The Brain’s Body Podcast: The Brain Is the Body
Host by Dr. Christopher K. Slaton
The Brain’s Body Podcast (presented by Brain Talk Books) is an audio companion to Dr. Christopher K. Slaton’s Education and Science series and related titles. Using human systems science—the study of brain, body, and sense events—each episode explores “brain–body–sense experience” and the everyday message behind behavior. Grounded in Dr. Slaton’s signature framework—“The brain is the body” and “The Brain’s Body is a Learning System”—the podcast connects what happens in the body to how we live, learn, think, and respond.
Across home, school, neighborhood, and workplace networks, the show focuses on practical ways to support children, families, and professionals—especially when information processing is stressed and a parent or child is in crisis. Episodes include case discussions and listener-driven questions that model Dr. Slaton’s approach: talk to the child’s brain, not the child’s body. From big feelings and conflict to the crisis of self, listeners leave with simple language, reflection prompts, and next-step tools for improving learning, participation, and self-awareness.
Brain Talk Books is a publishing imprint of Progressive Investment Group Press established to disseminate Christopher K. Slaton’s literature in Human Systems Science, with particular attention to brain–body–sense events and their implications for learning, self-regulation, and relational dynamics. Across books and companion media, the imprint advances a structured, practice-oriented framework for interpreting behavioral communication and for supporting parents, educators, and health and human service professionals in applied settings.
Bain Talk Books: By Dr. Christopher K. Slaton
o Slaton, C.K. (2009). Education and Science: How the body lives, how the brain learns, how the human system thinks, and how human systems research responds. A progressive investing perspective. Christopher K. Slaton (Progressive Investment Group Press).
o Slaton, C.K. (2010). Education and Science: The information processing age, the learning parent and child in crisis. Christopher K. Slaton (Progressive Investment Group Press).
o Slaton, C.K. (2012). Education and Science: Save Our Youth. Help to improve California’s public schools with community-based learning for children, youths, and young adults and human systems science for parents, teachers, and health and human service professionals. Christopher K. Slaton (Progressive Investment Group Press).
o Slaton, C.K. (2016). Education and Science: In the best interest of the child. A human systems research investigation for addressing children who come from a family suffering from substance abuse. Christopher K. Slaton (Progressive Investment Group Press).
o Slaton, C.K. (2022). Education and Science: The brain’s body. Help to improve brain, body, and sense events. Christopher K. Slaton (Progressive Investment Group Press).
o Slaton, C.K. (2024). Brain talk. Learning the brain’s body with Dr. Slaton Live™. Christopher K. Slaton (Progressive Investment Group Press).
o Slaton, C.K. (2024). Dr. Slaton Live™: Reflective storytelling. The crisis of self! Understanding brain, body, and sense messaging. Christopher K. Slaton (Progressive Investment Group Press).
o Slaton, CK. (2025). Human Systems Science in the Best Interest of the Child’s Mental Health and Self-Awareness. Featuring Dr. Slaton Live™ The Brain Talker. The New Frontier in Brain Talk. Talk to the Child’s Brain, Not the Child’s Body. The Brain Does That!
The Brain’s Body Podcast: The Brain Is the Body
Neurophysics Of Self
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Consider the possibility that your most effective tool for change is a language intrinsic to your experience—sensation. This discussion examines the neurophysics of self, highlighting how the brain leverages sensory input as a messaging system to shape identity, attention, and decision-making processes prior to observable actions. From the initial cue you perceive in an environment to the internal dialogue guiding your choices, subtle signals accumulate and contribute to significant shifts in daily life.
We correlate these internal mechanisms with the physical and social environments you encounter: At home, design elements such as lighting, organization, and acoustics influence your foundational state. In educational settings, learning preferences impact how the brain processes feedback and develops sustained focus. Within communities, environmental cues condition your perceptual filters for awareness and engagement. In professional contexts, workplace norms and scheduling structures can either overwhelm the nervous system or foster productive, stable patterns. Across all these domains, the brain continuously generates experiential fields that inform reflection, decision-making, and interpersonal relationships.
The practical section introduces process learning, emphasizing methods to communicate productively with your brain rather than focusing solely on behavioral responses. Techniques include employing deliberate self-talk to regulate predictive and feedback mechanisms, labeling sensations, setting explicit intentions, and making strategic adjustments to your environment. These evidence-based tools facilitate reliable shifts in mental and physiological states and are immediately applicable to human systems design. They enable individuals to optimize their environments, recognize and update outdated stress responses, and select strategies that align with authentic objectives. For those seeking to transform sensation into clarity and purposeful action, further resources and strategies are available. We encourage sharing this information and providing feedback regarding which context—home, school, neighborhood, or workplace—you intend to redesign first.
Education and Science: The Brain's Body, Help to Improve Brain, Body, and Sense Events. www.brainsbody.net *Improving Mental Health and Self-Awareness: www.humansystemsscience.com * Brain Talk: Learning the Brain's Body with Dr. Slaton Live. www.drslatonlive.com Also: Dr. Christopher K Slaton: Amazon.com., Barnes&Noble.com * #TheBrainIsTheBody, #ParentLeadership, #ChildDevelopment, braintalk@drslatonlive.com
Feel As The Brain’s Language
Home, School, Neighborhood, Workplace
Brain Talk And Self-Regulation
Learning Human Systems Science
SPEAKER_00Hello, I'm Dr. Christopher Kevin Slane, your host of the Brain's Body Podcast. Here we go. Talking about the neurophysics of self. Are you ready? Check it out. Understanding human systems science. Your brain communicates with you through your sense of feel, which shapes how you come to understand self, others, and your environment. This internal dialogue is vital to your perception and experience of the world. How you live, how you learn, how you think, and how you respond. Home. The choices you make in your home environment reflect your sense of self and affect your brain's health and body awareness. School. The way you choose to learn in a school influence how your brain interacts with your sense of feel for self, which shapes how you reflect on experiences. Neighborhood. Your thoughts and perspectives within your neighborhood guide the way your brain processes environmental cues. Workplace. How you respond in the workplace is a product of your brain's feedback through your sense of feel, which impacts how you interact and make decisions. Together, these choices contribute to the fields of experience generated by your brain, body, and sense systems. The neurophysics of self. If you are interested in understanding your sense of feel, it is important to recognize it as the neurophysics of self. This involves the intricate messaging systems between your brain, body, and senses. Learn the Brain's Body with Dr. Slayton Live TM. When you engage in process learning like Learn the Brain's Body with Dr. Slayton Live T, you explore how to communicate directly with your brain. The focus is on talking to your brain rather than your body to foster deeper self-awareness and change. Your brain responds actively to your inner voice and self-talk through a process known as brain talk. This involves both forward and backward feed mechanisms that are essential for managing your emotions, controlling your thoughts, and processing your reflections. Through learning human system science, you gain insight into how these processes function, allowing you to better understand and navigate your brain, body, and sense experiences.