157: New Life Perspectives with Liz Larson and Bill McKenna - Episode 157157: New Life Perspectives with Liz Larson and Bill McKenna - Episode 157
UK Health Radio Podcast
Liz Larson and Bill McKenna talk about how physical blind spots in eye movement may connect to emotional blind spots, sharing real-life stories, simple tests and practical tools. They relate vision, brain function, mood and performance, suggesting that changing how your eyes move could shift how you feel and respond to life.
45:03•20 Apr 2026
Emotional Blind Spots, Eye Movement and Fresh Perspectives with Liz Larson and Bill McKenna
Episode Overview
- Restricted eye movement can limit access to key brain areas, affecting creativity, calmness, learning and emotional balance.
- Simple pen-or-ball tracking tests can reveal where your eyes skip, strain or refuse to move, pointing to functional blind spots.
- Clearing visual blind spots may reduce fatigue, agitation and emotional outbursts, and can shift how relationships and life choices are seen.
- Athletes with visual blind spots can gain significant boosts in reaction time, accuracy and performance once those areas are opened.
- Constant eyes-down screen use is linked by the hosts to lower mood and inflexible thinking, while varied eye movement and small daily challenges help keep the brain flexible.
“When you have no way to move your eyes to the left, anything that's on that side is probably going to be misperceived… you just don't see things as they really are.”
This episode dives deep into the challenges and triumphs of living with emotional “blind spots” that may actually be linked to physical blind spots in your vision. Hosted by Liz Larson and Bill McKenna from the Cognomovement System, the conversation stays fast-paced, story-led and very practical, making it ideal if you like clear examples more than theory. You’ll hear about a woman who, after brain surgery, literally couldn’t look to the left without exhaustion and agitation.
A short Cognomovement session got her eyes moving freely again, her fatigue dropped, her mood lifted – and she suddenly felt calm and clear about ending an unhappy marriage. As Liz puts it, when your eyes can’t move, “you don’t have access to other perspectives as well.” The pair explain how limited eye movement can block access to different parts of the brain, affecting creativity, calmness, decision-making and emotional regulation.
They talk through simple at-home tests with a pen or ball to spot where your eyes “skip”, feel sore or just refuse to go – clues that your brain might be missing key information.
There are striking stories of athletes who kept losing games on one side of the court until their visual blind spots were cleared, and a child whose school stress and karate spins improved on the same day once a tight spot in her upper-left vision was released.
They also link constant eyes-down screen time with low mood, anxiety and feeling stuck, and suggest small daily challenges – like changing seat positions or brushing your teeth with the opposite hand – to wake up the nervous system.
If you’ve ever wondered why certain people or situations set you off, or why you feel stuck in patterns you can’t “think” your way out of, this conversation might have you asking a new question: is it your personality, or just where your eyes can’t yet go?
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