behaviour and Evolution.html

8. Behaviour and Learning.mp4

04:10

9.1 A Ted animation on confidence.html

9. Confidence.mp4

04:27

10. Module 3 Summary.mp4

00:44

5. Module 4 - Listening and Hypnotherapy

1.1 An EXCELLENT Ted Talk by Julien Treasure on Listening.html

1.2 Simon Sinek on Listening.html

1.3 Wikipedia on Listening.html

1. Listening.mp4

03:08

2.1 Listening to a Story - What happens in our brain.html

2.2 Listening to the inner voice.html

2. Listening part 2.mp4

02:58

3.1 A Name is a Powerful Thing.html

3.2 What is in a name - Shakespeare had some ideas on this question.html

3. Re-Name Yourself.mp4

02:29

4.1 A more detailed account of hypnotherapy.html

4.2 A simple explanation.html

4. Hypnotherapy.mp4

11:32

5.1 Jessica Heslop Hooponopono Meditation.html

5.2 The Honest Guys Hoopnopono Meditation - highly recommended.html

5. TOOL 8 - Hooponopono Meditation.mp4

07:10

6. Module 4 Summary.mp4

00:57

6. Module 5 - Fast and Slow

1.1 A synopsis of Kahnemans book.html

1. Two Different Systems.mp4

02:20

2.1 Kahneman TED talk Experience versus Memory.html

2. Experiencing and Remembering Self.mp4

02:22

3.1 Living in California.html

3.2 Reasonable People.html

3. The Focusing Illusion.mp4

02:12

4.1 Jeff Klein - a TED talk on Attention.html

4. Attention.mp4

03:15

5.1 Outside the Box explained.html

5. Nine Dots.mp4

03:31

6.1 Kahneman on choice.html

6.2 Puzzle.html

6. Quick Choices.mp4

02:03

7.1 Left-hand tooth brushing.html

7. TOOL 9 Left Hand Writing.mp4

02:50

8.1 Anchoring with Kahneman.html

8.2 Estimating.html

8. Anchoring.mp4

02:17

9.1 A good brief overview of people-centred unconscious bias.html

9.2 A TedX talk on how to overcome unconscious bias.html

9. Unconscious Bias.mp4

02:35

10. TOOL 10 Roll with It.mp4

02:54

11.1 A good explanation linked to websites and marketing.html

11.2 Fast, but succinct explanation of cognitive biases.html

11. Availability Heuristic.mp4

02:10

12. TOOL 11 Blow it Away.mp4

01:49

13. Module 5 Summary.mp4

00:45

7. Module 6 - Memory and Trauma

1.1 Another good explanation.html

1.2 Memory explained by MIT.html

1. Memory.mp4

03:29

2. TOOL 11 - Feel Your Toes.mp4

01:19

3.1 A great TED talk on Working Memory.html

3. Systems of Memory.mp4

02:06

4.1 An Essential Book for people recovering from Trauma.html

4.2 Beginning to look at Trauma Recovery.html

4.3 Gabor Mate.html

4.4 Trauma is a complex area, this is a good and brief overview.html

4. Memory and Trauma.mp4

05:07

5.1 11 Ways to exercise memory.html

5.2 Another 11 exercises.html

5. Exercising Your Memory.mp4

04:04

6.1 7 Benefits of Learning a new skill.html

6.2 Joe Rogan and Andrew Huberman talk about learning new skills.html

6.3 More Benefits.html

6. A New Implicit Memory.mp4

01:39

7.1 Brain energy consumption.html

7.2 Energy and the Brain, a medical description.html

7. Memory and Ease.mp4

01:36

8.1 Pain and the Brain.html

8. Thinking about Pain.mp4

02:03

9. Eternal Sunshine.mp4

01:19

10. TOOL 12 Ask the Subconscious.mp4

02:24

11. Module 6 Summary.mp4

01:32

8. Module 7 - Misinformation

1.1 7 Ways to check information on the internet.html

1.2 Check where a photo came from and if it has been altered.html

1.3 Ways to check facts on the internet.html

1.4 Why do we believe things that arent true.html

1. Misinformation.mp4

02:11

2.1 Dr Julia Shaw on a TedX talk about memory illusion.html

2. Illusions of Memory.mp4

01:49

3.1 Another Julia Shaw TedX presentation.html

3.2 What is a Thought.html

3. Made up Memories.mp4

02:08

9. Module 8 - Thinking Together

1.1 Why do Humans run the world.html

1. Thinking Together.mp4

01:39

2.1 Imagined Orders explained.html

2. Imagined Orders.mp4

01:41

3. Sapiens.mp4

01:31

4. Co-operation.mp4

01:44

5. Tools for Thinking Together.mp4

02:16

6. TOOL 13 - Whats Going on Here.mp4

01:21

7. Empathy.mp4

03:03

8. Frans de Waal.mp4

01:33

9. TOOL 14 - Centre SelfAnchor Point.mp4

02:46

10. TOOL 15 - Green Light.mp4

01:34

11. Module 6 Summary.mp4

01:28

10. Module 9 - Food and Thinking

1. Food and Thinking introduction.mp4

01:47

2. Genes and Thinking about Food.mp4

02:12

3. Bonus TOOL 2 - The Wedge.mp4

02:12

4. Tim Spector.mp4

02:37

5. Brain Drain and Food.mp4

01:23

6. Food for Thought.mp4

02:27

7. Vitamins.mp4

01:52

8. TOOL 16 - Fork in the Road.mp4

01:19

11. Module 10 - Thinking and Sleep

1.1 Professor Matthew Walker on the New Science of Sleep.html

1.2 Sleeping with Science.html

1. Thinking and Sleep.mp4

01:56

2.1 How Sleep affects your Emotions.html

2. Importance of Sleep.mp4

02:29

3.1 If you sleep longer, it may be easier to diet!.html

3.2 The Royal Institute presents Science and Sleep.html

3. Sleep and Metabolic rate.mp4

02:06

4.1 An explanation of a Brain dreaming and Freud.html

4.2 Mark Solms on Dreaming.html

4.3 Neuropsychology and Dreams.html

4. Dreams.mp4

04:07

5. TOOL 17 - Sleep Guided Meditation.mp4

12:42

12. Module 11 - Belief and Desire

1. 01 Introduction to Belief.mp4

02:43

2.1 The Believing Brain.html

2. Utility of Belief.mp4

02:13

3.1 Dr Irum Tahir on changing limiting beliefs.html

3. Past Beliefs.mp4

01:39

4.1 Joe Dispenza - A Model of Understanding.html

4. Proof.mp4

02:10

5. Tool 18 Shaping by Thoughts.mp4

00:58

6.1 Desire has advantage over Belief.html

6.2 The Nuts and Bolts of Better Brains.html

6. Desire and Belief.mp4

02:27

7.1 Mark Solms on Control and Free Will.html

7. Control and Desire.mp4

01:38

8. Summary module 11.mp4

00:41

13. Module 12 - Moving On

1.1 Habits for Success by Dan Ariely.html

1.2 Your Life on Earth - Moving On.html

1. 01 Moving On.mp4

01:47

2. TOOL 19 Post-its.mp4

01:10

3.1 An Essential Gratitude Meditation.html

3.2 Gratitude Exercise.html

3. 02 Gratitude.mp4

02:31

4. TOOL 20 - Tool Combo.mp4

01:36

5.1 Daniel Amen on Healthy living and the brain.html

5. 03 One Page Miracle.mp4

01:59

6. TOOL 21 Needs Consciousness.mp4

02:59

7.1 Arnie Schwarzenegger talks about Vision and Success.html

7. 04 Your Master Plan.mp4

01:42

8. Good luck!.mp4

01:36

Description

How does your thinking effect your life? You will learn 21 practical TOOLS to use in your daily life for better thinking

What You'll Learn?

You will be offered a practical toolkit to benefit your mind
You will learn how to use your mind effectively in everyday life
You will change how your mind works so you can become more calm and contented
You will engage with practical tools that help you to focus on your goals
You will learn about metacognition
You will become more creative and more confident

Who is this for?

This course is for people who want a calm and confident mind.

Everyone who wants better thinking.

Everyone who wants to change.

People who are interested in self development will benefit from this course.

What You Need to Know?

There are no requirements for this course other than a willingness to practice using the tools

To achieve the outcomes listed, you will need to practice daily

You will need an open mind and desire for change

More details

Description
This course is designed to help you have a better life by better thinking. As Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet "There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so." Therefore, why do we not make ourselves have good thinking?
The course has 12 modules and we will begin by thinking about thinking.Â What is the mind for? How did it evolve? How has science attempted to unravel the workings of the mind.Â Is it possible to teach thinking?
Metacognition means being aware of our thoughts, our cognition. IÂ will introduce 21 tools that can be used to practice metacognition.Â Using these tools on a daily basis, you will become more aware of how your mind works and what you need to do to gain a sense of calm contentment. In addition, your thoughts will be more focused, more efficient and less prone to anxiety.
Mindfulness is a word that has currency in todays world but it is not a word that IÂ use often because I find it too vague. Buddhists use mindfulness but they have a support system and centuries of working with that tool. I will present pragmatic techniques that give practical meaning to mindfulness from a psychological rather than a spiritual perspective.
Meditation is another tool for metacognition. I have practiced meditation for over 30 years but I have come to the conclusion that it is not such a good tool for myself. My mind is very active and meditation has done little to calm it down. Over many years of study, IÂ have gained a deep knowledge of current research and learning in psychology, neuroscience and mental well-being. I am a qualified hypnotherapist with 4 years experience. I will present to you, the skills, knowledge and understanding that we need to cope with a modern life.
Who this course is for:
This course is for people who want a calm and confident mind.
Everyone who wants better thinking.
Everyone who wants to change.
People who are interested in self development will benefit from this course.

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Tim Flood

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I am a filmmaker, teacher, trainer and consultant in Moving Image Education. My work is focused on literacy and how we use it to make meaning in the digital world.“Literacy is currently at a fascinating stage of development where traditional print makes up the bulk of book sales and curriculum tools, but understanding screen based online reading and writing is becoming increasingly essential” – (The Future of Literacy in the Digital Age, Scottish Government)I have set up a Rock School for young people and a Film School for my local community. I have worked for the BBC and with many organisations including: The Royal Shakespeare Company, Screen Scotland, Creative Scotland, Future Woodlands Scotland, Trees for Life, Findhorn Bay Arts, Into Film, Arts in Motion, The Findhorn Foundation and many local councils.I integrate active learning in film education with personal development.

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