In this episode, we'll dive deeper into the three enemy modes: simple, stupid and intelligent enemy mode.  We'll hear stories that illustrate each mode, how their different, and how to identify in yourself and others when you're encountering enemy mode.

In this episode, we'll dive deeper into the three enemy modes: simple, stupid and intelligent enemy mode.  We'll hear stories that illustrate each mode, how their different, and how to identify in yourself and others when you're encountering enemy mode.

Escaping Enemy Mode podcast helps you recognize when your brain is treating others as enemies to be defeated, instead of as people to be loved. With neuropsychologist Jim Wilder and Brigadier general Ray Woolridge, we'll discover the ways enemy mode sabotages our best intentions and find pathways to refriend the people around us. Escaping Enemy Mode features interviews with leading experts in policing, politics, education, and sports on the topic of Enemy Mode and how it affects their work.

Escaping Enemy Mode podcast helps you recognize when your brain is treating others as enemies to be defeated, instead of as people to be loved. With neuropsychologist Jim Wilder and Brigadier general Ray Woolridge, we'll discover the ways enemy mode sabotages our best intentions and find pathways to refriend the people around us. Escaping Enemy Mode features interviews with leading experts in policing, politics, education, and sports on the topic of Enemy Mode and how it affects their work.

Escaping Enemy Mode Podcast

The Three Enemy Modes

In this final episode, Jim interviews Jessie Cruickshank. Jessie holds a master's degree from Harvard and applies brain science to real-life situations. Jim and Jessie talk about the science of hatred, family systems, and state-dependent learning. They talk about the myth of personal growth and how true transformation happens alongside other people. 

Follow Jessie Cruickshank on Twitter @yourbrainbyjess.

In this final episode, Jim interviews Jessie Cruickshank. Jessie holds a master's degree from Harvard and applies brain science to real-life situations. Jim and Jessie talk about the science of hatred, family systems, and state-dependent learning. They talk about the myth of personal growth and how true transformation happens alongside other people. 
Follow Jessie Cruickshank on Twitter @yourbrainbyjess.

Jessie Cruickshank | The Science of Hate

In this episode, Ray interviews General Becky Halstead.  General Halstead talks about how to calculate the least harmful alternative in stressful situations, how she keeps her moral grounding in challenging circumstances, and how an awareness of enemy mode helps her stay connected going into hard conversations.

You can learn more about General Becky Halstead at https://www.beckyhalstead.com/. 

In this episode, Ray interviews General Becky Halstead.  General Halstead talks about how to calculate the least harmful alternative in stressful situations, how she keeps her moral grounding in challenging circumstances, and how an awareness of enemy mode helps her stay connected going into hard conversations.
You can learn more about General Becky Halstead at <a href="https://www.beckyhalstead.com/">https://www.beckyhalstead.com/</a>.

General Becky Halstead | The Least Harmful Alternative

In this episode, Ray interviews retired Congressman Geoff Davis. The talk about the "Us vs. Them" divide of politics and how enemy mode is the currency of political gain. They also talk about how the news weaponizes enemy mode to keep attention and boost ratings, and how this broken system is deepening the divide between Americans.

In this episode, Ray interviews retired Congressman Geoff Davis. The talk about the "Us vs. Them" divide of politics and how enemy mode is the currency of political gain. They also talk about how the news weaponizes enemy mode to keep attention and boost ratings, and how this broken system is deepening the divide between Americans.

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