10/01/2026
What if the problem isn’t your personality…
but the brain state you’re living in?
Dr. James Hardt describes research in which increases in beta activity were associated with less friendliness and vigor — and more anxiety, hostility, and aggression.
His point is simple:
If your brain spends too much time in a high-stress, high-beta state, that state begins to shape how you experience everything.
Alpha is different.
Less judging.
Less forcing.
Less mental noise.
More flow.
More presence.
More room for creativity and connection.
You don’t have to live in the brain state that stress trained you into.