In the past decades of continuous development, the world has become significantly more complex, presenting larger amounts of uncertainty. Accordingly, a new way of life has evolved, marked by increased pressure that burdens the performance of our brain and body. In spite of the difficulties presented, we continue to adapt to overcome these challenges. According to Karolien Notebaert, Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience, rather the opposite is true as she believes the significant extent of societal pressure is rather limiting our cognitive efficiency. In this TED talk, she presents mindful self-regulation as a pressure-relieving mechanism. Describing it as the capacity to manage ourselves and the internal blockages that limit our potential, Karolien explains how the latter can reduce stress in specific areas of the brain synergistically improving performances of other areas that excel our mean peak performance.