Potential Psychology

Imagine controlling the world directly with your mind. That was my guest's dream - and she and colleagues brought that dream to life.Ariel Garten has a fascinating and eclectic background in psychotherapy, art, fashion design, neuroscience, technology and start ups. She is a co-Founder of Interaxon, the developers of Muse, a brain sensing headband that translates your mental activity into the guiding sounds of weather to help you find focused calm. Busy mind? Stormy weather. Calm mind? Peaceful weather.Ariel has lived a life without limitations. Her curiosity has led her to pursue bold, audacious goals within a broader quest to have a positive impact on humanity. In this conversation Ariel and I talk about: •Interaxon's project to create mind powered light installations across Canada for the 2010 Winter Olympics •How she came to be the CEO of a technology start up that started in a basement •Muse - the brain sensing meditation headband. How it works, how it helps and my experience making the birds chirp •The