The Next Breakthrough in Self Awareness with Caroline Williams

The Evolving Leader

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This week on The Evolving Leader is a double celebration – after more than 4 years and 190 episodes, we are thrilled to release our first in-person episode where co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender (usually sat thousands of miles apart) were together with guest, the renowned science writer Caroline Williams. Long term listeners will remember that we spoke to Caroline way back in season 2, and we are so pleased that Caroline agreed to come back and talk to us again, this time about her work around the science of interoception and her new book Inner Sense.

Reading from Caroline Williams:

Inner Sense: How the New Science of Interoception Can Transform Your Health

Move: How the New Science of Body Movement Can Set Your Mind Free

Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:

Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)

The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Caroline's background and work (00:04:21)

3. What is interoception? (00:05:55)

4. We have a detached view between the brain and body. Is that still the case? (00:07:05)

5. Why is it important that we understand what is happening in our body? (00:09:14)

6. Interoception matters to us all. (00:12:06)

7. Sensitivity to interoception varies from person to person. (00:14:37)

8. The role that the vagus nerve plays in interoception. (00:17:08)

9. Can we harness the signals to improve health? (00:20:01)

10. The role of our brain’s predictions. (00:21:02)

11. The connection between the vagus nerve and the insular cortex. (00:24:21)

12. Strong interoception leads to improved judgement. (00:26:08)

13. The role that emotion plays. (00:29:04)

14. Can we combat tiredness? (00:33:05)

15. Managing each other’s body budgets. (00:36:46)

16. The influence of the micro biome. (00:40:02)

17. Studies by Sarah Garfinkel and Hugo Critchley. (00:42:07)

18. The consequences of not tuning into your body. (00:47:31)

19. Rumination and the role that interoception plays in helping us to rethink that. (00:48:50)

20. How can we improve our connection with interoception? (00:50:28)

21. What would you do if you started to feel disconnected from your body? (00:51:42)

22. Signals that we are not paying attention to our body. (00:53:39)

23. What surprised you while writing Inner Sense? (00:58:00)

24. What’s next in this field? (01:01:32)

25. What have you change in your life as a result of your research? (01:05:31)

26. Do men and women differ in how they react to their internal signals? (01:07:18)

27. Do people who are more in tune with interoception act more on gut instinct? (01:08:19)

28. Your research involving Dutch police officers. (01:11:34)

29. Are there any commercially available biofeedback techniques? (01:14:10)

30. What’s next for you? (01:14:45)

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