Meet Dr. Tracy Packiam Alloway an award-winning psychologist, author of 15 books and over 100 scientific articles. She's been featured on Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Doctors TV, and in Forbes, Bloomberg, The Washington Post...and more! Her research on memory and the brain was highlighted in Newsweek as a big idea.

• In today's show we discuss how the elements of lifeyness (joyful embodiment, relaxation, and playfulness) can enhance your mental health and overall wellness. Through the lens of neuropsychology, Dr. Alloway explains the science behind lifeyness!

• First we speak about being playful and how that can actually lead to a sense of empowerment and then Tracy offers some techniques on calming the nervous system–relaxing but not just necessarily traditional relaxation techniques. She explains how sometimes it's more important to burn off adrenaline or nervous energy in what she calls "proprioceptively dynamic" exercises... versus calming exercises like yoga.

• Then talk a little bit about trauma-informed healing, which will tie into an upcoming episode based on Peter Levine’s work about somatic experiencing. We will cover one of Tracy’s most dynamic areas of research: how women's brains sometimes operate differently from men's. Her book, Think LIke Girl, is the outcome of years of her research.

• Last, she will give us a sneak peek into her new research project!

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