185: How NEUROPLASTICITY can help your creativity (w/ Alex Hofeldt)

Alex Hofeldt is a science teacher, podcaster, yoga & mobility instructor, fitness coach and nutrition enthusiast.  In his podcast, Beautiful Dust Specks, Alex shows the world the wonder and motivation in Science.

Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/185

In this episode, Alex discusses:

-The process of starting his podcast after years of putting it off.

-How the beginning is always the toughest part, but once you start, you never know what can happen.

-Some of the fears that still creep into his thought processes and the way that he gets through them.

-The sometimes difficult-to-balance tightrope of being happy with the “tribe� that you already have and wanting to grow it exponentially.

-How he is attempting to stop using the word “failure.�

-His experience of running a marathon this year.

-How you know the outcome if you quit

-Neuroplasticity and how it relates to creativity.

-The idea of choosing to be in a more positive mindset and at the same time down-regulating negative emotions.

  Quotes:

“My biggest fear in life is squandering gifts and wasting time.�

“Nothing is ever going to be perfect.  Perfect is an unattainable thing.�

“Embrace the chaos.�

“Your first challenge is to start.  Just start going down some road of the infinite possibilities that it is that’s you and see where it takes you.�

“Fitness, health, wellness, mind, body, creativity – they’re choices.  You just have to open the book.�

Links mentioned:

Beautiful Dust Specks Podcast

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