{"podcast":{"title":"Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning","slug":"neuroscience-meets-social-and-emotional-learning-87842","podcast_index_feed_id":87842,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/andreasamadi/feed.xml","website_url":"https://andreasamadi.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/5243127/Samadi_07212023_1400ao9wt.jpg","author":"Andrea Samadi","episode_count":404,"summary":"The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast provides support for school leadership and the workplace with a proven approach for implementing social and emotional learning as it’s well-known in our schools today and emotional intelligence in the modern workplace, with a proven strategy to increase well-being, achievement and results, backed by the most current neuroscience research. Andrea Samadi, a teacher from Toronto, (now living in Arizona, USA) began working with success and social and emotional learning principles with students in the late 1990s. Her programs, and trainings, grounded in brain-based research and practical neuroscience, help parents, teachers, coaches and employees to optimize learning, well-being and achievement at home, school or the workplace. Learn more at https://www.achieveit360.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-21T20:19:13.183302+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/neuroscience-meets-social-and-emotional-learning-87842"},"episode":{"title":"The Neuroscience of Belief: How Meaning, Identity and Frequency, Drive Motivation (Featuring Bob Proctor)","slug":"the-neuroscience-of-belief-how-meaning-identity-and-frequency-drive-motivation-featuring-bob-proctor","published_at":"2026-04-19T17:12:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/neuroscience-meets-social-and-emotional-learning-87842/the-neuroscience-of-belief-how-meaning-identity-and-frequency-drive-motivation-featuring-bob-proctor","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/neuroscience-meets-social-and-emotional-learning-87842","url":"https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/belief-first-the-neuroscience-of-motivation/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/76i6dkjqyaap3zq2/393-gys2xd-Optimized.mp3","summary":"Andrea Samadi explores Phase Two of the brain roadmap, showing how belief—shaped by meaning, identity, and daily practice—starts the motivation loop and drives action. Featuring insights from Bob Proctor, this episode offers practical steps to find your why, train your mind, act from your next-level frequency, and grow into the results you envision. Welcome back to Season 15 of the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast. I’m Andrea Samadi, and on this podcast, we bridge the science behind social and emotional learning, emotional intelligence, and practical neuroscience—so we can create measurable improvements in well-being, achievement, productivity, and results. If you’re new here, welcome. On today’s EP 393 of the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, we revisit the work of Bob Proctor to explore something foundational: 👉 The Neuroscience of Belief Because before motivation…before action…before results… 👉 there is belief. In this episode, we break down how belief actually works in the brain—and why it’s the starting point of everything we do. ✔ Why motivation doesn’t start with discipline👉 it starts with belief and expectation ✔ How belief shapes your neurochemistry👉 dopamine rises when your brain believes something matters ✔ The Motivation Loop👉 Belief → Chemistry → Action → Feedback → Repeat ✔ Why goals are not about what you get👉 but who you become in the process ✔ The power of alignment👉 when you stop comparing and start following your own path ✔ Understanding “frequency”👉 how your thoughts, emotions, and focus determine what you experience ✔ Why imagination is more than visualization👉 it’s how the brain begins solving for a new future ✔ And why you don’t need the full plan👉 just the next step forward SEASON 15 ORIENTATION In…","meta_description":"Andrea Samadi explores Phase Two of the brain roadmap, showing how belief—shaped by meaning, identity, and daily practice—starts the motivation loop and d…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1736,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/neuroscience-meets-social-and-emotional-learning-87842/episodes/the-neuroscience-of-belief-how-meaning-identity-and-frequency-drive-motivation-featuring-bob-proctor/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/neuroscience-meets-social-and-emotional-learning-87842/the-neuroscience-of-belief-how-meaning-identity-and-frequency-drive-motivation-featuring-bob-proctor.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}