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    How to Create Time for Your Self-Curriculum! (Pt. 4)

    2026/03/18 | 1h 41 mins.
    We’ve arrived at the fourth and final installment of the creating your own self-curriculum series, this week we’re getting into reframing our concept of time to enable us to effectively and efficiently manage it. I hope you’ve enjoyed all these Schauer Thoughts and I hope you feel inspired or at least just a little bit better about pursuing self-education, I believe in you.

    Here comes a barrage of books and resources, can’t wait to chat next week!

    Learn for Fun or Free or Fun & Free Substack:

    https://substack.com/@sarahschauer/note/p-175242020 

    Use these sites for a free syllabus if you want structure guidance on a specific topic.

    Resources:

    Decisionscape: How Thinking Like an Artist Can Improve Our Decision-Making - Elspeth Kirkman 

    Future Tense: Why Anxiety is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad) - Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, PhD

    The Secret Lives of Color - Kassia St. Clair 

    This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: How the Pill Changes Everything - Sarah E. Hill, PhD

    The Menopause Brain - Lisa Mosconi, PhD

    The Cancer Journals - Audre Lorde 

    The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis - Maria Smilios

    Hate: The Uses of A Powerful Emotion - Seyda Kurt

    A Philosophy of Shame - Frederic Gros 

    Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time by Natalie Hodges

    Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszemtmihalyi 

    Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst - Robert M. Sapolsky

    The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli

    The Emotional Calendar - John R. Sharp, MD

    Freedom is a Constant Struggle - Angela Davis

    The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker

    Attention: Beyond Mindfulness - Gay Watson

    The Hoarders - Scott Herring

    Why Every Power Player Uses Military Time (and You Should Too)

    https://sociallifemagazine.com/the-archive/military-time-power-players-precision/#:~:text=The%20Cognitive%20Rewiring%20That%20Creates,that%20capacity%20toward%20strategic%20thinking.

    Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory - https://www.thetimeparadox.com/zimbardo-time-perspective-inventory/ 


    His book: The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life - Philip Zimbardo

    Websites for Studying with Others:

    StudyStream - https://www.studystream.live/ 

    Study Together -https://www.studytogether.com/

    Flow Club - https://www.flow.club/vs-focusmate?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google-ads&utm_campaign=Kaya%20Competitors&utm_term=focusmate%20adhd&utm_content=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21294453254&gbraid=0AAAAAon1RgHarc25k-ISGhCvY-DiMpHv2&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9-PNBhDfARIsABHN6-1FzBTKoNGfimPRsQqzvMy9IinNjZmghxFAESMlE9fKJ79PD_194ecaAjciEALw_wcB 

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    How to Design Your Own Course Curriculum! (Pt. 3)

    2026/03/11 | 1h 39 mins.
    We’ve discussed healthy habits, desire and interception, but now is the time to focus our artist eyes! This week on Schauer Thoughts we’re going over an abridged understanding of design elements and factors to consider when creating your own course curriculum. I strongly encourage mood boarding this episode but taking notes or just listening are fine as well. Enough chit chat - to the communal Schauer we go!

    My Substack Post: How To Start Researching as a Hobby

    https://substack.com/home/post/p-168506463 

    Resources to Learn for Fun & Free (or Fun & Free)

    https://substack.com/home/post/p-175242020 

    I also give tips on how to create your own “syllabus” with these resources. 

    Resources:

    Ruth Asawa and the Artist-Mother at Midcentury - Jordan Troeller

    To Photograph Is To Learn How To Die - Tim Carpenter

    Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose - Constance Hale

    The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know  - Shawn Coyne

    Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People - G. Richard Shell

    This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

    The Psychology of Fashion - Carolyn Mair

    Your Brain on Art - Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross

    Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art - James Nestor

    This is the book on breathing I was talking about.

    Decisionscape: How Thinking Like an Artist Can Improve Our Decision-Making - Elspeth Kirkman

    I also wanted to recommend this book for understanding the importance of “word tense” when it comes to internal thoughts and rumination - I cannot stress this enough. She goes through first person, third, active, passive - language really does shape a lot of our decisions and life. 

    Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think In Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions - Temple Grandin 

    The Activism of Art: A Decentered Anthology - Dipti Desai and Stephen Duncombe

    The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone - Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach 

    The 7 Principles of Design and How To Use Them (w/ Infographic) 

    https://www.vistaprint.com/hub/principles-of-design#:~:text=The%20principles%20of%20design%20are,Proportion%2C%20Movement%20and%20White%20Space

    Not sponsored by Vistaprint lol



    Chronic Back Pain Makes the World Sound Harsher

    https://neurosciencenews.com/chronic-pain-sound-sensitivity-30237/ 

    Scientists have found a fascinating link between breathing and memory

    https://www.psypost.org/scientists-have-found-a-fascinating-link-between-breathing-and-memory/

    Nature Exposure Triggers Brain Reset 

     https://neurosciencenews.com/nature-brain-reset-30204/
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    How To Create a Self-Curriculum! Pt. 2

    2026/03/04 | 1h 49 mins.
    Strap in guys, we’re taking a deep dive into the realm of want, desire, and interoception. This week on Schauer Thoughts the mind is taking a back seat to the bodies inner-workings and process - we’ll be giving a voice to the beautiful being that gives us a voice. I hope you enjoy listening to me or at least yourself. 

    Link to my Substack post:

    How To Be The Type of Person Who Loves Reading and Learning Substack Post - https://substack.com/home/post/p-179871707 

    Make sure to check out the wonderful researcher who inspired this episode:

    Dr. Nai’a on Tiktok

    https://www.tiktok.com/@naia_papaia/video/7611265785910103310?_r=1&_t=ZT-94GFOua6P4X 

    Resources:

    Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions - Temple Grandin

    Enshitification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It - Cory Doctorow

    This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

    Companies Are Desperately Seeking ‘Storytellers’ 

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-are-desperately-seeking-storytellers-7b79f54e?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqemQvxYgchwXwkzI9btEgTEnCSu86tEActGU6LXgOMv_Hmjc9gknGlTvT3KbvI%3D&gaa_ts=69a75f83&gaa_sig=k0Vp1rLUO3Z7LSgPcCMAOXqD3Xwkwt6oGQR-mZgHdTaYRvYA6SwJR71JTTOmOpyQN3FLt-RNuAiAtTU1_snLAQ%3D%3D 

    Why the Polyvagal Theory is Untenable

    https://www.clinicalneuropsychiatry.org/download/why-the-polyvagal-theory-is-untenable-an-international-expert-evaluation-of-the-polyvagal-theory-and-commentary-upon-porges-s-w-2025-polyvagal-theory-current-status-clinical-applications-and/ 

    A Clinician’s Perspective on the Polyvagal Controversy

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/well-connected/202602/a-clinicians-perspective-on-the-polyvagal-controversy 

    When Looking ‘Hot’ Means Not Feeling Cold: Evidence that Self-Objectification Inhibits Feelings of Being Cold

    https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjso.12489 

    Objects Do Not Suffer: An Impact on Mechanistic Dehumanization on Perceptions of Women’s Suffering and Lack of Justice in Domestic Assault

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37815050/ 

    The psychological mechanism of self-objectification: the interaction between sociocultural pressures and self-esteem

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12517067/ 

    Body image disturbance, interoceptive sensibility and the body schema across female adulthood: a pre-registered study

    https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1285216/full 

    Interoception: A Multi-Sensory Foundation of Participation in Daily Life

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9220286/

    Why You Do the Things You Do 

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/thinking-more-affectively/202512/why-you-do-the-things-you-do

    The Affective Side of Interoception 

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/thinking-more-affectively/202512/the-affective-side-of-interoception

    The Affective Side of Certainty

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/thinking-more-affectively/202512/the-affective-side-of-certainty/amp
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    How to Make Your Own Personal Curriculum! Pt. 1

    2026/02/25 | 1h 27 mins.
    The time is now! This week we’re discussing how to create your own individual curriculum, an endeavor I happen to have extensive experience with. We will be breaking this series into parts as I want to readjust some understanding, reframe some concepts, and give insight into best practices to maintain longevity. Please have your notebooks out and your listening ears on or just relax tbh (we value personal choice in the communal Schauer) because this refresher will be heavy. 

    Don’t worry, next week will be on creative execution! Make sure to like, subscribe, rate me 5 stars, and follow along, you may learn something new. 

    Please follow Elizabeth! —> https://www.tiktok.com/@xparmesanprincessx 

    Resources:

    Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think In Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions - Temple Grandin 

    The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics - Tim Harford 

    This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

    Decisionscape: How Thinking Like an Artist Can Improve Our Decision-Making - Elspeth Kirkman

    Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline - Lori L. Desautels, PhD

    Below this is the online powerpoint

    Slideshow for “Applied Educational Neuroscience/Brain, Adversity and Resiliency

    https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ceee1ee9cd4360001a1cfca/t/5d8e307c5a5a131029422a4d/1569599618600/Desautels+PowerPoint.pdf

    Struggling to Find a Hobby That Sticks? Try a “Personal Curriculum”

    https://theeverygirl.com/personal-curriculum-tiktok-trend/

    How to Start Researching as a Hobby

    https://substack.com/home/post/p-168506463 

    How to Be The Type of Person Who Loves Reading and Learning

    https://substack.com/home/post/p-179871707

    How Words Shape Consciousness: New Research Reveals The Deep Link Between Language and Awareness

    https://thedebrief.org/how-words-shape-consciousness-new-research-reveals-the-deep-link-between-language-and-awareness/ 

    No brain, no gain: Neuronal activity enhances benefits of exercise

    https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/no-brain-no-gain-neuronal-activity-enhances-benefits-exercise

    No Child Left Behind: What Worked, What Didn’t

    https://www.nhpr.org/education/2015-10-27/no-child-left-behind-what-worked-what-didnt 
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    Married to the Phenomenon of the “Divorce Effect”

    2026/02/18 | 1h 15 mins.
    It’s time! We’re discussing the ever so popular trend on Tiktok called the “Divorce Effect.” If you’re new to any of my content, this is a topic near and dear to my heart - I support anyone breaking from the systems and roles at be, especially if it’s causing mental and physical unwellness. We’re covering a lot of ground this week, from neuroscience to psychology to the immune system, we’ll also be taking a brief trip to the 80’s and then back to present day with a refreshed perspective on glowing up post marital dissolution. Thank you all for listening and joining me, I’m so happy you’ve joined this week’s communal Schauer.

    More Information on Book Club: https://substack.com/home/post/p-186705166 

    Resources:

    Reading in the Brain - Stanislas Dehaene 

    Behave - Robert Sapolsky 

    Thinking in Systems: A Primer - Donella Meadows 

    An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System - Matt Richtel

    Decisionscape: How Thinking Like An Artist Can Improve Out Decision-Making - Elspeth Kirkman

    Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle - Emily Nagoski

    Beyond the Blood-Brain Barrier: New “Smart Gate” Shielding the Brain 

    https://neurosciencenews.com/base-barrier-cells-neuroscience-30092/

    Researchers Identify Novel Gatekeeper Cell in the Brain

    https://bioengineer.org/researchers-identify-novel-gatekeeper-cell-in-the-brain/

    154 Visual Phenomena & Optical Illusions with Explanations - Michael Bach 

    https://michaelbach.de/ot/index.html 
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Left and right brainers are often pitted against each other but here they’ll be given the time and space to collaborate. So strip away the day and step into the steam, it’s time to open up your pores and perspectives for a truly immersive, imaginative, and information-rich experience that’ll leave you refreshed and ready for whatever life throws at you next. Welcome to Schauer Thoughts, hosted by comedian and student-of-the-world Sarah Schauer! For advertising opportunities please email [email protected]    We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4   Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy
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