Author Jen Sincero explains why it’s important to form and maintain habits. You’ll also learn about why phantom limb sensations are way more common than you think; and how the Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is warping the Milky Way galaxy.

Additional resources from author Jen Sincero

• Pick up "Badass Habits: Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick" from Amazon: https://amzn.to/37l87kN
• Website: https://www.jensincero.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/jensincero
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jensincero/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheJenSincero

Phantom Limb Sensations Are Way More Common Than You Think by Ashley Hamer

• Ramachandran, V. (1998). The perception of phantom limbs. The D. O. Hebb lecture. Brain, 121(9), 1603–1630. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/121.9.1603
• Neurosci. (2016, March 11). Neuroscientifically Challenged. Neuroscientifically Challenged. https://www.neuroscientificallychallenged.com/blog/know-your-brain-primary-somatosensory-cortex
• Virtual reality eases phantom limb pain. (2017). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170531102921.htm
• Kumar, Kv., Suresh, B., Misri, Z., Chakrapani, M., Mohan, U., & babu, Sk. (2013). Effectiveness of mirror therapy on lower extremity motor recovery, balance and mobility in patients with acute stroke: A randomized sham-controlled pilot trial. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 16(4), 634. https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.120496
• Cortical homunculus: A WHAT Lives Inside My Brain? (2009, March 18). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101960403

The Milky Way once collided with the Large Magellanic Cloud by Grant Currin

• Galaxy encounter violently disturbed Milky Way, study finds. (2020). EurekAlert! gev112320.php">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/uoe-gev112320.php
• Petersen, M. S., & Peñarrubia, J. (2020). Detection of the Milky Way reflex motion due to the Large Magellanic Cloud infall. Nature Astronomy. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-01254-3
• Ravilious, K. (2015). Earth was a frozen Snowball when animals first evolved. BBC.com. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150112-did-snowball-earth-make-animals

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