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**Adam Stacoviak:** Probably... |
**Mireille B. Reece, Psy.D:** Because you're like "I'm in the zone." |
**Adam Stacoviak:** Oh, yeah. |
**Mireille B. Reece, Psy.D:** "This is where I need to be, and how I need to get that thing done." |
**Adam Stacoviak:** And somehow magically, in most cases, I do or they do or we do, if that's the scenario... And that's the perplexing thing. It's like, could you have done it without that constraint otherwise? Did you have to wait till the bitter end? |
**Mireille B. Reece, Psy.D:** I think about it like times where certain tasks are just aversive, and I'm like "Ugh, I just don't wanna do them." |
**Adam Stacoviak:** We put it off. |
**Mireille B. Reece, Psy.D:** Right? So now I'm under that stressful constraint... But then it takes me no time. And I'm like "Why did I do that? Why did I make it harder than it needed to be, because I created some aversion around it...", when if I just got in that gear... |
**Adam Stacoviak:** \[38:25\] Right. Well, that's the whole idea of thriving under pressure. A literal example is the way diamonds are formed with pressure. And that's a whole different scenario, but that's an example often used when it comes to like "Okay, just add pressure" and this beautiful thing happens. Take a pi... |
**Mireille B. Reece, Psy.D:** \[laughs\] Thank you. |
**Adam Stacoviak:** There you go. |
**Mireille B. Reece, Psy.D:** Well, I don't want to lose this with our audience, in terms of differentiating fear... Because not all stress is bad stress. Exercise is still -- it's voluntary stress. I'm choosing to put myself under pressure. That is different than fear stress. So maybe a caveat that I use is talking ab... |
It was actually Srini Pillay, a Harvard psychologist and founder of NeuroBusiness Group, that said "Uncertainty can activate the fear center of the brain, thereby disrupting the thinking processes critical to successful innovation." So my brain can't work as a whole. Imagine that I sort of vacuum-sealed off certain are... |
One thing that I think is important for our listeners to take away is step back and step away to get unstuck... But really using this sort of "not yet" in terms of problem-solving. This allows you to go "I have the knowledge that I'm going to be able to solve this problem, and I can stick with it, but I have to be able... |
• The largest organ in the human body is the skin |
• Touch and attachment are closely linked, with deprivation of touch affecting emotional control, cognitive development, and physical health |
• Safe touching, such as on the shoulder or arm, can convey empathy and promote bonding between individuals |
• As adults, touch serves a social function, binding people together in teams and fostering effective collaboration |
• Personal preferences for touch vary greatly, and individuals may have different levels of comfort with various types of touch |
• Rules of engagement for touch in professional settings should be established to respect personal boundaries and cultural variations in comfort with touch. |
• Touch as personal preference vs. societal norms |
• The emotional component and individual relationships in the workplace |
• Touch as a multi-faceted sensory experience with two pathways in the brain (sensory and social/emotional) |
• How touch can affect interpersonal relationships and trust |
• Reframing thoughts on touch for healthier interactions |
• The importance of conversation and understanding internal experiences to respond differently |
• The primary somatosensory cortex is the first region of the brain to process touch sensations |
• Touch processing involves multiple stages and pathways in the brain |
• Sensitivity and perception are determined by the density and distance between sensory receptors on the skin |
• Social and emotional information, including emotions like anger, fear, and love, can be conveyed through touch |
• Interpersonal touch plays a significant role in social bonding, pleasure, and pain |
• The brain's ability to decode emotions via touch alone has been demonstrated through research studies |
• Differentiating between sympathy, sadness, and other emotions through touch |
• The importance of touch in emotional health and its impact on the nervous system |
• Surrogate touch: using objects like weighted blankets, baby blankets, and emojis to provide comfort when physical touch is not possible |
• The role of Harlow's research with infant monkeys and surrogate mothers in understanding the need for touch in managing emotions |
• The psychological effects of social media feedback (likes, dislikes) on relationships and emotional well-being |
• The importance of touch in reducing pain and stress |
• The power of awareness and focus on changing one's experience of physical sensation |
• The role of oxytocin, serotonin, and dopamine in regulating emotions and immune function through touch |
• The need to reconceptualize how we view touch, moving beyond a binary good/bad or right/wrong perspective |
• The significance of physical touch in fostering safety, trust, and emotional regulation in relationships |
• The importance of reciprocation and mutual touching in maintaining healthy long-term bonds |
• Importance of reciprocity in relationships |
• How responding to touch affects connection and intimacy |
• The impact of subtle signals (e.g. limp handshake) on relationship dynamics |
• Building connection through shared experiences and emotions |
• The value of having a supportive partner in achieving life's milestones and overcoming challenges |
**Mireille Reece, PsyD:** Adam, do you know what our largest organ is? |
**Adam Stacoviak:** I believe it's my heart, because I've got a big heart. |
**Mireille Reece, PsyD:** \[laughs\] Good thinking. |
**Adam Stacoviak:** But I'm wrong. I know I'm wrong. |
**Mireille Reece, PsyD:** I know you know. Because it's what? |
**Adam Stacoviak:** It's our skin. |
**Mireille Reece, PsyD:** Our skin, you are correct! So I'm excited about today's conversation, because we are all familiar with the senses - see, smell, touch, taste and hear, and I want to focus our attention on the notion of touch, or the sense of touch. Some would say "To feel is to be human", and ironically, to to... |
**Adam Stacoviak:** Yes. Well, if we think about connection too, and attachment, and all these things... Imagine if you never were touched as a baby, or you never touched your baby, or you never embraced your father or mother, or aunts or uncles, or whatever - how deeply would you attach to them? How deeply would you c... |
**Mireille Reece, PsyD:** Yeah, you're spot on. We've talked about this in other episodes, but you are alluding to the research that I've talked about before relative to children in orphanages in Romania, wherein these infants had significant developmental delays and challenges if they were deprived of touch, which is ... |
**Adam Stacoviak:** \[03:54\] Hm... It's a two-way street though too, the studies of the orphans... I'm thinking of the people who held these children. It's a two-way street really, right? |
**Mireille Reece, PsyD:** Yeah, it's interesting, because I talk about volunteering or doing acts of service when I work with people in mental health, of going "What could you do?" So I've heard, I haven't looked into it, but there's like an extensive waiting list to go and hold the babies in the \[unintelligible 00:04... |
**Adam Stacoviak:** Absolutely. That's what I was thinking of... Like, there's these volunteers who -- now, I actually saw this on a show; the show is called Dead To Me, I think it's on Netflix. If you've seen that show -- I'm not gonna give you plot twists or spoilers here, but in season two one of the women goes to t... |
**Mireille Reece, PsyD:** Yup. So this is why I think it's so important for us to talk about it, because you were saying, it's not just the kids, but adults, too... David Lindon, who's a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins School of medicine, says "As adults, touch is social glue. It binds people in the workplac... |
**Adam Stacoviak:** Touch can be metaphorical too, right? Is the touch in this case, to some degree, metaphorical? |
**Mireille Reece, PsyD:** No. |
**Adam Stacoviak:** ...when it comes to teams? |
**Mireille Reece, PsyD:** No, I mean -- like, even in teams. There was a research study done, and I wanna say it was with NBA teams at the first part of the season, and all that the guys do, sort of smacking one another on the backside, bumping arms, hugging after good plays - they wanted to see if there were any impli... |
**Adam Stacoviak:** Right. |
**Mireille Reece, PsyD:** So think of somebody who you have rapport with, you've worked with for some time, who you find out they just lost someone they love, that you might be apt to touch them on the shoulder and be like "I am so sorry to hear that." This is why when we talk about touch, we're gonna talk about emotio... |
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