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Stories Your Brain Tells Before You Know It

Stories Your Brain Tells Before You Know It

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Your brain runs on stories, mostly ones you don't consciously hear. In this episode of Thinking Well & Why podcast, Mario, Lee and Creek examine how the brain uses stories to predict and make meaning, often without awareness. They explore what storytelling buys us, what it costs us, and why learning to rewrite your narratives matters for actual thinking. Narratives are also important to the Enneagram, so the three hosts discuss how the Enneagram can be used as a reference tool to recognize habituated stories and how the Awareness to Action model helps identify and rewrite these patterns without getting trapped in type.“When we think about stories, I think it’s easy to kind of put it in this sort of metaphysical, mythological realm, but it is very much biological.” -Creek [03:25]“The storytelling is the shorthand for the meaning that we’re making of the things and what’s driving us to react to that.” -Lee [06:35]“Learning to tie clear thinking skills to the stories we tell makes them more useful, makes them more robust.” -Mario [19:03]TIMESTAMPS[00:11] Intro[00:39] We tell ourselves stories to live[03:25] Stories are biological, not just poetic[10:57] The types of stories we tell[15:13] Clear thinking are important to our stories[20:13] Context and consequence[30:36] How the Enneagram maps your hidden stories[39:16] Limitation can be generative[48:37] How to practice better storytellingRESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODERationalisation discussion on “The Big Chill"We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live by Joan DidionMuhammad Ali and Sonny Liston: The Controversial Fight Behind Their Iconic Boxing PhotoThe Two Cultures by C.P. SnowOde To A Flower by Richard FeynmanDissect the Bird by John CraigiePlease Don't Tell Me Your Story by Mario SikoraQueen & David Bowie v. Vanilla IceThe Gap by Ira GlassConnect with us:Awareness to ActionMario Sikora:IG: @mariosikoraTikTok: @mariosikoraWeb: mariosikora.comPod: Enneagram in a MoviePod: The Awareness to Action EnneagramLee Fields:Web: enneagrammatic.comIG: @enneagrammaticSeth "Creek" Creekmore:IG: @_creekmorePod: Fathoms | An Enneagram PodcastPod: Delusional OptimismPod: The Awareness to Action Enneagram
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