World Happiness Fest

No Barriers - Frontiers of the Mind with Dr. Albert Lin

Episode Summary

“I learned barriers are entirely in your mind. You choose to either accept these barriers or you can have the guts to dance, to tango with the unknown, to take that first step, and see what unfolds, I think that is what being an explorer is all about.” That’s a quote from today’s guest Dr. Albert Lin. . Dr. Lin is an award winning scientist, technologist, explorer, and storyteller (both on stage and the big screen). His work to reinvent how we explore has made headlines around the world, merging adventure with innovation. . Our conversation today traverses his early days living in his car while planning an expedition to find Genghis Khan’s tomb, to an accident that took his leg, leading down a rabbit hole of brain rewiring exploration to rid himself of phantom limb pain. That’s the science of neuroplasticity, which we get into, including his experiment with 10,000 students at a commencement speech. Along the way we learn we lesson or two as go behind the scenes on some of his adventures through Mongolia, Guatemala, India, and even the inside of wave barreling into shore somewhere on the Pacific.