A Touch of Genius

In this episode, I pose a few existential questions about our human potential based on genetics and the genealogy of our family tree. This is a first touch on this topic as it’s one we can expand on over time.  In this episode: 2:22 – The influences behind your family tree 4:45 – Inherited family trauma 6:40 – Mozart (but not the one you’re thinking of) 7:50 – Mapping out your family influencers 8:45 – 98% of your genetics are… 10:50 – Epigenetics v. Eugenics 12:16 – Dis-ease 13:14 – “It runs in the family…” and changing your story 14: 50 – Loyalty issues Links & Resources: * It Didn’t Start With You, Mark Wolynn [https://amzn.to/4f1YJCl] * Nannerl Mozar [https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/sister-nannerl-most-talented/]t Written & Produced by Karin Pinter © 2024. Music by Grand_Project [https://pixabay.com/users/grand_project-19033897/] via Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

In this episode, we continue on the theme of Beliefs by exploring our negative self talk, and the ways in which this has been holding us back or causing us to self-sabotage any aspect of our lives. We'll go back in time to find out what the people around us said to us as children, and how this has become part of our self fulfilling prophecy that we explored in the previous episode. In this episode: 3:05 - Deciphering how people think about themselves 4:59 - This happens to all of us... 5:53 - A silent destroyer of potential 9:22 - Why I believe so strongly about the power of self-talk 10:57 - Discovering your own negative patterns 13:24 - The power of observation 14:54 - Dissecting your negative self-talk 17:55 - What blockages typically represent 18:47 - Visualising belief changes along your path 23:07 - Words of encouragement Links & Resources: * A Genius Little Exercise on Transforming Negative Self Talk [https://karinpinter.com/genius/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/A-Genius-Little-Exercise-on-Transforming-Negative-Self-Talk.pdf] Written & Produced by Karin Pinter © 2024. Music by Grand_Project [https://pixabay.com/users/grand_project-19033897/] via Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/] Meditation music by Leigh Robinson [https://pixabay.com/users/natureseye-18615106/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=191542] from Pixabay [https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=191542] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

One of the greatest obstacles we will ever face is what we believe to be true about ourselves. In this episode, we discuss how we formed our core attitudes, values and beliefs, and what we can start doing to change them if we notice we’re undermining ourselves. We learn so much without realising as children, and most of it actually has nothing to do with what we’re taught in school. What we really anchor in mentally and emotionally are attitudes, values and beliefs. In this episode: 2:45 – Origins of our attitudes, values & beliefs (and the tools that helped me re-shape mine) 6:06 – Virginia Satir* 9:03 – A boy named Justin 10:45 – Learning to clear the grey clouds 12:17 – A message for all the Black Sheep 13:05 – What’s in a country’s attitude and Belief System? 14:07 – A deeper look at our beliefs 17:01 – An example of a self-defeating Belief System 18:10 – A Genius Little Exercise on Belief Systems 25:06 – A personal tribute *I may or may not be pronouncing her last name correctly… Links & Resources: * Virginia Satir: Resource 1 [https://satir.web.unc.edu/about-virginia-satir/] – Resource 2  [https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/progress-notes/201908/remembering-family-therapist-guru-virginia-satir] * A Genius Little Exercise on Belief Systems [https://karinpinter.com/genius/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/A-Genius-Little-Exercise-on-Belief-Systems.pdf] Written & Produced by Karin Pinter © 2024. Music by Grand_Project [https://pixabay.com/users/grand_project-19033897/] via Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

It’s great when things are working out for us, but what happens when they’re not? In this episode we’re going to explore how to see the light through the darkness and come out victorious on the other side of it. In this episode: 2:14 – What most of us were never taught 3:12 – How my first book came to life 6:24 – Our shared challenge 7:57 – Social conditioning 8:25 – Geniuses who lived through adversity 10:18 – A strange shift… 14:30 – Bread and circuses 15:51 – The Four Oxen and the Lion (Aesop’s Fable) 17:15 – A question of attitude 19:30 – A Genius Little Exercise Links & Resources: * A Genius Little Exercise on Attitude [https://karinpinter.com/genius/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/A-Genius-Little-Exercise-on-Attitude.pdf] Written & Produced by Karin Pinter © 2024. Music by Grand_Project [https://pixabay.com/users/grand_project-19033897/] via Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

We're all born with a creative, resourceful spirit, which gets silenced over time. In this episode we explore what happens when our Genius falls asleep and we discover some fun ways to reawaken it. If you have children, you'll want to hear this episode! In this episode: 3:25 - How our educational system stifles genius 6:35 - Play 9:28 - Our inner child 10:35 - Daring to explore and develop critical thinking 12:19 - Critical feeling 13:26 - A Genius Little Exercise Links & Resources: * George Land TED Talk [https://youtu.be/ZfKMq-rYtnc] Written & Produced by Karin Pinter © 2024. Music by Grand_Project [https://pixabay.com/users/grand_project-19033897/] via Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.