The Resilient Father
The resilient father is a podcast by a dad, for dads. Your host Cavan Edwards uses his background in psychology to discuss building mental health resilience and the experience of parenting through the lens of fatherhood. Toolbox episodes share tangible, practical, and actionable strategies that fathers can use to improve their tolerance for the many stresses of life and parenting. The podcast also takes deeper dives into important topics and struggles that fathers experience, with a focus on relevant experts and scientific research.
The Resilient Father
Electrophysiology Part 1: Mastering the Symphony in your Brain
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Cavan Edwards
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Episode 8
This episode reviews the electrical rhythms of the brain, and discusses how learning to consciously shift brainwave activity with targeted exercises can help improve mental resilience and wellbeing. The brain is like an orchestra and the coordinated electrical waves it generates play a key role in allowing you to function and regulate yourself at your best. Cavan introduces the brainwave spectrum and debunks a few key myths about brainwave training. The SMR wave (sensor motor rhythm) is introduced and we discuss the power it has to help people achieve a state of physical relaxation and ease.