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Make Brain Science practical, simple and useful with easy-to-use and understand tools & practices. Welcome to BrainTools.
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Mar 26, 2021
Mar 26, 2021
20 min
This is the 'Tools' cut of the BrainTools podcast. A 20-minute snackable episode where you get the 4 practical BrainTools on protecting yourself from neuromarketing, cut from our longer full episode.

Mar 24, 2021
Mar 24, 2021
41 min
Ever bought something and regretted it later? Or found yourself feeling oddly compelled to click buy? Marketing has gotten too smart, and marketers know how to use your brain against you to make you buy stuff you don't need. In this episode, learn about your brain on marketing and how to protect it from sneaky, brain-based marketing tactics.
Plus get 4 PRACTICAL science-backed BrainTools to prevent you being taken advantage of and ending buying junk you regret. If you're liking the show, feel free to support us by leaving a review on iTunes, or follow our journey on linkedin or instagram.
Kirun & Sam from BrainTools

Mar 19, 2021
Mar 19, 2021
21 min
This is the 'Tools' cut of the BrainTools podcast. A 20-minute snackable episode where you get the 4 practical BrainTools on reading from our longer full episode.

Mar 17, 2021
Mar 17, 2021
40 min
These days picking up a book feels like staring up Mount Everest. Reading has become hard for so many of us. Why? We unpack the reason behind it, how reading works in your brain (and why you might be struggling to sit down and turn pages). Plus get 4 PRACTICAL science-backed BrainTools for reawakening your reading brain and reading better. If you're liking the show, feel free to support us by leaving a review on iTunes, or follow our journey on linkedin or instagram.
Kirun & Sam from BrainTools

Feb 25, 2021
Feb 25, 2021
27 min
This is the 'Tools' cut of the BrainTools podcast. A 20-minute snackable episode where you get just the 4 practical BrainTools on beliefs and conflict. To learn more of the neuroscience and research behind the tools, check out https://braintools.substack.com

Feb 24, 2021
Feb 24, 2021
38 min
We are all biased - we make decisions based on the limited information our brain can process which leads to shortcuts. These shortcuts (or heuristics) cause bia and suboptimal decisions - they were made to help us survive the jungle not the concrete jungle. In this episode we explain where biases come from, why we have these quirks and give you 4 bias-tools to overcome some of your biases. If you're liking the show, you can support us by following our page on linkedin or instagram!

Feb 21, 2021
Feb 21, 2021
21 min
This is the 'Tools' cut of the BrainTools podcast. A 20-minute snackable episode where you get just the 4 practical BrainTools on beliefs and conflict. To learn more of the neuroscience and research behind the tools, check out https://braintools.substack.com

Feb 16, 2021
Feb 16, 2021
37 min
When your beliefs clash in conversation, your brain changes. It enters a state of survival which blinds you to the other persons perspective and creates an ideological fist fight. In this episode learn what happens to your brain when you disagree plus how to navigate a healthy disagreement about beliefs using 4 science-backed BrainTools. If you're learning useful things from our podcast, you can always help us out by following BrainTools on linkedin or instagram. Your BrainTool friends, Kirun & Sam.

Feb 11, 2021
Feb 11, 2021
21 min
This is the 'Tools' cut of the BrainTools podcast. A 20-minute snackable episode where you get just the 4 practical BrainTools on changing beliefs, no fluff. To learn more of the neuroscience and research behind the tools, check out https://braintools.substack.com

Feb 8, 2021
Feb 8, 2021
42 min
Breaking down how beliefs are formed, how they hurt you or help you, and how to set new beliefs (new mindsets) in the brain.
You will learn:
- The neuroscience of how you create beliefs
- What your beliefs do to your brain, perception and body
- Changing beliefs and adopting new ones
- 4 BrainTools for updating your beliefs
Your brain can change. Listening to this episode, you'll figure out how to use your own neuroplasticity to overcome your self-limiting beliefs.
If you want the braintools + 'how-to' guide for this episode, it'll be posted 1 week after the episode on our newsletter, braintools.substack.com
Follow us (BrainTools) on linkedin for more, if you so please.
