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Running Man Self Regulation Skills Project

Armando Dominguez PhD Health Psychology, Educator, Martial Artist, Researcher

Understanding Stress, Anxiety, and Decision-Making: Unveiling Your Paleo-Caveperson WiringExplore the fascinating interplay of stress, anxiety, and pain on our ability to think, choose, and act in modern life through the lens of our paleo-caveperson wiring and survival programming.Discover why we sometimes exhibit socially inappropriate behaviors under stress and find it challenging to make sound decisions in tense situations.Gain insights from psychology, neuropsychology, physiology, sociology,

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26:58

The Illusion of Knowing: Why Stress Makes You Think...

Running Man Self Regulation Skills Project ·

2026/04/20

Ep 145. When we experience stress—whether from physical danger or social judgment—our sense of safety becomes compromised. The body responds immediately. Heart rate rises. Breathing shifts. Attention narrows. The nervous system moves into a heightened state designed to protect us. In these moments, something important happens: We feel pressure to figure things out quickly. Human beings are wired to resolve uncertainty. We seek answers, clarity, and predictable outcomes. This drive helps us su...

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29:41

You React Before You Realize It: The Science of...

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2026/04/12

Ep 144. Nature is one of the most powerful teachers of human behavior. From the earliest stages of life, we learn one of the most important survival skills: recognizing boundaries. What is safe to approach? What signals danger? What requires distance, caution, or immediate action? These lessons form the foundation of how we navigate the world. At its highest level, self-regulation is a conscious process. It involves deliberate decision-making—choosing how to respond, how to act, and how to ma...

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29:29

The Illusion of Certainty: Why You’re More Wrong...

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2026/04/05

Ep 143. Certainty is one of the most appealing ideas in human psychology. It promises clarity, predictability, control, and confidence in outcomes. We are drawn to certainty because it feels safe—it reduces ambiguity and gives us the illusion that we can fully understand and control what comes next. But certainty, especially under stress, can become a dangerous illusion. When we are under pressure, fear, or sudden stress, the brain rapidly interprets incoming information to determine sa...

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27:18

Why Time Slows Down Under Stress And How to Control It

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2026/03/30

Ep 142. Under stress, the perception of time can shift dramatically. In moments of excitement or positive stress, time can feel fast, fluid, and fleeting. But in moments of fear, uncertainty, or shock, time can appear to slow down—or even feel like it stops entirely. This is not imagination. It is the nervous system adjusting perception in real time to help us survive and respond. The human brain is built for efficiency and prediction. Through pattern recognition, it constantly anticipates wh...

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29:59

Is It Your Personality… or Just Stress? The Truth...

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2026/03/22

Ep 141. Personality is often treated as something fixed—an identity we carry and a label others use to define us in social life. In psychology, personality is commonly understood as the product of environment, upbringing, conditioning, and repeated exposure to life experiences. But what if much of what we call “personality” is not who we truly are? What if it is simply how we have learned to respond under stress? When stress—especially chronic stress—becomes a constant in our lives, it begins...

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31:24

Confidence Under Pressure: The Skill Most People...

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2026/03/14

Ep 140. In a stressful life, confidence can feel like a fragile commodity. When stress, fear, and anxiety become frequent visitors in our personal world, our sense of certainty and control can disappear quickly. The human nervous system is constantly scanning the environment for signals of safety or threat. Every moment, our internal state responds to cues from the outside world, telling us whether we are secure or at risk. Because of this, confidence is not simply a personality trait—it is o...

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24:54

Time Poverty vs Flow State: Mastering Your Experience...

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2026/03/07

Ep 139. Time is one of the most powerful forces shaping human experience. Yet most people feel as though they never have enough of it. Deadlines, responsibilities, emergencies, and perceived threats create a psychological compression of time. In moments of urgency or danger, the nervous system shifts into survival mode, and our sense of time becomes intensified. Seconds feel precious, decisions feel heavier, and pressure increases. But the human experience of time is not fixed—it is deeply in...

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30:18

The Truth About Reinventing Yourself: How Dreams...

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2026/02/21

Ep 138. Achieving a dream is never a single moment—it is the culmination of sustained effort, sacrifice, discipline, and unwavering direction. It represents the gradual construction of a new level of skill, capability, confidence, and identity. What appears externally as success is internally the result of thousands of unseen decisions, moments of resilience, and acts of courage. Every transformation begins with a single step. The process is not instantaneous—it is a journey of personal growt...

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27:58

Fix Your Sleep, Fix Your Life: The Science of Rest,...

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2026/02/08

Ep 137. Sleep, hydration, and nutrition are the three foundations of human survival and performance. No matter where we live or what challenges we face, every person depends on quality rest, clean water, and healthy food to function, adapt, and thrive. Among these essentials, sleep is the most powerful and often the most neglected. Sleep directly affects physical health, emotional balance, cognitive performance, and nervous system regulation. When sleep is disrupted by insomnia, stress, or ir...

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29:41

Welcome to the Machine: Escaping Algorithmic Control...

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2026/02/01

Ep 136. Evolution is one of the most powerful forces in nature. It shapes life through environmental pressure, adaptation, and survival across generations. But what we are witnessing in modern society is not biological evolution in the traditional sense. It is something far faster, far more invasive, and far more psychological: digital conditioning. Today, human perception, attention, emotion, and belief are being shaped continuously by screens, algorithms, social platforms, news cycles, and ...

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28:04

Self-Awareness: The Skill That Controls Stress,...

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2026/01/25

Ep 135. Self-awareness is one of the most talked-about concepts in personal development, mental health, wellness, and performance psychology—and for good reason. It is a foundational skill for emotional regulation, stress resilience, peak performance, and healthy relationships. True self-awareness is not just an intellectual concept or a list of cognitive insights. It is a living, physiological process. It is how your nervous system tracks internal state, how your breath patterns shift under ...

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22:18

From Wandering to Wisdom: How Real Growth Shapes...

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2026/01/17

Ep 134. Across a lifetime, we invest enormous effort into becoming who we are meant to be. We learn, we search, we question, and we explore. We are driven by a deep biological and psychological need to find meaning, purpose, and identity beyond mere survival. This is the human journey of self-development. From childhood to adulthood, the path of growth can carry us far from what once felt like home. It is why the saying “all who wander are not lost” resonates so deeply. For many, wandering is...

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26:54

Movement Is Medicine: Ancient Healing Practices for...

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2026/01/07

Ep 133. A human life is a long journey of learning—how to move, how to nourish the body, how to relate to others socially, and in the modern world, how to function professionally. Survival may be the starting point, but thriving over decades is the real objective. As lifespan has increased in modern times, the question has shifted from how long we live to how well we live. At the foundation of longevity and quality of life lies one essential pillar: physical health. Our ability to think clear...

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30:54

Moving Into 2026: How Play, Failure, and Curiosity...

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2025/12/30

Ep 132. Play is not the opposite of discipline — it is the fastest path to mastery. From early childhood to elite performance, play is one of the most powerful learning mechanisms available to the human nervous system. When we play, explore, and experiment, we engage curiosity, creativity, and our brain’s natural learning architecture. Failure, in this context, is not a verdict on identity — it is data. It provides feedback, information, and direction, showing us what doesn’t work so we ...

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28:47

Why Mastery Looks Effortless: The Hidden Science of...

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2025/12/19

Ep 131 explores a question we all ask at some point: How do people develop abilities that look almost superhuman? Across disciplines—cognitive performance, emotional intelligence, relationships, athletics, leadership, and high-risk professions—there are individuals whose skills appear effortless, fluid, and even beautiful. But mastery is never accidental. Every advanced skill follows a predictable progression of development, refinement, and embodied awareness. All skill acquisition begins at ...

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27:34

Why We Humanize Objects and Dehumanize People: The...

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2025/12/10

EP 130. Human beings experience one another through the public, social interactions we call everyday life. We navigate a complex world of connection, cooperation, attraction, approval, avoidance, and belonging—constantly weighing whether to move toward others or pull away. Every conversation, gathering, relationship, and environment subtly influences how we regulate ourselves socially and emotionally. Attraction often begins on the surface—through appearance, tone of voice, confidence, status...

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26:17

How Hard Times Rewire the Brain: The Science of...

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2025/11/28

Ep 129. Human experience can feel overwhelmingly difficult at times, but not every challenge is a negative one. Some of the most painful moments in life become the source of our greatest strength, resilience, insight, and emotional intelligence. When we move through adversity, we gain hard-earned wisdom—the kind that becomes a powerful internal resource for future challenges. Difficult experiences shape our perception, our reactions, and our ability to navigate the unknown. They can refi...

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25:37

Novelty vs Survival: The Hidden Algorithm Running...

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2025/11/20

Ep 128. Every day we’re flooded with information, decisions, patterns — the familiar and the ever-changing. As human beings our brains are wired to seek efficiency. We rely on our mental filters to process what’s known and ignore what’s novel, because novelty demands more energy. But this very wiring can make us vulnerable: when the environment shifts, when predators (literal or social) hide behind camouflage, our pattern-seeking mind can be tricked. True resilience comes when we learn not ...

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25:30

Your Brain Is Lying to You: The Hidden Survival...

Running Man Self Regulation Skills Project ·

2025/11/09

Ep. 127. Every day, we face choices — some small and forgettable, others powerful enough to change our health, our relationships, our careers, and sometimes even our lives. We all want to make the right decisions… the ones that keep us safe, grounded, and aligned with who we want to be. And yet, during stress — especially sudden stress — our thinking brain often shuts down. We try to reason, analyze, and “stay calm,” but the brain’s survival system takes over. The lower brain reacts faster th...

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25:56

Beneath the Surface: The Dark Power of Your...

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2025/10/31

Ep. 126 The subconscious mind. It’s mysterious, dark, powerful – yet largely hidden beneath the surface. In psychodynamic therapy, the goal was to make the unconscious conscious. Think of the classic iceberg metaphor: the visible tip above water is the conscious mind, while the vast bulk beneath the surface is the subconscious. That hidden iceberg under deep, dark waters hints at enormous power. But here’s the truth: the subconscious mind isn’t only ominous—it’s a game-changer. It can elevat...

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