Schauer Thoughts

Make sure to stretch, drink water, and break out a pencil and paper for this week’s episode of Schauer Thoughts because it will require active attention (you don’t have to do anything I say, this is just a word of warning that there will be math in this episode and it’s cruel to make someone listen to math without being able to write it down) because we’re getting into working memory! If you have any difficulties with math, please do not be hard on yourself, it’s had some wickedly bad instruction and PR, but I promise math is not the enemy! It’s how we’ve all evolved to this point! Fun little resource before the resource list, if you like literature and you’re math-curious, you should check out: The Meaning of Proofs: Mathematics as Storytelling by Gabriele Lolli. Also, good news for my fiction readers! Due to my lack of internal monologue I’m realizing I genuinely don’t understand the flow of people’s thoughts, so if you’d like to comment your favorite fiction book with an omniscient POV, I’d really appreciate it! I love sapphic romance, academia(?), appreciate a good classic, female lead, dark but also enlightening, anything in that general vicinity. Excited to pick up some recommendations! Thank you all for listening in on this week’s communal Schauer! Resources: The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics - Tim Harford What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change - Emily Falk Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe - Steven Strogatz Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline- Lori L. Desautels, Ph.D. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century - Timothy Snyder Teaching Absolute Value of a Number in Math https://www.hmhco.com/blog/teaching-absolute-value-of-a-number-in-math#:~:text=What%20does%20absolute%20value%20mean,is%20neither%20negative%20nor%20positive.) A Brief Overview of Working Memory https://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2019/4/25-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Schauer Thoughts? More like Schauer Cognitive Labor! Kidding, we have fun here. Welcome to part two of my mini-series on cognitive labor! Remember, not everyone is out to use you, discernment is a skill, and always do your own research. Thank you all for listening and as always, please feel free to run the episode and resources by your therapist. Make sure to like and subscribe on YouTube, and rate me five stars wherever you get your podcasts! For more information on my book club visit: Substack: https://sarahschauer.substack.com/p/schauer-thoughts-book-club-additional?utm_source=activity_item Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/sarahschauer/membership Resources: The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again - Catherine Price  What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change - Emily Falk Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism - Amanda Montell  Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism - Robert Jay Lifton What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change - Emily Falk https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/annenberg-emily-falk-book-what-we-value Thought terminating cliches: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9 The Power of Silence: Unpacking Thought-Terminating Cliches https://desireebstephens.substack.com/p/the-power-of-silence-unpacking-thought Entertrained  https://entertrained.app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Schauer Thoughts we’re discussing cognitive labor: what it is and isn’t, situations you use it in, and how to tell when someone is using you for your cognitive labor via thought-terminating cliches! Sit back, relax, and enjoy the discussion. Also, I do want to apologize for how disorganized this episode is, I forgot to take my ADHD medication that day and I was really struggling to order my thoughts. I have also received some feedback that my podcast is unpolished and a bit of a “burden” and I completely understand the intention behind those comments. I really do appreciate feedback and I feel so bad that this is the episode going out with those comments in mind. I have ordered a couple books on how to polish your research, I’m currently reading Polish Your Academic Writing by Helen Coleman and I also signed up for a *free* seven week online course on scientific communication. (If you’d also like to take the class here’s a link: https://sciencecommunicationlab.org/research-skills/presentation-on-science/ - you don’t have to, it’s just to share!) It will take me a few weeks for you all to see these new skills in the podcast, so thank you for your patience and hopefully you see that effort payoff soon. I am talking about neuroscience and more technical things but I want to do so in a way that’s more easily understood and accessible so I am working on that! I do genuinely want to share what I’m learning and while I love research I love connecting with my audience more and that’s not really possible if I don’t make more of an active effort to structure and translate concepts in a more accessible way. I promise I am working on it, I deeply appreciate the feedback. There will be a part two to this episode and I am making sure that it’s more cohesive, organized, and delivered in a more accessible way! Links: How I Met Your Masi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howimetyourmasi/?hl=en Where to Stream: https://www.dynasty.tv/products/how-i-met-your-masi-premiere Sounds Like a Cult Podcast: Website: https://www.soundslikeacult.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soundslikeacultpod/ Reese’s Instagram: (adore her) https://www.instagram.com/reesaronii/ For more information on my book club visit: Substack: https://sarahschauer.substack.com/p/schauer-thoughts-book-club-additional?utm_source=activity_item Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/sarahschauer/membership Resources: Future Tense: Why Anxiety is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad) - Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, PhD How To Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientists Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life - Rachel Barr - Guys! This is the book I’ve talked about from the neuroscientist on “microdosing delight!” Go pick it up! Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism - Amanda Montell Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of “Brainwashing” in China - Robert Jay Lifton Why We Sleep - Matthew Walker PhD The Difference Between Mental Load and Emotional Labor https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/equal-partners/202508/the-difference-between-mental-load-and-emotional-labor Anticipatory feelings: Neural correlates and linguistic markers https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763419300570#:~:text=A%20new%20feeling%20construct%20related,role%20in%20future%20oriented%20feelings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week in the communal Schauer we’re discussing the actual, neurological, downside of intentionally (not accidentally) misunderstanding others! Now I do want y’all to know that there is a difference between genuine debate and being an obtuse pr*ck, so please don’t assume I’m saying “never disagree again.” You can understand (comprehend) someone but you do not have to validate their augment (apply positive or negative moral judgement) because those are two separate processes in the brain. Other than that, please enjoy this episode, have an amazing week, and I hope you feel *a moderate to intense* experience of delight with this new information! Please like and subscribe on YouTube, rate me five stars on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! I greatly appreciate it. Please always feel free to send Schauer Thoughts episodes to your therapist or mental health provider :) For more information on my book club visit: Substack: https://sarahschauer.substack.com/p/schauer-thoughts-book-club-additional?utm_source=activity_item Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/sarahschauer/membership Resources: Olivia Unplugged Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@olivia.unplugged?_t=ZT-90APwzxxDNG&_r=1 Such an incredible creator and account, definitely recommend following her! Life In Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life - Shigehiro Oishi, PhD Why We Sleep - Matthew Walker PhD Use Powerful Intentions to Become Your Authentic Best  https://newayscenter.com/powerful-intentions-authentic-best/ Helpful resource for positively framing intentions The influence of intentions on dream content  https://academic.oup.com/sleepadvances/article/5/1/zpae088/7912101 How the Little-Known Zeigarnik Effect Impacts Everyone Daily https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/natural-order/202209/how-the-little-known-zeigarnik-effect-impacts-everyone-daily The Art of Sustainable Performance: The Zeigarnik Effect https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-46463-9_10 Dreaming and offline memory processing https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(10)01360-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982210013606%3Fshowall%3Dtrue The Neuroscience of Goals and Behavior Change https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5854216/#:~:text=This%20habit%20learning%20process%20also,with%20in%20the%20first%20place. The neural bases of feeling understood and not understood https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4249470/#nst191-B33 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here it is! Part three to why AI will never truly replace humans - it can’t “afford” to. This weeks episode is a bit long and rambly and for the sake of y’alls likely waning interest in AI, I’m going to include some additional reading on how AI is effecting the environment and what can be done to stop as well as mitigate the damage. Next week I’ll be moving onto another topic, another Schauer filled with long-winded musings and hopefully hotter water (and takes.) Thank you so much for hanging in there, I hope you and your brains leave a little bit more pruny (wrinkles in your brain are a good thing lol.) For more information on my book club visit: Substack: https://sarahschauer.substack.com/p/schauer-thoughts-book-club-additional?utm_source=activity_item Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/sarahschauer/membership Stand up show to benefit Pal Humanity! https://www.instagram.com/share/BBEsWrfoDb Please come if you’re in LA! Resources: Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life - Shigehiro Oishi, PhD James J. Gibson The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception Chapter 8 - The Theory of Affordances https://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs137/2017/readings/Gibson-AFF.pdf Lectures on Tap https://lecturesontap.com/ The session I attended was hosted by Drew McClellan who spoke about the Art & Science of Color Design in Cinema (absolutely incredible lecture, he is so knowledgeable and fun) Please check out his website - he has online courses! https://www.drwmcc.com/about The Visual Story - Bruce A. Block This is the book that Mr. McClellan recommended during his lecture, the book was actually written by his mentor and I will be picking it up. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams - Matthew Walker, PhD I cannot recommend this book enough, it is SO good, absolutely masterfully written. This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas An eco-political economy of AI to understand the complexities of its environmental costs https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/eco-political-economy-ai-understand-complexities-its-environmental-costs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we’re doing a part two to why AI will never truly replace human beings - we’ll discuss neuroscience, opinions from accredited experts, as well as go on several explanatory tangents about how the brain *actually* works and how AI does not work like that. Please enjoy this week’s communal Schauer and I hope (a type of wonder -> happiness + fear) to see you all join my book club, starting September 21 & 22nd! More information linked below. Book Club Info: Sunday & Monday dates available! Substack: https://sarahschauer.substack.com/p/schauer-thoughts-book-club-additional?utm_source=activity_item Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/sarahschauer/membership Resources: The Human Brain Doesn’t Learn, Think or Recall Like an AI. Embrace the difference https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-07-09/human-brain-artificial-intelligence-model Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life - Shigehiro Oishi, PhD The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli  This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas The Nature and Technique of Understanding: Some Fundamentals of Semantics - Hugh Woodworth  - Book I talked about having feelings, sensations, etc. outlined - pg. 26 & 27 Epistemic Injustice: Power & the Ethics of Knowing - Miranda Fricker  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we’re going over what AI can’t “afford” to do that the human brain can! Next week we will cover more on the “neuroscience” (actually just programming) of AI, as well as the ecological impacts. No need to sit tight, this week we’re sensing, feeling, and moving through the communal Schauer as a collective to spite some *very much* artificial intelligence.  Get this new customer offer and your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just $15 a month at https://MintMobile.com/SCHAUER Book Club: For information about my book club, as well as cost, schedule, and additional learning opportunities, please visit my Substack, linked below.  The outline, as well as the platform it will be hosted on - likely Patreon (not Substack, even though I do know the platform can host book clubs) will go up on my Substack at noon PST on Wednesday, September 10.  I hope you all can join, I am so beyond excited to read and share with you all! My Substack:  https://substack.com/@sarahschauer?utm_source=user-menu Book Club Book: Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Makes a Fuller, Better Life - Shigehiro Oishi, PhD Resources:  Your Brain Instantly Sees What You Can Do, AI Still Can’t https://neurosciencenews.com/human-ai-visual-encoding-29279/ The Human Brain Doesn’t Learn, Think or Recall Like an AI. Embrace the Difference https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-07-09/human-brain-artificial-intelligence-model Mind Brain Lecture: Neuroscientist Anthony Zador on the Future of AI and the Brain https://news.stonybrook.edu/university/mind-brain-lecture-neuroscientist-anthony-zador-on-the-future-of-ai-and-the-brain/ Don’t agree with this guys aim or enthusiasm, but his opinion is revealing The Posterior Parietal Area V6A: An Attentional-Modulated Visuomotor Region Involved in the Control of Reach-to-Grasp Action https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422003128 Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation - Christopher Kemp Flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi  Tech Agnostic - Greg M. Epstein The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli  Additional Links The Huntington Library & Gardens  https://www.huntington.org Madeline Garden & Bistro https://www.instagram.com/madeline_garden/?hl=en Photoskin: Illuminating Body Gloss  Glistening “body oil” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we’re getting into the psychology, strategy, and *alleged* manipulation tactics of E.L.F. Cosmetic’s latest beauty campaign featuring *womp womp* Matt Rife. Come bare faced or use a good setting spray because the communal Schauer is hot this week and methods to conceal will be tested and removed.  My Substack:  https://substack.com/@sarahschauer?utm_source=user-menu Resources:Flow - Mihaly Csikszemtmihalyi  The Science of Revenge - James Kimmel, Jr. JD How Emotions Are Made - Lisa Feldman Barrett Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions - Batja Mesquita Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life - Sissela Bok Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People - G. Richard Shell Why It’s So Hard to Ask for Help https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/passion/202308/why-its-so-hard-to-ask-for-help Exclusive: The Story Behind ELF’s Controversial Matt Rife Campaign  https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/beauty/exclusive-the-story-behind-elfs-controversial-matt-rife-campaign/ Paltering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paltering Evidence of paltering https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/beauty/exclusive-the-story-behind-elfs-controversial-matt-rife-campaign/ Who does nostalgia speak to? https://www.kantar.com/inspiration/advertising-media/take-me-back-the-power-of-nostalgia-in-advertising Elf Cosmetics Puts Beauty Prices on Trial After Raising Its Own https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/elf-cosmetics-puts-beauty-prices-on-trial-after-raising-its-own/ ELF Beauty Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire rhode in $1 Billion Deal https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250528613364/en/e.l.f.-Beauty-Announces-Definitive-Agreement-to-Acquire-rhode-in-%241-Billion-Deal Jester’s Privilege  https://ludwig.guru/blog/the-jesters-privilege-or-the-power-of-being-unheard/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here we are, part two of our series on becoming who you want to be using method acting and flow state! This week we’ll be fleshing out our potential new personas, giving them motivations, beliefs, lore, and much more to *temporarily* adopt characteristics to expand our range - logically and expressively. No need for movement clothes or dance shoes in the communal Schauer, just hop in whenever you’re ready. Make sure to like and subscribe on Youtube, as well as rate my 5 stars on whichever platform you’re streaming from! Thank you. Substack  https://substack.com/@sarahschauer?utm_source=user-menu Resources: What is Self-Esteem? https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-self-esteem-2795868  Understanding the Interplay Between the Nervous and Muscular Systems https://www.maven-pt.com/maven-stories/understanding-the-interplay-between-the-nervous-and-muscular-systems Character Development: A Guide for Actors https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/character-development-for-actors-76083/#:~:text=Gather%20as%20many%20basic%20details,role%2C%20message%2C%20and%20theme. The Outside In Acting Technique  https://www.stagemilk.com/acting-technique-outside-in/ Nine components associated with the flow state experience  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7551835/table/behavsci-10-00137-t001/ How to Get Into Flow State: 8 Tips to Unlock Peak Performance https://www.flowresearchcollective.com/blog/how-to-get-into-flow-state A Review on the Role of the Neuroscience of Flow States in the Modern World https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7551835/#B15-behavsci-10-00137 Color Psychology: Does It Affect How You Feel? https://www.verywellmind.com/color-psychology-2795824 How ambient temperature affects mood: an ecological momentary assessment study in Switzerland  https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-023-01003-9 Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back! We’re discussing the psychology, neuroscience, and applications of method acting and flow state to develop behavioral and character range, aka “become the person you want.” This week’s communal Schauer will be very STEAM heavy, but don’t worry, next week we’re bringing it all together to cultivate a performance that feels personal and true to you (and who you could be).  Make sure to “like” and subscribe on Youtube, rate my 5-stars wherever you get your podcasts, and check out my Substack where I have additional musings. Substack  https://substack.com/@sarahschauer?utm_source=user-menu Resources: The Psychological Effects of Method Acting https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-psychological-effects-of-method-acting-45035 The Neuroscience of Romeo and Juliet: an fMRI study of acting https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.181908 A Review on the Role of the Neuroscience of Flow States in the Modern World  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7551835/#B15-behavsci-10-00137 Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi  Your Conscious Mind - New Scientist  The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism - Fritjof Capra  The Meaning of Proofs: Mathematics as Storytelling - Cabriele Lolli Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation - Christopher Kemp This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Obi Ogas Reductionism in Art & Brain Science: Bridging the Two Cultures - Eric R. Kandel  A Little Book of Language - David Crystal Submit - A Memoir by Sonnett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we’re talking a leisurely stroll through the neuroscience of cringe! Behold the surprising sadness that awaits just beyond our cranial walls. Clear your calendar and your conscience and step into this week’s communal shower. Feel free to leave your dignity at the door. Resources: That’s Cringe: The Neuroscience Behind Embarrassment https://greymattersjournal.org/thats-cringe-the-neuroscience-behind-embarassment/  How Emotions Are Made - Lisa Feldman Barrett Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions - Batja Mesquita Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Schauer Thoughts we’re discussing the institution of marriage, why I love divorce, and what not to do while pregnant with NYT Best Selling Author, relationship coach, and co-host of the new podcast Starter Marriage, Allison Raskin! Please give my lovely first guest a warm, communal Schauer welcome and make sure to check out her books and socials linked below! Additional Links Allison Raskin Website  https://www.allisonraskin.com Website contains links to all her books!   Starter Marriage - Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starter-marriage/id1815319639 Starter Marriage - Spotify  https://open.spotify.com/show/1wtpq76qhV5ElAVaoI9zb3?si=66f9f4e1332e45d6 Emotional Support Lady Substack https://emotionalsupportlady.substack.com Sarah Schauer Substack https://sarahschauer.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another wonderful week in the communal Schauer, this time we’re discussing how to develop trust with others! Please keep in mind that this is the structure for trust (the frame) and that your interpretation and expression of trust (the art) are complimentary, not negating one another. I will be doing a part three to cover some accessibility nuances since we did discuss “work value.” Hopefully you finish this episode feeling refreshed and able to build trust in your own life.  You should also rate this 5 stars! (Please) Resources How to Get Into Research as a Hobby  https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahschauer/p/how-to-start-to-researching-as-a?r=3yb1cq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web  Subscribe to my Substack :) Neural Correlates of Trust  https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0710103104 Revisiting the Morphology and Classification of the Paracingulate Gyrus with Commentaries on Ambiguous Cases  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8301833/ Affective Regulation https://www.drmitchkeil.com/glossary/affect-regulation/#:~:text=Affect%20Regulation%20refers%20to%20the,for%20addressing%20trauma%20and%20distress. Trust Me: Social Games are Better Than Social Icebreakers in Building Trust  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309024508_Trust_Me_Social_Games_are_Better_than_Social_Icebreakers_at_Building_Trust Definition of Contingent Trust https://lsd.law/define/contingent-trust Create Your Own Personal Constitution: A Blueprint for Living Your Best Life https://medium.com/storyangles/create-your-personal-constitution-a-blueprint-for-living-your-best-life-fb6fc2da39fe# Why Personal Boundaries Are Important and How to Develop Them https://fearlessliving.org/why-personal-boundaries-are-important-and-how-to-develop-them/ Levels of Measurement https://byjus.com/maths/scales-of-measurement/ Faith, Truth, and Forgiveness: How Your Brain Processes Abstract Thought: https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2019/october/abstract-thought.html On the Art and Craft of Doing Science - Kenneth Catania Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods - Shawn Wilson Your Brain on Art - Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross Chapter 5: Amplifying Learning - for my breakdown of saliency & it’s importance when learning Thank you for checking the resources, it means a lot to me. Have a great week. Get this new customer offer and your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at https://MINTMOBILE.com/SCHAUER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Howdy y’all! This week we’re starting to build some self-trust and next week we’ll be establishing trust with others. Like always, we will be taking the long way around the subject, going full third person, but that is necessary to survey the land (self) we are working on. Hopefully a little outdoor Schauer will loosen up the soil and make your excavating a bit easier.  Resources: Humanities Blast Courses  https://krieger.jhu.edu/humanities-institute/programs/humanities-blast-courses/ Self-Trust and How to Build It https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/stronger-the-broken-places/201909/self-trust-and-how-build-it How to Find Free or Affordable Therapy https://therapist.com/resources/free-affordable-therapy/ Includes: therapy w/ or w/o insurance, employee assistance programs, student wellness programs, organizations for marginalized groups & more Life In Three Dimensions - Shigehiro Oishi, PhD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I told y’all that we were keeping it moving! This week we’re going over how the brain indexes abstract thought, how emotions are expressed across cultures, and the self-fulfilling prophecy of gender. Please excuse the tangents this week, Rite Aid closed and I am without Vyvanse. That being said, very happy to have you in this week’s communal Schauer! Resources: Meet the neuroscientist shattering the myth of the gendered brain https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/24/meet-the-neuroscientist-shattering-the-myth-of-the-gendered-brain-gina-rippon Sex versus gender associations with brain structure https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096758682400105X Two Minds: The Cognitive Differences Between Men and Women https://stanmed.stanford.edu/how-mens-and-womens-brains-are-different/ Faith, Truth and Forgiveness: How Your Brain Processes Abstract Thought https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2019/october/abstract-thought.html  If there are any resources missing please let me know and I will update this list ASAP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Well you heard it here folks, we’re decentering gender this week in the communal shower. What does it mean to decenter? What is gender? Are pronouns “real?” Sit back, relax, and enjoy the musings of a single, 30 year old, childless lesbian. Resources Is Gender Fluid? - Sally Hines What is gender, anyway: a review of the options for operationalizing gender https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19419899.2020.1729844#d1e351 Concrete vs abstract language https://www.isu.edu/media/libraries/student-success/tutoring/handouts-writing/editing-and-mechanics/Concrete-and-Specific-Language.pdf#:~:text=But%20first%2C%20it's%20important%20to%20understand%20what,refer%20to%20intangible%20qualities%2C%20ideas%2C%20and%20concepts. Pronouns - What Are They? https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pronoun If there are any resources I’m missing please let me know and I will update this list ASAP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Pride my beautiful LGBTQIA! Please join me for this very special episode of Q & A & LGBTI (that’s clever, you should give me that.) I hope you enjoy this episode, I hope you enjoyed the communal gay Schauer, and I hope you dance. Resources: BDS - Say No to Pinkwashing https://www.bdsmovement.net/pinkwashing Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique https://pendlehill.org/product/queer-palestine-and-the-empire-of-critique/ Bi - Julia Shaw Ace - Angela Chen Refusing Compulsory Sexuality - Sherronda J. Brown Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us - Ivy Ross & Susan Magsamen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode of Schauer Thoughts is going to get frigid, we’re discussing ICE and their inhumane targeting of immigrants across the US. Please make sure to check out all linked resources, time is of the essence and your help is vitally needed. Thank you so much for listening. Go to https://Headspace.com/SCHAUER to unlock all of Headspace FREE for 60 days. Resources  What is ICE and what does it do? https://usafacts.org/articles/what-is-ice-and-what-does-it-do/ - Please read this with a *HUGE* grain of salt, the language is phrased in a very divisive way.  In recorded calls, reports of overcrowding and lack of food at ICE detention centers https://www.npr.org/2025/06/05/nx-s1-5413364/concerns-over-conditions-in-u-s-immigration-detention-were-hearing-the-word-starving  Books Unbuild Walls - Silky Shah -Free for Ebook download  - https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2213-unbuild-walls  Minor Feelings - Cathy Park Hong  Caste - Isabel Wilkerson  Aloha Betrayed - Noenoe K. Silva  Conditional Citizens - Laila Lalami  Our Migrant Souls - Hector Tobar  The Undocumented Americans - Karla Cornejo Villavicencio  Hijab Butch Blues - Lamya H Survival Takes a Wild Imagination - Fariha Roisin  Thinning Blood - Leah Myers  Community Resources  Anonymous Grocery & Needs Request  https://www.instagram.com/p/DKxu-YLp5fv/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== How You Can Help Immigrants Now https://www.instagram.com/p/DK2lfsmPqXK/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA== “We Did it Legally” https://www.instagram.com/p/DKxngmIT6CQ/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== A guide to help when someone is being detained by ICE https://www.instagram.com/p/DKvOGG4SrMH/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Nationwide Bail Funds and Immigration Support by State https://www.instagram.com/p/DK4WXaGRvEh/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Supporting undocumented families that lost their jobs or can not work due to ICE RAIDS https://www.instagram.com/p/DKxyxrayUmG/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== End Trans Detention https://www.instagram.com/p/DH12nv1J45U/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== If any resources are missing, please let me know ASAP so I can update this list.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we’ll be explaining some common brain myths that keep popping up in movies and online! However, I will still be addressing you all as “left and right brainers” because a little *lighthearted* fun never hurt anyone (it absolutely has but in this context I think we’re fine.) Please enjoy these Schauer Thoughts and let me know your in the comments or DMs.  Resources: Bend App Your Brain on Art by Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross Brain Myths Are Age Old https://www.edubloxtutor.com/brain-myths/#:~:text=Brain%20myths%20or%20neuromyths%20are,fluid%20housed%20the%20human%20soul. Brain Development and Mastery of Language in the Early Childhood Years https://www.idra.org/resource-center/brain-development-and-mastery-of-language-in-the-early-childhood-years/ If there are any resources missing please let me know! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let’s get into this “nonchalant epidemic” that seems to be going around and how to slowly ease into a more “chalant” world. Hope you can handle the heat because these Schauer Thoughts are anything but chill, aloof, and disconnected. Go to https://Quince.com/SCHAUER for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns. Resources:  The Nonchalance Epidemic: Why We’re So Afraid of Caring  https://www.dailyuw.com/opinion/the-nonchalance-epidemic-why-we-re-so-afraid-of-caring/article_d5c33c42-e9b2-11ef-b9e5-fb98aa8f974a.html#:~:text=We%20have%20become%20so%20obsessed,means%20being%20careless%20or%20indifferent. Anticipatory Anxiety: Bleeding Before You Are Cut https://adaa.org/learn-from-us/from-the-experts/blog-posts/consumer/anticipatory-anxiety-bleeding-you-are-cut-0 Reduced Affect Display: What Is It, Signs, Types and Dealing With It https://therapymantra.co/terms/reduced-affect-display/ Neuroanatomy, Substantia Nigra  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK536995/#:~:text=The%20substantia%20nigra%20is%20a,functions%2C%20and%20emotional%20limbic%20activity. Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us - Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross Neurotoggle - Kimberly Kitzerow  Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple - Stephen Goldberg, MD If there are any resources missing please let me know and I’ll update this list ASAP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices