Best Shonte Taylor Podcasts (2024)

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The Power of A Few Good Habits: Neuroscientific Insights for a Balanced Life 36:47

9M ago36:47

36:47

🚀 Elevate your performance with Julie Lowe, the high performance coach on the latest ☕️"Coffee with a Neuroscientist" podcast episode! 🔎 Explore the power of habits and discover a few good habits that can transform your life in ways you never imagined. 🌟 Join Neuroscientist & host Shonté Jovan Taylor in a captivating conversation with Julie Lowe as…

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Identifying Intuitive Nudges and Answering “The Non-Nine-to-Five” Call with Jen Shultz 41:17

1y ago41:17

41:17

Are you a creative, healer, educator, leader or activist who is feeling the nudge to take the leap and start your own business? Today’s episode with my special guest is a call for you to listen to your intuition, that voice that is calm, still, non-judgmental and loving, inside of you. In 2010, Jen Shultz, Founder of The Non-Nine-to-Five™ found her…

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Reviving Joy in Reading, Education, and the Workplace: The Inspiring Mission of Entrepreneur Dr. Danny Brassell 52:25

1y ago52:25

52:25

Today’s special guest is first and foremost a teacher, and someone who has a big mission of bringing joy back into reading, education and the workplace. In this episode, Dr. Danny Brassell shares how the sooner we can get our kids loving words, reading them, writing them and performing them, the better it will be not only for their brains, but for …

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The power of adventure to foster a healthy brain and a fulfilling life: A conversation with Anne Armstrong of My Gnome on the Roam 23:51

1+ y ago23:51

23:51

What if one little gnome and one tiny suitcase, as well as an app and other educational tools, could change your family? In this episode, you’re going to find out how this is possible and the way that one amazing entrepreneur is improving the brain health of people of all ages, by infusing a sense of adventure into their lives! Anne Armstrong is th…

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FOCUS 28:58

1+ y ago28:58

28:58

Since I like acronyms, and the brain likes acronyms, I want to share with you the acronym “F.O.C.U.S.” In this episode, I cover the importance of fueling your brain and how this can optimize its performance, the role that oxygen plays and how to get more of it to your brain, and a process for creating block time in order to reduce the many distract…

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Is Optimism A Bunch of B.S.? 32:18

1+ y ago32:18

32:18

Do you think optimism is a bunch of B.S? I’m not talking about that kind of B.S, but I’m talking about brain science! In this episode, I answer this question from the lens of neuroscience, or what I like to call neuro-perspectives, and after listening to what I reveal today, you’ll see that optimism is indeed B.S. - but in a good way! I’m hosting a…

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Brain Science of Vision Boards 24:51

1+ y ago24:51

24:51

Do you create vision boards each year? Creating vision boards is a common practice that is powerful, even spiritual, but what is happening in our brains that makes this visual tool so effective for manifesting. In this episode, I reveal the brain science behind vision boards, why having a vision board is so important for everyone to use, and the re…

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Growing up and Cleaning up - A bridge from Money to Meaning with Grant Hunter 49:48

2y ago49:48

49:48

Learn how to plug into deeper purpose at work to deliver more positive impact to the world. Grant Hunter is a serial entrepreneur, author and educator with over 25 years of experience in the U.S., Japan, and Peru. Based out of Silicon Valley, he’s been involved in a variety of e-business activities for a Fortune 500 company and a boutique marketing…

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In Resonance with Nature, with Dr. Marc Palahi 35:03

2y ago35:03

35:03

We are not separate from Nature, we are Nature! Dr. Marc Palahí is a leading expert on forests and global change, with a new vision of the transformational role forests can play in fighting climate change and developing a circular bioeconomy. He has been Director of the European Forest Institute since 2015, driving its development as a pan-European…

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Aware and Authentic, with Irina Prokofieva 42:01

2y ago42:01

42:01

You Are Here to Understand, Honor, and Liberate Your Uniqueness! Today's lessons come from Irina Prokofieva! She is a Certified Transformational Coach, Business Mentor and Human Design Expert. She specializes in supporting women on a journey of deep self-discovery, self-reclamation and self-empowerment, using a unique combination of powerful energy…

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Is Your Brain Drowning in ”Productivity”? 17:03

2+ y ago17:03

17:03

In the busy times that we live in, it’s easy to feel like we’re drowning in all the things that we feel we have to get done each day. In what areas of your life are you feeling this way, and you don’t even know it? Today I want to throw you the lifesaver so that you don’t drown. I’m giving you permission to do what I did, by taking time off intenti…

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Authentic Dads in the Making, with Mark Guay 42:37

2+ y ago42:37

42:37

You Are Here to Understand, Honor, and Liberate Your Uniqueness! 'It's one thing to be aware of childhood wounds, it's another thing to have healed them... and it's another thing to see how they show up in your relationship to your children." - Mark Guay Mark is a transformational coach, speaker, and full-time dad. He believes in the untethered abi…

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Dr Kimoni Just RnB & HiP HoP SPRING BREAK Edition 388 3-13-2022 5:59:29

2+ y ago5:59:29

5:59:29

Need the perfect playlist? I got you covered!!!! Stream & Share Below:http://afrocaribbeanvibesmix.com/ 1. Elvis Francois - Broken Pieces 2. Hailey Kilgore - Hold Me 3. Montell Jordan - Now Or Never 4. Muni Long - Hrs and Hrs 5. Eli Derby x 6LACK - Lately 6. JaeRene (feat. Marqus Clae) - Synergy 7. Alecia - Always Find My Way 8. Amber Jade - Layers…

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How One Coach is Using Neuroscience to Build (and Boost) His Business & Change Organizational Cultures 24:35

2+ y ago24:35

24:35

Today I’m welcoming a very special guest to the podcast, our own OptiMind graduate, Paddy Moran. Paddy is a NeuroCulture Coach and NeuroLeader whose passion is people development, and he specializes in team development, leadership development, company culture, and organizational change, bringing out the best in the teams he works with. Of course, h…

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Joyful (Fearless) Marketing and The Key to Being Your True Self, with Simone Seol 40:28

2+ y ago40:28

40:28

What if I told you that marketing doesn’t have to be dull, boring, and a chore, but it can actually be joyful and fun? Today’s guest works with life coaches and shows them how to do just that, all while being their true, authentic selves. Simone Seol is creating a revolution in how life coaches market online. She teaches coaches how to become profi…

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Unbounded Mind, with Shonte Jovan Taylor 36:15

2+ y ago36:15

36:15

Shonte Jovan Taylor is a neuroscientist, potentialist, and brave-minded leader who wants to do things differently. She knows that we need to do something at a much deeper level to shift from the old way of thinking to new and innovative ways of reaching higher levels. “It is only when we are operating at our highest levels that our missions become …

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Demystifying Neuroscience By Connecting The Dots Between Science and Leadership Coaching 42:02

3y ago42:02

42:02

Teach the brain to serve you, Omozua says as she explains her coaching techniques in neuroscience and creating a new mindset for her clients. Omozua Ameze Isiramen went through years of schooling to learn about her craft, when she found the OptiMind program. Originally skeptical if she was a good fit in a program designed around neuroscience, she d…

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Using The Neurocycle Process To Clean Up Your Mental Mess 1:05:42

3+ y ago1:05:42

1:05:42

Today, we are having coffee with TWO neuroscientists. On this episode of Coffee with a Neuroscientist, Shonté Jovan Taylor is talking with one of her favorite authors, Dr. Caroline Leaf, about her mission to “shift the paradigms and stigmas” around mental health diagnoses like anxiety and depression. Dr. Leaf is passionate about the fact that all h…

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Change Your Brain, Change the World 13:41

3+ y ago13:41

13:41

How can changing your brain change the world? How can small moments of kindness create ripple effects that echo far into the universe? Shonté Jovan Taylor discusses how compassionate acts, no matter how small, can change both our own and others’ brains in powerful ways. When we witness others acting with kindness or altruism, mirror neurons fire in…

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Building Minds of The Future: 5 Brain-Immersive Activities To Become A Thought Leader 1:11:32

3+ y ago1:11:32

1:11:32

What does it take to be a thought leader? Not just to guide your team, but to help them think differently -- to encourage them to reframe how the systems we live in work? In this episode of Coffee with a Neuroscientist, host Shonte Jovan Taylor partners with Dr. Ryeal Simms, Neuropsychologist and Relationship Expert, to talk about thought leadershi…

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Using The Brain To Reinvent Yourself 40:50

3+ y ago40:50

40:50

Do you really know your own brain? In this episode of Coffee with a Neuroscientist, host Shonte Jovan Taylor talks with OptiMind Institute graduate, consultant, coach, and successful speaker Alycia Huston about how her time in the OptiMind Institute changed her career, her ability to support her coaching clients, and even her family life. For Alyci…

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Your Brain On Purpose: A Conversation w/Marie Forleo 54:19

3+ y ago54:19

54:19

What if you didn’t have to suppress any part of yourself to succeed? In this episode of Coffee with a Neuroscientist, host Shonte Jovan Taylor talks with her inspiration and mentor Marie Forleo, founder of B-School and New York Times bestselling author, about just that. Marie shares her story of starting her own business as a life coach in the earl…

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Meaning is a far more satisfying pursuit than happiness, with Anantadev 38:07

4y ago38:07

38:07

“We don’t work in a production line any more for the most part, and I don’t think in the current workplaces that we have, this nine to five, Monday to Friday, is the way that it should work. I don’t think it does work… largely, we have moved away from like production work, industrial work, to more creative work…. even tech work is very creative wor…

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Men Who Feel, with Mark Guay 40:20

4y ago40:20

40:20

“In the infancy stage of development, boys have more emotional reactivity than girls. Once a boy gets around the teenage years… almost every westernized man, have some story in their life where they’ve been deeply shamed for expressing emotions. Men were shamed around sadness, but women were shamed just as much, typically around anger, … clean ange…

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Building Character and Way of Being - the Path to Authenticity, with Marc Lesser 41:10

4y ago41:10

41:10

“Mindfulness in some way is cultivating our attention, our way of being, that can be a doorway to our own emotional lives, and then our emotional lives can be a doorway to cultivating our leadership ability and toward the possibility of creating great cultures…positive, healing cultures.” – Marc Lesser Marc Lesser is a speaker, facilitator, worksho…

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It's Time for Change, where do we start, with Alan Sieler 35:05

4+ y ago35:05

35:05

“The manner in which we observe determines what we observe. But ... how aware are we of how we observe and how we can change that? The only place we can observe from is our Way of Being, which is where our perceptions and attitudes live, many of which are deep-seated and out-of-awareness.”– Alan Sieler Alan is the Director of Newfield Institute. He…

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Inspiring Accountability, with Elaina Noell - part 1 38:58

4+ y ago38:58

38:58

“The secret to inspiring accountability and engagement starts with asking: What makes us human? What drives us toward or away from tasks? What inspires us to give our best? What motivates us to shut down? What, exactly, determines our happiness and fulfillment at work? We begin in the brain, where all experience and engagement begins!” – Elaina Noe…

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Step Back and Pay Attention, with Alan Seale - part 2 40:51

4+ y ago40:51

40:51

"The black and white world is easy… life is a thousand shades of gray! When we feel fear, anxiety, or an urgent need to act, our natural reaction is often to go straight to the head to figure out what to do. We look for a way to make everything alright, to find a solution, or to find a way out of what is happening. Unfortunately, this approach usua…

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Step Back and Pay Attention, with Alan Seale 44:17

4+ y ago44:17

44:17

“Transformation is a shift in vibrational frequency or pattern… Our biggest assignment in this life is to pay attention, so that we constantly are expanding our awareness… The future belongs to those who can listen to it, follow it, to where it’s asking us to go, to recognize that there is something that is wanting to happen… The intuitive mind is …

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Observing Differently & The Power of Ontology, with Alan Sieler - part 2 47:54

4+ y ago47:54

47:54

Alan Sieler has more than twenty-four years’ experience as an executive coach, coach-trainer and organisational consultant. Recognised as the world’s leading authority on Ontological Coaching, Alan has written extensively about Ontological Coaching. In addition to this book, his other publications are Volumes I, II and III of Coaching to the Human …

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Authentic Power, Presence & Integrity, with Anantadev 34:30

4+ y ago34:30

34:30

Anantadev is a wisdom teacher, personal development coach and thought leader in the field of inner transformation. He also serves as a Bay Area CEO at the forefront of social change philanthropy. In response to a deep spiritual calling Anantadev dedicated himself to a life of spiritual pursuit becoming a monk in his late teens. He spent the next de…

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Course Correct - the way back to our body, feelings and emotions, with Dr. Ruchi Puri 47:17

4+ y ago47:17

47:17

Ruchi Puri is a doctor and a wise global nomad. She believes that ‘Our journey in life comes with “homework” and it can take a lifetime of learning to complete. The assignments start showing up in all sorts of life circumstances. Some are pleasant surprises and others knock us off course. When we get off course in the form of illness, anxiety, depr…

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Observing Differently & The Power of Ontology, with Alan Sieler 38:22

5y ago38:22

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Alan Sieler has more than twenty-four years’ experience as an executive coach, coach-trainer and organisational consultant. Recognised as the world’s leading authority on Ontological Coaching, Alan has written extensively about Ontological Coaching. In addition to this book, his other publications are Volumes I, II and III of Coaching to the Human …

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Brave Leadership and Psychological Capital, with Dr. Senia Maymin 40:03

5y ago40:03

40:03

Senia Maymin, Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Stanford, is a consultant and executive coach whose clients include Google, Intel, and VMware. Maymin runs a coaching network that provides coaching for upwards of 30 managers at a time to large technology companies in the Bay area. When entrepreneurs and executives seek far-reaching productivity …

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What if you were a dolphin... what kind of humans would you like to meet?, with Michelle Martone & Ruchi Puri 45:13

5y ago45:13

45:13

This is a true story inspired by my friends Michelle Martone & Ruchi Puri. Moving, heartbreaking, uncomfortable, eye opening, inspiring! It’s also an ontological conversation about us – humans, facing the current environmental crisis. Michelle Martone has been practicing and studying the teachings of Yoga since 2003. She received a Doctoral degree …

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Green Jobs & Green Entrepreneur Accelerators, with Justine Burt 26:31

5y ago26:31

26:31

Justine Burt is a climate optimist who focuses on replicating and scaling projects for transformational change. Her book, The Great Pivot, describes 30 sustainability projects in five areas – advanced energy communities, low-carbon mobility, the circular economy, food waste reduction, and nature restoration – these projects are about creating new a…

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Mindfulness and the deeper quest for understanding, with Abri Holden 34:23

5y ago34:23

34:23

Abri Holden specializes in individual and organizational transformation at the crossroads of mindfulness and leadership. She has worked as a leadership consultant and coach by designing, facilitating, and managing global learning experiences for leaders across the globe. Abri currently works at Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI), a…

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Mindfulness, Awareness and Intuitive Leadership, with Catherine Sherlock 45:05

5y ago45:05

45:05

Catherine Sherlock helps people and businesses explore their potential and possibilities and break through to greater levels of inner power, awareness, emotional resilience and energy. After her Master’s, Catherine worked as an environmental and sustainability consultant. She served all levels of government, businesses large to small, non-profits a…

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Get past the ME SYNDROME... tap into your own Authenticity, with Connie Larkin 27:14

5y ago27:14

27:14

Connie Larkin is her own words: I love anything that has to do with using my own thinking, and I am fascinated with the freedom to be. Fortunatelly, one day I met an education that 'opened the door' and I got to know my own thinking and I got free. The great thing I found out is that educating myself depends on me alone. This extraordinary educatio…

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Female Brain, Neuroscience and Leadership, with Ros Cardinal 39:15

5y ago39:15

39:15

When she was growing up, Ros wanted to be a vet or a scientist, but her fascination with human behavior and neuroscience led her to a career in organizational development, specializing in improving business outcomes by developing individuals, teams and organizations. After more than 20 years in corporate human resources and organizational developme…

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The Great Pivot and The Green New Deal, with Justine Burt (Part 2) 30:17

5y ago30:17

30:17

The Green New Deal Resolution unveiled by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in February 2019 provided the broad brush strokes for a plan to address climate change and reinvigorate the economy. Justine's Burt new book, The Great Pivot, describes 30 sustainability projects in five areas – advanced energy communities, low-carbon mobility, the ci…

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The Great Pivot and The Green New Deal, with Justine Burt (Part 1) 25:29

5y ago25:29

25:29

Justine Burt is the Founder + CEO of Appraccel, an environmental sustainability consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with clients in the private, public and non-profit sector to successfully implement projects in energy efficiency, renewable energy, alternative transportation, waste prevention, and water conservation. Clients in…

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The Inclusive Leader, with Cynthia Owyoung 29:15

5y ago29:15

29:15

Cynthia Owyoung is the embodiment of an Ontological Leader and Inclusive Leader — the kind of leadership that assures that all team members feel they are treated respectfully and fairly, are valued and sense that they belong, and are confident and inspired. In her own words, she is a wife, a mother, a daughter, a daughter of immigrants, a first gen…

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Purpose, Leadership and Culture in Silicon Valley, with Grant Hunter 32:38

5+ y ago32:38

32:38

Grant Hunter is a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of corporate training, marketing and franchising experience in the U.S., Japan, and Peru. He’s been immersed in and based out of the Silicon Valley, involved in a variety of e-business activities for a Fortune 500 company and a boutique marketing startup he co-founded and later sell in San Fr…

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Integrity with SELF and the power of responsibility, with Connie Larkin 27:21

5+ y ago27:21

27:21

Connie Larkin is an ontological educator who does not like titles. This is how she describes herself instead: "I live my life with passion, in constant dance with the Present. For me, the most empowering relationships are the ones based on respect, where the people involved are open to listen and are committed authentically to evolving…in those rel…

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Conscious Leadership & The Abundance Model, with Matt Cone 28:59

5+ y ago28:59

28:59

Matt is Co-Founder of Beneficial Ventures, the country's first B-Corp Commercial Real Estate company which he helped form in 2018, prior to that Matt spent time crafting a strategy for the first B-Corp Trucking Company, RFX Forward. His role was as Chief Strategy & Karmic Officer. Matt has spent 8 years traveling Asia, mostly on an inward journey e…

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Neuromarketing: Marketing Your Business & Message with The Brain in Mind 33:37

7y ago33:37

33:37

Learn what Fortune 500 & 1000 companies know about how to market your business and brand as well get your message out in a BIGGER by understanding how the brain works. According to leading neuroscientists, 95 percent of all thoughts, emotions, and learning are subconscious patterns first and thus influence our consumer behavior. Learn how to tap in…

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How to Practice Shifting Your Mindset For Success Daily 19:36

7+ y ago19:36

19:36

Success is a habit. But first it is a mental habit. Learn 3 ways to develop a mindset of success.By Shonté Taylor

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Missions Are More Powerful Than Goals 12:44

7+ y ago12:44

12:44

We've been taught throughout our lives that to be productive and successful we need to create goals and plan. In particular, we are trained to plan using SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-Based). But as I a Neuroscientist, I know that the brain pays attention in a hierarchal way. At higher brain levels, a mission is seen…

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Boredom is Bad For The Brain 11:09

7+ y ago11:09

11:09

Boredom is detrimental for brain functioning. In this episode, Neuroscientist and Success Trainer, Shonté Jovan Taylor describes what a "bored" brain looks like, how it changes the brain and how to reverse its negative effects to have a happier, fulling and stimulating life and profession.By Shonté Taylor

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