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Gag Me with a Healthy NO: Empathy, Resonance, and Disgust with Neuroscience Educator Sarah Peyton
51 minutes Posted Oct 2, 2025 at 2:00 pm.
Opening: Empathy in a Harsh World
Agency, Attention, and Intentional Love
Introducing Sarah Peyton
Into the Neuron Forest: Setup
Why Warmth Defies Old Activist Scripts
Accompaniment and Human Resonance
Overwhelm and Losing Our Healthy No
Disgust Circuits and Social Control
Contracts: I Will Not Say No
Releasing Vows and Taking Action
Seeing Conditioning in Culture and Media
From Repulsion to Care and Nuance
Practicing Self‑Warmth and Early Self
Inviting Delight and Daily Rituals
Host’s Postscript: Returning to Delight
Closing with Gratitude
Resources, Thanks, and Farewell
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What if we’re all just empathy dehydrated (an over-culture design!)—and the rehydration begins in our nervous systems and our emotional bodies. In this episode, we travel through a wild field of brain 🧠 neurons 💥 to connect with author, neuroscience educator, and my teacher @sarahpeytonauthor to explore accompaniment, the practice of bringing your full self into relationship and being willing to be changed by another. From the rise of fascism to climate grief and information overload, w...