Ep. 112 I Called My Kid the Dog’s Name: The Weird Neuroscience of Name-Calling
Apparently my brain thinks my child and my dog belong in the same emotional category… because I recently called my kid the dog’s name. 😂
In this episode, we’re getting curious about the weird neuroscience behind why humans constantly mix up names—and what it reveals about stress, attention, relationships, emotional connection, and overloaded brains.
We’ll talk about:
why parents and teachers mix up names
why kids call teachers “Mom”
what “attention residue” does to the brain
and why this may actually say more about connection than confusion
And somewhere in the middle of all of this, we’ll also talk about Here Hearts—tiny physical reminders that help us slow down, transition more intentionally, and actually arrive in the moments we’re living.
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