Caroline Williams - How to safely tune-in to body signals. Inner Sense
Inner Sense - Know Your Inner World
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Science-writer Caroline Williams (author of Move and the new book Inner Sense) comes back to our channel to share her latest findings on interoception - your brain’s moment-to-moment read-out of everything happening inside your body. We cover…
Why movement, whether that’s press-ups, yoga or even a brisk dog-walk can sharpen heartbeat awareness and lower anxiety
_ Flotation-tank experiments, vibrating “gut pills” and restricted-breathing trials that shed light on how easily the brain can mis-label internal signals
_ Twitching during REM sleep and how the body may “teach” the developing brain from the bottom-up
_ Fat cells that sense light, gut “neuropod” cells that count calories in milliseconds and what that means for sugar cravings
_ GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, body-budget errors and the emerging, compassionate view of obesity
_ Practical tips for tuning-in safely - and why “always trust your gut” isn’t the whole story
0:00 Welcome back, Caroline Williams
1:20 Why write a whole book on interoception?
3:40 Heart-beat accuracy, anxiety & DIY hill-walk training
9:45 Body-scan vs classic meditation
18:05 Predictive-processing: brain guesses, body corrects
22:30 Sleep twitches & bottom-up brain wiring
28:25 Light-sensing fat and circadian metabolism
30:20 Gut “neuropod” cells, cravings & diverse diets
34:55 GLP-1 drugs: feeling “full” for the first time
40:15 Breathing-load experiment—when expectation overrides reality
48:40 New therapies: flotation for eating disorders, heartbeat-apps, pain re-coding
52:15 Where to find Caroline + closing thoughts
Caroline Williams – science journalist (New Scientist, BBC Radio 4) & author of Inner Sense
Website - https://carolinewilliams.net
Instagram - @carolinewilliams_science
Dr Ian Tennant – founder of The Inner Sense Channel, therapist & researcher in body-awareness and well-being.
LinkedIn: ian-tennant-phd
https://restoringbalance.life/inner-s...
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Caroline Williams - How to safely tune-in to body signals. Inner Sense
Inner Sense - Know Your Inner World
855 views
Science-writer Caroline Williams (author of Move and the new book Inner Sense) comes back to our channel to share her latest findings on interoception - your brain’s moment-to-moment read-out of everything happening inside your body. We cover…
Why movement, whether that’s press-ups, yoga or even a brisk dog-walk can sharpen heartbeat awareness and lower anxiety
_ Flotation-tank experiments, vibrating “gut pills” and restricted-breathing trials that shed light on how easily the brain can mis-label internal signals
_ Twitching during REM sleep and how the body may “teach” the developing brain from the bottom-up
_ Fat cells that sense light, gut “neuropod” cells that count calories in milliseconds and what that means for sugar cravings
_ GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, body-budget errors and the emerging, compassionate view of obesity
_ Practical tips for tuning-in safely - and why “always trust your gut” isn’t the whole story
0:00 Welcome back, Caroline Williams
1:20 Why write a whole book on interoception?
3:40 Heart-beat accuracy, anxiety & DIY hill-walk training
9:45 Body-scan vs classic meditation
18:05 Predictive-processing: brain guesses, body corrects
22:30 Sleep twitches & bottom-up brain wiring
28:25 Light-sensing fat and circadian metabolism
30:20 Gut “neuropod” cells, cravings & diverse diets
34:55 GLP-1 drugs: feeling “full” for the first time
40:15 Breathing-load experiment—when expectation overrides reality
48:40 New therapies: flotation for eating disorders, heartbeat-apps, pain re-coding
52:15 Where to find Caroline + closing thoughts
Caroline Williams – science journalist (New Scientist, BBC Radio 4) & author of Inner Sense
Website - https://carolinewilliams.net
Instagram - @carolinewilliams_science
Dr Ian Tennant – founder of The Inner Sense Channel, therapist & researcher in body-awareness and well-being.
LinkedIn: ian-tennant-phd
https://restoringbalance.life/inner-s...