Dr Walker Wynkoop Presents to the Sioux Falls UU Community.

1. Living At Cause
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
June 12, 2016
Walker Alan Wynkoop, MD

2. Living At Cause
Brain Science Teaches Us How

3. Living At Cause
Brain Science Teaches Us How
- To get the A.N.T.s out of our head

4. My Background Story
• Life long lover of the scientific method
• Living as a hand surgeon
• A student of Human Happiness for 17.5 yrs

5. Human Happiness Journey
• 1998 Man Kind Project Sioux City
– Learning Emotional Literacy
• 2010 – Present
– Whirlwind tour with Outstanding Mentors
• Tony Robbins
• Steve Linder
• John Assaraf
• Brendon Burchard
• Daniel Amen

6. Human Happiness Journey
• 1998 Man Kind Project Sioux City
– Learning Emotional Literacy
• 2010 – Present
– Whirlwind tour with Outstanding Mentors
• Tony Robbins
• Steve Linder
• John Assaraf
• Brendon Burchard
• Daniel Amen

7. Human Happiness Journey
• 1998 Man Kind Project Sioux City
– Learning Emotional Literacy
• 2010 – Present
– Whirlwind tour with Outstanding Mentors
• Tony Robbins
• Steve Linder
• John Assaraf
• Brendon Burchard
• Daniel Amen

8. Human Happiness Journey
• 1998 Man Kind Project Sioux City
– Learning Emotional Literacy
• 2010 – Present
– Whirlwind tour with Outstanding Mentors
• Tony Robbins
• Steve Linder
• John Assaraf
• Brendon Burchard
• Daniel Amen

9. Emotional Literacy
• Emotions – We can manipulate them
– Physiology
– Thoughts
• Relationships between emotions
– Anger usually covering up
• Sadness
• Fear

10. Emotional Literacy
• Emotions – We can manipulate them
– Physiology
– The Amy Cuddy Story
• Brain injured as teen, lost her high IQ
• She used “Fake it till you make it”
• Now a Harvard Business School Prof
– Empowers business women with the
“Starfish Position” (More at Circle Talk?)

11. Emotional Literacy
• Learn from People
– I learn the most from
• People that bring up my my worst emotions
• Situations that trigger me the hardest
• Learn from our surroundings
– Cultures of Offices / Teams / Families
– Books / Blogs / Etc

12. Living At Cause
• Why Introduce Living At Cause?
– It summarizes the recommendations of all the
branches of psychology I’ve studied
– Understanding and accepting this concept
usually shift one’s paradigm
– It is difficult to accept at first so hopefully this
may prepare one for future growth

13. Brain Science
• Stuff
– < 10 years
• Feelings
– <16 years

14. Brain Science
• Stuff
– Bio-Molecular
– Electro Chemical
– Functional MRI Imaging
– Optogenetics
• Feelings
– Positive Psychology
– CBT & NLP
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Neuro Linguistic Programing

15. Brain Science

16. Brain Science

17. Brain Science: Stuff
• 90% of what we know about the brain
mechanics we learned in the last 7 – 9 years
• “I feel really sorry for the people who retired five
years ago,” says Michael Stryker, a neuroscientist
at the University of California, San Francisco.

18. Brain Science: Stuff

19. Brain Science: Stuff
• Optogenetics!!
– Fiber optic wires into mice heads to turn on and
off specific neurons pre-treated with markers!

20. Brain Science: Stuff
• Functional MRI
– Real time images of the brain
– Can show rough images in the Visual Cortex
• How many objects
• Placement of objects, close – far, right or left
• Size
• Color
• Contrast

21. Brain Science: Stuff
• Memories – A Neural Pathway
– Groups of neurons that are primed to fire together
in the same pattern that created the original
experience, and each component of a memory is
stored in the brain area that initiated it.
http://www.human-memory.net/processes_storage.html

22. Brain Science: Stuff
• Memories – A Neural Pathway
– The more Often the information is repeated or
used, the more likely it is to be retained in long
term memory
– The more Recently the information is repeated or
used, the more likely it is to be recalled from long
term memory
http://www.human-memory.net/processes_storage.html

23. Brain Science: Stuff
• Memories – A Neural Pathway
• THE OPPOSITE IS ALSO TRUE
– That is why traditional talk-about-the-past psycho-
therapy is no longer so popular
– New therapy helps get rid of the A.N.T.s so that
the old hurtful pathways are not fired.
http://www.human-memory.net/processes_storage.html

24. Brain Science: Stuff
http://www.human-memory.net/processes_storage.html

25. Brain Science:
Stuff / Feelings Connection
• The CMS – How Our Brain and Body Talk
– The Chemical Messenger System
• Endocrine hormones – e.g. Adrenal glands
• Neuro Endocrine – Nerves to blood
• Paracrine
• Autocrine
• Cytocine

26. Brain Science: Feelings/Behavior
• Positive Psychology
– First papers on topic 2000 by Martin Seligman
– Started Positive Psychology Center, U of Penn
– Authentic Happiness website
• Inventories / Questionnaires
• Videos
• Pod casts

27. Brain Science: Feelings/Behavior
• Positive Psychology
– Scientific testing
– Fun vs Philanthropy
– Gratitude Visit (explained at circle talk?)
• 3 or more months of measurable improved Life
Satisfaction in both parties.

28. Brain Science: Feelings/Behavior

29. Brain Science: Feelings/Behavior
• Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy
– Core Beliefs control
• Thoughts
• Feelings
• Behavior
– And we can choose
our thoughts!
By Urstadt - Photoshop, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46525261

30. Brain Science: Human Identity
• Our Identity or Core Beliefs:
– Define our Model of the World
– Control our emotional life
– Control our behavioral life
– Are based on the Core Memories

31. Brain Science: Human Identity
• Core Memories
– Change every time we access them
– We can find new beneficial meanings for the
same core memory
• Core Memories’ influence is a function of:
– Recency
– Frequency

32. Brain Science: Human Identity

33. Brain Science: Human Identity
• Jennifer Ouellette, author, science writer
– Best Seller: Me Myself and Why
– Online Video Talk
– Her experiential pathway led her to the same
conclusion:
• Our ID is a function of only two things:
– The memories we focus on
– The meanings of those memories
• And I remind: We can choose both!

34. Brain Science: Human Identity
Bottom Line Summary:
• Our Identity is a function of only two things
– The memories we Focus on
– The meaning we Choose for those memories

35. Brain Science: Human Identity
The One Sentence:
• Ones identity lies in the cellular/neuropeptide
neural pathway you strengthen by Recent
and Repeated thoughts.
• So choose thoughts that benefit you and visit them
often.

36. Brain Science: Human Identity
Super Modern Breakthrough!

37. Brain Science: My Emancipation
• Scientific American MIND publication
– 10 Big Ideas in 10 years of Brain Science
– #3 Adult Brain is Malleable
• So, I’m not stuck with my Old ID!
– I Choose the memories I focus on
– I Choose those memories’ meaning

38. A.N.T.s

39. A.N.T.s
• Automatic Negative Thoughts
– Literally shifts the neuro peptides in our brain
– And neuro endocrine hormone in our blood
Towards negative emotions and health

40. A.N.T.s
• Positive personal results have been reported
after one week of A.N.Ts eradication
• An easy way to learn Living at Cause
– Practice on yourself first
– Introduce into your relations at your own pace

41. A.N.T.s

42. A.N.T.s

43. A.N.T.s
• The Universal A.N.T. Poisons:
– ‘there is no failure, only feedback’
– ‘Everything that goes wrong in life is a
disguised teaching in some way’
– If only to say – ‘don’t do that again!’

44. A.N.T.s
• Dan Davis Spoke at UU last month
– His suggestions for Negative Thoughts
• Say "thank you for the suggestion, I will take
that under consideration”
• Then just imagine it on a piece of paper, crumple it
up and throw it away

45. A.N.T.s
• The sheet backside gives the long version
– Use it on persistent A.N.T.s
• Use the info to dissect the A.N.T.
– And make a stronger A.N.T. Poison!

46. A.N.T.s

47. Thank You for Your Attention
• This slide show and Much More info at:
– Facebook Community
– Do an FB search:
• Live at Cause or
• WWBrainScience
• Click on:

48. Thank You