Silver Disobedience® Perception Dynamics with Dian Griesel: How People Think, Lead and Succeed

Why You Regress Around Family: Dr. Judith Swack on Trauma Triggers, Damage Patterns & Tapping to Regulate
 ⁨@SilverDisobedience⁩  Perception Dynamics host Dian Griesel interviews Dr. Judith Swack, a biochemist and immunologist, who is also the author of “Clear Trauma Now.” Together they explore why capable adults can regress around family gatherings or feel outsized reactions to certain holidays, dates, people, and places. Dr. Swack explains “damage patterns” as unconscious, physiological responses formed when trauma isn’t fully processed, which can shape perception, behavior, health, and relationships for decades. She outlines her Healing from the Body Level Up (HBLU) method that integrates conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels, and describes using muscle testing to access inner guidance and identify blocks. Defining trauma as a fight-or-flight response that becomes conditioned and “frozen in time,” Dr. Swack proposes to the audience that time doesn’t heal trauma and she demonstrates how tapping/meridian techniques can activate a calming reflex to reduce traumatic reactions and help separate experiences from identity.
Judith Swack, Ph.D. Linked in:https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-a-swack-ph-d/
Website: https://www.hblu.org/about
Book: Clear Trauma Now
https://link.amazon/B04NYDYOp
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How Your Space Shapes Your Mind with Leidy Klotz, Author of "In a Good Place"
In this  ⁨@SilverDisobedience⁩  Perception Dynamics podcast episode, Dian Griesel interviews University of Virginia professor Leidy Klotz about his book, In a Good Place, and how the spaces where we live, work, and play quietly shape our thoughts, emotions, relationships, and behaviors.
Together, they discuss how familiarity and a sense of control can increase comfort in an environment; why spaces can “advertise our values;” and, how small, intentional changes -- such as reducing clutter or redesigning layouts -- can reinforce desired values and connection.
Klotz explains the calming effect of “organized complexity” found in nature and design, and how noise and clutter can raise stress even when tuned out. He also suggests “space before screen” to reconnect with the physical world.
As a way to regain attention, he notes that observing the ways that kids’ notice their worlds serves as a good model for developing deeper awareness.
Grab a copy of Leidy's book: "In a Good Place"
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The Conversation Beneath the Conversation: How Perception Drives Misunderstandings
In this  ⁨@SilverDisobedience⁩  Perception Dynamics podcast episode, host Dian Griesel explains why conversations can get really confusing or very tense -- even when we're thinking our words seemed straight-forward enough. Dian explains that in most conversations, there is the primary one and often a second, “invisible” conversation happening underneath. This second convo is being shaped by each person’s interpretations of trust, respect, competence, control, and safety. Using examples like discussing project decisions, lateness, pricing, and seemingly reasonable questions that are heard as criticism, Dian describes how meaning forms through individual perception -- highly personalized lenses built from our unique past experiences, sensitivities, and current emotional states. It is these factors that lead to emotions and then behavior that can derail communication. Dian explains that most communication breakdowns are interpretation issues and suggests that "getting curious" instead of over-explaining or getting louder is a great strategy to use. This might be remembering to ask questions like “What did you hear me say?” or “What changed in this conversation?” to uncover what the words meant to the other person and move toward resolution. Tune is for 16 minute and learn new ways to elevate your communication skills.
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Heart-Brain Coherence: HeartMath’s Deborah Rozman on Stress, Memory & Alzheimer’s Protection
In this  ⁨@SilverDisobedience⁩  Perception Dynamics episode, host Dian Griesel interviews Deborah Rozman, Ph.D. of The HeartMath Institute about research that supports evidence that the heart and brain constantly communicate and influence emotions, stress responses, and cognitive health. Rozman describes HeartMath’s origins, early biofeedback work, and how heart rate variability (HRV) patterns reflect emotional states—jagged during stress and smooth, sine wave-like during positive emotions — termed heart coherence.
During the episode you'll hear about evidence that most heart-brain signaling is heart-to-brain via pathways including the vagus nerve, and how coherence breathing paired with gratitude or compassion can balance the nervous system.
Rozman cites independent studies using HeartMath sensors reporting correlations between daily coherence practice and reduced amyloid markers, improved memory, and reversal of early dementia symptoms, and explains mechanisms involving stress shutdown of higher cognition versus coherence facilitating memory and executive centers.
Learn more about HeartMath here: https://www.heartmath.com/
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Think Like a Brain: How Environment Shapes Your Mind with Dr. Steve Rondeau
In this  ⁨@SilverDisobedience⁩  Perception Dynamics podcast episode, host Dian Griesel interviews Dr. Steve Rondeau about “thinking like a brain” and the idea that many struggles we experience may reflect a brain responding appropriately to an unsupportive environment rather than being broken.
Dr. Rondeau explains how EEG-based brain scans measure real-time electrical functioning, identifying over- and underactive areas and responses to triggers. He presents a fascinating argument that mental health often treats the brain without adequately testing it first. Drawing on over 50,000 scans, work in residential addiction centers, and studies of groups like racing drivers, he describes how the same brain patterns that are often tied to problems can also relate to strengths, and how people in the same setting interpret experiences differently.
Dr. Rondeau also discusses using scan reports to help providers tailor interventions, applications for peak performance and major life transitions, and research on predicting serious self-harm.
Get a copy of Dr. Rondeau's book, Think Like a Brain here: https://link.amazon/B0byvc4dz
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