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10/13/2026

In this episode, Mary Turos explains anhedonia—the reduced ability to feel pleasure—and breaks it into common forms (social, physical) and stages (anticipatory vs. consumatory). It covers causes from depression and neurological conditions to stress, medication effects, and examples of how it can...

10/06/2026

In this episode Mary Turos explains the difference between lab-based "processing speed" and the everyday slowness people experience, reviews the weak transfer of commercial brain-training, and shares practical, research-backed strategies to reduce bottlenecks. She covers building automaticity for sp...

09/29/2026

In this episode Mary Turos reviews Daniel Goleman's book "Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence," explaining the book's "triple focus" model — inner, other, and systems awareness — and how attention underlies performance, empathy, and systems thinking. Mary summarizes attention mechanics (top-d...

09/22/2026

In this episode Mary Turos explains what guilt is, how it differs from shame, and why it often feels visceral. She outlines when guilt is a useful signal to repair harm and when it's a chronic, rule-based pattern that needs a different approach.Listeners learn a simple diagnostic question to decide....

09/15/2026

09/08/2026

Mary Turos explains psychological masking—how and why people hide their true thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to fit in, avoid judgment, or feel safe.She outlines common causes and clear signs of masking, the emotional and physical costs like exhaustion and identity loss, and how it often shows u...

09/01/2026

This episode explains "time blindness," a neurologically based difficulty perceiving and managing time often linked to ADHD, and clarifies that it’s a performance issue, not laziness.Mary Turos outlines practical strategies to externalize time—using analog clocks, visual timers, padded schedulin...

08/25/2026

Mary Turos explains task paralysis—the freeze between knowing what to do and actually doing it—and how it stems from breakdowns in executive function, not laziness. She outlines common triggers (cognitive overload, emotional interference, depleted capacity) and real-life examples like the blank-...

08/18/2026

In this episode Mary Turos explores the science of naps and why sleep is essential for brain health. She explains mechanisms like the glymphatic system, memory consolidation, and sleep spindles that make naps effective for learning, emotional regulation, and clearing metabolic waste. Mary covers pra...