Do you have the courage to realize your potential?
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Committed to the pursuit of truth through scientific research, my mission is to encourage every individual to answer the call of personal transformation by embracing the responsibility to become who they could be in the crucible of life’s inevitable suffering. From this vision stems many branches, all geared towards the same aim: to inspire the hero within.
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Featured: The Mind Diet
The ability to mentally wander through space, time, and into the minds of others is at the heart of human cognition, but it also forms the basis of fictional storytelling. As such, it’s vital that you enter the minds of some of the greatest thinkers in human history in order to structure your own thinking.
Harold Bloom on why you should read great works:
“Because you will be haunted by great visions: of Ishmael, escaped alone to tell us; of Oedipa Mass, cradling the old derelict in her arms; of Invisible Man, preparing to come up again; like Jonah, out of the whale’s belly. All of them, on some of the higher frequencies, speak to and for you. We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are. Yet the strongest, most authentic motive for deep reading…is the search for a difficult pleasure. Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you, because it is, at least in my experience, the most healing...”
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Robert Raeder
Robert Raeder is a psychology and neuroscience researcher, as well as a private health coach. Fueled by his own journey of overcoming serious illness and hardship, his work stems from a simple idea: that the fundamental story of humanity hinges on our potential to transcend the tragedies of life.
Robert is currently a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Professor Nicola Clayton FRS. His research investigates Bayesian aspects of autobiographical memory by using PTSD as a comparative model, with particular interest in how PTSD may impair one’s ability to mentally simulate the future. This line of research also seeks to explore neurobiological processes involved in integrating spatiotemporal information in the brain to form subjective experience and make meaning, with a particular interest in how these processes may be disrupted in various psychopathologies, such as PTSD. Previously, he earned an MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health from The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London, where his research explored the architecture of traumatic memories during PTSD onset and recovery, as well as implications for effective interventions. Robert is also currently a Research Specialist at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s (UPMC) Western Psychiatric Hospital in The Phillips Center for Research in Translational and Developmental Affective Neuroscience, under the direction of Professor Mary Phillips, MD, MD (Cantab), where he is working on a neuroimaging study investigating the effect of the ketogenic diet on bipolar disorder. An avid runner himself, Robert also collaborates with Dr. Jeffrey Brown, lead psychologist for the Boston Marathon, to elucidate the standard of psychological care provided at the Boston Marathon and to understand the bi-directional relationship between resilience and marathon running. He also holds an MA from the University of London and a BA from Point Park University. Robert has been an official US Delegate to the Nexus Global Youth Summit since 2018, where he previously presented on narrative psychology at the US Institute of Peace. He regularly consults and advises on novel approaches for neurocognitive enhancement and mental health pathologies with leading doctors, treatment facilities, and non-profit organizations.
Outside of academia, Robert has a passion for providing evidence-based transformational health and wellness coaching; helping his clients to retell their own stories. While coaching international supermodels, Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award winning performers, as well as formerly incarcerated individuals, veterans, and domestic violence survivors, he has helped his clients to not only lose weight and optimize their health, but to truly tap into their potential as they write books, start companies, get promotions, start families, and live more meaningful lives.
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