Think Like A Girl with Tracy Packiam Alloway, Ph.D :: [Episode 58]

Jun 18, 2021

Welcome to Thrive: Mental Health and the Art of Living Free

This week we are dispelling myths and gaining a critical understanding of the female brain!

Tracy Packiam Alloway, Ph.D., is an award-winning psychologist, professor, author, and TEDx speaker. She has published fifteen books discussing the brain and memory. Dr. Alloway shares her insights about the brain with Fortune 500 companies, and her research has been used in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Bloomberg. As a teaching professor and in her private psychology practice based in Jacksonville, Florida, Dr. Alloway helps many women learn how to use their uniquely female brains to live their best lives.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The myths about the female brain, like:
  
  • Women make emotional decisions when stressed.
    
  • Women suffer more from unhappiness than men.
    
  • Women have to act like men to be influential leaders.
    
• We discuss her new book, Think Like a Girl:10 Unique Strengths of a Woman’s Brain and How to Make Them Work for You
  
• How biting a pencil can lead to more happiness
  
• How sticking your hand in a bucket of ice can help you make a less emotional decision
  

Links to great things we discussed:

• Think Like a Girl:10 Unique Strengths of a Woman’s Brain and How to Make Them Work for You
  
• Instagram
  
• Dr. Tracy Alloway
  

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