Story-Crafting: Using Brain Science to Share Our Narratives with Lisa Cron
Original Air Date Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Every person’s experience in life is different. From a very young age, we learn what actions help us get what we need to survive and thrive.
All of these learnings eventually form our belief system, our story. When our beliefs are challenged we are hard-wired to defend ourselves or flee. To find out if these early evolutionary patterns help us in modern-day society or are an outdated response we have yet to shed, Positive Psychology Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with author Lisa Cron. Lisa shares key components from her book, Wired for Story, and the neuroscience behind human connection and communication.
Lisa Cron — Brain Science:
- In her book, Wired for Story, Lisa asserts that it is story that gives context and meaning to everything that happens to us. [1:58]
- Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is missing one critical component. [3:16]
- Our belief systems are formed when we are very young and our body reacts accordingly anytime our beliefs are challenged. [6:27]
- Lisa Cron shares the ultimate key to human connection and communication. [23:54]
- Society expects us to conform to its ideas to get other people to like us but it is our self-disclosure that binds us together. [27:07]
Lisa Cron is the author of Wired for Story, Story Genius, and most recently, Story or Die: How to Use Brain Science to Engage, Persuade, and Change Minds in Business and in Life. Lisa spent a decade in publishing and has been a literary agent, television producer, and story analyst for Hollywood studios. She served on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts MFA program in visual narrative and, since 2006, has taught in the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program.Book: Story or Die: How to Use Brain Science to Engage, Persuade, and Change Minds in Business and in Life
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“When our base is not secure it is hard to reach higher levels of actualization.” @LisaKamen on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet “Empathy is a practice.” @LisaKamen on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet“The willingness to self-disclose or be seen is what binds us to one another.” @LisaKamen on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet“Narrative story is how we make sense of everything.” @WiredforStory on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet“The cognitive unconscious is the lens we use to make sense of everything.” @WiredforStory on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet“We don't turn to story to escape reality, we turn to story to navigate reality.” @WiredforStory on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet“When someone says something that challenges a deeply held belief our blood rushes to our thighs, in case we need to make a quick getaway.” @WiredforStory on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet“Every decision we make is based on emotion. What emotion gives meaning to how it will affect you.” @WiredforStory on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet“Our wiring causes us to believe that our view is the only view.” @WiredforStory on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet “All stories are about the cost of human connection.” @WiredforStory on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet
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