Your Mind On is a weekly podcast that delves into the world of psychology to teach listeners about psychological concepts, groundbreaking studies, and psychological conditions.
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Below the Surge: Finding Depth Amidst Surface Chaos
Are you starting your week feeling tossed around by the non-stop urgency of your inbox?
On Monday mornings, the sheer volume of surface demands—urgent pings, last-minute requests, and shifting priorities—can make us feel like we are drowning in workplace noise. When we expend all our energy trying to react to every wave on the surface, we end up exhausted before lunch. In environmental and performance psychology, maintaining focus during high-stress periods requires finding your "depth baseline"—learning to drop below immediate reactivity while keeping your core boundaries intact.
In this 10-minute Mindfulness Monday narrative, we observe The Deep-Sea Submersible's Descent.
Through the story of a vessel dropping beneath a raging ocean storm into the quiet, undisturbed depths below, we explore a crucial perspective shift for navigating a demanding workweek: you don't have to calm the storm on the surface to operate with total clarity; you simply need to descend beneath the noise and work from your depth.
In this session, we’ll cover:
An introduction to reactivity burnout and the psychology of depth baselines.
The parable of the submersible and the mechanics of structural pressure balance.
Practical strategies for creating cognitive distance between surface urgency and core tasks.
A portable mindset anchor to help you maintain deep, quiet stability all week long.
Take a few minutes this morning to drop beneath the swell, protect your focus, and work from your depth.
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Website: yourmindonpodcast.com (https://yourmindonpodcast.com)
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The Sounds of Mindfulness Monday:
Intro: Spent a Whole Day in My Head by Rebecca Mardal
The Story: alma by bomull
Outro: Finetuned Fiesta by Dusty Decks
Music provided by Epidemic Sound.
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15 Oct 2026
The Psychology of the Uncanny Valley: Why Creepy Dolls & Masks Scare Us
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Have you ever wondered why creepy dolls, lifeless wax figures, or villains hiding behind expressionless masks—like Michael Myers or Ghostface—send a cold shiver straight down your spine? Why does something that looks almost human, but just a tiny bit off, trigger far more instinctual repulsion than a massive, roaring movie monster?
Welcome to week three of our October Spook-tacular on Your Mind On! In this episode, host John Shaw pulls back the curtain on one of the most deeply unsettling phenomena in human psychology: The Uncanny Valley.
We explore the fascinating 1970 origin story of Masahiro Mori’s famous theoretical curve, the cognitive glitches behind perceptual mismatches, and why our brains panic when an object sits between "human" and "machine." Plus, we dive into evolutionary threat avoidance, Terror Management Theory, and the neural wiring that fires off in milliseconds when the line between living person and lifeless object gets blurred. From E.T.A. Hoffmann’s clockwork doll Olympia to CGI "dead eyes" in The Polar Express and modern grey-skinned AI androids like Ameca, discover why that unsettling shiver down your spine is actually a high-precision evolutionary survival mechanism.
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Music Credits:
Intro Track: Black Venom by Ruiqi Zhao
Background Atmosphere: Drone of Tension by Elm Lake
Outro Track: More Now Than Ever by North Sphere
All music licensed courtesy of Epidemic Sound.
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12 Oct 2026
The Sound-Touch Intersect: Cross-Modal Sensory Resets
Is your brain caught in a noisy loop of overthinking before your workday even starts?
On Monday mornings, it is easy to get trapped in high-volume internal dialogue—mentally rehearsing conversations, stressing over unread emails, or running through worst-case scenarios. Trying to quiet a racing mind using logic often fails because you are using the same overstimulated neural pathways to solve the problem. In cognitive neuroscience, we leverage cross-modal sensory switching to force the thalamus to gate incoming data, effectively interrupting rumination and clearing working memory.
In this 10-minute Mindfulness Monday micro-session, we guide you through The Sound-Touch Intersect.
By practicing rapid, intentional toggling between physical tactile contact (hands) and external auditory cues (sound), you take manual control of your attention mechanism. Learn how occupying two distinct sensory channels simultaneously quiets internal chatter and restores crisp, grounded focus for high-demand workdays.
In this session, we’ll cover:
An introduction to cross-modal processing and the neuroscience of thalamic sensory gating.
Guided rapid toggling between tactile awareness (touch) and auditory presence (sound).
The dual-channel hold technique to immediately silence internal overthinking.
A 60-second portable sensory reset to regain mental clarity during high-stress workday moments.
Take ten minutes this morning to take the wheel of your attention, clear the channel, and reset your baseline.
Connect With Us:
Website: yourmindonpodcast.com (https://yourmindonpodcast.com)
Instagram: @yourmindonpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/yourmindonpodcast)
The Sounds of Mindfulness Monday:
Intro: Spent a Whole Day in My Head by Rebecca Mardal
The Exercise: ebb by bomull
Outro: Finetuned Fiesta by Dusty Decks
Music provided by Epidemic Sound.
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