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Welcome to The Profit Talk! In this show, we're going to help you explore strategies to help you maximize profits in your business while scaling and creating the lifestyle that you want as an entrepreneur. I am your host, Susanne Mariga! I'm a CPA, a Fractional CFO, and a Certified Profit First Professional Mastery Level providing tax strategies to 7 and 8-figure entrepreneurs. Let's dive into strategies to maximize profits in your business!  In this episode, I interview Dr. Philippe Douyon, a board-certified neurologist, to explore the connection between brain health and business success. Dr. Douyon explains neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to form new neural connections, and its significance for entrepreneurs and leaders. He emphasizes the role of physical activity in enhancing cognitive function and the power of positive self-talk in fostering a growth mindset. The discussion also covers the importance of supportive leadership in creating a culture of development and innovation within organizations, ultimately benefiting both individuals and the business as a whole. To learn more about how to Take Charge of Your Brain, go to https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/ Visit my FREE Facebook Group, The Profit First Masterclass, where I'll be sharing additional exclusive trainings to members of the community.   If you're excited about what's next for your business and upcoming episodes, please head to our itunes page and give us a review! Your support will help me to bring in other amazing expert interviews to share their best tips on how to powerfully grow in your business!  DISCLAIMER: The information contained within these videos is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute, an accountant-client relationship. While we use reasonable efforts to furnish accurate and up-to-date information, we assume no liability or responsibility for any errors, omissions, or regulatory updates in the content of this video. Any U.S. federal tax advice contained within is not intended to be used for the purpose of avoiding penalties under U.S. federal tax law. 

Send us a Text Message.Episode 177:The Impact of Alcohol on Your Brain with Dr. Philippe DouyonIn episode 177, Courtney Andersen welcomes Dr. Philippe Douyon to the podcast, and they discuss the impact of alcohol on your brain. This episode is a free Doctor's appointment.What you will learn in this episode:Impact of alcohol on the brain Brain Health Lifestyle habits to minimize and reverse damage to the brainMom brainPhilippe Douyon, MD, is a board-certified Neurologist. He completed his residency in Neurology at NYU and fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at NYP-Weill Cornell Medical College. He spent 5 years as an attending Neurologist/Epileptologist at Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group. Dr. Douyon is the Founder & CEO of the health, wellness, and technology company, The Inle BrainFit Institute®, which was created to improve people's health and quality of life.. Dr. Douyon is also the author of the book Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower; the e-books Change Your Brain Change Your Life and 7 Things You Should Do To Minimize Your Risks of Dementia. Dr. Douyon is the creator and instructor of the online class Take Charge of Your Brain in 30 Days and has created a comprehensive virtual alcohol cessation program. Thank you for listening.Reviews help the show. Please rate, Review, and Subscribe to the Sober Vibes Podcast.Thank you to our Sponsors.As a show listener, you get exclusive discounts from our Sponsor. Make sure to check them out and support the show. SOBERLINK, click here to shop and save $50 on your device.  Listen to episode 115 to learn more about Soberlink.As a show listener, you receive 20% off your order with EXACT NATURE. Make sure to check them out and support the show. EXACT NATURE, click here to shop and save 20% off with code "SV20." Free shipping on all orders!  Please listen to episode 129 with Thomas White to learn more about CBD.To Connect with Courtney:Follow Sober Vibes on InstagramTo Work with Courtney:Come join the Sobriety CircleApply for 1:1 Coaching HereOrder My BookFree Resources:Join the women-only Sober Vibes Facebook group30-Day Sober Not Boring Calendar Sober Routine ChecklistWorkshop SeriesMocktail MenuSupport the Show.

Developing brain resilience and maintaining healthy cognition throughout life can dramatically improve your quality of life. Dr. Philippe Douyon shares practical and easy to implement strategies to optimize your brain health and preserve your mental capacity as you age. You'll discover how nutrition, exercise, sleep, music, and dietary supplements can aid brain function and even how the people you associate with impact your brain function. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/noise-cake/in-my-memory License code: EEKELBJBYMWC9NZL --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-a-johnson/support

Gain invaluable insights into the world of brain science and discover practical strategies for optimizing brain health and performance in this engaging interview with The Brain Prophet hosts, Dr. Philippe Duoyon and Douglas Mapp. If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co . And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:Mental obesity and why we need cognitive training.Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower.Impact of pregnancy and hormonal changes in women's brain.The essential role of sleep in brain health and function.How business minds are always evolving.Leveraging AI for productivity and what can lead to a dark path.Episode References/Links:Doulgas Mapp Email dmapp@thinkuptn.comThinkUp WebsiteFollow Douglas on LinkedInFollow Douglas on Twitter @dmapp2Dr. Philippe DuoyonThe Inle BrainFit Institute WebsiteFollow Dr. Duoyon on IGFollow Dr. Duoyon on TiktokMentionsNeuroplasticity: your Brain's Superpower BookJames Wedmore's podcast mentioned episodeMental Distal Influence bookGuest Bio:Philippe Douyon, MD is a board certified Neurologist. He completed his residency in Neurology at NYU and fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at NYP-Weill Cornell Medical College. He spent 5 years as an attending Neurologist/Epileptologist at Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group. Dr. Douyon is the Founder & CEO of the health, wellness, and technology company, The Inle BrainFit Institute® (www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com), which was created to improve people's health and quality of life. Through the Inle BrainFit Institute he has created individualized exercise regimens based on the person's medical and neurological needs, as well as their personal goals. Dr. Douyon's BrainFit™ app, released in November 2018, is game designed to teach people about the impact of food and exercise on the brain and body. Dr. Douyon is also the author of the book, Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower, which speaks to the brains ability to learn, adapt, and heal. In the book he discusses actionable steps that we can all take to maintain a healthy brain. Dr. Douyon has taught his book on the online platform www.mentorbox.com. He has traveled the United States giving talks ranging from neurological disorders to ways that we can maximize our neurological potential. Dr. Douyon is creator and instructor of the online class, Take Charge of Your Brain in 30 days (www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-charge)Douglas Mapp, a board-certified cognitive development professional, helps individuals think differently in life-impacting ways. When working with companies he directs companies and their employees to harness their brainpower for better performance and higher outcomes so that they and our communities can be exceptional. True learning occurs when the mind can deliver successes while it minimizes stress. In meeting Douglas, you'll take from him his belief that “You can't do differently until you think differently;” and often it's your brain that's holding you back. When people are intrinsically motivated to learn something new exceptional actions follow. Follow Exceptional Professional Framework™ and watch your thoughts and your actions make a brighter tomorrow.  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.Be It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipResourcesWatch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookLinkedInEpisode Transcript:Dr. Philippe Douyon 0:38  So, yeah, recognizing how the brain works I think is incredibly important because again, we are not our brains, but it is the most powerful tool that we have at our disposal. It is the number one technology that we have on this planet is the brain. Yeah. So we need to learn how to use it. Yeah. Lesley Logan 5:27  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Melissa Logan, Plaza's instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt, my friend, friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and be it till you see it. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.  All right. Be it babe. We have one of your favorite guests back. You all love Dr. Felipe Deion. When we had him on before and I decided we had to bring on his other half of his podcast, the Brain Prophet, which is Douglas Mapp, and these two are brain nerds for sure. 100%. Um, and what I really loved is how they explained. Well, we all need to be doing so much with our brains, and typically we wait until something is in need to work on it. And really, our brains are something that we need to work on now. And how does this affect you being until you see it? Well, you need your brain to take you wherever you're gonna go, so you are gonna absolutely wanna listen up to what Douglas and Dr. Philippe Duoyon have to say about this because y'all, um, We're we, I think we tend to put ourselves last. And when you do that, you're not only putting yourself last, but you're putting your brain last, probably last last. And we go into how to actually put your brain more first and also like what we all can be doing more in this world to be more like our brain and to take the next level. It's really interesting. We get to talk about a lot of things. Um, it's a great conversation. I'm excited for you to have it. And I also really loved, um, there'd be action items for sure. And also one, like you can just do them. You don't have to go buy anything. You can actually just go do them, which is really. And if you haven't noticed on the podcast, um, outtakes, especially on the recaps are happening because guess what? I'm perfectly imperfect. No, I'm kidding. I take a lot of messy action. I make a lot of mistakes, and some of those things get taken out of the actual feed, but then the team puts it at the end of the credits. You know how when you're at the movies and like something fun happens, At the end of the credits and only the people who like stayed after got to see them. Well, that's what we're doing with this podcast. So enjoy, um, hearing how many times I, um, can't say a word. Can't say my own name. Can't say Brad's name or forget how this podcast goes. Alright. And until, uh, and without further ado, here are the brains.All right, Be It babes. I'm so excited because we have a two person show happening here today. Well, it's three because I'm the third. But we have two people as guests. And it's gonna be a lot of fun. First of all, they're just like experts in their area, you already know one and loved him so much, Dr. Philippe Douyon is here. He is, as you know, like the brain doctor, and also part of The Brain Prophets podcast, and his other half is Douglas Mapp. And he's here to talk about what they're doing together what they do in the world of just all helping us like think in a different way. So you guys, thank you for both being here. Can you each have... Douglas, since this is your first time you get to go first and introduce yourself and then we'll do the doctor.Douglas Mapp 7:28  Alright, thank you. Thank you. I'm Douglas Mapp founder of Being Up. I'm a cognitive development professional. And I'm one of the halves of The Brain Prophets podcast. You can find me of course on Twitter made primarily @DMAPP2. And you can also you know, go check out thinkupexcellence.com (https://thinkuptn.thinkific.com/)Lesley Logan 7:50  Awesome. That's, you know, good for you to be on Twitter. It's a brave place to be.Douglas Mapp 7:56  I don't really see. YeahLesley Logan 7:58  Maybe we'll have to talk more about that. Okay. Yeah, Dr. Philippe Douyon. For those who are new to you, can you remind us who you are and what you do?Dr. Philippe Douyon 8:06  Sure. So I'm a board certified neurologist. I'm author of the book Neuroplasticity: your brain's superpower. I've got a children's illustrated series called Nervy The Neuron where we teach kids about their brains and how they can take care of their brains. And I'm also the creator of the online course Take Charge of Your Brain.Lesley Logan 8:23  Very, super cool. I love Nervy the neuron I think it's so cool. I don't think that when I was growing up there was any books about the brain. So kids are definitely getting more more educated than I was when when they're younger. Okay, so I want so we've all you all said some amazing words I think what's really important is like to kind of go back to the basics so we're on the same place. Douglas when you say like cognitive, everything you said can you kind of tell people like what a day in that looks like or what it is that you're , like, what are you trying to get people to do with that?Douglas Mapp 8:55  Yeah, what we're trying to do is improve the way that people think so you know how you go to the gym and then this is kind of appropriate for this podcast. So you go out, you guys do Pilates in order to, you know, improve the strength of your body, your physical self, right so the cognitive development process is a process we put people to improve the mental capacity or just the mental, your thinking, so that you can perform and produce at a higher level.Lesley Logan 9:25  So you're basically saying that like we have the power and the ability to kind of improve how we think, change how we think, it's not stuck just like how you were when you were younger, it can have, it has ever learning abilities.Douglas Mapp 9:39  Yeah, yeah. So you know, once you understand the type of, the right type of activities to do, we can improve like, you know how fast your processing speed processes, right? how long your memory, how much your memory can hold...Lesley Logan 9:52  Like a computer but from my brain, you can make my brain be faster. Dr. Philippe Douyon 9:56  Yeah, your brain is already faster than a computer but yes, essentially, think about like your control of it like so imagine somebody who picked up a computer 30 years ago, probably one recognize how to really use this full capabilities, so were part of that process of utilizing your full capability or more of your capability, right? And so, you know, this is about, to me, no knock on anybody else. It's about you know, next level stuff, like when, you know, productivity, how do we take it to the next level, and it comes by understanding, and not just understanding what your brain could do, but then putting it through the paces so that it can do it, right. It's one thing to know, is one thing to know what the form is supposed to look like, it's another thing to be able to do the form.Lesley Logan 10:38  So that makes a lot of sense to me, I think that thank you for using that analogy. And it's like, so I guess the next question for you is like, how do we know we need to improve our brains? Like, is it something so come to you for because I'm feeling stuck in my job? Like, is it like, or you can do it in your work and your capacity of thinking outside the box at home? Or at the gym? Like, what what is it that brings me to think like, I want to do this next thing?Douglas Mapp 11:06  That's a great question. Like, how would you know, so this is gonna be this is me and Philippe's fight, because it's our brain. And because we don't really see our brain and because we generally judge each other by each other, we don't really know. So I call it when I call it that, right now, we're facing a problem in America, and maybe even around the world in general, despite our society, and least first world countries, and it's called mental obesity. But because you can't see it, you don't know, how are, you know, how I guess subpar? Or where you're lacking performance is at, right? So I would think that what we need to be doing is just like people should just generally exercise, we should be generally putting these practices into play on the things that we do. So if you want if you want, so if you so I'm gonna use some metrics, just to put put it in retrospect. So let's go 20 years ago, well, almost 20 years. So in 2005, right. So in 2004, as a population that works on averages, we were productive, our production rate improved at a rate of 2.2% year over year, right? now, right? Since 2005 till now we improve at a rate of 1.4%, or at least from a productivity standpoint. So we're less productive than we used to be. Lesley Logan 12:33  Because we're overwhelmed with thoughts?Douglas Mapp 12:38  I would say, I would say that it's not so much the overwhelm, but it's the lack of ability to run the same race as fast and so we don't have to train the same way. So like between 1948 1970 the world that we have now never existed...(Lesley: Oh, yeah) Right? I mean, as we have it now, so but right now, we have the internet, we have so many things that doesn't allow you or doesn't necessarily rely on you to have to think or create it, you can ask a question to some device, it tells you the answer, you don't have to even think, right? You can hire somebody to do something for you that you could have tried to build something yourself just even get that you know that brain associated with what that should take that's gone, right? So there's a lot of things like visual processing that would be used in trying to put something creative together. So now, as people, we don't exercise our brains the same way so that you don't actually even know what you could have been doing. Overwhelm of course happens because now you're trying to lift something that you're not strong enough to lift.Lesley Logan 13:45  Yeah, but we used to be able to we use that capability. It's like when you get older, some things just aren't as easy anymore. You could do the exact same thing. But we're, we're still young.Douglas Mapp 13:57  Yes, yeah, you should be able to do it.Lesley Logan 13:59  So so how does the two of you guys connect and start working together? Because you have this podcast and you and as you said, you're like trying to get people to understand a problem that they don't know that they have? Because I feel like they'd be pretty meta. The brain needs to tell you that it's not at its capacity (...)Douglas Mapp 14:18  Philippe, if you don't mind, let me tell this part of the story then you pick up where you I throw you in there. So Philippe wrote this awesome book. It's called Neuroplasticity: your brain's superpower. And of course, in my field, once I saw it, I had to read it. And so fully tell the people about your book, man.Dr. Philippe Douyon 14:37  Yeah, so it's really about how you know, our brains adapt, how they learn, how they heal, but most importantly, that we have the ability to control how our brain evolves. So a lot about what we talked about is really about giving people their power back because one of the things that I always say is like you are not your brain, the fact that you are aware of your thoughts, the fact that you know you've got a brain inside your skull means that you are much higher level than your actual brain. And so now it's about doing the things to keep your brain a healthy one, but to keep your brain evolving, so that way, you can overcome obstacles, you can overcome the challenges that you face, you can create the life that you want for yourself. And so when we ask the question, like, how do people know that they may need, you know, cognitive training or brain training? Well, we can always ask them well, how's your life going? How happy are you? Are you anxious? Are you depressed? Are you accomplishing your goals? Are you living the life that you've always dreamed of? A lot of people that answer is going to be no.Lesley Logan 15:40  Yeah, so this, um, like, my brain just went to like three different things and a little bit more and a little selfish. Mostly because our listeners are mostly women, does the women's hormones and the changes in that affect the brain's capacity to learn? And therefore do we have like, Is there something I should be doing now? Before the hormones change and bucket all up?Dr. Philippe Douyon 16:06  Well, you know, here's the amazing thing, right? That all of our brains change, depending on the phases in life that we're in. And we see this especially happened with women, that their brains change in some incredibly, just beautiful, beautiful ways, right? And Pregnancy is a great is a great time, where you're seeing a lot of changes in the brain. And the reason being that when a woman is going from not being pregnant, to pregnant to preparing for this baby to come, her focus has to shift, right? Her focus is no longer on her. The most important thing now is to make sure that this baby survives, and as well. And so the brain changes in ways to make sure that that happens. So you hear a lot of women talk about that they've got pregnancy, brain, pregnancy, brain is a is a real thing. Right? But it is not at all a bad thing. It's actually a really great thing. You don't need it's not all that important for you to remember, you know, somebody's phone number. I mean, you know, most of us don't remember phone numbers nowadays. Lesley Logan 17:11  I don't know Brad's phone number. I alwasy have to ask, what's your phone number?Dr. Philippe Douyon 17:16  Well, probably not the best example. Because that's actually one of the things that we have lost in the last 20 or 30 years, our ability to remember phone numbers, because we don't do it anymore. But yeah, you don't need to remember something that may not be important to the survival of your child. Right? And so women attribute that to pregnancy brain. Some women think that it's not a good thing, but it's actually a really, really great thing. So yeah, so hormones play a significant role on how our brains evolved.Lesley Logan 17:42  That's really fascinating. I love that you bring that up. I think every person listening here is like, oh, boy, what a great way to reframe that. And also, can we like shout it louder for all the people. So go ahead, Douglas.Dr. Philippe Douyon 17:56  Now, I was gonna say to write back just a little bit on this finishing up the story when you are...Lesley Logan 18:01  so sorry. I'm so sorry. I got distracted. I got excited. Go ahead. Finish. Sorry. Yes, we gotta go back.Dr. Philippe Douyon 18:06  Yeah. So after I read that great book that he told everybody about, which, you know, go get the books on Amazon. I reached out to him over LinkedIn. And then you know, we just got to like chopped it up over that and we became you know, close and so now we're you know, cool peoples and so I guess we're friends with although we still have to meet in person, he's been busy. I've been busy and we haven't met in person yet.Lesley Logan 18:27  How long have you guys known each other and you haven't met in person? Douglas Mapp 18:31  Oh, man. It's been is it going on? Three years now? This is the third year.Dr. Philippe Douyon 18:36  I mean, part of that is like COVID. Douglas Mapp 18:39  yeah, like surgeryDr. Philippe Douyon 18:42  And then he's like, he's like in Tennessee, like, nobody really wants to go to that part of the world.Lesley Logan 18:51  (...) people I love that.Douglas Mapp 18:54  We're in Knoxville, and I tell him this all the time. One of the world's most leading laboratories is like 15 minutes of the road.Lesley Logan 19:01  Wow, that's amazing. So there you go. I feel like you're putting on thick but maybe we can find Vegas come to Vegas, everyone loves it here. So okay, so going back to like you talked about like, we can take our brain to like training camp basically. And we have neuroplasticity meaning we can, like, our brain is like we have the ability to change it. Is this like, so my dad isn't listening to show so I could talk about him but he will do this whole thing is like I had an old man day moment and like he tells me that he couldn't find his keys and it was around his neck the whole time. You know, like that kind of like and I'm like well dad I think like regular people like any age like that happens all the time. We're just distracted but like, is there an age at which like that plus it's harder to take the brain to the gym or is it like as long as we were doing it we can keep doing it like what are the expectations obviously without like, you know any external extenuating, like, conditions?Dr. Philippe Douyon 20:00  Yes. So there's definitely like critical periods in the brain's development, where it's easier for that to happen. But we retain that ability throughout our entire lives. As long as we're doing certain things that are really healthy for the brain and promoting neuroplasticity, like exercising, like getting a good night's sleep. Actually, that's when you're seeing a lot of these neuroplastic changes happening when people are in the deeper stages of sleep. And a lot of people are sleep deprived. And when we say exercise, it doesn't even necessarily mean you go into gym and using some weights. It could be dancing. It could be you know, Pilates. Which, which you got me to do by theLesley Logan 20:36  Did you do it? I got another guest to do it!Dr. Philippe Douyon 20:40  Yeah, you got me to do it which was awesome. Yeah. It's really great. You just never find an appointment.Lesley Logan 20:48  Oh, yeah. Well, well, after we'll get offline, and I'll find out where you are. And I'll help you find that. But, you know, I love that you bring that up. Because I think sometimes people think that like, oh, the gym is exercise, and then yoga is stretching. And then we don't really know where Pilates is, we'll put it in somewhere in the stretchy camp. And, and really, it's like any kind of movement that is intentional, that like you're not on your I mean, I guess you could be on the bike on the phone. But like, you know, intentional movement, where you're actually trying to like move the body in a different way and strengthen some things. But I to give Pilates a nice little hit, I have been trying to do this one. This exercise I've been able to do for years. So the strength part of it, no problem. But there's a rhythm to it. It has this it's so for everyone listening, Pilates is not slow. Pilates has its every action has a own rhythm. And this one exercise is a fast overhead like a fast plow. So legs parallel to the floor. And up that over up has to be really fast. And then you take your time. So there's this moment where you throw your whole body over and up. And like because of that inertia to get it over and up fast. When you get up, you have to stop and you have to catch it. And like that's really hard to do because it takes control. For years, I've been trying to get my brain understand the fast part to get to catch the slow part. And I finally did it finally did it and I was like, ah, you know, but like it's a it is a string thing. It's a coordination thing. It's in your brain to like focus on it. So. So hopefully I like took my brain to the gym as well, in that moment.Dr. Philippe Douyon 22:14  Yeah, yeah. And you know what I love about that story. You said for years, I've been trying to get my brain to understand the fast part. So you in that statement, recognize that you are not your brain.Lesley Logan 22:24  Yeah, that's true. Yeah, fascinating. So well. So when you, so Douglas, when you are taking people to gym and taking their brain to gym, what does that look like? For let's say, I just like want to be able to take in more information and not, you know...Dr. Philippe Douyon 22:42  We can do one right now. Okay, we'll give you a working memory exercise. And you can just follow along with the people. So all I want you to do is tell me the sum of the last two numbers that you tell me.Lesley Logan 22:54  Okay, so if I just tell you, Oh, I'm, you're gonna give me the numbers.Dr. Philippe Douyon 22:58  I'm gonna give you the numbers. And you're gonna tell me the sum of the last two numbers that I tell you. Of course, this is a conversation. So you're going to speak and then I'm going to speak, but I still want the sum of the last two. Okay. All right. 12...Lesley: 3) 1Lesley Logan 23:14  4, oh wait, no. Oh, I see. I'm missing, I'm misunderstanding. So the last two numbers. So you said one, two, then 3Dr. Philippe Douyon 23:27  2 So this is where we push the red light focus on what I'm saying? Not what you're saying. And most people's brains want to go like, Oh, what did I say? What did I say? Lesley Logan 23:44  I'm definitely feel like I'm a most people right now. Not feeling.Dr. Philippe Douyon 23:49  And so that's just a simple working memory exercise is also focused on, well, not necessarily processing speed, but auditory processing. And you could use some visual processing in as the same time as you're doing that particular thing. But it's about putting yourself through the right type of rigorous exercises that are right underneath frustration to promote positive neuroplasticity processes. So that's what we know. That's just one little one that we do.Lesley Logan 24:17  Yeah, that one is that one. I'm gonna say I needed to go back to school for that. Dr. Philippe Douyon 24:24  We didn't, I mean, I just kept repeating the same numbers over and over. Now the crazy part is, well, if I did it and said something you said, then you start to question, why are we saying the same things?Lesley Logan 24:37  Right? Yeah, no. There's Yeah, I also the brain is very funny because like, I think, because I know I have a brain. And then I get a little I'm one of those people. I'm not a hypochondriac, but sometimes I like when I switched a word. I wasn't reading the word. I was remembering the word from Instagram and I was dyslexic with it. And I was saying it and I was saying like, that's not it, but like it in my brain I could picture was like chapel Allerton, I was saying Chalo Appleton, I was like (...) speaking. So then it's like, okay, what am I getting too old? Do I need more sleep? Is this something wrong? Nothing's wrong before or if we're just being like a crazy hypochondriac.Douglas Mapp 25:19  Yeah, that's a great question, how do you know something's wrong. So it's harder with our brains to recognize because we, you know, we're always kind of doing that too many routine things to really notice. So when something starts to slip off, that's when we notice and sometimes that can be too late. But I would like to say one of the things that we are about manfully is about being proactive, right. And if we stay proactive, then we don't have to worry about the slip, right? You don't want to worry about the problem. You know, it's too late at that time, you're like way behind the eight ball. And it's costly, more costly to fix the problem, and it's to kind of stay healthy. And so I'm in that camp of like, of trying to stay ahead of the game, because our brains, we only have one brain. And as resilient as it is. You know, it's, it's, you know, it's too nuanced to say, let me let this particular part of it slide. Yeah. So that's what I said about that. But I do want to say sleep like, you know, people talk about getting sleep a lot, because it's just like, it's, it seems, well, when the general person I think, hears, hey, you need to get more sleep. It's, it's, I think it's dead airs to some degree, because it's like, Oh, why do I need more sleep? But there's a process your brain actually has to go through, and Philippe talk about the brain washing process if you don't mindLesley Logan 26:36  Yeah, I want to hear it. Because I've been, I've been trying to get my aura ring, average sleep to be up. And whenever I actually read the stats, I get depressed, because I'm like, well, I'm my REM is not getting any longer my deep sleep as I'm like, What do I want these numbers to be? Because they all don't seem high enough?Dr. Philippe Douyon 26:55  Yeah, so you know, here's the great thing, like, we always recommend that people get like six to eight hours of sleep per night. And there's a reason. So the brain goes through this cycle, right? we have non REM sleep, REM sleep. And it's really in the deeper stages of sleep that we see a lot of the healing that happens, right? but it takes about 90 minutes or so, 60 to 90 minutes, to get into those deeper stages of sleep. And you need to go through that cycle, at least four to six times in the middle of the night. And so that's why we tell people six to eight hours of sleep per night, when you get into the deeper stages of sleep. So our brains are bathed in fluid, our brains and spinal cord are bathed in fluid because it's cerebrospinal fluid or CSF. And what we've realized is that when we're in the deeper stages of sleep, there are waves of this fluid happening. And it's thought that the reason that we're seeing these waves is that the brain is essentially clearing out the toxins that build up throughout the day. And when those toxins accumulate over a long period of time, that's when people develop things like dementia. Right. And so there are links between dementia and sleep deprivation, especially Alzheimer's, dementia, and sleep deprivation. Everything that we know is that in the deeper stages of sleep, your brain and your body released brain derived neurotrophic factor, which is the chemical that triggers neuroplasticity, that it's the chemical that promotes neuroplasticity.Douglas Mapp 28:24  So think about, think about that as like fertilizer for your brain if you think about, like, you know, growing plants and stuff. Dr. Philippe Douyon 28:31  sleep is made really for your brainLesley Logan 28:32  Well, that makes a lot of sense. I mean, I think people are there if they would actually say it's for their brain, they might actually think of it in a different way, you know, or use it in a different way. I think they're there. They sometimes I hear I feel like the people around when they talk about sleep, it's like, oh, I have to go sleep because like, got a workday tomorrow. And it's like well, actually, it's so your brain can like run your body through whatever you want to do tomorrow. Yeah. So you can do whatever so when it comes to like, I'm sure there's so many tools, but like what are some things that can help people like? Like be it till they see it when it comes to being a better sleep? Or are there things like that they could be considering during the day, obviously, like screen time before bed is a terrible thing, but like, what are some other things that people could do to just really prepare themselves for their brain going, you know, to fertilizer school?Dr. Philippe Douyon 29:24  Yeah, so having good sleep hygiene is really important. And what I mean by that is that you do need to prepare your body and brain for sleep. And so you probably shouldn't eat three to four hours. Your last meal should be three to four hours before you go to bed. And you should turn down the lights as the evening approaches, because that signals to your body to start releasing melatonin, which is the chemical that tells your brain that it's time to go to sleep. You should avoid caffeine eight hours prior to when you're gonna go to bed. I tell people all the time the bedroom, only two things take place in the bedroom, sleep, and sex, everything else, get all the electronics out of the bedroom, TVs, laptops, phone, all of that. So there are things that you can do every single day to help to prepare yourself to get a good night's sleep.Lesley Logan 30:15  Yeah, I think I definitely, I was so good about my phone not coming into the room. And then my husband went away for a month that we have this, this is downtown, we have an electronic glass door. And it's because to let the dogs out, there's only one way out. And we have to go all the way around, we're in the back of the house, in order to go to the front of house, to go back through the middle, to the back of the house to let them out. And so we got this electronic door. However, it only lets them out, it doesn't let them in, you have to let them in with a phone app. And when he's here, he can do it.But he went away, which is only for two weeks, and it was a month. And so then my phone, made it back in the room and I have not gotten myself back into habit. So by the time this episode comes out, and Brad and I do the recap, I will I will let you guys know if I'm able to recreate that habit, but it made a massive difference for my sleep. Because I like I hit sometimes well, I spent many years where I had stomach issues that then caused me not to sleep much. And then my sleep stomach issues became this vicious cycle. So I'm really like, I'm always very aware if I've got deeply burned out because I'm like, What did i What did I eat what's going on, because I don't ever want to go back to where I don't get my sleep, which then therefore doesn't put me through my digestive cycle. And then I go back to like not sleeping again, it's my own priority thing. But I find that people don't realize the two can be very connected. And then they don't see it that sleep is so amazing. So I love those you guys are gonna have to tell us how you use them. So you guys decided to start a podcast together because you wanted to hang out more, because you realize you were like trying to do the exact same thing or, I mean, I can see the main problem you guys have is that people need to do what you're talking about before they need to do. So they're trying to get people to do something they don't know that prevent a problem, which is always hard to get people to do. So how how did that whole thing come about?Douglas Mapp 32:04  Yeah, so I think well, we can we do use our podcasts for two reasons. That's of course to elevate the conversation, right? And then also kind of learn from people, if it's as important to them as we think it should be. Right. And so most often, it's not as important. That's one, but they met but at the same time, they don't recognize the factors necessarily, that lets us know, or that would let them know, hey, there's an issue. And so, but but we won't keep it fun. So it's still a fun podcast, we talked about some of the challenges that arise and what could happen if people did kind of put their brain through these pieces that kind of help them do better, right. And so we've had a mix of people from the like, you know, sexuals, or sexual but sex psychologists, right to help people that are relationships all the way to like business owners, we even had a one of the physicists from the Oak Ridge National Laboratories who came on to talk about, you know, how the thinking of people in that world could be affected by you know, the work that they do, and how, you know, their performance matters in that range or in that realm.Lesley Logan 33:18  Yeah, yeah, that's, uh, I like it. So you're like, trying to see what people actually are thinking about, if they're thinking about it at all, when it comes to what you guys are doing, and also, how other people are doing it. That's a nice little combination that people can really learn from Yeah,Douglas Mapp 33:30  yeah. Because like I said before, with, if you look at the numbers, you know, most of the things that we work on, at least on my side, we work on, is, has to deal with what we were studying in children up until 1984. So at that time, 1984, that's when people were like, Hey, I wonder if this if, you know, all this brain stuff is gonna matter to adults. And (...) they found that it did. And so now from there, you know, you move us, you know, 10-15 years later, this is, you know, this neuroscience field is one of the latest fields in the country when it comes to like, how we can help ourselves do more with this super powerful machine. Dr. Philippe Douyon 34:13  It's o fascinating that like it's now a fast growing field. Like, I feel like we should have been making that happen sooner.Douglas Mapp 34:23  Yeah, I agree. But I don't know. I don't know, if from a historic standpoint, I don't know, if there was enough of us curious enough to see the dynamic moves in, you know, how we can kind of put things together and move. Right? Most of the people that are movers or shakers, or that are creating are not in this that field, right? And it's hard to study them. So I don't know.Dr. Philippe Douyon 34:51  Well, you know, I come from a healthcare world where everything is incredibly slow and archaic...(Douglas: So you are used to it?) No, but actually what I will say is business people move conversations forward. And business people have a really amazing take on the brain, whether they realize it or not. When, as opposed to people in healthcare as opposed to doctors, nurses, pharmaceutical company, the agenda is different, right? And so when you look at entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs, it's all about growth, I got to grow my business. Well, in order to grow my business, I need to grow, I need to evolve, I need to develop myself, well, that's all a brain thing. Your evolution is about your brain, whether they put into those terms or not. And I was recently at a conference with a bunch of entrepreneurs, got to hear like Tom Brady speak, some really powerful speakers. And it's really, in their conversations about who they had to be, who they had to become, it really was about how they had to change their thinking. How they had to change the actions that they were taking, in order for them to create the lives that they wanted for themselves. And as a neurologist, I'm like, oh, it's all a brain issue. Lesley Logan 36:08  I love that you brought it that way. Because it made me think like, when I started doing what I was doing, I was by myself. So I was doing everything by myself, I was pulling my like, you know, I was like, trying to learn this over here and trying to figure how to, like, update a link on a website, by myself, like all these things. And then I grew the team. But that required me to think in a different way to stop thinking like, I'm the only one doing it, I had to start thinking like, there's other people here and then relying on that. And that's a whole other way of thinking, because now you're leading a team, to do the thing that you wanted to do, while still learning how to do what you want to do. And then years later, the team expands. There's now even more things. And so I think we I think as as you brought that up, it made me think 1,000% we have to change the way we're thinking, but also how much we underestimate that we think there's something wrong with us, that we aren't able to quickly switch into this new role. Like, and it's like, well, actually, no, you have your brain hasn't been doing it like that, you have to probably train your brain to re consider, like, you know what I mean, we're not born with like, all all the skill sets that are there that we were learning, we have to learn them just like a new language or something when we were a child, right? Dr. Philippe Douyon 37:19  Yeah. And if you think about the way that we learn in school, right? it's very much about being an individual. Right? There's no teamwork in school, we call that cheating. But in real life, it's all about teamwork. Right?Lesley Logan 37:31  Or if you are doing a group project, one person is doing it, and everyone is...Dr. Philippe Douyon 37:35  That's right. And so it's really about, so, you know, essentially, we've been trained for years on how to do things by ourselves, which, you know... Douglas Mapp 37:49  Is counterproductive to how the brain works, right?Dr. Philippe Douyon 37:51  Yeah, it's not a successful way of going about it. Even when we think about how the brain works. The reason why the brain is so powerful is because it's got billions of neurons that make trillions of connections together. Every brain disease is because of a breakdown in communication between those neurons. Every brain disease, a stroke, you know, you get blood flow is blocked a particular part of the brain, neurons start to die, they can't communicate with each other. Right? Unless you can't send signals as quickly as you should. And so the communication is impaired, whatever it is, it's a breakdown in communication. So teamwork is incredibly important.Lesley Logan 38:33  That is interesting. So, so I guess, like, training, so you're obviously you're saying like the brain as being teamwork, but also like teamwork with others, like, what are some what are some ways to? Or where can we have fun? Is it your book? Like, where can we find out how to like, get our brain to understand that teamwork? Because all I'm thinking is like, oh, my gosh, you need all of those connections to like, stay fresh, stay young?Dr. Philippe Douyon 39:00  Well, one of the things that I tell people all the time is you need to act more like neurons. Right? The reality is that when there's communication breakdowns between couples, that's when divorce happens, or separations happen. When countries have communication breakdowns. That's where war happens, right? When bands no longer communicate, well, that's when the Beatles breakup or whoever. Right? So yeah, recognizing how the brain works, I think is incredibly important. Because again, we are not our brains, but it is the most powerful tool that we have at our disposal. It is the number one technology that we have on this planet, that's the brain. So, we need to learn how to use it.Yeah. And then what and then everyone's like, how can I outsource this amazing tool into like chat GPT? And it's like, well, your brainDouglas Mapp 39:53  Yeah, that's a niche thing. So you know, I talked to educators sometimes as well. And one of the things that I, that I think what this is going to do, well will be the next separator. So I want to say this too, because this is very important for, for business owners that are listening. So the best companies are more productive than the slowest companies by five times. So if you're not, so if you're not putting yourself through the paces to try to close the gap between you and the leader in your market, they're five times better than you. That's number one. So the gap will continue to increase. But when you look at like the AI, like these AIs that can kind of think for us, you know, think in quotations, what's gonna happen is the people who are going to use that the best are the ones who have the wherewithal to ask it the best questions. Right? So not just asking any type of question, it's going to be the best questions, which means they'd have to know well enough to work with the AI and not have the AI kind of work, you know, them work for the AIs. Right? And so that's going to be the separator between those who succeed next, and everybody else, I believe.Lesley Logan 41:03  Yeah, I think you're right. It's like the difference between asking it to tell you a nighttime story. And they also ask you to tell your nighttime story read by a pirate, who understands that they're trying to get, you know, like, just like really getting what you needed to know. Yes, exactly. Like, we, I haven't used it yet. Because I actually really love to write. And I really know who I'm writing to. And it's actually slower for me to edit anyone else's writing, but my husband used it, and he's like, here, make me a two sentence description based on this outline, boom. And so like, what he got back was, like, amazing and very useful and needed very few edits. When he said, make me a two paragraph description of this outline. There were some edits there, because he's like, I wouldn't use that word on this one. But then when you make me a blog post, it got, you know, like you, it's, if you can figure out, but you have to actually have the cognitive ability to understand what you want, why you want it, what's the best thing it's going to happen? Otherwise, it's just going to be a different Google search.Douglas Mapp 42:05  Correct. It's going to, well, so we'll see, you know, we'll see where it's taken us where it will take us, but history will show this probably not going to help us as much as we think it is. Maybe right here, now, it's gonna be fine. But like, next generation will probably hurt us (...)Lesley Logan 42:24  That's what I worry about, though, right? Because we already know, like, what screens do to our eyesight and, and to our ability to sleep and all of these things, right? So then it's like, if we're not using and like, I'm okay with not memorizing, people's phone numbers. I'm, there's other things I can like, you know, maybe memorize instead, but like, I do worry that I do actually worry, people will use their brains less. And I'm actually like, it just makes me a little like, sad. Because it is such a powerful tool, as you know. And like, I think when people, I think when people lose their ways when they feel like they don't have purpose. And they don't feel like they have purpose because everything is doing everything for them.Douglas Mapp 43:04  Yeah, it is, right, I want to amend what I said and said that, you know, it'll take us down this dark path, but only if we don't train our brains alongside it. Because, you know, so if we do nothing, and go down the same path of you, we're gonna have some problems. But if we do, if everybody does what me and Philippe say, they'll be fine. But um, you know, it's got to take but it takes effort. And that's the thing that, that there's no pill for this. I know, everybody wants to take some magic pill that's gonna, you know,Lesley Logan 43:36  What's the supplement we can all take for our brain? I didn't ask because you knowDouglas Mapp 43:41  Philippe we got one for sale on the website? it almost seems like we should get in that game. But that game is such a you know, is not genuine, because it's not going to give you the overall performance that you want. Which is just, you know, more fitness, brain fitness, is just going to get you to where maybe you have tricked yourself into thinking more so than likely that you've done something great. Yeah, the placebo effect is real. You know, I think from an analogy standpoint, getting better sleep they'll probably do what those pills are trying to do. If you thought about for people who live in like the northeast and some places where it snows and they they put brains all over the ground and it throws up on your car then like the next day you think I need a power wash my car so this stuff doesn't ruin my car. That's why you need to sleep be so that your brain can have those those toxins pushed out right so if we can see these more harsher images maybe we need to do like a "this is your brain, this is your brain on no sleep" type of commercial.Lesley Logan 44:41  Hey, as a child of the 80s it really hit, I did not do drugs. I only drank.Douglas Mapp 44:47  You only drinkLesley Logan 44:49  Have you ever noticed like if you look at a kid from the 80s who saw all those commercials with a (...) So every ad person ladies I know that Was it like I don't I don't do drugs but I drink I think all like it didn't do they didn't do the same thing for drinking.Dr. Philippe Douyon 45:06  They definitely didn't run the same ads for drinking...(Lesley: Yeah, they did not). And it was just eggs. It was just eggs frying on a pan for the (...)Lesley Logan 45:14  Yes, that's it. That's all it was, it's not complicated. Um, it's probably a different visual that we all think our brain is actually doing but yes, don't do drugs guys. Some of them are great. And and I'm really excited to see what they're doing with the with the vets but before I let you guys go, I just want to make sure that we highlight you have an amazing podcast. It's called The Brain Prophets podcast and people can nerd out on the brain with you guys, every single week over on your podcast. Yes? Anywhere they listen to podcasts.Dr. Philippe Douyon 45:51  Yeah, we bring on some phenomenal guests like we've had, we've had like psychic mediums. We I mean, we've had you.Lesley Logan 46:03  Yes. We've to go back to the psychic mediums.Douglas Mapp 46:06  Oh, that's interesting.Lesley Logan 46:08  Well, you study the brain, like, is this possible?Douglas Mapp 46:12  Anything's possible, as possible. Do you know how strong your brain could possibly be? Dr. Philippe Douyon 46:16  Yeah. And when we think about our senses, right? we think about sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste. But there's so much more to our ability to sense what is going on around us.Lesley Logan 46:31  There's a psychic, you guys should interview. She is uh, her name is Jen something, I'll find it for you. She's James on James Wedmore podcast. She's his girlfriend. And she talked and she broke down like the different psychic abilities because you can be psychic with smells like you can smell something. And then it's actually like, it's not the smell is not there. Like you just like your sense picks it up. And then it's like that will alert you to a psychic ability that you have or a hearing thing. And you can hear something before people say it. Or there's the thought one. And then there's there's another one. It's a really fascinating and I was like oh, because sometimes I hear things before they're said. And I was like I just thought I was going crazy. But now I just think I'm psychic.Dr. Philippe Douyon 47:16  I'm reading a book right now called Mental Distal Influence. The ability to connect with people. Yeah, that are nowhere near you.Lesley Logan 47:25  That is crazy. That's like a twin thing.Dr. Philippe Douyon 47:30  That's like a twin thing.Lesley Logan 47:32  So we're gonna take a quick break, we're gonna find out all the places you can work with them. And also their Be It action items. Alright guys, so I know it's at the top, but just in case, people are like skipping through. Where can people find you, follow you, work with you, get connected with you? Go ahead, Douglas.Douglas Mapp 47:55  So you can find me on LinkedIn. I'm Douglas Mapp, one S two Ps on LinkedIn. And you can find me on the Twitter streets which I don't say too much on there other than maybe some sports things and then from time to time, I say some interesting things. But that's @DMAPP2, D M A P P 2 on Twitter. And of course you can go visit the website at thinkupexcellence.com And you can hit me up on my email just at dmap D M A P P @thinkup.tn.comLesley Logan 48:27  Very cool. And Dr. Philippe, where can people find you, follow you, work with you?Dr. Philippe Douyon 48:32  So people can go to my website inlebrainfitinstitute.com So I N L E BrainFit Institute.com They can find me on Instagram Philippe.md They can find me on Tik Tok. I've even started tweeting, I've made it this thing to I need to tweet something every day. So yeah, they can find me on all the social media platforms.Lesley Logan 48:52  And also the Tick Tock well, for Nervy the neuron or...Douglas Mapp 48:55  I can't wait to see you breakdancingDr. Philippe Douyon 49:01  No, I don't think I'll be breakdancing.Lesley Logan 49:02  No, I'm one of those like I refuse. I will I will I will get my message out without pointing and dancing. Okay, so bold, executable, intrinsic, targeted steps people can take to Be It Till You See It. What do you have for us?Dr. Philippe Douyon 49:21  This is something I've started doing recently. I take freezing cold showers.Oh, Brad's been doing this. I hear a yelp through the house every morning.But they, they are amazing. And when we think about the brain, right? So the brain is like 2% of your body weight. It only weighs about three pounds and yet it consumes about 20% of your energy. Much more if you're a child, much more if you're, you know, sort of actively doing something. And so, when you are taking a cold shower, you are, the blood is going from your periphery to your core. It's reducing inflammation throughout your everywhere. But all that blood is going into your core and gets pushed up to your brain, feeds your brain everything that it wants. And you just feel cognitively alert. You feel a lot more awake. And it's been it's been just awesome.Lesley Logan 50:18  Yeah, I've been making excuses to not do this. But as you're saying this as like, oh, I can use the guest bathroom shower to do this cold shower in the morning. So I'm not waking up everyone. So thank you for that. I like I love that. That's wonderful. And also it prepares you for sleep that night. Everyone just so you know, like, it's actually part of the morning routine that prepares you for nighttime that helps you sleep. At least that's what I learned when I was learning during the whole sleep thing. Douglas, do you have a Be It action item for us?Douglas Mapp 50:49  Yeah, yeah. So understand your cognitive abilities, like I would say go for either a cognitive assessment, learn about your cognitive strengths and weaknesses. Then create a cognitive or a mental regimen, to put yourself through in order to level up. And if you ever need help with that, you can come visit us, find us on the social media streets. And we can help you figure that out.Lesley Logan 51:20  Wonderful. All right, you too. It's just so fun. I really love nerding out on the things that can actually help us sometimes get out of our own way. Literally. And really do more in this life because we have so much to give and so the more we can actually understand our brain and really propel it forward so that it can take us to the next levels is really appreciated. So thank you both so much, y'all. How are we going to use these tips in your life? Tag us the Be It pod make sure you tag the guys here from The Brain Prophets and let them know how this affected you what made you think and then until next time, Be It Till You See It.Dr. Philippe Douyon 51:54  Thank you for having us. Yeah,Douglas Mapp 51:55  for sure. Thanks, guys.Lesley Logan 51:57  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram.   I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day. 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Your mind is like a super computer. It serves as a central command center for every single thing that you do each day. When you have positive thinking, it can lead to positive and impactful living. Your health and achieving the success you desire and deserve in life is directly aligned with the thoughts in your head. One expert says we all must "take charge of our brains"', and that's the phenomenal Dr. Philippe Douyon. Dr. Douyon is a Board Certified Neurologist. After spending years witnessing the deleterious affects of neurological disorders, Dr. Douyon realized that there were better ways to serve people and prevent the decline of brain health, while supporting total body health. Your Host Tareka Wheeler, had an opportunity to sit down with Dr. Douyon to dig into the importance of mindfulness and taking charge of your brain to improve your overall health. Tareka and Dr. Douyon have an in depth conversation that will challenge you to think differently so you can live life differently. Tune in for a thought provoking conversation that will truly impact the way you approach your overall wellbeing and success in. your career. GUEST RESOURCES Dr. Philippe Douyon - Inle BrainFit Institute - https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/about - Neuroplasticity ( LISTEN TO THE END FOR A SPECIAL GIFT) - Take Charge of Your Brain Course RESOURCES: - Visit ⁠www.theprofessionaldnapodcast.com ⁠ - ⁠Schedule a Free Discovery Call!⁠ Let's talk about where you are and where you want to be in your career or business - Ask a Career Question! Have a career development or work-life harmony questions? Email Tareka at ⁠info@yourprofessionaldna.com⁠ and use the subject line "Career Question". - Learn More! Visit ⁠www.twstrategicsolutions.com⁠ to download free resources and explore her career development services at  Be sure to sign up for the Achiever Community email list to get weekly affirmations, career strategies, notifications about upcoming trainings, and so much more. ⁠Sign Up Today!⁠ STAY CONNECTED Follow Tareka on social media: LinkedIn | Tareka Wheeler, PMP - ⁠linkedin.com/in/tareka-wheeler-pmp/⁠ IG | @professional_dna - ⁠instagram.com/professional_dna/⁠ FB | @ProfessionalDNA - ⁠facebook.com/ProfessionalDNA⁠ Twitter | @YourPDNA - ⁠twitter.com/YourPDNA⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pdnapodcast/message

“That's the thing, when people start to approach their life in different ways, they start to see just how their life can change.” -Philippe Douyon MD   For Episode 218, we are doing a replay of a great conversation between Coach Gabriella Dennery MD and neurologist Dr. Philippe Douyon.  Dr. Douyon is a highly respected author, runs the Inle Brainfit Institute, and is a huge proponent of controlling brain health in order to support your overall health. Gabriella and Dr. Douyon speak about his personal journey, coping with renal failure that began as a young man, through college and medical school, and through two renal transplants, one of which was just recently. They speak about how chronic illness does not define us, how the inner workings of the brain affect our health and well-being, and how our thoughts are the one thing in this world that we can control. Tune in to hear how some simple changes can change the path you're on, and get you on the path you envision for yourself!    Dr. Douyon is a board certified neurologist. He completed his residency at New York University and did his fellowship at New York Presbyterian-Cornell Medical in clinical neurophysiology.    You can find Dr. Douyon on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn or at his website, Inlebrainfitinstitute.com. You can also email him at philippedouyon@gmail.com   Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower: Change Your Brain and Change Your Life by Dr. Philippe Douyon   The past few weeks have been busy at DocWorking! We have been working behind the scenes to add even more CME credits to the THRIVE memberships.   Let your CME budget help you prioritize your own wellness so you can get on with living your best life on your own terms, as defined by you, with DocWorking THRIVE.   You can take the first step today by taking the DocWorking 2-Minute Balance to Burnout Quiz! Where are you on the Balance to Burnout Continuum? Take the quiz and find out today!   DocWorking empowers physicians and entire healthcare teams to get on the path to achieving their dreams, both in and outside of work, with programs designed to help you maximize life with minimal time.   We are now enrolling for several new low cost DocWorking THRIVE Well-Being pilot programs that launch in late March, for your care team members including nurses, techs, medical assistants and others, as well as special programs for recruitment and retention of your new physician and other clinician hires. CONTACT US TO LEARN MORE   If you like our podcast and would like to subscribe and leave us a 5-star review, we would be extremely grateful!   We're everywhere you like to get your podcasts! Apple iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google, Pandora, Stitcher, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Amazon, YouTube, Podbean   You can also find us on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.    Some links in our blogs and show notes are affiliate links, and purchases made via those links may result in payments to DocWorking. These help toward our production costs. Thank you for supporting DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast!  

We all seemingly throw around terms like depression, anxiety, sadness, and mindfulness, but what are they really? And how do they actually affect our brain and our health?   In this episode, Rich In Real Life gets scientific as Jess welcomes neurologist and author Dr. Philippe Douyon. Sharing the ins and outs of how our brain processes trauma, self-talk, and even the company we keep, listen in to learn how you can rest, recover, and control your brain. Because as Dr. Douyon says: “change your brain, change your life.”   KEY POINTS: - Anxiety is normal! But what triggers it? - Why we need to change the way we think - How do we face our fears rather than feed them? - You have to do the work!  - Mirror neurons and who you surround yourself with  - Self-manufactured depression - What does resting and taking control of your brain look like?   QUOTABLES: “We do have to change the way that we think. We do need to change our perspective. We've got to be very mindful of what we're feeding ourselves and not just what we're feeding our bodies but what we're feeding our minds.” “You have to do the work if you really want to get healthy. And that's not just about your physical body. It's also about your mental health. You got to do the work.”   GUEST RESOURCES: Philippe Douyon, M.D. Inlebrainfitinstitute.com IG | instagram.com/philippe.md   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Love what you're hearing? Follow Jessica Hurley on social media and share the love! IG | @jessicahurley__ - instagram.com/jessicahurley__ Gain access to more of Jessica's resources here: linktr.ee/jessicahurley__         Rich in Real Life is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

Welcome back to The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast and PART 4, our FINAL part, of our Review of Jose Silva's Mind Control Program. I'm Andrea Samadi an author and an educator, who like many of you listening, have been fascinated with learning and understanding the science behind ANY high-performance strategy proven to increase our results in our schools, sports, or modern workplaces. If there's something NEW that I come across that can help us in any way, I'll investigate it, connect it with the most current research, and then share what I learn with you here. My goal with this 4 PART review of the popular program from the 1980s and 1990s, The Silva Method[i], is to help all of us to learn something new to refine our current meditation practice whether we are working in our schools to improve learning, in our sports environments for improved results towards a specific goal, or in the corporate workplace to generate new ideas. I wouldn't have picked this book to review if it hadn't made such an impact on the world, like Napoleon Hills' Think and Grow Rich book that currently sits as our most downloaded episode of 2022 after we reviewed it last January to kick off our New Year. Before starting this review, that I hoped would give us a running start to 2023, I had no idea the concepts I would learn each week, would be so powerful, deep, and life-changing requiring more thought than usual while writing each episode. I began this 4 PART book review the end of November, around Thanksgiving in the United States, and shortly after releasing the first episode, I began receiving emails from around the world from people who were interested to learn more about The Silva Method. Some were remembering it from the 80s/90s when Jose Silva ran this program globally, and others were asking me where they could find a live seminar. It was Dr. Hasan Ibne Akram, EPISODE #260[ii] who held up an old copy of The Silva Mind Control Method book, sharing how it had impacted his life, jogging my memory of Jose Silva, who I had heard of years ago, while selling seminars in the motivational speaking industry. Then my good friend Hans Ajay from the UK, urged me to sign up for the full program through MindValley[iii], where the course sits today after Vishen Lakhiani (the founder) revised and improved it in this current version. Hans wrote “It'll be transformative” and little did I know just how transformative it would be. As I'm writing this episode now, and the final part of this review, I'm nearing the end of Vishen Lakhiani's Silva UltraMind Course[iv] through the MindValley website. I can now see that this is a program that you never really complete, like I noticed with Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich[v] book, for Hill intended the book to be read more than one time for the concepts to be mastered in one's lifetime.  Jose Silva's book is exactly the same way, and his online UltraMind Course, the experiential side of the program (that consists of the lessons from his book, mixed with meditations) bring the pages of The Silva Method to life in a way I never imagined just by reading the book. I've got to say, this course has really blown my mind, and expanded my thinking in a way I hadn't imagined at the start of this review. REMEMBER: “When a person learns to function mentally at this deeper level, creativity is enhanced. Memory is improved and a person is better able to solve problems.” (Jose Silva). Today I plan finish the review of The Silva Method, and while I won't be going into every chapter, I've picked the ones that I think are relevant to help all of us with “The Basics” of what Jose Silva intended us to learn. Then we will take these basic concepts that Jose Silva found to be transformative, (like my friend Hans Ajay noticed) and APPLY them to our daily life, connecting the science to our creativity and innovation, using Dr. Andrew Huberman's most recent podcast episode on “The Science of Creativity: How to Enhance Creative Innovation.”[vi] Finally, I will provide clear examples of innovation and creativity from three of our past guests; one in each of the sectors we study here, our schools, sports environments and corporate workplaces with the goal to inspire YOU to enhance your own creativity for improved results in 2023, using the Silva Method. I just wish Jose Silva could have seen the mounds of research that prove what he knew to be true with his Meditation Method, and that he wouldn't have to disguise it as “bio-feedback” in the corporate world today. DISCLAIMER: I want to mention that while I'm enjoying the Online UltraMind Course, I am not at all affiliated with Mind Valley, or the CEO Vishen Lakhiani, but I did hear my mentor Bob Proctor talking about his organization over the years, knowing he supported their work, but I had no idea that Jose Silva's program would end up there. While I'm only reviewing the book here, (and not what I'm learning in the online course-I might do this at a later date after implementing the concepts) I do think it's important to include some of the meditations I found online in PART 3 of this review, to show you what they consist of. I've listed them in the resource section below for you to use.  I've also put a snapshot of the topics covered over the 28 day online program, and while I'm currently at DAY 21/28, I can say that mastering the ideas in the book are a good place to start if you would like to improve your current meditation practice and then I will show you how this will enhance your creativity and ability for innovation.  I think this 4 PART review could be used to jumpstart us all on the right foot for 2023. If you would like to go deeper into The Silva Method, I do suggest taking the online Silva UltraMind System, but caution that to get the most out of the program, that daily practice will be required. This is a course that you would want to carve out some time for. PUTTING THE 4 PARTS of THE SILVA METHOD TOGETHER: TO REVIEW PART 1 of THE SILVA METHOD EPISODE #261: We covered: ✔ CH 1- Using More of Our Mind in Special Ways: An Introduction to the Silva Mind Control Method. If you have begun using your mind to create a mental screen for heightened visualization, you could end this book review here and still be miles ahead in 2023. Central to Jose's Silva Method of Mind Control is with the power of visualization, and he says “right from the beginning, from the very moment you reach your meditative level (what he calls accessing the Alpha State), you must learn to practice visualization. The better you learn to visualize, the more powerful will be your experience with Mind Control.” With time and practice, it will be this screen that you will learn how to help yourself and others. You begin with creating simple things, until you are ready to solve small problems in your daily life, from work, to health, and improve learning/creativity. As you progress through this program, you can learn to use the screen of your mind to for more advanced innovative and creative ideas. There is no limit to what you could create here. ✔ What this program has done for others. The late Dr. Wayne Dyer has said that anything with the name Jose Silva as the author has his vote before I open to page one. He said “Read it with a pen for underlining.” Jose Silva himself noted that: ✔A marketing company used it to create 18 new products. ✔14 Chicago White Socks players used it to boost their scores. ✔ Celebrities have used it and credit Jose Silva for improving their focus and creativity. ✔ Colleges and universities have used it to help students study less, but learn more. And during the Silva UltraMind course, (the online program I joined while doing this book review) I had the chance to participate on a training call one evening with all the new students who had recently come on board with MindValley, (that has over 10 million students worldwide, studying over 200 speakers and authors on the site), and the moderator asked what course people were studying, and people started chiming into the chat from the US, Canada, UK, Australia, and remote countries around the world…that they were ALL here to study The Silva Method. I was floored! Mostly because I had thought this training call would have just a handful of people coming on board. I didn't expect so many participants globally, and ALL of them were there to study the same course I was there for. It took mind-boggling to a whole new level when I started to put together that this program was something that people are still very interested in learning about. ✔ Ch 2- Meet Jose Silva and learned about his passion for helping others to improve their ability to learn. He was a humble man who worked very hard to develop the ideas within his program, and was very careful about how he presented his ideas as visualization was not something that was widely accepted in the corporate world in the 80s and 90s. In his live events, he was smart to introduce his concepts as bio-feedback (that had more credibility at the time) and were more readily accepted, before introducing business executives to more advanced concepts of the mind (like using visualization) on the second day of the training. ✔ Ch 3- How to Meditate: A review of the brain states (BETA,ALPHA,THETA,DELTA). He learned that we spend most of our waking time at the BETA brain state, where we can feel the stress and anxiousness of daily life, so finding ways to relax (that he calls going to the Alpha State) can be helpful. His online program does cover how to access the Theta level of mind for increased intuition, and offers a strategy for solving problems in your sleep at the Delta level. ✔ We were Introduced to Using A Mental Screen in Your Mind for Heightened Visualization. It Will Be This Screen That We Will Use to Help Yourself and Others in Future Chapters. *** I would say developing the use of this screen is the KEY to the entire program. It's where your goals will begin to form, or where you will work with NEW ideas that come into your mind. I've heard it be called “your workshop” or where you create something new in your mind, and with time and practice, what you put on this screen becomes clearer and clearer. TO REVIEW PART 2 of THE SILVA METHOD EPISODE #262: We covered: ✔ Ch 4- Dynamic Meditation (where we actually DO something while meditating, instead of it being a passive practice). We learn how to be more in control of our life using visualization.  Dr. Andrew Huberman's research does tie in the importance of using meditation to improve our creativity, and I will expand on this at the end of this episode. ✔ The 4 Laws that must be in place BEFORE we visualize a goal. (We must desire the event to take place that we want, we must believe the event we want will take place, we must EXPECT the event to take place, and we must ONLY be working with something that will benefit ourselves and others. ✔ I noticed How these 4 Laws mirror Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich book and wondered if Jose Silva did this intentionally. ✔ 3 STEPS to SOLVE ANY PROBLEM Using the Silva Method on the Screen that We Build in Our Mind. ✔ Ch 5- Improving Memory ✔ Where Silva's Memory Hacks have been seen on previous episodes and in the motivational speaking industry. TO REVIEW PART 3 of THE SILVA METHOD EPISODE #263: We covered: ✔ Chapter 6 on Speed Learning: Using the mental screen paired with the 3-finger technique if you want to learn something quickly, using the Alpha Brain State. Silva also covered recording your voice, or creating what I knew of as the “loop tape” of whatever it is that you want to remember. You would record what you want to remember in the BETA State, and then listen to it in the Alpha state (using the 3 finger technique or counting backwards). ✔ Chapter 7 on Creative Dreams where we covered 4 strategies for remembering our dreams, and taking them seriously like Jose Silva himself did. For PART 4 and today's episode, of the SILVA METHOD, Episode #265 we will finish looking at the book, and will cover: ✔ Ch 8-Your Words Have Power ✔ Ch 9-The Power of Imagination ✔ Ch 10-Using Your Mind to Improve Your Health ✔  We will connect the most current neuroscience research to Jose Silva's program, using Dr. Andrew Huberman's podcast on "The Science of Creativity" ✔  The 3 Parts to Your Creative Brain (Central Executive Network, Default Mode Network, Salience Network). ✔ 2 Types of Thinking Involved with Creativity (Divergent and Convergent) ✔ Putting Creativity to Practice with an example from our schools, sports and modern workplace environments.  with some clear examples and next steps for all of us to APPLY the Silva Method for improved Intuition, Creativity and Focus…right in time for a New Year. Chapter 8: Your Words Have Power I'm sure we've all heard of the importance of thinking and speaking positive words over negative ones, and Jose Silva would agree with this.  In this chapter, he talks about a nurse-anesthetist (and one of his eventual lecturers) from Oklahoma, Mrs. Jean Mabrey, who puts this knowledge of the mind to use to help her patients. As soon as they are “under”—in deep anesthesia—she would whisper in their ears instructions that would speed their recovery, and in some cases save their lives. Jose Silva would say “First, words have special power at deep levels of mind; second, the mind has much firmer command over the body than it is given credit for; and third, as I noted in Chapter 5, we are always conscious.” Here's another one if Silva's principles that I learned from the speaking industry. Bob Proctor used to tell a story on stage, of how he would whisper success secrets into the ears of his children when they were little. While they are grown now, this story stuck with me, as we want the best for our own kids. So when I had children, this is the first thing I did. I would drop into my child's room just before they were about to drift off to sleep and tell them something that would go deep into their subconscious mind. I'd say something like “you'll do whatever it is you want. Whatever you can dream you'll do it!” I did this almost every night with my first…and with my second, not as often. She needed it more…. Now to think about it, I even spoke to my girls before they were born, letting them know how excited we were to meet them and how much fun we would have when they arrived. Be very careful about the words we use and how they trigger our brains. We are always conscious. Since this concept was drilled into my head early on in the speaking industry, I learned early on to be careful of everything I say, and everything I think. If someone says “How are you?” and I'm not feeling 100%, the best way to answer this question is with a positive angle like “Getting better and better every day” to move myself in that direction. An answer like “not bad” would according to Silva, hit the brain in a negative way, as it would only hear “bad” instead of “good.” I can tie the research to this as well, with my mentor Mark Robert Waldman who wrote Words Can Change Your Brain with Andrew Newberg, MD[vii]. In this book, they explain that “the more you stay focused on negative words and thoughts, the more you can actually damage key structures that regulate your memory, feelings, and emotions.You may disrupt your sleep, your appetite, and the way your brain regulates happiness, longevity, and health. That's how powerful a single negative word or phrase can be. And if you vocalize your negativity, even more stress chemicals will be released, not only in your brain, but in the listener's brain as well. You'll both experience increased anxiety and irritability, and it will generate mutual distrust, thereby undermining the ability to build empathy and cooperation. The same thing happens in your brain when you listen to arguments on the radio or see a violent scene in a movie. The brain, it turns out, doesn't distinguish between fantasies and facts when it perceives a negative event. Instead it assumes that a real danger exists in the world.” Words Can Change Your Brain Jose Silva had it right when he said  “Words have special power at deep levels of mind, the mind has a firmer command over the body than it's given credit for, and third, we are always conscious.” Jose Silva Be careful with every word that you think, and speak. Words do have power. Chapter 9: The Power of Your Imagination We dove deep into this concept in part 3 of our review of Think and Grow Rich[viii] earlier this year that I can now see was of high interest to listeners as it had over 1400 downloads. On this episode, we looked at the fact that our lives reflect how well we use our imagination, because when we hit one plateau of success, it will be our imagination that will take us to what's next. Author Earl Nightingale said that “imagination is everything” and as we will see with the Silva Method, all great inventions are created in two separate places: the mind of the inventor, and the physical world when the inventor creates it. There is no doubt in my mind that Silva was influenced by Hill's Think and Grow Rich book. He says it himself in this chapter that “imagination seizes directly on the goal; it gets what it wants” and elaborates by saying this is why he “placed so much emphasis on your learning true-to-life visualization at the deep levels of mind. If you spur your imagination with belief, desire and expectancy, and train to visualize your goals so that you see, feel, hear, taste and touch them, you will get what you want.” (Ch9, The Silva Method). This is why mastering your mental screen for visualization is so important. If there is ONE part of the Silva Method that I think we could all benefit from, it's this one. Learning to use the mental screen on our mind. It's this mental screen where you will solve small and larger problems, and learn to help yourself and others in many different ways. It's the starting block that must be mastered over time, and not rushed. Chapter 10-Using Your Mind to Improve Your Health We've covered this topic in a few places on this podcast, on EPISODE #234[ix] with Ashok Gupta on “Health and Happiness: Getting to the Root of Chronic Pain and Illness” where Ashok Gupta showed us how chronic pain or illness occurs in the brain with a vicious loop of inflammation/irritation that he has successfully been treating with patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Long-Haul Covid, Fibromyalgia, Chemical or Mold Sensitivities, Gut Issues, Anxiety, Lyme Disease and many more, with a meditation program he designed called The Gupta Program that combines brain-training in conjunction with working with a medical doctor for healing. Then physician and neurologist Dr. Phillippe Douyon shared his story of overcoming illness on EPISODE #241[x] with positive thinking at the root of his recovery. Jose Silva was far ahead of his time with his understanding of using mind control for self-healing. This chapter is near the end of the book, and is mastered by students with time and practice, and I have to say that I had heard of using the mind for healing when my Mom was undergoing treatment for Cancer in the late 1990s. I told Dr. Douyon about her strategy for healing, and he said he had heard of many patients of his, successfully overcoming serious health challenges, and that positive thinking and visualizing health were at the very root of their healing, like Silva believed. In this chapter, Silva talks about cancer specialist, O. Carl Simonton, who Simonton who was trained by Silva and his Mind Control techniques was featured in Prevention Magazine in an article called “Mind Over Cancer” where he shared that the patients who recovered all had something in common. He said they were “often positive, optimistic, determined people.” (Ch 10, The Silva Method). In this chapter Silva talks about the idea of self-healing using your mental screen, but he also touches on something that goes a bit beyond our usual level of thinking, in Chapter 12 that Silva called “ESP” or Extra Sensory Perception that he believed we all had. He worked closely with J.B Rhine at Duke University to understand this subject, and bring his experiments into his understanding, but it's important to note that Silva believed this concept could be developed and strengthened over time to help his students improve self-healing, healing of others, improve their intuition, and strengthen their mental screen practice. He touches on this in the book, and his online program goes into great detail of how exactly this is done with activities using the screen of our mind, to psychometry, and is something I've been fascinated with since I first heard about this over 20 years ago. I'll be sure to cover this topic again in the future, as it one I'm still learning and exploring. I'm sure you can see now what Silva meant when he said “Once we learn to use our minds to train it, it will do some astounding things for us, as you will soon see.” This brings me to the end of PART 4 and our REVIEW of The Silva Method: To conclude this 4 PART REVIEW of The Silva Method, I want to look at how we can use what we've learned throughout this review of the Silva Method, to improve our Creativity in 2023 for Innovation in your specific line of work. This is where I'll take the research, and tie it to The Silva Method, showing us that we all have the ability to be creative, and how to improve this area of our life in the New Year. This is a deep topic, requiring some thought, that goes along with just how comprehensive Silva's Method is. To make this applicable for all of us, I'll be using concepts from Dr. Andrew Huberman's most recent podcast on “The Science of Creativity and How to Enhance Creative Innovation” tying in Jose Silva's Method to bring these 4 PARTS of our book review applicable to all of us, whether we are educators working in our classrooms, working in the sports industry, or in our modern workplaces. WE CONNECT DR. HUBERMAN'S RESEARCH TO THIS EPISODE FROM HIS EPISODE ON ENHANCING YOUR CREATIVITY. HOW CAN WE USE THE SILVA METHOD TO ENHANCE CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN 2023? To close out this episode, let go straight to the research. Did you know that according to American neuroscientist and associate professor at Stanford School of Medicine, Dr. Andrew Huberman “the ability to be creative resides in everybody? We know that because the neural circuits that underlie creativity have been somewhat defined and the steps and processes in the brain that lead to creativity are well known.” What Makes Something Creative? Jose Silva would have loved this research, especially when Dr. Huberman ties many studies to meditation and the brain/creativity, but let's begin with the idea of defining creativity. What makes something creative? Dr. Huberman spent over 2 hours on his podcast diving thoroughly and deeply into this topic, that I will narrow down for this episode. He explains that “most people don't know how to access creativity” or “they do it in a limited manner” and I'll agree with him here. As you will see, coming up with an idea that's creative, and innovative takes time, effort and years of work, making connections, using your executive functions in your brain to cross off what's not relevant and then testing these connections, to see what's left over that you will keep, hoping they are creative and relevant to others. Dr. Huberman explains that “when we see something that's truly creative, it reveals something to us about the natural world and about how our brains work….It must reveal something that surprises us” for it to be truly creative. Then, “something pops out at us” he says, “we hear something in the words with music, or if we see something, feel, or experience something” “and something pops out to us as exciting….this reveals something about our brain/our auditory system, creating NEW meaning for us.” AND “when we see, hear, feel or experience something that's truly creative, the way our neural circuits function is changed. When our neural circuits are changed simply by what comes into our eyes, ears of the way we experience our feelings, there's a release of chemicals like dopamine that make us feel surprised, delighted or excited in anticipation that we will see it again.” (Dr. Huberman) So when I say that “the ability to be creative resides in everyone” it does, since we ALL have the same structures in our brain, but some people have learned to use certain parts of their brain to foster creativity in ways that others have not.  This is where practicing the Silva Method comes in. THE 3 NETWORKS TO YOUR CREATIVE BRAIN: Dr. Huberman went on to explain that there are 3 networks in the brain that are involved in coming up with a CREATIVE idea, and we've covered these 3 parts of the brain extensively on EPISODE #48[xi] on “Brain Network Theory.” It was here where we covered The Default Mode Network, The Central Executive Network, and the Salience Network that are all involved with coming up a truly creative idea. While I'm not going to dive into each part of the brain and what it's doing (you can review episode 48 where we show how these 3 parts of the brain must work together to improve our imagination and creativity), I just want to point out that coming up with a creative idea takes some brain power. When you are working with the screen of your mind in the Silva Method, you will be using all three of these parts of your brain to come up with new ideas. Your CEN (Central Executive Network) will help you to suppress ideas, actions or choices, your DMN (Default Mode Network) will help you to access your library of previous memories that you will be using to create your NOVEL idea, and your SN (Salience Network) will help you to make choices of what's most relevant to you. You will use your brain to create something NEW and USEFUL by rearranging existing elements (from your memory bank) into new combinations that reveals something fundamental about how we and the world works. 2 TYPES OF THINKING ARE INVOLVED: The final part of creating something CREATIVE and INNOVATIVE is that it's done by going back and forth between two types of thinking: Divergent Thinking: Where we take a known object in the world, and expand upon this idea, the more ideas the better, wandering through your ideas that you already know (from your memory bank) with the hopes that the connections you make reveals something new to others. Convergent Thinking: That's the opposite of divergent thinking, but it's where we use focus and persistence to narrow in on an idea that makes sense in the real world. If you want to dive deeper into Dr. Andrew Huberman's thorough explanation of Creativity and the Brain[xii], he takes things much deeper than I will here, in his recent episode that goes well over 2 hours. He doesn't miss anything and even goes on to show us the parts of the brain that light up when we are involved in divergent vs convergent thinking, and the 2 types of meditation that are proven to improve each of these ways of thinking. He says that “open monitored meditation” (like just closing your eyes and paying attention to your thoughts without judgement) is well documented to improve our divergent thinking capability, and focused attention meditation (like staring at a flame of light) is a way to improve our convergent thinking capabilities. PUTTING CREATIVITY INTO PRACTICE: When thinking about how to close out this 4 PART review, and make it applicable to all of us, I had to spend some time thinking hard about this one. I didn't want to just end this review without some solid research backing up the validity of The Silva Method, with some clear examples of those who have shown innovation and creativity who we've come across on this podcast. It wasn't difficult to find someone in each of the three sectors we cover, and now that I've tied the research to creative thinking, I'm sure you will agree with me that the examples I will share here all show true innovation and creativity, and that coming up with a creative idea like each of these, took years of experience, work and thought. It wasn't like I remember the commercial for the guy who invented peanut butter cups who just tripped and his chocolate bar fell into the jar of peanut butter and bam, he had a new invention. These are 3 examples that I hope will inspire you to put some of your own thought into how you can use the Silva Method, and come up creative and innovative ideas of your own. For Schools: I chose our guests from episode #215[xiii] who have shown innovation in the field of education by launching a podcast to elevate student and teacher voice. Remember, To Show Creativity—It must Reveal something new to us (entertaining, thrilling or useful) and it changes the way we access the world—acting as portals into the world and ourselves. I couldn't have found a clearer example that these two Canadian podcasters who published a book called The Magnificent Microphone[xiv] that when a student connected to it, it opened up a whole new world of confidence, creativity and success. These two leaders in education have discovered true creativity and innovation in the podcasting space, bringing student-led podcasts to the field of education. For Sports: I chose a forward-thinking coach from an early EPISODE #38[xv] who has shown innovation with his sports team when he redesigned their locker room and uniforms with a vision beyond what has typically been done before. Remember, To Show Creativity—It must Reveal something new to us (entertaining, thrilling or useful) and it changes the way we access the world—acting as portals into the world and ourselves. This one you'll see more if you watch the 30 second snapshot of their locker reveal[xvi] that takes the team on a journey from the minute they walk into the new room, where the players are taking in the many visual cues they see, making connections to past players, where they are today, and their future. For the Workplace: I chose our recent EPISODE #264[xvii] where our guest was able to look at ways to create breakthroughs in the workplace, bringing to light something that was left off the table in the past. He looked at EQ and IQ and found that experience was left off, and coined the term “XQ” for Experiential Intelligence. This guest also mentioned his love of “making connections” which is something he noticed I do intentionally on this podcast, and now after hearing Dr. Huberman's explanation, he talks about the fact that true creativity or innovation could not occur without let's say an architect coming up with incredible plans for buildings without a thorough understanding of how buildings are put together in the first place. Remember, To Show Creativity—It must Reveal something new to us (entertaining, thrilling or useful) and it changes the way we access the world—acting as portals into the world and ourselves. Once we know what novelty/creativity and innovation looks in the brain, you can only imagine what's happening at the brain level with each of these examples. Just like the complexity of the reading brain, with 4 parts of the brain working together as a student learns how to read, someone coming up with a creative, innovative idea, has specific (Dr. Huberman lists 3 networks in the brain) working together to create what the rest of the world will come to see as novel, or innovative. This is what makes some things go “viral” online. The NEW experience actually changes the circuits in the brain with whatever it is a person sees, feels, hears or experiences. Dopamine is released (with the surprise and delight) with whatever it is they make connections to, and there's the hope or anticipation that they will experience it again. I hope all 3 of these examples have given you a glance into the world of innovation that's possible for you, as a product of going through the simple steps in the Silva Method. To conclude this episode, and PART 4 of our Review of the Silva Method, we looked at ✔ A Review of all 3 PARTS of The Silva Method Review. ✔ Today, in PART 4, we looked at Ch 8-Your Words Have Power Ch 9-The Power of Imagination Ch 10-Using Your Mind to Improve Your Health ✔ We connected The Silva Method to the Dr. Andrew Huberman's Neuroscience Research on Creativity and Innovation. ✔ We gave an example of innovation from our past guests in the fields of education, sports and the modern workplace. The goal of this 4 PART review of Jose Silva's Program, was to encourage all of us to see if we could learn something new, to take our results to new heights in 2023. I had no idea just how deep the book and program would go, and I know I'll review the online course at a later time, but for now, this review has given me some new ideas for how to improve my visualization/mental screen method to help me with my short term and long term goals. I'd love to hear from you what you have thought of this episode, where we tied in the most current research to Jose Silva's work, reminding me that “once we learn to use our minds to train it, it will do some astounding things for us, as you will soon see.” I do want to add something before we close about the importance of honoring other people's creative and innovative ideas. Now that we've seen what's involved at the brain level with coming up with an idea that's truly novel, I'm sure you'll agree with me that while we all have this ability to create something new, that this comes naturally to some, and is more difficult for others. If you see someone else's creative or innovative idea, please never approach it as your own. PLAGIARISM CAUTION[xviii]: CAN WORDS OR IDEAS REALLY BE STOLEN? When you are the creator of an idea, I can tell you first hand, as someone who worked very hard on something, and then saw it pasted on a reputable company's website the day after I shared my “new ideas” with them. I was very disappointed, mostly as they had taken something I had permission to use from someone else who wasn't referenced, because they stole the quote from me! If you see something from someone else that you like, and want to use it somewhere, always credit the source where it originated from using the proper format with quotation marks. If it's something that's more than a quote, or it's an idea, I would contact the creator first hand, and see what they think about what you would like to do. I wanted to use an assessment based on American Psychologist Howard Gardener's Theory of Multiple Intelligences in my first book, The Secret for Teens Revealed[xix], and emailed him directly at Harvard to ask him. He was shocked I even asked, and said that most people don't. He told me he didn't mind if I used it, but wanted me to be sure I portrayed the Intelligences in a way that showed that we can develop them all with effort, not that we are inclined for some and not others. I never forgot this. If you ask the creator directly, you can find out what they would prefer to keep original, and what they don't mind sharing, with their name attached to it as the originator. With this in mind now, I'd love to hear what you CREATE this year.  I've put the meditations that I found online, that are a good place for all of us to begin this process, in the show notes below, and I'll see you next week with our REVIEW of the TOP 10 EPISODES from 2022, and some surprise interviews that I had to squeeze in before the end of the year. RESOURCES: MEDITATION  1: How to Enter the Alpha Level of Mind, Step by Step Process, The Silva Method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpMJWT6EsNs MEDITATION 2: Jose Silva Method Alpha Exercises by Sommer Leigh Published on YouTube June 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SY0kajVITA MEDITATION 3: 20 Minute Silva Centering Exercise with Vishen Lakhiani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_4GDXWBPCk   REFERENCES: [i] The Silva Mind Control Method https://silvamethod.com/ [ii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #260 with Dr. Hasan Ibne Akram on “Breaking Down the Mindset of the Million Dollar Monk” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/serial-entrepreneur-and-computer-scientist-hasan-ibne-akram-pd-d-on-breaking-down-the-mindset-of-the-million-dollar-monk/ [iii] www.mindvalley.com [iv] Mind Valley the Silva UltraMind System https://home.mindvalley.com/quests/en/ultramind [v] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #190 PART 1 “Making 2022 Your Best Year Ever”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/think-and-grow-rich-book-review-part-1-how-to-make-2022-your-best-year-ever/ [vi] Dr. Andrew Huberman, “The Science of Creativity: How to Enhance Creative Innovation.”   https://hubermanlab.com/the-science-of-creativity-and-how-to-enhance-creative-innovation/ [vii] Andrew Newberg, MD and Mark Robert Waldman Words Can Change Your Brain Published June 14, 2012 https://www.amazon.com/Words-Can-Change-Your-Brain-ebook/dp/B0074VTHMA/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=CjwKCAiAnZCdBhBmEiwA8nDQxYXGNQeXA7fr8xVxnL3ns3s4ViPL46_aU6zL-rULfnX1cn9mSSD8ARoCENQQAvD_BwE&hvadid=281463219015&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9030068&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=5072060704672722834&hvtargid=kwd-337464396698&hydadcr=22593_10356183&keywords=words+can+change+your+brain+book&qid=1671724020&sr=8-1 [viii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #193 PART 3 on “Putting Our Goals on Autopilot with Autosuggestion and Our Imagination”    https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/think-and-grow-rich-book-review-part-3-using-autosuggestion-and-your-imagination-to-put-your-goals-on-autopilot/ [ix] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #234 with Ashok Gupta on “Health and Happiness: Getting to the Root of Chronic Pain and Illness” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/ashok-gupta-on-heath-and-happiness-getting-to-the-root-of-chronic-pain-and-illness-long-covid-fibromyalgia-chronic-fatigue-and-others/ [x]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #241 with Dr. Philippe Douyon on “How to Rewire Our Brain for Health and Happiness”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/physician-and-neurologist-philippe-douyon-md-on-how-to-rewire-our-brain-for-health-and-happiness/ [xi]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #48 on Brain Network Theory “Using Neuroscience to Stay Productive During Times of Change and Chaos” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-network-theory-using-neuroscience-to-stay-productive-during-times-of-change-and-chaos/ [xii] Dr. Andrew Huberman, “The Science of Creativity: How to Enhance Creative Innovation.”   https://hubermanlab.com/the-science-of-creativity-and-how-to-enhance-creative-innovation/ [xiii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #215 on “Chey Cheney and Pav Wander from the Chey and Pav Show” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/chey-cheney-and-pav-wander-from-the-chey-and-pav-show-on-their-vision-to-identify-and-amplify-the-voices-often-left-behind/ [xiv] Chey and Pav Podcast https://publish.twitter.com/?query=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FStaffPodcast%2Fstatus%2F1575644124396789760&widget=Tweet [xv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #38 with Todd Woodcroft on “The Daily Grind in the NHL”   https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/assistant-coach-to-the-winnipeg-jets-todd-woodcroft-on-the-daily-grind-in-the-nhl/ [xvi] UVM Men's Hockey New Locker Reveal   https://twitter.com/UVMmhockey/status/1564327008775151617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1564327008775151617%7Ctwgr%5E1a6ca076211cde6d14d4567e7c32bc7d54ac2002%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FUVMmhockey2Fstatus2F1564327008775151617widget%3DTweet [xvii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #264 with Soren Kaplan on “Experiential Intelligence: The Power of Experience for Personal and Business Breakthroughs” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/innovation-author-and-speaker-soren-kaplan-phd-on-experiential-intelligence-the-power-of-experience-for-personal-and-business-breakthroughs/ [xviii] What is Plagarism? https://healthsciences.nova.edu/studentaffairs/success/forms/apa-what-is-plagiarism.pdf [xix] The Secret for Teens Revealed by Andrea Samadi https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Teens-Revealed-Teenagers-Leadership/dp/1604940336  

Our brains are what makes us human and differentiates us from other primates. They're big, they're heavy, and they are as complex as the universe itself. They are also constantly changing and evolving. So it's safe to say that learning as much as we can about the human brain is never a bad idea. After all, our neurological makeup controls much of who we are and what we do… or so some would say. But in today's episode, I've invited a specialist of the brain, the brilliant Dr. Philippe Douyon, who does not believe in this inevitability. Dr. Douyon is a Board Certified Neurologist who helps high-performance individuals and business leaders crack the code to hacking the most powerful tool at our disposal… you've guessed it, the human brain!  In this episode, he and I will be discussing the many interesting facets of the human brain, what neuroplasticity is, how the brain changes and evolves over time, how to rewire our brains for better performance (and a better life), and more. Dr. Douyon will also be busting the prevalent myth that we're victims to our neurological makeup (which is something I'm super excited for). Are you ready to have your mind blown (pun intended)? Tune in now!   In This Episode: [00:00] Introduction [00:39] Dr. Douyon introduces himself [03:08] Here's what “neuroplasticity” means [08:45] Dr. Douyon tells us how we can use our brains to create the life of our dreams [15:49] Here's how you can increase your dopamine levels [24:11] How to keep a positive frame of mind when science is not on your side [26:48] Wondering what you can do to rewire your brain? Here are a few practical tips for you! [32:10] Dr. Douyon's thoughts on education [34:46] “Am I actually rewiring my brain?” [38:27] Learn more about Dr. Douyon's book Quotes: “Neuroplasticity is really about how the brain changes, how it adapts, how it learns, [and] how it heals from injury. And it really speaks to the fact that our brains are constantly making new neurons and new connections.” – Dr. Philippe Douyon “There are decisions that we can make every single day that influence how our brains change. And that's incredibly powerful. The reality is that if our brains are constantly changing, that means that we're capable of changing as individuals, as communities, and as a society.” – Dr. Philippe Douyon “Just like we have to be mindful about what we feed our bodies, we also have to be mindful about what we're taking into our brain.” – Dr. Philippe Douyon “One of the biggest myths when it comes to Alzheimer's disease is that it's not a lifestyle issue. The reality is, it's very much a lifestyle issue. If people are eating poorly, if they have poor sleeping habits, if they don't exercise, they're more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease.” – Dr. Philippe Douyon “For business owners, for entrepreneurs, for professionals, it's so important that we are constantly learning [because] that learning process allows our brains to make new neurons and new connections.”  – Dr. Philippe Douyon “In order for you to stop a habit that's not healthy for you, you have to be motivated to do it.” – Dr. Philippe Douyon   Links & Resources: Ready to Uplevel Your Life? Join here: https://www.iheartmylife.com/go Follow the I Heart My Life Show on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-heart-my-life-show/id1569047758 Subscribe to the I Heart My Life Show on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1Zw6fI37FrfVjZMXlMiZZ6   Connect with Emily: Emily Williams Website https://emilywilliams.com/ Emily on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/emilywilliams/   I Heart My Life Website https://www.iheartmylife.com/ I Heart My Life on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/iheartmylife/ I Heart My Life on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/iheartmylifenow I Heart My Life on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/i-heart-my-life/   Join the IHML community to receive exclusive announcements and tips. https://www.iheartmylife.com/newsletter   Email: info@iheartmylife.com   Connect with Dr. Philippe Douyon: Follow Dr. Douyon on Instagram! Check out Dr. Douyon's website. Listen to Dr. Douyon's podcast on Apple Podcasts. Register for Dr. Douyon's course. Get Dr. Douyon's book, “Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower.”

Self-care and exercise are not just for your soul or well-being. Dr. Philippe Douyon, a Board Certified Neurologist, explains how exercising not only helps your muscles work more efficiently but your brain as well. We were able to talk about everything from creating success by caring about your brain's health, to parenting, and so much more! About the Guest:Dr. Philippe Douyon is a Board Certified Neurologist who helps high-performance individuals and business leaders crack the code to hacking the most powerful tool at your disposal: Your Brain. From years of witnessing first-hand the disastrous effects of neurological disorders, Dr. Douyon discovered that the solution was simple: Take charge of your brain.Many of us don't realize that you do not have to fall victim to your neurological makeup. Dr. Douyon believes that success in life and business starts in the brain, and is on a mission to spread the empowering message that you CAN rewire your brain to create a life you were meant to live, regardless of age, all without prescribing a single pill.https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/https://www.instagram.com/philippe.md/?hl=enhttps://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-chargehttps://www.amzn.com/164228100X/About the Host: Following the crumbs in the chaos is a full-time job as a Productivity Coach. As a busy mom of three and the founder of Chaos N' Cookies, keeping moms from crumbling is my main objective. After gaining 10+ years of experience as a Director of Marketing helping build multiple 6 & 7-figure businesses for other women I've created the Chaos Control System to equip moms to overcome their own objections so they can live the life they want to live and start that business they have always wanted. The Family Playbook, or standard operating procedure, is the tool every mama needs to save time and stress-less when chaos ensues at home. For new biz owners, I also help simplify systems on social media and other business platforms to automate processes to get their business up and running quickly and efficiently with how-tos and hands-on coaching. I have helped hundreds of women to be more productive and self-sufficient in their homes and businesses allowing them to reclaim control of the chaos. www.chaosncookies.comhttps://www.instagram.com/chaosncookies/https://www.instagram.com/theheathergreco/https://www.facebook.com/Chaos-n-Cookies-111324364538688https://chaosncookies.com/shophttps://linktr.ee/hsteinker Thanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.Leave us an Apple Podcasts reviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.

For some fall is a refresh but for others, the change can feel overwhelming. Wherever you land on the spectrum, Lesley is sharing her best things that are supporting her in “Being It” until she sees it and the routines that are changing the way that she shows up every day. Maybe there is something to add to your fall routine to run into winter confidently. If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co . And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:Fall catch up with Lesley.The importance of prioritizing yourself.The top books to read for fall 2022.Things and products Lesley is loving.The value in acting "as if" before you are ready. Episode References/Links:Podcast survey!E-squared Pam GoutThe Game of LIfe and How to play it - Florence Scovel ShinnBurnout by Emily and Amelia NagoskiThe SourceSauna Space, Red light therapyHigher Dose, PEMF matContrology Wunda ChairNaboso hand weights  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.Be It Till You See It Podcast SurveyUse this link to get your Toe Sox!ResourcesWatch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookLinkedInEpisode Transcript:Lesley Logan  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guests will bring Bold, Executable, Intrinsic and Targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Hey loves, how's it going? It's just me today. It's just me today. So hopefully that's exciting for you. We did solo episodes a little bit earlier in the summer, and we got some great feedback from you guys. So we'll be tossing these in. And every once well, especially when it applies to what kind of timely right now, and that is that this is the, that those last few months of the year and they can feel very, they can feel a little worrying, right? Like it starts to get really busy. I know for me, it's very busy. So at the time I'm recording this, we are getting ready for Agency Mini, by the time you share this, we probably have already finished it. But I'm also before that going to Nashville, coming back doing Mini and going to Chicago, coming back doing something else then going to Cambodia. Oh, I forgot there's new people at my house in between all of that for our business retreat. And then and then it's Thanksgiving, and all of a sudden it's Thanksgiving. And so this is a time of the year that can feel really overwhelming. There's a couple things I want to actually remind you of. You get to do this, like you get to do this. And I really, if you are struggling, if you're feeling overwhelmed, I really want you to reframe a little bit and just go, "I get to do this." Now if you don't want to do what you're doing, that is something to write down. So something I think is really cool about how we feel about things is that they are there, there are signs that you don't want to be doing the thing, or you don't be doing the thing with that person or that time. And you the more you pay attention to these things, the more you make notes, the more you can make conscious decisions. So for example, I actually love to travel, I love to go to Cambodia, there are so many things I love to do about it. So I am this busy season, not at no point am I going, oh my God, I have to do all this stuff, I get to do all this stuff. And I actually plan for all these things to happen when they're happening because this is kind of the time of the year that I really like to do all that. I like to pack it in, I like to make sure that we see all the faces of the people that we love. I really do like to do all of those things. Now, in the summertime, when I like want to be in chill vibes, I am not planning those things. I'm not doing them. In fact, when we did do them this summer, just like as a trial, my body was like, "Why are you doing this? It's summertime, it's summer vibes." So what is cool about journaling, or even just documenting or taking note somewhere about how you feel in your body, about different things as they can give you signs, about what to say yes to and no to in the future. And so there have been people who have been requesting a retreat for us to do in the summertime and we're not doing that. Now, there are a couple reasons I can say I don't do that. And they're very valid, that the weather in Cambodia is not exactly, exactly ideal for doing a retreat. Not only is it hot, but there's monsoons and we can't control them. And it's crazy rain, and I don't want people to fly all the way out there. And then we can't see the temples because the rain is insane. Right. So those are some reasons. And the other big reasons I don't want to. I don't want to I want to use my summers to reflect on the meaning of the year to plan for the fall of the year, to make sure we're all set up to rest, relax, to visit with friends as they come into town. So and those are all things I learned over the last couple of years of testing things. So it's okay that you didn't know about the things that you said yes to that you didn't maybe like the time that they were, the location that they were until you did them. That's okay. You don't have to be a psychic. Most of us are not. And in fact, some people who are aren't. So, so I think it's just really important to be kind to yourself, and acknowledge when things feel really good. Okay, what about that feels really good? What is it that people that you're with? Is the time that it was? Is it how it was planned out? What about that feels really good so that you can a) use those as green lights and green signals to say yes to in the future? What about it, didn't you like so you can use those red flags? And so every time I get asked to speak every time we plan a thing we could to look back at, like what didn't work before, what we liked about it, what people liked about it and then make decisions going on, which is why perfect is boring, which is why that waiting until something's perfect is the wrong thing to do. I wouldn't know 90% of this information until I had gone in there, done a retreat in August, done different things at different times of the year. That said yes to programs that were unorganized, disorganized, you know, that kind of thing. So I wouldn't know that, I wouldn't know what is actually important to me about organization and what isn't had I not experienced it and then felt it in my body. And so all of this is to say if you had a summer or for my southern hemisphere people had a winter where there was things that you loved and things that you didn't love, pay attention to what those things are and then use those things for moving forward. Okay.So that is kind of kind of how I kind of kind of it is exactly how I try to say yes or no to things and plan things on our calendar. And it's just really important to me. The other way is just really listening to you guys. So those of you who fill out the surveys at beitpod.com/tellme. Thank you, those are really great, when you interact with us in any of our other programs, Agency, OPC, we do a lot of surveys, we love surveys. They really help us figure out how we can be better at things, what things actually matter to you, you can be really easy ladies too. And I say ladies, I know there's a few good men listening, hello. But there's it can be really easy to think we need to add more, do more, give more. And truthfully, sometimes that can be overwhelming. Or they can be really overwhelming for some people. We'd ask them their server like, "Would you like more episodes?" And some people said, "Yes." And other people said, "It's enough." And I'm like, "Great. I'm not going to do dailies, if you don't want that." Now, if you all want that, then let me know. But we truly don't I don't want to overwhelm you without your request. And also your acknowledgement that that's what you want, right? So this is really great. Whether you're in business or not. And maybe you're like Lesely I'm not in business. You can survey with the people around you. You can you can ask questions, you can get feedback from people about yourself, you can even say, "Hey, you know, I'm actually trying to figure out what I want to do for the end of the year. Can you think of a time this summer where you notice that I was a little bit more frantic, frenetic, exhausted? And can you remember time this summer that I was excited, jubilated and joyful feeling at ease?" People around you spend time with you will know, they'll know. They'll remember. And that can be really helpful. Okay, so I say all this because in the last solo episode, I told you, I was being it till I see it. And right now, and I really have been working on that. And I noticed that there's an old story, I'll have to tell myself, which is that I'm too busy. Maybe you know that one, maybe you know that story. And sometimes I, in order to feel like I am in control of things that are uncontrollable, I will do more. So then they're not easy. And, and I'm getting stressed out and, and so that doesn't work. So I've been really working on some mantras and daily meditations, I've actually changed my morning routine a ton, and I'm still tweaking it as we speak. And for someone who loves routine that can be overwhelming, and also can be really exciting. It's really all how you reframe it. So one of the things that I am trying to do is a) work on my sleep. I've actually always had struggle with sleep situations, and stress. So I am someone who just because the childhood that I had I and it wasn't bad. Honestly, it wasn't bad. It just that I, as an oldest child of little kids and we're all born around the same time. I definitely took on a lot of stress around me and tried to fix a lot of things and do over the doer. I'm a doer. And I pride of myself on that actually I'm an, it's one of my strengths, I'm really good at. But a strength can be a weakness if you don't know when to use it and when not to use it. Right. So in these last couple of months, I've been really looking at my morning routine and seeing where parts of it can be switched into the afternoon because I do work from home. And what I could add to my morning that would allow me to set myself up to be in the most abundant receiving ease, ease full mode, strength base mode, just totally in tune like I really want the mornings to feel less like, Oh my God, I have all these things to do." And more like, "Okay, I get to do these things," kind of like how I started this episode. And that's something I share with you because something that I have always struggled with like I'm a very positive person like bright side up kind of person, but equally can get a little down about things especially when things are out of my control.So then I start to do more and then when does it happen is I'm not in receiving mode, I'm not actually noticing opportunities around me and I'm too busy to be the person I want to be for those I love. So that is not prioritization of self, that is not putting myself first, that is not taking messy action, that is trying to be perfect in some other way. And so the last couple of months I've really been doing that and I started off with adding in my red light therapy to that routine. I also stopped doing my morning Instagram talks, you guys it's not because I don't love doing them. I just was like I really want to take in the surroundings more, I really want to be at ease more. I don't actually want to have to work right now. Right. So that doesn't mean I won't do them anymore. It just means I need to do them later in my morning and I'm working on putting them back in. So as I be it till I see it, what I am doing is catching myself when I say I'm too busy and doing what I would think a non busy person who is confident and positive and abundant and supportive of their business and their team and their dreams would do? So that's the whole premise of the Be It Till You See It Podcast acting as if before you're ready, right? So if I look at, if I think what a woman who runs a massive company, who takes care of herself, what does she do? How is her morning routine? What is that setup? So I did a lot of research on things you can do to make your body sleep better. As I mentioned, I'm working on my sleep. So your sleep for the night starts in the morning before and we can thank Huberman for his podcasts on that. But and there's a bunch of other studies on that. But really, truly, like, I do already wake up pretty early. So I do get the morning light of the day. And so I was like, "Okay, well, that's helping my sleep out. So what else can help my sleep out?" So I've been working on doing those things. So I've been changing my morning routine up to rabbit symbol, what I imagine a woman who runs a company, who prioritize prioritize their self first but do the morning. And that required some changes in my morning because I was really pushing a lot of things into my morning routine, and feeling the sense of urgency that they had to get done, and they weren't of ease. And of course, that's what we're trying to be until we see is that easefulness on this and running this business. And so I have in the last few weeks shifted that morning routine to my workout. Some of them happen a little later. Sometimes they happen in the same time. So every day is actually now different, which is weird for me. But I'm finding a lot of fun in that and flow in that and a little bit of like rebelliousness that I don't always let myself have in that. So that's super cool. I will when we get to my favorite things list off a lot of the things that I'm doing in the morning that you can borrow, we've got affiliate links or links below that you can enjoy. So as I be it till I see it in that what it is challenging me on is watching my responses to things because no longer do the old responses, the quick responses apply, I actually need to take a step back. And so when I say, "Oh, I don't have time." I actually go right now. When does that need to be done and then I look and see when I can get it done. And it's kind of amazing. I used to also think I didn't have time to meditate every day. Wrong. I have since figured out that I can. So watching the stories I tell myself that are keeping me from being it till I see it is something that I am in constant practice with. And I wonder if I always will be. I don't know, jury's out, I'll keep you posted. So hopefully that is helpful for you just like seeing like, not perfect. We're still working on it. Every day is kind of a challenge based on like the old way of thinking and the stories I told myself that made me feel safe and made me feel secure, that made me you know, not go off and do some crazy things. And now those things are actually holding me back and the growth of what I'm trying to do. And like I am on a mission, more bodies doing Pilates, and I cannot do that if I don't think I have time. Because I need to be able to create time so I can tell you how to create time. Right.So okay, now, some of you always ask us, like, what are some books I'm reading right now. And I am going to let you know, since I talked to Coach Lee, I have been doing my E-Squared book, I'm not doing it as quickly as I did the first time, I'm kind of stopping at different chapters and waiting until I want to do the experiment before I go on to the next chapter. So I it's actually going really cool and it's actually a really good reminder. There are some things that she wrote in there that I want to just like paint on my walls. So E-Squared by Pam Grout, she's still on the list to get on the pod. So if you know her hook a sister up. Okay, um, then I was I had some girls out, you may remember Brad and I the time I had some girls come to visit that I kind of met through friends of friends. And we all like, "Let's do a friend's weekend." And I highly recommend you do that. I know that can sound really scary. And really, it can be even expensive sounding. The truth is you can you can make it whatever it needs to be. But shared experience is really do make a difference in how you feel and who you surround yourself with makes a difference. We have had multiple multiple guests come on, and we have another guest coming up who is going to tell you that it really does make a difference who you invite into your energy, who you invite into your circle and how much time you spend around them. And so it might require some boundaries. So on that girls weekend, they ment... mentioned, Florin Sho... Scholar Shine. Hold on, let's just pull up her book because I just finished it. It's actually really old. Okay, so I listened to it on Audible and I'm going to be super, oh Florence Scovel Shinn, there it is. So, my autocorrect, I got that weird. So I got the complete works on Audible. I don't even think it charged me a credit. And somebody reads it. The words that she uses, like Victrola. And I just imagine people walking around like the old old New York of like, the 1890s As I'm reading it, but the stuff still makes sense. And it does mention God a lot. So you can insert your own word for that there. And she does and occasional spots but I listened to it on a dog walk because I was like, I just need to be around as much positivity as I can. And the first book I will say is the best one of all of them. A great reminder of being very like actually knowing what you need more of, and, and asking for that. And then being aware of that we've talked about that with Dr. Philippe Douyon, where it's like your eyes and ears are seeing what your brain is looking for. So if you're very co... conscious of what it is that you're looking for, you will then look for evidence for that. And there was some really cool stories in that first book. So I really recommend it. The rest of them it was it was good. I think the first one is a good good place to stop. I have Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagos... Nagoski, on my Audible that I'm going to next. It's actually part of the book club that we have for Agency. And I'm really excited about I heard them on Brené Brown, and I've had it on my list for a long time. It is a long book. So it's just been working my way to it. And then I just bought the source that we talked about in Stef Caldwell's episode, there's actually a couple books called The Source. So if you actually look back at Stef's episode, we'll put the link in the show notes. There's a specific the source that we want. But again, it just goes into this. There's science around manifestation. And when you can't just do all the things like we... it is we're telling ourselves a lie if we think that we can control all the parts are going to make anything happen. There are a lot of things, there's always a lot of things going on. In fact, like there's stuff in your personal life that's going on, great and not so great. There's stuff in your professional life that's going on, great and not so great. There's stuff in your health that's going on, great and not so great. Right? It is like a disservice and illusion if you think you can actually control all of those things you can't. So you can do what you can do. And then the next thing you have to do is like think like Hazel Ortega have some miracle goals around it be really specific, and then start looking for evidence for it to be true. So I'm like big on those books, I really think that they're gonna help me as I close up this year. As I plan for what we're gonna do in 2023, it has been an interesting 2022 and just doing a lot of things, testing things, changing things. And so I am trying to spend a lot of time on what do I really want? What are we doing all this for? How do we want to be when we're doing that? That's what I'm working on. So as with those books are going to you'll see there's a theme there. As always, you know, you can ask us any questions, you can DM the pod on Instagram and ask us any questions that you have around business, health, personal goals, and Brad and I will answer them on the recaps. And we want your question. So please do DM us. Okay, now, two of my favorite things. Okay, so I Brad calls me a total consumer. It's true. I am, I I really am and I have a lot of fun trying out new things. I do, I don't do a ton of research but I will oftentimes, like want something, look it up. I say yes to all the cookies, because I'm like, yes, track me down, ratio this to my face, let me know when you're having some Labor Day sale.You know, I'm like a, I'm a big fan of cookies. And you guys, you can all use cookies and ads to like, help you see the things you want to see. So you can hate them. But like that's how small businesses make money. And also big businesses too. But the other thing is, is like you can actually say yeah, actually, I would love it if you show me more of this, you just click on the ad and then that they'll, make sure you see that more often. So anyways, um, couple of these things gonna talk to you about are things that have been on my list for a while. So first thing, we talked about my red light therapy before, I really love the one that I have. I have it on, I actually bought like a tray for it that's on wheels, it's like a little stand on wheels, so that I can wheel it in front of my meditation chair, and then I can wheel it back into the closet. So I'm super excited about that. First I had to just like out on a thing, and I had to move it, move it back. And you know what, let's just be really honest, people, it's hard, we're not going to do it right. So I had to, I had to go buy a tray on wheels to make it a little easier. But it is one of the best purchases I've made to go along with that. And there is a ton of studies on red light therapy for people, especially in the morning. And so I'm a big fan of that. And I will say that I have sat in front of it even in the evening when I haven't been feeling as my positive self. And I feel better when I'm done being there. So it's great. I'll read a book on that. What like I'll read a book on my meditation chair in front of the lamp, I'll do breathwork in front of the lamp. I read some emails the other day in front of the lamp like I that's where going back to my morning routine changing on different days, the red light is either part of my meditation, or it's just part of my morning work day so that I can still get it in which is actually super, super cool. Then to go along with this, my chiropractor now light he had both this red light and something called a PEMF mat and I put the link it's my actual affiliate link below. So it should get you directly to the mat and also some fun little goodies that go along with it. And I am I've been wanting this mat for about six months. Every time we go I lay on I have like an hour, I really, it's hard to explain how amazing it makes me feel. But it really does make me feel great. And so I've been saving it, letting it, show up in my ads all the time. And we finally got one and I have used it everyday since. And I'm, this is where I go back to that story. I told myself, I'm too busy. Well, guess what, folks, I wasn't too busy to find an hour each day to lay on it. Since I've got it. So um, so it's kind of crazy. I think when you say you're too busy, you either don't want to do the thing, or you're avoiding doing the thing. And if you're already doing the thing, you're either avoiding it because there's something that scares you about it or you just don't want to do it. So so let that be testament because I bet you the things you really want to do you make time for. Right. So anyways, that link is below I'm obsessed with it. Last time I did a solo episode I told about my favorite water bottle. I'm still obsessed with it. In fact, I have since had a couple of different facials, I have had seen a doctor and my holistic doctor and like, at no point has anyone said I'm dehydrated. I looked hydrated, everything is normal. Everything is great. And I'm super just stoked about this water bottle like it's one of the my favorite things in life. So that link we actually have the affiliate link now and it's below and a bunch of my friends have already bought theirs. We we now I literally almost bought myself another one. And I decided I have to hold back until it's like actually the color I want. So we're patient, we're patiently waiting. Also, I finally got myself a Contrology Wunda Chair. So as you know, if you're in the Pilates world, listening to this. I'm a big fan of that Contrology equipment for my studies with Jay Grimes, like I just really love the way the old equipment was built. And even classical equipment today is not built the same way it was before. And so Contrology has done a wonderful job, really doing a lot of research going back and seeing those old piece of equipment using the old springs to make these new springs and it's incredible. It's very different. We actually got it because we're making the flashcard deck for the chairs now. So if you need an affiliate link to anything by Balanced Body, you can always hit us up, you can those exist on all of our YouTube tutorials. But also, the Contrology equipment is built by Balanced Body and I have an affiliate link for that. But get the Contrology chair is new, it came at the same time as a Ladder Barrel. And I'm sure I'll end up with that. But I really wanted the chair now because we're doing the decks now. And I got it in a really cool blue. I know you've seen my chair, it's hot pink, that color doesn't exist anymore. So I got a hot blue to go with it. I'm just really excited. It's like Barbie pink and Barbie blue like chairs. And I'm just, I think I'm gonna take pictures with them like going to on a date together.Okay, last couple of my favorite things. Naboso hand weights. So I met this woman at Momentum Fest. And I really liked the way that her hand weights felt in my hands like the texture she put in, there's a bunch of science behind it. And as you know, when you do Pilates, you only want one to two pound hand weights. Unless you're my bigger guys. And of course, I'll let you up to five, but nothing more than that, because it gets really distal, and I don't want you to be in your shoulders prefer three actually for you. But anyways, these hand weights are great. They're super fun, you can use them for anything, not just Pilates, and she's got a bunch of other good stuff for waking up your feet, and things like that. So check that out. And then finally, for my business folks who are thinking that they're just too busy, and like, "Where does she find the time?" Here I'm gonna tell you a little secret. In our household, and in our business, we Loom everything. Oh, actually, I'm gonna just be really honest, I don't log into the Loom account as much as everyone else says I'll use Zoom. But Loom Loom is the best. And so you can actually use my affiliate link below. And what it allows you to do is anything that you're already repeating in your life that you do, that you know, you want to someday hand off so life or work, you can Loom. So for example, let's say I don't want to schedule my newsletters anymore. So the next time I go to schedule one, I'm actually going to log into Loom so use my link below to get your account, you'll log in. And then you'll literally just talk to yourself, scheduling your next newsletter. And it will record your screen, record your clicks, record your voice, and you just label it, put in your Dropbox folder. And then when you do hire someone and go, "Here's how you do that. Go take a look at it. Let me know if you have any questions." And hopefully they're able to do it seems to train them. It's all done. So those are my favorite things. Some of them are well most of them are personal health related, then there is some Pilates related and then the business one related. I hope that these are helpful for you. Let me know if you liked this episode, if this if it's if it's good for you to hear like my thought process. I'm a total verbal processor as you can tell, and then what I'm reading and how that helps me be it till I see it and then what I'm using so I can support myself. Y'all, it takes a village okay, it really really does. I do understand that some of the things I'm talking about do come at a cost. And I understand that. So if right now, money is not something you have access to to support who you want to be in this world, can you please take a note out of Rachel Rodgers book, We Should All Be Millionaires. We've talked about this on the podcast before and use the word 'and' instead of 'but I don't have any money', and I don't have any money. And then I really do want you to then listen to that Flo... Florence Scovel Shinn book which I'm pretty sure it's free on on Audible, and hear how like, you can actually just be very specific on what you want. And then your eyes and ears are gonna see an opportunity. Maybe one of these things I've listed, but I say I love ends up at your neighbor's, like, garage sale, maybe ends up on a Facebook sale. Maybe someone's just like, "Hey, I'm moving. I can't take this with me." Right. Like you'd be surprised. What can come to you when you're in receiving mode and when you're aware of what you want. And I hope that these podcasts really help bring that to light and give you something to think about in your life is you can have everything you want. You can. You just have to a) know you want it and then also believe you deserve it, which you do. You don't have to have an excuse for that. You don't have to reason for that. You don't have to explain it to ... to anybody including me. I love you all so much. It is so fun to record these podcasts for you. The solo ones are unique and new for me, so I really do hope that they're helpful. And please if you have feedback, if you have questions, if there is ... guest you want to hear or if you want more solo episodes, then go to beitpod.com/tellme and then we can get you and give us that information and then we can continue to fine tune everything to help all of you, Be It Till You See It.That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It podcast. 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According to a research study, 78% of women experience brain fog in the workplace during menopause. This is the catalyst for the opening discussion on whether or not there should be accommodations provided for women experiencing menopause in the workforce. Where is the balance between special exceptions and education for women who are transitioning through major seasons in life? Douglas, Dr. Philippe, and Stacey each bring different perspectives to the table and discuss the major shifts and changes that need to be made in our society in regard to the way we work before this can be addressed. Bringing attention to the natural aging process, today's guests dissect the different things both women and men deal with and how we can better understand these changes. Women experiencing perimenopause and menopause are not the only ones! Men are experiencing changes in their life as well due to low testosterone from the aging process. They discuss the need for awareness on both sides of the fence within the workplace specifically. Later, Amber explores with Stacey the topic of women over 40 and the opportunity they have to define and redefine who they are (this includes men!). Up until this point, most women are wondering, “what should I be doing?”. However, once hitting 40, the question changes to “what do I really want? What brings me joy?”. Stacey encourages women 40 and over to strive for being in their best shape mentally and physically, instead of accepting the idea they're an old lady at age 40. Dr. Philippe and Doug further the conversation by bringing a male perspective as well as professional and highlight the importance of truly taking care of health and wellness in the years before and during menopause. Today's episode is full of insight from different perspectives to help shift your view on work-life balance, health and wellness, nutrition, the differences in men's and women's aging process, and body image. If you've been wanting to grow your knowledge on the aging process, the mind-body connection, or become more in tune with your stage in aging, then you won't want to miss this discussion! Key Highlights Menopause and pregnancy in the workplace Women and men over 40 age differently, but there are some similarities to look into Embracing the aging process and understanding how to choose your health over the rat race our culture sells as “success” Episode resources: Use code AMBER15 for 15% off Magnesium from Cymbiotika using this link HERE. Amber's Little Black Dress Bootcamp: ambershaw.com/little-black-dress-bootcamp  Connect with Douglas Mapp: Twitter @dmapp2 Website: thinkupexcellence.com Instagram: @thebrainprophets Connect with Dr. Philippe Douyon: Website: www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com Instagram: @philippe.md Facebook: Philippe Douyon, MD LinkedIn: Dr. Philippe Douyon Connect with Stacey Busby: Website: staceybusby.com Connect with Amber Shaw: Instagram: @msambershaw TikTok: @msambershaw Website: ambershaw.com

Does the term manifestation scare you? Are you a skeptic of the universe planning things for you or the fact that things happen for a reason? Dr. Victor Manzo is on the pod today to talk about how you can chase and achieve your ideal vibrations. It's not all woo-woo, he has the science to back it up and a guide with proven results. Listen in for ways that you can Be It Until You See It!If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co . And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:The transition from pediatrics to spiritual coaching and making life changes that are more aligned with your life.How to define the experience that you are on earth to have.Focus on the vibe that brings in happiness and joy. The spiritual vibration to chaseThe power that is held in the power of ‘why'Feelings are the root of truth. Period.  The spiritual roadmap to ‘being it till you see it'. Why “go live your life and chase your dreams” is the worst adviceHow to approach getting more spiritual and getting in touch with your feelings. BIO: Dr. Vic is a former Certified Pediatric Chiropractor who has become a business mindset coach.He is the author of 3 books, which is most recent, "Decoding The Matrix," which is coming out May 31st, 2022.  Dr. Vic is the creator and owner of The Mindful Experiment Podcast which has been ranked in the top 1% of podcasts globally from ListenNotes.com.He has a unique and diverse background that allows him to help his clients become more whole and lead a more fulfilled life through leveraging one's own minds and reframing one's mindsets.Dr. Vic does this through helping his clients become aware of their limiting beliefs, habits, standards and the stories they tell themselves. Once they are aware, then he shares how they can reframe, change and create beliefs that support their dream life. Episode References/Links:Victors websiteBig Magic by Elizabeth GilbertFollow Dr Vic on IGTELL US YOUR THOUGHTSIf you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.Be It Till You See It Podcast SurveyResourcesWatch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookLinkedInEpisode Transcript:Lesley Logan  All right, Be It listener. How are you doing? How are you really? I'm really excited about this interview actually, when I was reading about Victor and what he's doing, I was like, "Oh, this could be really great." And what I love so much about this episode is it was full of things that I was not even expecting us to talk about. And I hope that you take a listen, maybe you listened to it a couple times. Victor and I have the power of speed talking I think. So, so take a listen. But for those of you who are really struggling with getting out of your head and getting into your body this episode is for you. If you are struggling with how do you act as the person that you want to be until you're the thing, until you're that thing already this is for you. There's some really great tips and I know the word spiritual can get a little woowoo for some people but what I hope you understand is that there is science behind a lot of what Victor is talking about and you can listen to Dr. Philippe Douyon's episode for that information. You can listen to Sue Hitzman's episode as well. And you'll you'll just see that the body knows a lot, a body knows a lot. And the energy we put out into this world really does matter. And if you are needing evidence and proof of why that's so important, this episode is here for you. So without further ado, but actually tiny a do, a little ad and then Victor Manzo.Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guests will bring Bold, Executable, Intrinsic and Targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.All right, Be It babe. I've got Victor Manzo here. And I'm really excited because I read his story. And I was like, "Oh, I totally resonate with this." I really resonate with how his childhood was where there's not as much financial abundance around. And then I also understood, I also loved and understood, having a job and then sort of like, wanting to transition because you start to go down a path and you realize it's maybe not your own. And so Victor has an incredible story to share with us all. Will you please tell us who you are and what you're rockin at right now?Dr. Victor Manzo  Yeah, so I used to be a former practicing Pediatric Chiropractor who now that I've transitioned over to a Spiritual Business Mindset Coach. I put the spiritual side in, because I do teach a lot of spiritual elements in what I do in business people, when you when I had the title, Business Mindset Coach. They're thinking, "Oh, cool business principles is gonna help me grow money." And I was like, "Yes, I do that. But there's these things we got to focus on that will get to that point." And there'll be like, "That's not the standard business coach, I'm used to." So I was like, "You know, I gotta change this up a little bit." And so I've kind of went down, been been doing that for the last three years. And it's been something that's been rewarding, fulfilling, and I'm forgetting the question there was there was a part to it (Lesley laughs) will you rephrase it again?Lesley Logan  Yeah, no. Just like what you're doing right now. So (Dr. Victor: Yeah. Okay.) now you're, so you answer that. And you were a Chiropractor, a Pediatric Chiropractor that has to be a more complicated chiropractic work, I would imagine. Children are probably not as easy to adjust. I don't know, maybe they're easier.Dr. Victor Manzo  As weird as it is, that they're the easiest to adjust. You know what, you figure, if they move around a lot. That's one thing, but like infants, they'll just lay there. And that can get in there so easy to move. And do what I need to do that like is when I'm like, I have a mom, let's say it's a first first born that they have is their first born. So the moms a little more nervous about it. And I'll show them how the adjustment goes. And they just look at me, and I'll be like, "Let's go ahead and do the work. And I'll make the adjustment." And I'm like, "Okay, we're done. 30 seconds later, 40 seconds later." And they're going, "That's it? But that's at all, like you're not..." "No, that's good. I'm gonna do some extra work. But I just wanna let you know, the main part of this adjustments done." And they're just like, "That looked like you didn't do anything." I'm like, "I know, because they don't need much work. It's just little stuff here and there that we're doing to shift to change their neurology."Lesley Logan  That's so interesting. So the the, like the the takeaway I'm getting from that is like adults, with their like, preconceptions, fears, whatever their mindset is, is keeping them from being an easier adjustment ... I'll be a little bit more like babies.Dr. Victor Manzo  Yeah, I mean, that's one thing you have the other thing we're like, we're also as I always, there's a phrase in chiropractic, it does come off a little harsh, but it's like, read it, was it, I rather work with, you know, or I'm forgetting it now. But it's basically we're managing things as adults, whether it's children, we're actually addressing and clearing things. So when we become adults, we can't turn things around. But what we can do is, is manage what where you are, and then try to make the best of where you are at that moment.Lesley Logan  That's so interesting. And it makes makes a lot of sense because the way the way children taking the world versus the way we like we think we already know it already. So we have all these preconceived notions to like, what is happening and like, why it's happening, and we're not exactly like taking in the information. That's happening. So cool. So okay, you, I love my chiropractor, he works a lot. So imagine I, uh, you know, you probably weren't working at a time, how, how did you transition into Spiritual Business Mindset Coach? And then can we talk about more about what the spiritual part of that is? Because I love that you address like, when you didn't have that people are like, "Okay, give me strategies." And as a business coach, sometimes it's like, all the strategy in the world is there. But if their mindset isn't, and it's like, it doesn't even matter, I'm talking to like, it's just gonna be overwhelming. So what was your transition like? And then what's the spiritual part that you add in?Dr. Victor Manzo  Yeah, the transition was I got to a point in my career, I have one of the largest pediatric volume pediatric ... patient volume for pediatrics in Illinois. And it was one of those things where I was starting to get to a point where I was looking at my my impact that I was doing for the world, not just my community, but for the world. It was small, it wasn't to the level I want. And it's not an ego thing. I try to clarify that very quickly. It's like it wasn't that I want to be this I don't care about number one. I don't care about an award. I don't that that does not drive what I do. I have a just a big vision in life of influencing, helping as many possible people as I possibly humanly can. And I was like, you know, I was looking at some things in entrepreneurship, that the advice is just not great. And I, I mean listened to it and it got me to be successful in five years, but at the same token, I was burned out, exhausted, fatigued, and I love what I do, and yet I'm exhausted. Didn't make sense? And then it came a point where I started to address things and be like, you know what, there's spiritual truths that I've learned when I was there going through chiropractic school, it wasn't through the school, but I was doing energy medicine and learning different energy medicine techniques, and learning spirituality, I became a Reiki Master and trainer, there was all that background to where I was like, "You know what, if I'm really the creator of my life, I should be able to choose my path of success and be able to go down that path. I should be able to declare and define what it is and why I want it like this, and then be able to actualize that into my life." And that's what you know, then I sent out like, you know what, the only way I can can have a bigger reach is if I do coaching. And that's kind of what led me into it. And I started doing it just on the side. I was put through last few years. I was just here and there to help, you know, did some group coaching, did some then I shifted over to one on one for a little bit. And it felt great, because it was like, wow, my reach is getting much bigger. Now instead of just as volume I have here because I have my clients are chiropractors, I'm like, I'm serving all this plus this and this and like this is so fulfilling. So that was the transition. And eventually, I made a full transition this year, January, where my wife and I, we moved from Illinois to Tennessee. And then it was like that was our that was my point to make that transition to go full time in the coaching. But this ...Lesley Logan  Oh I love that you use like a geographic change, because instead of like, like, what a daring moment because you could have done the safe thing. Like you have so many testimonials you have of tried and true business practice that you could probably just set up and like start over again. But instead you're like, nope, cutting the ties and just going all in on this.Dr. Victor Manzo  Yeah, it was basically you know, it's one of those things where, you know, I'm very, you know, I love my practice. Like, I go back when I go back home and visit I always drive by just to look because it's not a chiropractic office anymore. And I'm always like, "Man, the memories there." But yeah, it was it was one of those things where we kind of ripped the band aid made a choice to move and start a whole new journey, a whole new life for so many different reasons. And we wish we did it sooner. You know, I still miss practicing. There's some that people sometimes I ask. I do, I do miss, I go to my chiropractor, and I'm just always like, I'll see kids in the office, I'm like, "I miss that." I miss just having fun with the kids. And you know, they're just such a but like, when I shifted the focus on pediatrics, it was a blast for me because I'm like, "This is great. I can be a big kid. I don't get looked at weird. Don't get don't get judged. And they just have more fun with me, the more I'm a kid." So I was like, "This is ... this is great. I just go to have fun. I go to the office to play all day." And that's that was my life. But yeah, but then, you know, it's looking at then the other side of it too. You know, the spiritual side is is critical. Everything I do has to be spiritual, and if that's my personal and business, and so it's taking spiritual truths and spiritual elements. And when we really think of the word spiritual, right, everyone has their own really definition. You can go Google with a definition maybe. But that's not your definition of what spirituality means. To me, it's every element of life, because you're a soul having a human being experience. And in that human being experience, everything you do benefits your soul. So at the end of the day, it's all spiritual. But how do we unleash that, that yearning of what it is you came here for an experience? I'm gonna get a little deeper in the spiritual side if I do, just let me know. But it's what we came here to gain some sort of an experience. And how do you create fulfillment? How do we create a soul filled life? And that's where we look, you look at things that are more beyond the physical, what are things you can take with you when you leave this world? Right. It doesn't matter how much moneys ...Lesley Logan  I love this ... So sorry, I'm interrupting you because I, my, my, like, what comes to mind? It's like you like what experience are we here to have? Like, what a great question to ask yourself. I think people get caught up on like, "What is my purpose?" And for and I'm just like, when we go I go to like people like, "I don't know, what my why is. I don't know what my purpose is." And I think like even going to the question like, "What is the experience I want to have here?" Can kind of help, like start that journey that because it's like, that allows you to really understand like, "Do I want to have a horrible experience where I'm like, mad at all my neighbors and mad at all these things?" You know what I mean? Like, it allows you to kind of like, choose your own adventure.Dr. Victor Manzo  No, totally. And then there's, there's, there's there is a little trap there though, right? Because here's the thing I wrote this in my third book, I talk a lot about the conditioning of the mind. And this happened to me because in five years, I hit financial hit my financial peak, I was following what all the chiropractors told me what successful chiropractor looks like, feels like, walks like all that. And I was like, "Okay, great. I'm doing it. I'm living in and being that." But and that's what I wanted. That's what I said I wanted, I couldn't I've done all the work I've done. I've worked with things like life book, where you write out and pictures of all your life visualization, vision boards, you name it. And but then it really hit like, wow, I thought I knew what I wanted. But I was just conditioned. Here's what I really want. Here's the life I really want to lead. Here's what really matters to me. And it was interesting to do that and I started doing business coaching. It was interesting to see that because when I asked an entrepreneur, "What do you want?" It's always funny because I'm listening when I'm listening to the, their energy I'm listening to or I'm listening to the tone of their voice or by if I if I can see them their body language, and then I'm just I'm feeling the energy. I'm very in tu... I'm very I'm an empath. I could feel things and I'll just be like, "That's not you. Like does that what you really want? Like that really excites you?" And they'd be like, "Well, yeah, you know what?" And they start to stutter or some that I'm like, "Yeah, now you're in your head." I was like, "What?" Let me, let you know, all of a sudden they start speaking, and I'm like, "That's what you really want, I could feel it." And I'm like, "Can you tell the difference?" And they're like, "Yeah, I can." And it's like, this is where the spiritual side comes in, well, somewhat spiritual, it's just being aware of your body. Because that's the thing where a lot of things I teach and share is all about getting out of your head. Because we're just too much in our head in today's world. (Lesley: Yeah.) Like, so much of the time.Lesley Logan  So, so how.... So, okay, couple things. Because I do understand that I have seen them before. It's like, "Oh, I want more clients. Why you want more clients?" Because, you know, and it's like, "Why do I want to do that?" So how, how are you getting people to go from like, is it like, they, there's a surface story that they like, are conditioned to want to have that we're all conditioned, like, "These are the things we want. We want to have a house. We want to have the things, whatever." And like, is there another action or journaling? Or is there another thing they can do to like, get to the real thing they really want? Like, how do you get from the surface level thing to the thing that they're afraid to actually share?Dr. Victor Manzo  You ever been around a four year old?Lesley Logan  Yes, they are amazing. They tell you everything.Dr. Victor Manzo  What, there's a word that they use all the time. If it's around four or five, they start doing it. And that word is 'why'. Right. If you ever ask hey, you know, I remember my niece is at the stage right now. "Hey, blah, blah, blah. Why uncle Victor? Oh because blah, blah, blah. Why uncle Victor? Do you, is that the only thing you know how to ask? But why I want to know why, why is that?" And I'm like, "I love that." This is when you and the reason why that works so wonderfully is because let's say I want to have a big house. Okay. Why is that important? Well, because it'd be nice because I want to have a big house when I have more room. Okay, but why is that important? Well, because you know, more room means I can have more things to do. Okay, but why is that important that? And you see, you keep asking 'why' you're gonna hit dead ends, you're gonna be starting like, "Oh, why do I want that?" You know, but like, there's a difference where it's like, "I want to have a big house." Well, Vic, why do you want to have a big house, because the bigger house I have, the bigger kitchen I can have, the more cooking I can do, the more family I can come over create more experiences in my family, so that we can enjoy more. And for my family, they can come and this can be like a vacation for them. And we can I can enjoy and create experiences with them. And that's the meaning why I want a big house not to show off or show any. I don't care about the size. I just care about having what it is to be able to fulfill that.Lesley Logan  Yeah. And so what you're saying is not like, just because the first thing you say you end up stuttering at the why. That's okay. Just get to the root of it. Because it's okay to want the big house if the big house has a purpose for the life that you want to have versus like this is everyone has a big house. So I have to have a big house.Dr. Victor Manzo  Exactly or it can be it can even be your ego, like I just want to have a big house because of a status purpose. That's fine. I mean, it's not deep. But if that's what matters to you. It's like I was talking to someone I remember years ago, one of my, my sister in law's boyfriend was like I was meeting him for the first time and he was like, he pulls up to the office. They come in, he's like, "Hey, where's your where's your benz?" I'm like, "bendz." He's like, you know, BMW. I'm like, "I know what you're asking." I mean, that'd be a Mercedes. And I was like, "What do you mean?" He's like, "Yeah, you're a doctor. Usually you have one of those things." I was like, "No, I'm not into those things." He's like, "You don't like luxury cars." I said, "I have nothing against luxury cars." I'm just not that type of guy. I'm different. I go, but I'll go have, I'll go have a very expensive pickup truck. That's all souped up. Why? Because I like pickup trucks. I like things that are fast. It's just cool for me. It's fun to have a car, I don't speed or anything. But it's just cool every once in a while. I like to have the feeling to go onto the expressway and I can punch it and it can really take off. I'm like, that's just a joy thing. It's it but that's but that's other than that in my life. It's just that's cool. And a fun little toy, but it's you know, but that's again, what matters to me what's important to me. Other than that, I can care what the heck I drive.Lesley Logan  Yeah. Yeah, I think I love this quote. It's not about like, not wanting the souped up track or the benz. This is knowing the reason why behind it that so you can actually have that as your Northstar versus the actual, the actual physical thing.Dr. Victor Manzo  It's even great to ask people like when it comes to how much money you want to make when you work with a client, or I'm working with a client and it comes to what do you want to grow in the next year? And they'll say, "Oh, I want to I want to double." Okay, why? It's the simplest thing you can just, you can do that all day long. And they'll give you reasons. But if you keep asking the 'why' there comes a point where you're just like you'll even the person asking you, it's just like, "That sounds good man. Like that's deep, man. I feel energized from that." Like, that's what I'm looking for. I want to feel energized from them telling me why they want it. Because then I know that they're, they're really propelling their true energy. And just like anything, we gravitate to people who have really projected excuse me, really good energy, you got anyone that's a real good speaker, you've been around, and you could just be in their presence or you listen to them speak. You're just like, I just love being around this person or just someone in your life that just has good energy. You just you just gravitate to them and (Lesley: Yeah.) that there's a feeling that comes from that. And that's the feeling that I'm looking for to make sure I'm like okay, yeah, we're there. You're now projecting what you really are. We're connecting soul the soul. I can feel it. Now we're good.Lesley Logan  Yeah, so okay, so to people who are listening, they're like, "Okay, I actually know I'm very clear on why I want things. And I got that spiritual side." What, when it comes to the spiritual side helping us with the things that we want to do that are a little bit more strategy in our business. Like, how, like, how have you seen that happen? What's what's the, what's the tipping point? Or like, what's the benefit? Is it, do you see people who don't have the spiritual side, like having as much success as people who do? What what are you seeing in your business?Dr. Victor Manzo  You know, for what, you know, for me, you have to have some sort of connection, you know, because spiritually, like, just think about spiritually, so like the law of focus, right, where you, wherever you put your mind, or attention to, energy flows to wherever energy flows to manifestation is gonna grow. And so, you know, these are the, from from, from spiritual truths or spiritual elements of wisdom, it's been shared for so long, you know, it's knowing that, okay, wherever I put my energy, my my source energy, or your soul energy, or whatever you want to label that as, right, you can call it focus, if you want for those who like to debt word, wherever you're giving that to, is going to give life to. And so it's looking at so when I share this with people, this is one of the stuff I start to work on, when it comes to like visualization and visions, right, you have to have a vision does everyone anyone that works for me always has to go through this work of creating your own vision. And I have a whole tier system into it, you know, your whole life, and then multiple areas of your life. And then from there, then we look at tapping into visualization, and how to utilize raising your vibe this is where I use law, vibration and law, attraction comes in and we get the law of manifestation eventually. But these are all principles I'll pull in to utilize to start to align with spiritual truth to create fulfillment for you. Coming back to that definition of spirituality again, to me, it's fulfillment. You know, and so that's where I'm looking at things at the end of the day. So when I when I think of fulfillment, then it's like, how are you being fulfilled in life? Right? How what are the things that are gonna give you that? What are the things you're gonna get from this, that you can take with you when you leave? You know ...Lesley Logan  So ... Yeah. Are you is that something, is that something you're like asking yourself regularly, like health and how how am I fulfilled today? How was I felt like, are you asking this, or just like (Dr. Victor: No.) you can tell.Dr. Victor Manzo  So a lot of things, I teach is feelings, you have to tap into your vibe, you have to get connected back to your body. Too many times we because if he even if he asked a question, I used to do a lot of introspection with questions and so forth. I've gotten so far away from that now. Because, really, because if understanding the mind more from a conditioning standpoint, how do I know they're really saying the truth? How can I get down to the truth and the root of it, I can go from a mind perspective with tons of questions till eventually we may get there, or just go to feelings, because that's, that's how you connect anyhow. And when you're in alignment, when you're in either a soul alignment or just aligned to your vision, and aligned to your purpose of what it is that you want to achieve. Your emotions and vibe will be higher, you'll feel better, you have more energy, you're gonna, you're gonna be excited you're gonna have there's all this positive vibes that come through. Yeah. And then the key is what I teach a lot of my clients is you got to know bringing that into the body. Where does it show up? How does it show up for you, like for myself, it always hits my stomach, that's just I'll get this like a glow. Or sometimes it feels like butterflies, butterflies in my stomach. Or sometimes it's a visualization, well actually feel like a, like a ball like glowing orange like color in there. And I just be like, "Okay, I'm in alignment. I'm feeling good, man. I'm feeling really, my energy's up." And then what you do is, you got to get your brain involved because your brain wants to take over when things are you trying to figure things out when fear kicks in, or whatever your brain is left brain specifically is going to overtake because it wants to control the situation as much as possible. But what you do is just say, "Hey, brain got this, how about this every time I feel this, this means that just keep reminding me that." And now you're allowing the ego to come in and work with you. This is leveraging your mind now so that it can be your compass to know, "Hey, I'm in alignment that maybe this this idea that I'm feeling like I need to take while I'm getting that feeling. It's a aligned. Or may it's this or that or whatever I can go to hold hold that." But ...Lesley Logan  Yeah. I love this. I totally love this because I feel like I feel like I'm pretty good at like, "Oh, I'm feeling really anxious right now. I'm feeling really good right now. I'm feeling really energized right now." And you're correct. Like when I'm in alignment. It's like I've ever even bad news. It's like oh, that's gonna be okay, because this is coming up tomorrow. Like you just kind of are like, it's like you're like ignoring it or like aloof but it is it's almost like there's like a barrier that can't take the negative stuff isn't like affecting you in a reactive way. However, I feel like I know a lot of people who actually are so disconnected that they're like, "Okay, guys, I want to go off my feelings but I don't actually know how I'm feeling right now." So how do we get people who are like, like they're in their head so much they're not in their body and they're not feel they don't have that awareness of how they're feeling. Do you know what I mean? Like they don't have the vocabulary yet.Dr. Victor Manzo  Yeah, the easiest thing is this, we've all had a good moment in life that we got happy or got excited, or we have brought joy to us, right. And like, I just became a dad six weeks ago. So for me, visualizing my daughter in my arms is the easiest thing to get to that vibe. But we've all had a moment, maybe you played sports, and you it was last minute or you made the winning goal or put, you know, at the home run, or whatever sport it may be, or it could have been playing an instrument and you're in the zone and that feeling you got, we've all had that experience in some way, shape, or form, you just use that to create it. Because even like when it comes to like money, for example, and some people are like, "Well, yeah, I think about I think I know that I can create or I can I can manifest this in my life. But there's always this feeling inside me that just, it's I just don't know, it's I just don't get excited, I just can't get there. "Well, then don't focus on that. Just focus on an event in your life that would brought brought happiness and joy to you. Because what that's all we're trying to focus on is the vibe, that's what we're trying to get to. And then once we you get the vibe up there, that's all your that's your, that's your job is just to make sure your vibration stays at a high, high vibration. And that's having good high emotions, you know, you're and you'll feel it like I, it's this is where I'm trying to learn better how to use words to it, because it's something that you can't, like you put a label on it, you're missing the power of it. (Lesley: Yeah.) And so it's like, so it's one of those things where I'm like, I can kind of explain it in a very, you know, certain way, but it's still not that, like, I have a client a great example, five months in. He, we get on a coaching call, and he goes, "Doc, he's like, I feel like I'm waking up." And I was like, "You mean just today or where we are with this?" He's like, "No, I feel like I'm living in a dream. Like, I can't believe like, this is crazy. I just may sound crazy." I'm like, "Nope, doesn't sound crazy to me been there many times I know what your talking about." And then we walked in, we were talking explaining it and it was just like, a whole different realm and he goes, "I finally get what you mean by feeling. I finally get what you mean at this point." And it's just like he goes, the power of that is so powerful, I'm going it's a lot easier in life when you just do that compared to trying to figure things out. And so (Lesley: Yeah.) but that's what I would recommend is like, you just happen to some that you had that is a positive vibe in some way shape, or form joy, bliss, happiness. And that's all that's that's the feeling, and you just gotta get used to having that.Lesley Logan  Yeah, I think that's like, I totally understand, like, the words that you use to label things can dismiss their power. But the often that's all we have is words. So I think for a lot of people what you can't label is also really hard to be aware of. So I think there's like an interesting balance there. I guess like there's because so many of the people who listen to this are perfectionist overachievers, right, like their work, the word recovery is trying to be in there. That's what I think I am recovering perfectionist overachiever. And so there, there's somebody who is going ... totally do this. And they're going to get a little bit stuck, because they're going to get a little heady about it. So is there an order in which they need to think about how to approach getting more spiritual and getting in touch with their feelings? So that they can, you know, have a little bit of a roadmap because that's, they're gonna need it.Dr. Victor Manzo  Yeah, totally. So here's the easiest way to do it. As you first as I said, I always start with my clients with a vision have a vision of your life. And you can do this in many ways. You can do the whole eulogy thing, if you were going to pass away, what did you want someone say about you? Are you living your life to what that person would be saying? But it could be the vision of what you want, how you see yourself, and vision could go five years, 10 years, 15 20 30 40, it doesn't matter, you you can do all of them if you want. But having you know, starting with the vision, and then what you do with that vision, okay, so you gotta get it in your head, you got to see it in some way. Play it like it's a movie, you know, imagine you're seeing a movie in your head that you are creating and just get imaginative be a kid again, right? Because kids are masters of being being imaginative, and everything I could tell. I mean, I've learned that just from adjusting them. It's crazy what they come up with. And they'll tell me, "Doctor Vic you do this because or Doctor Vic my brains broken today. Oh, your brains broken today? What's going on? I don't know. It's just not working well. Oh, why?" And I just love it. And then obviously making an adjustment, they go, "Yeah, my gears working more." And I'm just like, I love that they're just being creative. But long story short, it's number one, the vision number two then right? So we get the vision, get you know, and then there's the excitement about it, make it feel that it is going to happen, right? When we're perfectionist, I used to be one of myself, you know, hey, we have to control so much. And the freedom of what you're seeking is actually letting go of that control and trusting when we try to control you know, for me, at least it was when I was trying to control a lot. I didn't have trust in the process and that faith in myself to know that it's all gonna work out. I needed to make sure I was on top of everything. And then the last half of my my practice, I did the opposite of that. So having a vision is going to be the first thing and visualizing with it, but get those emotions. You know, I think I'm hope I'm trying to get answering this question. (Lesley: Yeah.) Because then it's the emotional I tried it again. Now, if you can't bring the emotions to the table before you visualize, go anchor. And that's what I was sharing earlier, (Lesley: Yeah.) is you're anchoring into an old experience that is going to make you feel great, it gets you excited, and then go pretend that that's going to happen that whatever you're visualizing, pretend in your mind, that's going to happen. Because here's the thing, there is science to back this up that what I'm sharing with you is not just something out there, whatever you see in your mind, however you project, whatever you see in your mind's eye or your imagination. And whatever you see, with your physical eyes, your brain cannot tell the difference between either. (Lesley: Yeah.) It doesn't know which one's real. So why not be creative and imaginative. This is what billionaires do. Be use your imagination, use vision to false create a reality to make your nervous system and your body think that's real.Lesley Logan  Yeah, no, we had Dr. Philippe Douyon on here. And he was talking about how your eyes and ears only see what your brain is looking for. So if you tell your brain, this is happening, your eyes and ears are going to literally have this nice little confirmation bias out there looking for evidence that it's already happening, because that's what they're saying.Dr. Victor Manzo  Yeah, I mean, it's your reticular activating system. It's called RAS. And it's what it does, and you program it too, which is actually very cool. So like he was saying, if you see it in a certain way, if you value that in a specific way, then that is going to be all that you're going to see. And anything else that you don't value, it will not reach your consciousness, it will literally filter that stuff out. So that way you do not see it. So this is why you can have 10 people line up for an event and you can get 10 different stories. It's not because they saw something different. It's just because what their values were, they only saw what they valued. (Lesley: Yeah.) And so then they share that story from there. (Lesley: Yeah.) But that that's the side of that. And then it just, you know, the feeling side, you know, this is where when we can step into the state of more joy, that's our natural state as a soul. So that's in a state of being in alignment. And the more you practice this, the more it becomes easier to manifest the things that you desire in your life. So I always say visions first and visualize second and get into bringing those positive or higher vibe emotions. And then the fourth thing that you can do is just feel where it shows up, you may not know in the beginning, this is your first time doing this. It's okay. Don't try to think you have to have this nailed down. I'm very sensitive. And it took me a while to master this. Even though I'm very, I was already sensitive. I had people friends of mine who were when I was doing energy healing, they would do an exercise where they'll think of a number between one and 10. And I would have to feel what that number was, and then say it, and I would get it wrong. And she's like, you're in your head, I can feel you're in your head, she's like, "You already know the number, you're second guessing yourself." And I was like, "Oh, I did." Because I thought it was this, I felt it. And then I went with something else. And then it got to a point where all of a sudden, I was like 20 for 20. And I was just like, "This is cool, how I can just feel what the number is." And she's like, "Yeah, you just have to, this is what you need to do in life. And this was gonna help guide you in healing, what's gonna guide you and all those things." But it took me a while to do that. This is like a whole new skill. It's, even though we were naturally inclined to doing this already. It's just we've been conditioned over the years, to get away from our internal aspects of things and focus externally, and everything with how health happiness and all those kinds of things.Lesley Logan  100%. I love this so much. You all you just got like a nice little roadmap to be it till you see your vision, vision first, then visualize it happening. And then and then get to that feeling of it. And it feels sort of see all the things even wanting to be happening now. You don't have to like wait for it.Dr. Victor Manzo  You don't. And then the other thing too is you don't have to figure things out anymore. Like I talk a lot about effortless action that leads to effortless success. And there's a law called the Law of Inspired Action. And I always say if you truly understand the Law of Inspired Action, you'll never have to figure out anything ever again in your life. Like literally you won't, because when you step into the right vibe, law of vibration states, whatever you you can only experience in the physical world, whatever you are vibrating at. But at the same token why you focus on vibe is because let's say I want to be a millionaire, but I only make $50,000 a year, but I want to make a million dollars a year. But what I do is if I focus my vibe on being getting to that level of being a millionaire, I may not have it in my bank account yet. That's okay. What's going to happen is you're going to attract ideas, people circumstances and situations to help you along the way to get to that point. And they'll come to you. And I'm living proof of it. I have clients that are living proof of it. My books are living proof of it. Because all my books that I've written had never been something that was like, "Oh, my first book, I want it to be like this because of X Y Z." And then my second I mean, I have a goal of writing 30 books in my life, just because I want to share as much as I possibly can. And it's one of those things where I don't even know where my number four books gonna come. (Lesley: Right.) I have no clue whatsoever, but I know it will come to me when the time's right.Lesley Logan  Okay, there's amazingness. So I do I do agree and you just said it really quickly. I want to make sure you really can only experience what you're putting out there. If you are an angry, frustrated person. You're only going to experience angry frustrating things like you cannot, you're not like you're not going to be able to see like there's a beautiful rainbow. You're gonna be like, "Ah, look at the clouds covering the rainbow." Like you're not gonna have the good times. Can you, you said the Law of Inspired Action, just because that one, I don't know, can you just like, what's the dis... like, what's the definition of that one because that's amazing?Dr. Victor Manzo  It's something that you're going to be called to, you're going to be inspired to take, it's gonna pull you. It's, it's literally it pulls you in, like, writing my third book was like this, I can share this example. I remember, it was November 2021. And all of a sudden, I was like, you know, haven't written a book and while and all of a sudden, I just kept thinking book kept coming in my head. I'm like, "Why am I thinking about a book?" I'm not I got, I'm just, I'm getting ready for a move. I'm here ready to close my office? Why the heck is a book coming in, I don't have time for that. And it was one of those things where it's just like a kept tugging at me. So I mentioned, I'm, like, I got out of a meditation. And I was just thinking of conditioning and how the mind was, it was just a very interesting meditation I had, and all of a sudden out of the blue, it was like, decoding the matrix. And I was like, "Decoding the matrix." And then here comes the instance of a book and I'm going, "Okay, do I have to write this book?" I'm like, "You know, I know how this works, fine. I'll and I'll entertain this because it just kept pulling me or it kept grabbing my attention." That's, it's gonna, and then I got excited about it. I was like, "Oh, my God, decoding the matrix, this would be great. Man, decoding matrix blah, blah, blah." It was just like, it was just coming, like out of me.Lesley Logan  So have you read the book, Big Magic?Dr. Victor Manzo  I know it, but I haven't read it.Lesley Logan  It's Elizabeth Gilbert, and she talks about how ideas want to be born, and they're going to come to you. And if you sit on them too long, they will just go off to somebody else because they want to be born. And so and it's okay, like, you know, there's nothing wrong, like you're not the worst person if you don't take the action. But she's shares a story about a thing that she was thinking of right. And she hadn't told anybody what the story was gonna be. So all this research, and then she meets another author and their their pen pals, but they're not talking about what they're writing about. And then finally, they get on a call. And they're like, "Okay, well, what are you writing about?" And the girl tells her, which is right now. And it's the same story that Liz was going to write about a year before, but she did take a pause for a family thing. And then she, she did all the research, it was sitting right there, she never took the action. And the idea when someone else and that person literally was doing it told her and just like, "Oh, I have all the research that you probably want for that." So I just think, um, I think it's really amazing. I think, I think people might be listening is going, "That doesn't happen to me." I think it does happen. We're just so in our heads, we're like, you're going, "Why is that? I don't want to deal with that right now." Like, or "I don't even know what that is?" Like, you're kind of deflecting the ideas that are cut... the inspiration that's coming to you because you're too busy, or you're too overwhelmed, or you're too anything and not actually staying in, in your alignment and staying with what's going on.Dr. Victor Manzo  100%. I mean, it is this, it's just one of those things that like you said, ideas, the books, those kinds of things, they all want to be born in some way. And it's, there's advice that we've all been told, and I was thinking about this a few months back and that, you know, you've always heard, go chase your dreams. Go out, go chase your dreams. Go live your life, you know, and that is like one of the worst advices to give. And here's why. Because that goes against the law of vibration. You see, when we're if you think of yourself as like a magnet, you just have to tune your frequency to what it is. And then all of a sudden, whatever you seek is going to seek you. That's a spiritual truth. And so whatever you're looking for, is going to want to if you're giving it life, and it's gonna be like, "Oh my God, yes, you are the person." This is this, this is gonna sound crazy. But if you ever, there's been medium shows on Netflix now and you'll hear this, if you ever watch one of them, they'll always talk about like, this person is coming through to me, because they know that I can I understand it. They're coming to me so I'm the one who can share this message. It's just as easy be like this is this happens because they know that I can understand them. It's the same thing with your ideas and stuff. When you align to that certain level, they're gonna come to you, because you are the one that can give it life they want to live and they want to have an experience. Think of him as a living entity. Les Brown does a hospital bed speech or death bed speech like that he'll talk about you're on your death bed and so forth. Highly recommend people to listen to it. But it resonates is exactly what we're talking about, of doing that. And so when you step into that vibe of what you want to create, there's endless ideas that will come there's endless situations and circumstances and people, but you just have to focus there. And when you do that, then all of a sudden law of inspired action is going to come because you will be inspired. It's kind of like in again, old book. It's only a couple, you know a couple 1000 years old, it was written 2500 years ago, Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. And one of his verses. It's any one verse I highly recommend when they read it. But it's one of his verses. He says like, if you feel like you have to do force, or you have to force to do something, then don't do it at all. And in the Western world, we hear then and go, "That is absurd. No, I need to ..."Lesley Logan  Everything's a force. I gotta just do all of it. And it has to be hard because I'm pulling myself up on my bootstraps, because that's what everyone does.Dr. Victor Manzo  Exactly. But if you really listen to it, right, when you feel anxious, or I, because I get that sometimes I'm like, "Oh, I have to be doing this, I gotta get this done." And it's like, "Oh, you know what, I'm not going to do it, I'm gonna take a step back. And the reason why is I need to recenter myself, I'm not inspired to do that I'm forcing it." And that's why in a Forbes article, it was they said, 60% of leadership is burned out. That's why a majority of entrepreneurs are burned out, because we're forcing all the time. And instead of if we just learn to step into the vibe, and just take a hey, even when you feel like you have to forcing something, just take a break for a second, like when I'm in and this is this is you've seen this in athletes, when they talk about being in the zone, you've been in a flow state or an artist has been in a flow or when someone's in the instrument, and they're in the flow state. You when you're in a flow state, and you're in this space of this vibe, you get so much more done faster, and it's at a high vibration. But what that means is that the quality of what you're going to produce is way better than what you're going to do that from a force. I can talk about this from a neurological perspective and a neuroscience perspective. But there's so much into that just from that one quote. When I remember when I was listening to it years ago, I was like, "Wow, that is so true. Man, I do a lot of forcing." (Lesley: Yeah.) Didn't realize that. I mean (Lesley: Yeah.) it to take more time just to be, just take more time to self. And that's what I've done this year. I've actually made a commitment this year to my wife and like any time I feel like I'm not doing enough or I don't feel like I because I used to be a workaholic. I used to be a perfectionist. I always felt like I had a dad who always nothing against this. I mean, I love my father, but he always like if I he came home, and I was playing a video game or watching TV, "What are you doing? There's things that we got to get done." And you know, he obviously he there's a lot of stress in the house that things that needed to get done. There wor... my parents were working multiple jobs just to make ends meet. But at the same token that instilled in me, I didn't know how to relax, I don't know how to really be. (Lesley: Right. I understand that.) Right? (Lesley: Yeah.) And so but that's the power and the beauty of this stuff, because then it's just like take a moment and get your vibe right. And then all of a sudden, you may have thought of a different idea or you're able to get into that flow state and you work for 30 minutes to an hour that would have took you four to six hours if you're forcing it.Lesley Logan  Yeah. Oh my gosh, Victor so much good stuff. Okay, we're gonna take a quick break, find out how people can read the books, get to work with you and your BE IT action items.All right, Victor. Where can people find, follow you, get your books? Where were you hanging out these days?Dr. Victor Manzo  So the easiest is my hub is my website, empoweryourreality.com. I have my free resources on there. One on one, if you wanted to get on a coaching call just to see what's going on, to discover you saw what's happening. What are the challenges, what are the dream, dream dreams and you want to achieve, the goals you want to have? And so forth. And then at the bottom left of my website is all my socials, I'm on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. I post about five, six times a week relating to mindset, spirituality, money, consciousness, anything related to the mind, basically in spirituality and in universal laws to help elevate. So if you have any questions, I love hearing from people send me, drop me a DM, I always love to read them and respond. And but yeah, that's pretty much it. And then my books are on, my books are all over Amazon.Lesley Logan  Perfect. Okay, so you've given us a lot of good stuff, but just in case people skip to the end, want the cliffnotes BE IT action items. I there's a few of you, I know who do that. Bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted steps people can take to be it till they see it.Dr. Victor Manzo  Number one, as I shared earlier as your vision. You got to create something, create a movie in your life of what you want to see. Like literally, I want you to sit and literally just create a movie of how you see your life to be. And whatever that is, don't judge it. Don't anything, just let your mind, go into it and create that experience. If you can't visualize, write it down, journal it either or some people like visualization. Some like to write it down. If you want to do both do both doesn't matter either way. But get into that creating that movie. Then the second thing is, you know, remember a moment in time that you had that excited you, that got you so excited like a kid, maybe it was something as you were as a kid, maybe it was something having your child or maybe it was a sports event, whatever it may be, whatever gets you to that vibe, focus on that, just get into an immerse yourself into that feeling. What does that feel like? The third thing is pay attention where it shows up and always shows up in a certain area, you'll feel a sensation, if you're not used to it. For all your listeners, what you can do if you want to feel sensation is you're ever hands really, really fast. And do it for like 10 to 15 seconds, and then you just take them apart and just feel what your hands are, you're gonna feel like a slight vibration in your hands. That's actually the life within you. That's what life actually feels like. We're very numb to it in many ways. And so that feeling usually will show up somewhere in your body in some way, shape or form. Just become aware of that because that becomes a compass for you in the work that you want to achieve or do or lead towards your vision. So those would be the three things that I'd recommend they can start immediately.Lesley Logan  I love all of those. You guys, how are you going to use these in your life? We want to know. So tag myself, tag Victor on Instagram and we'll put those links in the show notes below. 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We have Board Certified Neurologist Dr. Philippe Douyon stopping by for a fascinating discussion on hacking the most powerful tool at your disposal: your brain. Dr. Douyon is unique in that he has extensive experience caring for patients and being one. Dr. Douyon is a two-time kidney transplant patient. In this episode, Dr. Douyon shares the message that success in life and business starts in the brain. You can rewire your brain to create the life you were meant to live. And that begins with learning how to leverage the power of neuroplasticity. Lastly, Dr. Douyon is one of the hosts of The Brain Prophets Podcast and the author of Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower. Connect with Dr. Douyon Website: https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philippe.md/ Brain Prophets Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-brain-prophets-podcast/id1582747254 Book (Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower): https://www.amazon.com/Neuroplasticity-Brains-Superpower-Change-Relationship/dp/164228100X/ Connect with Julian Become a health concierge client: julian@theartoffitnessandlife.com Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejulianhayes Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianhayes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/executive-health/message

“If we have very strong beliefs about something, evidence to the contrary could be sitting right in front of us, but we may not see it because what we perceive is entirely different.” (Dr. Joe Dispenza, speaker, researcher and author who is passionate about the fields of neuroscience, epigenetics, and quantum physics, pushing the limits of possibility). On this episode we will cover: ✔  How to change our perceptions, or what we believe, using the most current brain research. ✔ That we each have a  pattern of connectivity in our brain as unique as our fingerprint. ✔ How each person, with a unique brain, learns and behaves differently, based on how it's wired. ✔ 2 Strategies to improve health, well-being, productivity and resiliency, by measuring your personal fitness metrics. ✔The importance of accepting other people's differences.   Welcome back to The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast.  I'm Andrea Samadi, and launched this podcast just over 3 years ago, with a vision to bridge the gap between theory and practice, with strategies, tools and ideas we can all use immediately to take what we know (our current knowledge) and apply what we know to the most current brain research for new results, and heightened productivity in our schools, sports environments and modern workplaces. Like Dr. Dispenza, I believe in pushing the limits of what's possible, and hope this podcast helps those who tune in, to do the same. As I'm writing this episode, it's September 1st and I can't believe how fast time flies. If we think back to the start of this year[i], we looked at how to make 2022 our best year ever, with what will we change, or do differently this year, to attain NEW results and I wonder, have YOU “thought in a wildly different way than you previously have been to get to the next level of what YOU are doing?” (Grant Cardone). If the answer is YES, then congratulations, you're well on your way to new conditions and circumstances in 2023, but if the answer is “not yet” then let's see what else we can do, together, using neuroscience to challenge our perceptions and change our old habits and behaviors, for new results, with our health in mind. Changing our Perceptions, of What We Believe: For this week's Brain Fact Friday, and EPISODE #244, I wanted to look at how exactly we create behavior change, using science to challenge our old beliefs. How can we change our perception or what we believe? To do this, we will go deeper into EP #239, where we looked at “Building a Stronger 2.0 Version of Ourselves”[ii] where we picked something that we wanted to change, with the bigger picture of what this change would mean, using our motivation based on our values, holding our focus on what we wanted to change, with a 90-day plan to make this change stick.   But, what if we see the evidence, (we know that whatever it is we want to change is bad for us), we really want the change, but there's nothing compelling enough for us to make this change, like Dr. Dispenza's quote said. “If we have very strong beliefs about something, evidence to the contrary could be sitting right in front of us, but we may not see it because what we perceive is entirely different.” (Dispenza) Our beliefs (old habits and behaviors) will override the desired behavior change. Which leads me to this week's Brain Fact Friday. DID YOU KNOW THAT: “Your brain has a pattern of connectivity as unique as your fingerprint?”[iii] This episode is not about swaying you to believe what I believe, but to have you challenge your own beliefs, knowing my brain is different from your brain, and see if you can look at something from a different point of view, while I'm doing the same. Just like Dr. Ginger Campbell told us on our last EPISODE #243, as the host of the longest running podcast on Neuroscience, she acknowledges that what she's learned over the years is that everyone will have their own beliefs and perceptions about things, and since our brains are all wired differently, we must learn to be more accepting of other people's beliefs, and the more we can accept each other for our differences, the better place our world will be. Accept that we are all different. Even tuning into Brendon Burchard's[iv] most recent podcast episode, he mentioned that there are secrets to helping people “achieve their goals, and get healthier” and that with all the years he has been working in the area of high performance, with world class athletes, high level executives, he's discovered four things that needs to achieve their goals (health and happiness) and one them is to acknowledge that although we all might have different beliefs, that we are in fact, very similar, and that judging someone else for being “different” than us, is what creates the divisiveness we see in the world today. Progress can be made for all of us when we can embrace our unity, despite our differences. With this model in place, on our recent interview with physician and neurologist Dr. Douyon[v], I asked him “when science reveals that something is bad for us, and even a carcinogen, what needs to happen to STOP society from consuming it?” (without judging people for their choices) and the answer to behavior change is going to be different for everyone, since our brains are all wired differently. What worked for me, might not work for you, but I think that when you can see the impacts of the behavior change on your own health, that this in itself is enough to drive someone towards lasting change and transformation. Once you see an area of your health that you would like to change, Dr. Douyon mentioned to begin slowly, and see if you can “wean” yourself off of whatever it is you are doing. We were talking about a patient of his who he took soda away from, to stop her from having seizures, and the change didn't last for her, because he felt like some people just can't stop using the “cold turkey” method. We are all wired differently, and without being judgmental, we all need to find our own way towards making our behavior change stick. Using Data to Inform Our Health Once you either cut out the food, the drink, the substance or the behavior that you know isn't good for your body or your health, try measuring your biomarkers to see the impact of this decision on your health and body. There are many devices you can use to measure your results. I use the Whoop[vi] wearable device, (since I did interview their team) but you can also use the Oura Ring[vii] or even your Apple Watch. After listening to Dr. Huberman's podcast, I cut out alcohol immediately, without a thought, and then watched in amazement at the results of this “science-based” decision. In the past, I have cut this toxin out for 30, 60 and 90 days, but never payed attention to the physiological response that this had on my body. This is what I saw after 2 weeks of eliminating alcohol from my diet August: My HRV (heart rate variability) increased by 11%. WHAT THIS MEANS: We reviewed HRV on EP #228[viii] What is HRV: The Most Important Biomarker for Tracking Health, Recovery and Resilience which means that this decision gave me 11% more capacity to perform. It gave me more resources to use towards my daily activities, helping me to be more resilient to daily stress. My RHR (resting heart rate) decreased from 54 bpm to 51 bpm. WHAT THIS MEANS: Resting Heart Rate (RHR) is a measure of your average heart beats per minute (bpm) while your body is at a state of complete rest[ix] and “a low RHR is an indication of a strong heart muscle that can pump out greater amounts of blood with every beat, so it doesn't have to do it as frequently.” (Whoop) and “physical fitness is directly correlated to the strength of your heart.” (Whoop).   This data helped me to see that in a very short period of time I've found ways to become more resilient to daily stress, and have increased my physical fitness, which are in line with my values of improving my health, so this habit is going to stick for me. Review and Conclusion: Using Neuroscience to Change Our Perception and Build a Stronger 2.0 Version of Ourselves But I'm not sure what it will take for you to change your behavior, when looking to create that NEW and improved 2.0 version of YOU, since our “brains are all as unique as our fingerprint” and what works for me, might not work for you, but I do know that when most of us are presented with sound information, or the most current research, and we are able to explain this research to others, that this is the beginning how our brains rewire for the better. Sergei's Story: Shocked into Behavior Change with the Fear of Death To close out this episode, I wanted to share a story of how one person I know made their behavior stick, an entirely different way. I thought about this one guy I met on the hiking trials, who changed his behavior, because his life depended on it. Since I'm on the trails every day, you get to see the same faces over and over again and you get to know people this way, even if you don't stop to have a conversation with them.  One day I noticed a new face showing up on the trails, and he was a bit out of shape, but clearly working daily to change it. There were times I'm sure I saw tears in his eyes as we passed each other but it was months before we spoke, and exchanged names. You can tell when someone is working something out during exercise and focused, so we just usually waved until one day, we stopped to speak.  His name was Sergei, and he was a mathematics professor at ASU and he told me that his doctor told him if he didn't lose weight, he was going to die. Plain and simple, Sergei was scared into making a change in his health, and in a few months, he took off over 40 lbs. and completely turned his health around. I remembered later when he reminded me of his story that it made sense that he was crying in the first few weeks. Behavior change can be extremely difficult, that's for sure, but Sergei stuck to his change, because his results were easy to measure. He quickly went off all the medicine he was on, and his new behavior stuck. If we can measure the impacts of our change like Sergei, or like I was able to see with an increased HRV and lower RHR after just a few weeks, we can see and feel the physiological changes with the decisions we've made have on our health and wellbeing, then this is the first step towards lasting transformation, and permanent change, building a stronger 2.0 version of ourselves. Recognizing Neurodiversity: But not every strategy fits all. To get a bigger picture of the differences within our brain, a quick glance at the Neurodiversity image in the show notes can help us to see that “there is no right way of thinking, learning or behaving”[x]  but I do hope that we all look for ways that we can each take our results to new heights, using the most current research, and decide for yourself what behaviors or habits you want to stick, or kick to the curb, and then get to work, and see if you can match your behavior, with your intention, to create your new 2.0he  identity. I'll see you next week! REFERENCES: [i]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #190 “How to Make 2022 Your Best Year Ever”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/think-and-grow-rich-book-review-part-2-how-to-make-2022-your-best-year-ever-by-thinking-differently-and-choosing-faith-over-fear/ [ii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #239 “using Neuroscience to Build a Stronger 2.0 Version of You”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-using-neuroscience-to-build-a-stronger-20-version-of-you/ [iii] Deane Alban 72 Amazing Brain Facts https://sdbif.org/index/72-amazing-human-brain-facts-based-on-the-latest-science/ [iv] Brendon Burchard “4 Parts to a Meaningful Life”  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/charged-life-brendon-burchard/id821746377 [v]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #241 with “Physician and Neurologist Dr. Philippe Douyon on How to Rewire Our Brain for Health and Happiness:  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/physician-and-neurologist-philippe-douyon-md-on-how-to-rewire-our-brain-for-health-and-happiness/ [vi] www.whoop.com [vii] www.ouraring.com [viii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #228 on “Review of Heart Rate Variability: The Most Important Biomarker for Tracking Health, Recovery and Resilience” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-review-of-heart-rate-variability-the-most-important-biomarker-for-tracking-health-recovery-and-resilience/ [ix] Resting Heart Rate: What's Normal, Why it's a Sign of Fitness, How to Improve it Published May 7, 2020 by Whoop https://www.whoop.com/thelocker/normal-resting-heart-rate-improve-fitness/ [x] What is Neurodiversity Published Nov. 21, 2021 by Nicole Baumer https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/what-is-neurodiversity-202111232645  

“Many of the most significant public health challenges faced today have a behavioral component. To change individuals' behavior, we need to understand and change the brain.”[i] From Professor Huda Akil, a Syrian-American neuroscientist Welcome back to The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast.  I'm Andrea Samadi, and launched this podcast just over 3 years ago, with a vision to bridge the gap between theory and practice, and help all of us (whether we are a teacher in the classroom, or in the modern workplace) to understand the most current brain research, and how to use it, for improved productivity and results. On this episode we will cover: ✔  Why we must understand our brain, in order to change our behavior. ✔  2 Brain Facts learned from Dr. Andrew Huberman's most recent podcast on "The Effects of Alcohol on the Brain and Body" ✔  Why Chronic Disease Prevention means thinking with our brain health in mind. ✔ 4 Steps to change our behavior with our brain in mind. For this week's Brain Fact Friday, I wanted to tie our past few episodes together, starting with EPISODE #239 where we talked about “Using Neuroscience to Build a Stronger 2.0 Version of Ourselves.”[ii]  On this episode we looked at how we can change our identity by reviewing our self-image.  We looked at where our self-image is formed (in the front of our brain) and how people who have stronger pathways in this part of the brain, will have higher, long-term self-esteem, which I think we can all agree would help us to move forward, towards this newer, stronger, 2.0 version of ourselves. Then we looked at the concept of Praxis, or integrating our beliefs with our behaviors, as a way to step into this brand new 2.0 version of ourselves where we can become an entirely NEW person, overriding our old identity, building a new image of our self, over time, with hard work and persistence.   Then, physician and neurologist, Dr. Philippe Douyon[iii] advised us with his experience of facing 2 kidney transplants, that the power for health and happiness, really is in our own hands, but he gave us a sense of urgency, telling us that we only have ONE brain, ONE body and ONE life. If we really want to improve ourselves in any way, everything points back to understanding what's happening with this organ that controls everything that we do. Next week, we will be speaking with Dr. Ginger Campbell, MD, who was just inducted into the 2022 Podcast Hall of Fame. Dr. Ginger has been running her Brain Science Podcast[iv] since 2006, and anyone who studies the topic of Neuroscience would have come across her work, as a pioneer, where she launched her podcast all those years ago because she believes that “understanding how our brain really works is essential for being a good citizen in the 21st Century.”[v] When I think about why we launched this podcast, where we look for leaders around the world who are using the most current research, to help us to all see that success, health and happiness is possible for all of us, when we do things a certain way, and I would say, that this certain way, is with our brain in mind. Not to say that this way (with our brain in mind) is the only way to accomplish success, but if we are going to look at our life, and we only have a short time here to do whatever it is that we want with our time, I think to live up to our full potential, it's important to remember that we only have one brain, and to be aware of what helps it, or hurts it. Dr. Douyon's company mission: “One brain, one body, one life” makes me think seriously about the consequences of every action I'm taking. While I enjoy every interview I've ever done, something magical happens when all of our episodes begin to thread together with a common theme, and I think that Dr. Douyon noticed the lights turning on in our interview. It's starting to sink in. To change an individuals' behavior, we need to understand and change the brain. Which leads me to this week's Brain Fact Friday, that came to me early this week, while listening to Dr. Andrew Huberman's podcast. I'm sure everyone in the world “knows” that there are some things that are “good” for our brain (and productivity/results) and other things that aren't but when new research comes out that is compelling enough to make me change my behavior, I'm going to share it here. If you were like me, you might have heard that there was a connection with drinking alcohol and cancer, but until this week, I didn't know exactly how drinking even low amounts of alcohol (as low as one drink a day, or even if it's not every day, a couple of drinks socially on the weekend) damages this one brain that we have, that controls everything that we are, and everything that we do. And I think it's crazy that these brain facts that I'm going to share from the most current research are seldom discussed, so I'll put all the links in the show notes to Dr. Huberman's podcast (along with the notes) that made an impact on me, for anyone who is curious to review these facts for themselves. I picked two out of the twenty-eight topics to cover on this week's Brain Fact Friday to help us to all think with our brain health in mind. BRAIN FACT 1 DID YOU KNOW THAT “alcohol changes our gene expression, which therefore causes cancer, particularly breast cancer and that for women, there's a 4-13% increase in the risk of breast cancer for every 10 grams (1 glass of wine has around 10 grams of alcohol)?[vi] I'm not sure what you think when you hear this, but this research was enough to help me to decide very quickly that alcohol is now on the do not ingest list, if health is something I'm striving for, which it clearly is. I encourage you to listen to his entire episode. There were many facts that filled in the blanks for me and helped me to gain a better understanding of how toxins impact our brain and body. BRAIN FACT 2 If that firs brain fact was not enough, there were many more points to drive the truth of this matter home. Another shocking brain fact is that “alcohol changes the HPA-axis” (which is the part of our brain that balances what we see as stressful or not) and that for those who consume alcohol, (even low amounts like a couple of drinks in the week, or over the weekend) will have “elevated baseline levels of cortisol”[vii] even when they are not drinking. While most people will be thinking “hey, let's go have a drink” to enjoy the stress-relieving and relaxing benefits (which might be true) no one is thinking that research now shows this causes our stress and anxiety to increase, in our working hours, days later, when we are NOT drinking, when focus and concentration is crucial. I don't know about you, but when we understand how important our brain is for our future success, and that we all want to avoid neurological disorders like Alzheimer's Disease, or increased stress in our work week, or even Cancer, it's definitely something that I think we should all be fully aware of, and make the informed decision that's best for you. It's sinking in more now. To change an individuals' behavior, we need to understand and change the brain. TIPS TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR WITH OUR BRAIN IN MIND: When I asked Dr. Douyon, when science reveals something is bad for us, even a carcinogen, how can we stop people from consuming it? STEP 1: Think Big Picture: Dr. Douyon gave us some great advice with not having someone quit something cold turkey, but wean them off whatever it is they are trying to quit. We've covered “Using our Brain the Break Bad Habits” in our early episode #35[viii] when looking at eliminating habits that no longer serve us. Instead of just thinking about what you want to quit, think about what you want to start, stop and what do you want to do more of.  Look at the bigger picture of what you want to create, so you aren't focused entirely of that thing you want to give up. This should make the transition easier, especially when you can see the benefits to what you want to eliminate.   STEP 2: What's Your Motivation Based on Your Values: This one was easy for me. With health at the top of what I value, it something proves to not be healthy for my brain or body, it's an easy decision to eliminate it. What do you value? What will this change in behavior do for you?   STEP 3: STAY FOCUSED: When grinding away our old self-image, to create a new one, it will require focus, especially when something stressful happens.  When looking to make long-term change, I like to have a plan in place. John Norcross's book Changeology Explains how to stay focused on whatever it is you want to change for 90 days.  He says to make any long-lasting change stick, you've got to spend the first 14 days that getting psyched up for the change, then you prepare yourself for the change, from days 14-21, then 14-60 he says you've perspiring, since the change takes work, and you persevere from days 60-90. Persistence comes with day 75 onwards.   IMAGE CREDIT: from John Norcross's Changeology[ix] STEP 4: INTEGRATE YOUR WINS: This is the part that most people forget. If we can change our old self, into an entirely new self, this is a serious win and I think is the purpose of life. We should always be striving to be a better, 2.0 version of ourself, and when we do, there's nothing like it. Celebrate other people's wins and give yourself credit when you achieve something you've worked hard for.   REVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS: To review and close out this week's Brain Fact Friday, I took 2 brain facts, from Dr. Andrew Huberman's most recent podcast on “The Effects of Alcohol on the Brain and Body” to bring to the forefront the message that we learned so clearly from our recent podcast with Dr. Philippe Douyon that we have one brain, one body and one life, and that preventing the chronic disease, especially neurological disease in our future, means looking at our brain health today. Dr. Douyon's interview made me think of the fact that we will all die one day, and in this quest for our goals, and daily life, I never put that much thought into what I want the last half of my life to look like. Annie Duke, the author of How to Decide: Better Choices, Better Life[x] calls it Back-Casting, or when we think of how we want the last years of our life to look like. Have you ever done this? I'm definitely planning these years, with my brain in mind, and that means making tough decisions today, that will impact the last half of my life. What do you think? I'll see you next week. REFERENCES: [i] The neurobiology of behavior: what drives individual choices? Friday August 30th, 2019 from The Academy of Medical Sciences https://acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/the-neurobiology-of-behaviour-what-drives-individual-choices [ii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #239 “using Neuroscience to Build a Stronger 2.0 Version of You”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-using-neuroscience-to-build-a-stronger-20-version-of-you/ [iii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #241 with Physician and Neurologist Dr. Philippe Douyon on “How to Rewire our Brain for Health and Happiness.”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/physician-and-neurologist-philippe-douyon-md-on-how-to-rewire-our-brain-for-health-and-happiness/ [iv] https://brainsciencepodcast.com/ [v] Dr. Ginger Campbell from the Podcasting Hall of Fame 2022 Ceremony https://podcasthof.com/ [vi] Dr. Andrew Huberman's Podcast on “What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain and Health” https://hubermanlab.com/what-alcohol-does-to-your-body-brain-health/  (1:37:11 alcohol and cancer). [vii] Dr. Andrew Huberman's Podcast on “What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain and Health” https://hubermanlab.com/what-alcohol-does-to-your-body-brain-health/  (37:39 alcohol and cortisol). [viii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE#35 “Using Our Brain to Break Bad Habits”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/how-to-use-your-brain-to-break-bad-habits-in-2020/ [ix]John C. Norcross Changeology  https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Changeology/John-C-Norcross/9781451657623 [x] Annie Duke, How to Decide: Better Choices, Better Life https://www.amazon.com/How-Decide-Simple-Making-Choices-ebook/dp/B07TRJB3S3  

“Finally, have an expert in the field of neuroscience and neurology, who breaks down the complex concepts and demystifies the workings of the brain, while putting the power back in our hands. Through his thoughts and reflections on neuroplasticity and neuroinfluences, Dr. Philippe Douyon, a physician and neurologist, unlocks the true power of the brain to help us heal and reach our full potential.” Dr. Sidor, Quadruple board-certified Psychiatrist who reviews the book of our next guest, Dr. Philippe Douyon. Watch this interview on YouTube here https://youtu.be/qYUR3CAN1VQ  On this episode we will learn: ✔  How Dr. Douyon came up with a unique approach to life when it comes to health and chronic disease, or any serious health challenge that might be thrown our way. ✔  What he learned from overcoming kidney failure, Covid, dialysis and from undergoing a successful kidney transplant. ✔  What he noticed was missing from medical school that was important to help patients heal and recover. ✔ Why positive thinking is crucial for overcoming illness and for our overall health and wellbeing. ✔  How he did dialysis "his way." ✔ His thoughts of the impact of alcohol and other unhealthy food/drink on the brain? ✔ His Pyramid of Neurological Health vs Our 5 Health Staples. ✔ How to help people make the decision towards health, one step at a time. ✔ His tips for health and wellness that we can all benefit from. Welcome back to The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we cover the science-based evidence behind social and emotional learning (for schools) and emotional intelligence training (in the workplace) with tools, ideas and strategies that we can all use for immediate results, with our brain in mind. I'm Andrea Samadi, an author, and educator with a passion for learning specifically on the topics of health, wellbeing and productivity, and launched this podcast to share how important an understanding of our brain is to our everyday life and results using the most current brain research. On today's episode #241, we will be speaking heart to heart with Dr. Philippe Douyon, a board-certified neurologist who has a unique outlook of approaching life, when it comes to health and overcoming chronic disease, or any serious challenge that might unexpectedly be thrown our way, taking us by surprise. Not only has Dr. Douyon's philosophy helped countless patients with medical, neurological, and mental health disorders, but it's the same philosophy that he used himself to overcome kidney failure, Covid, dialysis, and undergo a successful kidney transplant. He is the author of the book, Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower[i], that focuses on how to use our brain's ability to adapt and learn to heal to overcome life's serious challenges. He also has an online course called Take Charge of Your Brain[ii] that teaches us how our lifestyle choices, directly influence our brain and health. I'm not going to hold back with my questions, as I'm certain that the research is loud and clear, that many neurological disorders (that we've been talking about on this podcast), like Alzheimer's, dementia, stroke, or Parkinson's disease, can be prevented with lifestyle changes. What I love about Dr. Douyon's work, is that everything he shares about health and wellbeing is what I learned years ago in the personal development industry, that he now matches with the most current brain research.  Concepts like: Our thoughts do matter when it comes our mental and physical health and well-being. How to STOP victim mentality (poor me thinking) especially when it comes to our neurological makeup. How to increase our levels of success, even when we've lost hope with our health. As a board-certified neurologist, Dr. Douyon shows us how we can in fact take charge of our health, with our brain in mind. He believes that success in life and business starts in the brain and is on a mission to spread his empowering message that we CAN rewire our brain to create the life we were meant to live, of health and happiness, regardless of our age, and all without prescribing a single pill.  Let's meet Dr. Philippe Douyon, connect our brain, to our health and well-being, and take everything he says seriously, as if our lives and futures really do depend on it. Welcome Dr. Douyon, it's wonderful to meet you, especially after listening to some of your recent podcasts, and hearing your story. I'm sure I'm not the only one to tell you that your perspective to health and life is unconventional, especially with someone coming from the medical field, am I right? Intro Q: Dr. Douyon, your story caught my attention as I spent 6 years working in the motivational speaking industry, with a speaker who helped people around the world to understand how when we change our thinking, it can actually change our results and that this change of thinking can impact EVERYTHING—our health, wealth, mental, and physical well-being. Where did YOU learn this secret to life, with the way we think, connected to our brain health and wellbeing? What's your story and who did YOU study? Q1: Your story made me think about when illness hits, many times, we aren't sitting here waiting for it, prepared for everything we will have to go through. It hits us when we least expect it, and whatever it is, we've got to fight to get through to the other side. What did you notice was missing in medical school with this mind-brain connection? How did you know how to prepare your own mind and body to heal when you were caught off guard with your health? 1B: My Mom overcame Uterine Cancer in her late 40s and she used this mental activity where she would imagine each part of her body (from head to toe) like a meditation, and she would imagine an axe chopping up the cancer cells. She did this twice a day. I used to tell this story years ago, and many people would say “that's crazy—there's no way your Mom beat uterine cancer this way.” Since very few people did, her surgeon asked if she would come into the hospital and share her strategy, since she was the only one in her group who healed themselves completely and remains cancer free today. As a medical doctor, what can you tell me about the power of positive thinking, and our health? How important is our mindset to our healing when faced with a serious, life-threatening diagnosis? 1C: While reading your book, Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower, I couldn't miss what your colleagues in the medical field said. Dr. Sidor, a quadruple board-certified Psychiatrist mentioned that “finally we have an expert in the field of neuroscience and neurology who breaks down complex concepts and demystifies the workings of the brain, while putting the power back in our hands.”  How are you planning to help other people understand about the power of their brain as it relates to health/wellbeing and reaching our highest potential in life? Q2: When you were faced with dialysis, and decided to go through it “your way,” what did you do that was different from other people around you? What did other people say when they saw how you were spending your time in dialysis? Q3: There is no sugar-coating with this question. I want to hear what you really think about this. While health is very important to me, at the top of my list, by no means am I perfect. We can all improve in some way. While I'm pretty good about choosing healthy foods, and sharing tips on the podcast for health and wellness, however, I do drink wine in moderation. Well, since writing these questions, I listened to Dr. Andrew Huberman's most recent podcast on the impacts of alcohol and the brain[iii], and he makes a clear-cut case that even for moderate drinkers, there are very few benefits to drinking alcohol, only risks, making me seriously question why I'm putting a known carcinogen in my body when I won't take an Advil because I know that will mess up my microbiome.   What have you seen with people who choose unhealthy foods or drinks over their health? I know your take on soda is like my take on Advil, but what do you think about alcohol and its impact on the brain that we should think about for preventing neurological disorders? Q4: Dr. Douyon, our podcast took a turn towards health and well-being around September 2020, when we started looking at the Top 5 Health Staples[iv] that I thought could really move the needle for all of us and improve our physical and mental health.  I really got into understanding Alzheimer's Prevention, and it seems that exercise solves many mental/physical health problems, so we've centered many episodes around the impact of exercise on the brain.  When I heard you mention your Pyramid of Neurological Health, I wondered what you think we should all know to prevent neurological disorders? Q4B: How do the TOP 5 Health Staples that we've been focused on the podcast compare to your Pyramid of Neurological Health? If you look at my list, would you change it in any way? Am I missing anything that's important for our neurological health?   Q4C: What do you say to people who don't want to let go of their vices? Q4D: How do you make behavior change stick? Q5: From listening to your Brain Prophet's Podcast, I can see that you are on a mission to help people to take control of their brain, when it comes to their overall health, but what have I missed? How do you want your mission to impact the world? What is your vision for the work you are doing? Q6: Most of our listeners are focused on their health and wellbeing, but like me, could sharpen the saw in some areas. What do you think is the wakeup call that we could all benefit from BEFORE a serious neurological illness hits us? What are one of two things would you suggest we all be doing to move the needle the most towards health and wellness? For people to learn more about your work, I will put all the links to your website, book and online course in the show notes. I want to thank you very much, Dr. Douyon, for bringing credibility through science and research to the positive thinking movement where many years ago, many doctors would prescribe a pill over many of the strategies you've shared today. Thank you for spearheading the way, and showing us how our health and well-being really can be within our control. FINAL THOUGHTS: As we close out this episode, I think it came at the perfect time for me to think back to the beginning of the year, when we looked at how we would achieve NEW results, to make 2022 our best year ever[v], do things in a wildly different way than we have previously, and the importance of learning and applying NEW and specialized knowledge to our lives, in order to move beyond where we've ever been before. This is exactly what Dr. Douyon's online course, Taking Charge of Your Brain[vi] is all about.  I highly encourage following Dr. Douyon's work, reading his book, and tuning into his podcast, especially if you have an area of your life that you want to improve in the area of health and wellness. I've already made some notes of where I'll be making changes, and it's all focused around the understanding that we have ONE BRAIN, ONE BODY and ONE LIFE…and all the choices I'm making today are either “Rewiring My Brain for Health and Happiness” or they are not.  I hope you'll join me in looking for areas of your life that you want to improve. I'll see you on Friday. RESOURCES: FOLLOW Dr. PHILIPPE DOUYON Website https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/philippe.md/?hl=en Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PhilippeDouyonMD LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-philippe-douyon-85a24449/ The Brain Prophet's Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-brain-prophets-podcast/id1582747254 RECENT PODCAST APPEARANCES: Think Unbroken Podcast: Neuroplasticity and the Impact of Positivity with Dr. Philippe Douyon Rewire the Podcast: Improve Your Health Through Neuroplasticity with Dr. Philippe Douyon, MD Black to Business Podcast: [BLACK MEN WHO LEAD] How To Take Charge Of Your Brain & Rewire It For Success w/ Dr. Philippe Douyon   REFERENCES: [i]Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower published by Philippe Douyon, MD April 23, 2019  https://www.amazon.com/Neuroplasticity-Brains-Superpower-Change-Brain/dp/164228100X [ii]Take Charge of Your Brain online course by Philippe Douyon, MD.  https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-charge [iii] Dr. Andrew Huberman's Podcast on “What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain and Health” https://hubermanlab.com/what-alcohol-does-to-your-body-brain-health/ NOTES FROM Juan Pablo Aranovich Published August 22, 2022 https://medium.com/@juanpabloaranovich/the-effects-of-alcohol-how-bad-are-they-bfb93c57ff8f [iv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #87 “Top 5 Brain Health and Alzheimer's Prevention Strategies”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/do-you-know-the-top-5-brain-health-and-alzheimers-prevention-strategies-with-andrea-samadi/ [v]Neuroscience Meet Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #193 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/think-and-grow-rich-book-review-part-3-using-autosuggestion-and-your-imagination-to-put-your-goals-on-autopilot/ [vi] Take Charge of Your Brain online course by Philippe Douyon, MD.  https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-charge  

“We have a brain for one reason and one reason only -- that's to produce adaptable and complex movements. Movement is the only way we affect the world around us… I believe that to understand movement is to understand the whole brain. And therefore it's important to remember when you are studying memory, cognition, sensory processing, they're there for a reason, and that reason is action.” From neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert Watch this interview on YouTube here https://youtu.be/wiSPswItU70   On this episode you will learn: ✔  How Trent McEntire discovered a way to "unlock" his brain through movement, and change his life forever. ✔  How his discovery impacted his ability to go from a struggling reader, to someone who enjoys reading books. ✔ How he took his discovery and created a brain-training program for students, athletes and anyone struggling with a neurological disorder. Welcome back to The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we cover the science-based evidence behind social and emotional learning (for schools) and emotional intelligence training (in the workplace) with tools, ideas and strategies that we can all use for immediate results, with our brain in mind. I'm Andrea Samadi, an author, and educator with a passion for learning specifically on the topics of health, wellbeing and productivity, and launched this podcast to share how important an understanding of our brain is to our everyday life and results--whether we are a teacher in the classroom, a student, or in the modern workplace. On today's episode #240, we will be speaking with Trent McEntire, from Fire Up Your Brain™[i] where you can see the Brain-Based Training Programs that he developed by chance (for kids, seniors and athletes) when he stumbled across the answer to something that unblocked his brain, through moving the body, leading him to develop The Fire Up your Brain Program™, unleashing his mission to help others around the globe with this discovery. We just heard from Joshua Gillis on EPISODE #238[ii] about how important movement is for “unblocking” the brain, especially with athletes, so when I read Trent's story, I was blown away with how our last episode, helped me to make sense of how Trent's invention could possibly “Fire Up Your Brain” since we just learned about how some simple movements that Joshua created, had a profound impact on world-class athletes, who had almost given up hope of getting better. Then I read his story, and it caught me off-guard a bit. From looking at Trent's videos, and even the pictures of him on his website, I would guess he was a retired pro athlete of some sort, who had invented something that made a difference for his team, and extended this tool for kids and seniors, but there was much more to his story than meets the eye. Trent was born with a mild form of Cerebral Palsy, and experienced pain and stiffness every day from the time he was a child. Now my mind is going back to our recent episode with Ashok Gupta[iii], where he created an advanced brain retraining program to help people relieved chronic pain by breaking the vicious inflammation loop, and I wonder how Trent was able to move past his pain, using his love for sports and repair his own body. I'll put Trent's BIO in the show notes, but think he will tell his story in a way that we will all feel the heart behind the Fire Up Your Brain Program™, and participate with Trent's mission to spread the word of his work.  Let's meet Trent McEntire, and learn how we can Fire Up Our Brain, unlocking us to new heights in school, sports and the workplace. Welcome Trent, thank you for meeting up with me today to take us behind the story of this incredible invention you've created to Fire Up Our Brains. I'm going to guess that you are still in Michigan? INTRO Q: Trent, if you were able to look at the back story I wrote, you will have seen that I wouldn't have guessed that you had overcome so much in your past, including the pain and stiffness you were experiencing as a young child, through movement in sports. Can you share what those early years were like, and when things started to take a turn for the better for you? Q1: Trent, we have spent many episodes talking about reading and the brain, and have dove deep into why some children struggle with reading with David A Sousa whose life's work has been centered around “How the Brain Learns.”[iv] While it's a complex topic, asking a kid to sit down and read longer isn't the solution to this problem, I'm sure you'll agree? How did you “unlock” the secret for reading, that marked the end of your reading challenges, through brain-training? Q1B: How does the BrainSpeedBall work? Q2: Now I've got to move on to something that's really important to me and that's health. Our podcast took a turn towards health and well-being around September 2020, when we started looking at the Top 5 Health Staples[v] that I thought could really move the needle for all of us, and improve our physical and mental health.  Daily exercise was STAPLE #1 and we've centered many episodes around the importance of exercise on our brain health. For someone like yourself, who has overcome health challenges, using exercise, what can you say about The Movement Gap, and why people might begin to lose hope with the medical community these days? Q2B: How are you using the BrainSpeed Ball with higher-level athletes? Q2C: Do you know how it works? What does the research say? Q3: What exactly is the BrainSpeed Ball that you've invented? How does it work? And how does it help people with Neurological conditions to improve the quality of their life (Parkinson's, MS, ADHD, Alzheimer's, Sensory Integration, Traumatic Brain Injuries, etc? Q3B: How was the production creation process, and trademarking BrainSpeed Ball? Q3C: How do you plan to market BrainSpeed Ball? Q4: How would an athlete, student or senior integrate the BrainSpeed Ball into their day? Where would someone begin, and then what Best Practices should we know about? Q5: What are the ways that people can work with you? Q6: What is your vision for Fire Up Your Brain™? Q7: Trent,  Is there anything important that I've missed? I want to thank you for coming on the podcast today and sharing  your story of how you came to discover BrainSpeed Ball with others who might know of someone (a child struggling to read), an athlete or a senior. If someone wants to try this program, where should they go? Thank you Trent. Final Thoughts:  When someone who has spent their lifetime thinking of ways to help others, like Trent MeEntire, I think it's really important to support their work. If you are a teacher in the classroom, looking for new ways to have your students take “brain breaks” be sure to visit the website FireUpYourBrain.com and read through some of the K-12 educator testimonials.   If you work with athletes, we have spent many episodes on this podcast talking about the importance of movement and the brain, but now we can add how eye-tracking is sharpening an athlete's focus and agility.   If you know someone who is struggling with everything that goes along with a neurological disorder, we are going to dive deeper into this topic with Dr. Philippe Douyon this week, (a board certified neurologist who focuses on how to take charge of our health when we are faced with illness in our life, but in the mean time, I trust the work that Trent has put behind BrainSpeed Ball, and hope you will take a serious look at what he has created, to get us all moving, with our brain in mind. See you in a few days. CONNECT WITH TRENT www.FireUpYourBrain.com EMAIL: trent@fireupyourbrain.com PHONE: 586-615-0223 FACEBOOK @FireUpYourBrain INSTAGRAM @BrainSpeedClub Ask Trent https://www.fireupyourbrain.com/pages/ask-trent       REFERENCES:   [i] https://www.fireupyourbrain.com/   [ii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #238 with Joshua Gillis on “Neuro-Func-Tional Training Centering the Mind/Body Connection”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/joshua-gillis-on-neuro-func-tional-training-centering-the-mind-body-connection-to-release-our-highest-potential/   [iii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #234 with Ashok Gupta on “Health and Happiness: Getting to the Root of Chronic Pain and Illness”   https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/ashok-gupta-on-heath-and-happiness-getting-to-the-root-of-chronic-pain-and-illness-long-covid-fibromyalgia-chronic-fatigue-and-others/   [iv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE  #197 with David A Sousa on “What's NEW with the 6th Edition of How the Brain Learns” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/returning-guest-dr-david-a-sousa-on-what-s-new-with-the-6th-edition-of-how-the-brain-learns/   [v]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #87 “Top 5 Brain Health and Alzheimer's Prevention Strategies”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/do-you-know-the-top-5-brain-health-and-alzheimers-prevention-strategies-with-andrea-samadi/  

Dr. Philippe Douyon is a Board Certified Neurologist who helps high-performance individuals and business leaders crack the code to hacking the most powerful tool at your disposal: your brain. From years of witnessing first-hand the disastrous effects of neurological disorders, Dr. Douyon discovered that the solution was simple: take charge of your brain. Many of us don't realize that you do not have to fall victim to your neurological makeup. Dr. Douyon believes that success in life and business starts in the brain and is on a mission to spread the empowering message that you CAN rewire your brain to create a life you were meant to live, regardless of age, all without prescribing a single pill. His book is Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower: Change Your Brain and Change Your Life. Highlights Dr. Philippe Douyon shares his experience as a kidney transplant patient and how it affected his life. To overcome the trauma, he focused on goals rather than his problems. We talk about his perception of the medical system and how he deals with it. Doctors are too specialized. I asked how he maintains his equanimity while working in the system that he finds so flawed. He describes the path he's been taking as he spreads the word about alternative approaches to medical care. We talk about what it is inside of the brain that allows us to have mystical and other spiritual experiences. There are senses outside of the usual five senses that are usually discussed. We talk about intuition and other so-called extrasensory perceptions. You can think about your brain more as a relay station rather than just who you are, and it's capable of tuning in to other people and other energies around you. Our brains are in charge only when you let them be. When our brains are in charge, that can lead to a lot of chaos. You have to do some things every day to keep your brain healthy like exercising, eating right, minimizing stress, constantly learning and evolving, and meditating or sitting silently. The lifestyle choices you make every day affect your brain. People in the older generation are finding it easier than young people to adapt to change because they're looking for something different. He explains. To deal with uncertainty, understand that the present moment is the only moment you have. Focus on that rather than the past or the future. Your brain will always try to prove you right. 95% of your thoughts are the same thoughts you had yesterday. From the moment we are born, people are trying to take control of our thoughts. When people become aware of how powerful they are, they can take control of their thoughts and their lives. Which messages are you going to allow in and who are the people you're surrounding yourself with? Neurons are built for communication. Every neurological problem is based on neurons not communicating. So, it's important for people to learn to communicate better with each other. Links Dr. Philippe Douyon's website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Check out The Money Energy Tuneup

Neurologist, Dr Philippe Douyon joins Dee Moore to share his inspirational Kidney Warrior story. Dr Philippe shares about: Being diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease at 18 years old. Receiving 2 kidney transplants. Having a healthy mindset. Dr Philippe addresses the feelings of mistrust of Communities of Colour towards the Medical Profession. Advice for men How he is "paying it forward", through kidney health advocacy and more!   For updates and more, follow Dee Moore on:   Instagram: www.instagram.com/diaryofakidneywarrior  Facebook: www.facebook.com/diaryofakidneywarrior  Twitter: www.twitter.com/diaryofakidneyw  Tik Tok: @diaryofakidneywarrior  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChGUfib7lu9eKENlLJ6lafw Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dee-moore-diaryofakidneywarrior Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/diaryofakidneywarrior/   Follow  Dr Philippe Douyon   Website: www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com Email: philippedouyon@gmail.com Instagram: philippe.md Facebook: Philippe Douyon, MD TikTok: @dr.philippedouyon LinkedIn: Dr. Philippe Douyon   

Are you struggling with healing childhood trauma and abuse symptoms? In this episode we are joined by Dr. Caroline Leaf, Dr. Jud Brewer, Dr. Philippe Douyon, and Dr. Anna Lembke. We talk about the impact of creating neuroplasticity in our lives, understanding the brain and how to fully take control of your life. Learning that your identity is not your past, navigating your emotions, how to move through it, and ultimately how to take your life back. ************* LINKS & RESOURCES ************* Learn how to heal and overcome childhood trauma, narcissistic abuse, ptsd, cptsd, higher ACE scores, anxiety, depression, and mental health issues and illness. Learn tools that therapists, trauma coaches, mindset leaders, neuroscientists, and researchers use to help people heal and recover from mental health problems. Discover real and practical advice and guidance for how to understand and overcome childhood trauma, abuse, and narc abuse mental trauma. Heal your body and mind, stop limiting beliefs, end self-sabotage, and become the HERO of your own story.  Download the first three chapters of the Award-Winning Book Think Unbroken: Understanding and Overcoming Childhood Trauma: https://book.thinkunbroken.com/  Join the Think Unbroken Trauma Transformation Course: https://coaching.thinkunbroken.com/  @Michael Unbroken: https://www.instagram.com/michaelunbroken/  Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@michaelunbroken  Learn more at https://www.thinkunbrokenpodcast.com 

Are you struggling with healing childhood trauma and abuse symptoms? In this episode we are joined by Dr. Caroline Leaf, Dr. Jud Brewer, Dr. Philippe Douyon, and Dr. Anna Lembke. We talk about the impact of creating neuroplasticity in our lives, understanding the brain and how to fully take control of your life. Learning that your identity is not your past, navigating your emotions, how to move through it, and ultimately how to take your life back. ************* LINKS & RESOURCES ************* Learn how to heal and overcome childhood trauma, narcissistic abuse, ptsd, cptsd, higher ACE scores, anxiety, depression, and mental health issues and illness. Learn tools that therapists, trauma coaches, mindset leaders, neuroscientists, and researchers use to help people heal and recover from mental health problems. Discover real and practical advice and guidance for how to understand and overcome childhood trauma, abuse, and narc abuse mental trauma. Heal your body and mind, stop limiting beliefs, end self-sabotage, and become the HERO of your own story.  Download the first three chapters of the Award-Winning Book Think Unbroken: Understanding and Overcoming Childhood Trauma:   Join the Think Unbroken Trauma Transformation Course:   @Michael Unbroken:   Follow us on TikTok:   Learn more at  

In this episode, Amber is talking to board certified neurologist, Dr. Philippe Douyon. Together, they break down the science behind neuroplasticity, how to improve your neurological health through simple action steps, and what you can do as a woman to take care of your brain and live a long, healthy life. As Philippe says, there's so much more we can do for people besides prescribing them a pill or taking them to the operating room. So many neurological disorders are developed from lifestyle decisions. Thus, Philippe created The Inle BrainFit Institute to help create exercise and nutrition regimens for patients based on their medical and neurological needs. Dr. Douyon's BrainFit app also helps teach people everything that impacts their neurological, mental, and medical health. Philippe even has a course that enables you to Take Charge of Your Brain. So, how can we take charge of our brain starting TODAY? As a patient himself, Philippe has applied the lessons he's learned as a patient to the people he's serving and taking care of. One of the biggest lessons he's learned is the importance of taking time to get to know the factors that are impacting one's health and teaching them how to overcome the challenges they face.  Are you ready to take charge of your brain health? Tune in to learn more! Key Highlights If you don't have access to holistic or functional medicine doctors, Philippe says you have to be dedicated to taking good care of yourself every day so you can stay healthy and avoid landing in a hospital. Improving your brain health today starts with actionable diet and lifestyle changes. You need someone in your close circle that can advocate for you during doctor/hospital visits. Having a person, or multiple people, that can fight for you is HUGE in reaching the health outcomes you want. To improve and/or maintain your brain health, movement and exercise (that you enjoy) is #1 - particularly aerobic exercise and resistance training. Living a sedentary lifestyle actually causes your brain to shrink! Minimizing stress, meditating, breathwork, eating healthy foods, drinking plenty of water, getting enough quality (deep) sleep, and learning new things can all improve brain health and decrease your risk of developing Alzheimer's and other diseases. Cosmetic plastic surgery and drinking alcohol can negatively affect neurological health and neuroplasticity. Listen in to hear why Philippe believes that “one glass of wine a day” is total BS! Episode Resources The Inle BrainFit Institute Take Charge of Your Brain course Dr. Douyon's BrainFit app Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower by Philippe Douyon MD Amber's Little Black Dress Bootcamp: ambershaw.com/little-black-dress-bootcamp Cymbiotika discount code, use code AMBER15 Connect with Philippe Website: www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com Instagram: @philippe.md Facebook: Philippe Douyon, MD LinkedIn: Dr. Philippe Douyon Email: philippedouyon@gmail.com Connect with Amber Instagram: @msambershaw TikTok: @msambershaw Website: ambershaw.com Facebook: Amber Shaw

We talk about why Dr. Philippe got involved in the show and what his passions are about. Follow him on social media at all these spots, and learn and take action. https://linktr.ee/drphilippedouyon #thinkupexcellence

Get to know your host, Lesley Logan, on this week's special solo episode. Many of you know and love her, but this episode tells the story of how she is Being It Till she Sees It and the experiences that have paved the way for her career as a Pilates Instructor, Fitness Business Coach, and Podcast host.    If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co . And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:Remembering your childhood tenacity Lesleys journey to becoming a Pilates Instructor and entrepreneurLearning to love the messy middle How every single experience is making you who you are Building awareness around what you are working towardsWhat is helping Lesley to Be It Till she Sees It  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.ResourcesWatch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookLinkedInEpisode Transcript:Lesley Logan 0:04  Lesley solo episode take three.Hey loves, it's me Lesley, your host and I am all by myself. All by myself. I won't sing to you. Actually, I cannot. So we'll just stop right there. (Lesley laughs) So we are doing the solo episode, the team and I were talking about it and we realized that you probably don't know like how I got here and you probably actually don't know a lot about Brad because Brad is is not exactly on the social. So first of all if you have been with us since the beginning thank you so much. If this is your first episode of the Be It Till You See It podcast, this is an interesting, this is an unique episode and so feel free to pause this now and go listen to some interviews and some recaps if you want to get in on like the behind like what is the usual of this podcast. But you can also listen to this one as a first one and then go back and listen to those ones. You get to do you, over here the Be It till You See It podcast. In fact that is what being it tell you see it is. It is acting like the person who knows what they're doing, and something that they want to do. And this podcast has been like a literal, be it till you see it experience like an open like open experiment, right? I don't even know if they have those things, but like an op... like anyone could just be watching at the at the same time. So here's the deal. I am a verbal processor. I actually freakin love interviews and recaps because I have a guest and I'm talking to someone and it's a lot more fun to play off of someone. So being that this is my first solo episode, it probably isn't going to be perfect. And I hope that you'll love it anyways because they'll just get better. They'll just get better from here. And we all have to start somewhere. And since this is my take three, I decided this is going to be the last take no matter what. So here we go.I did not believe, I didn't even know I could be a Pilates instructor. Actually, I didn't even know what it was growing up. Some people ask me like, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I don't really freakin know. I want to be a lot of things. I want to be anything that got me out of the town I was in, that's for sure. I was like, "I'll be a doctor. I'll be a lawyer." I knew I never wanted to be poor because I grew up in a family that struggled with money. And I knew I didn't want that and I knew I don't want to live in that small ass town. Because I definitely didn't feel like I belong there. And I knew we couldn't afford college. But I had to go, like I just had to do it. And I was like, here's here's, here's what I freakin love about when I think about who I was back then there's a lot of parts that I'm embarrassed about. There's a lot of parts. I'm like, "Oh my God, really." There's a lot of insecurity. Who didn't have that on there in high school and junior high? But there was a ton. However, I was on such a mission to move the heck out and go to college, that I found a way. Right. And we're talking like my SAT score sucked but I found a way. I didn't have the money or the person to cosign for my student loans but I found a way. And I really and I did I got myself, first August after my senior year of high school. After graduating, I was at a school that I definitely couldn't afford. And I just wanted to be there. I share that with you because I think we probably have forgotten thing. I think I know I forgot the story. But you may have forgotten like just the tenacity that you had when you were younger. The tenacity that you had before you that you could be found out in a way that people would be disappointed. The tenacity that you had before you got married or had kids or had responsibilities like we freakin' tenacity. Okay. Right. And so one thing I want you to do is really look back at your life and actually write down the data of the times that you actually did things even when you're scared. Did things when you felt confident like think about episode, I want to say it was three with Rob Mack, but it was like your, (Is it three?) Yeah, happiness islands and happiness valleys like think about your confident islands and your confident valleys, right? So I want you to go back and I want you to look that over because you need those lists. You need that information to help you be it till you see it. And I know that I need that because I I use those times all the time like someday I'm so grateful for in this journey that I'm on, is that so much stuff is actually documented in different ways between testimonials and reviews and podcasts. I've been on and magazines like we talked like the team documents everything and so when I'm feeling like down on myself or like nothing is working or no one is listening or we're we're just somehow not reaching the people I want to reach. I look at all of the data that shows that we are, that doesn't mean we can't do better but it doesn't mean we're not not doing it, right? What... it's means it's happening. It's just sometimes we don't all we need to look at the data, we need to look at the evidence. And I have a guest I want to have on someday and he talks a lot about that with imposter syndrome is like looking at the data.So, I got myself to college. Became a store manager of a high end jewelry store. Let me tell you talk about imposter syndrome. I did not grow up with nice, like, designer things. I grew up with nice things. But you know, my parents found found some amazing people who gave us their nice things. But I didn't I didn't grow up, like being able to buy those things, or tucking in like high end designer stuff. And so I definitely felt this urge to, to try to be the person who would, that that those prices weren't weird, or those prices weren't awkward or buying gifts over those prices wasn't a weird thing. And I had to like act like this person who could buy a $700 purse that they don't need. And let me tell you, you might be like, "Lesley, how does that help you in life?" It helped me in so many ways, because what it really helped me do is realize that money was not something that was bad, or that only people who are, like bad people have or that there's a finite amount of money. In that job, I learned so much about the types of people who have money, I learned that not to judge a book by its cover, because some of the people who spent the most money had the rattiest T shirts on. And I also learned that there is so much. That there's an abundance of everything, and anything and so whatever it is that you're wanting in this world, I want you to picture that, I want you to visualize that, I want you to get really clear what that is. Who are you? What are you wearing? Where are you at? Why? Because all those things matter. And I and you cannot be it till you see it if you don't know who you're trying to be. It's not possible. So recently, I interviewed Dr. Philippe Douyon, and he talks about how our vision has an entire lobe. And then it's like so serendipitous, I heard something that was like, our eyes and ears only see and hear what our brain is looking for. So they're not like all these independent senses. Like, if you picture it, then your brain is going to look for evidence for that doesn't like dissonance. So go look for evidence for that. And so you're going to see and hear all the evidence for your thoughts to be true. Whatever those thoughts are, whether you like it or not, everyone is doing this. So the more the more of us that are doing it for the good, the better. Right? And so in doing that, in, in, in, in seeing how much abundance there was, I started to realize how much I could actually have and what what possibilities are out there. Right. And so when I was told I should become a Pilates instructor. I'm not gonna lie, I definitely I was like, "What? Me? I could do that?" But then I like but then I pictured myself as a Pilates instructor. You know, it helped, helped Lululemon was a big deal back then. So, so I could picture myself on the new Lululemon. And I pictured myself teaching these huge classes. And I pictured myself at like wonderlust types of events, teaching hundreds of people on a grassy knoll, let me just tell you, that is beautiful, and flies. So, so I've taught hundreds of people indoors but um, I, I started to think about it and visualize it. And so then I said yes to becoming a teacher. And I'll never forget as a brand new teacher, and I had this opportunity to teach 30 people in a room, which doesn't sound like a lot of people. Alright, some of you who have never taught it's like a lot of people, especially if you hear the guests of ours that we've had that are like, I speak to 10,000 people in a room. Okay. 30 people, not that many. But when you've only taught two or five in a room, 30 people feels like a lot. And I remember given this opportunity and being so scared. Being so like, "Oh my God, what if they find out? What if they think I'm not good enough? What are they, then if they want to leave?"And then I remembered that I could act like the person who could take teach 30 people. And I learned that from my time being in retail. So y'all every step, every single experience you've had is gotten you to here. And it was for nothing. Right? Every single experience you had made you who you are, gave you a skill. And so I visualize myself being someone who can teach 30 people. And then I started asking, "Well, what would I do? What would I say? How would I handle this? What would I do? What would a person who teaches 30 people all the time, think about someone lead me? And I really wrap my head around it. And then I went in there I walked across that stage, it's showtime, taught this class, I'm not gonna lie, the first five exercises like, oh, gosh, crickets, and like, just some really, really interesting fitness faces. And then somebody smiled. and was like, "Yeah, that was hard." And then I was like, "Okay, he liked it." Okay, if he liked it, then maybe other people like and all of a sudden I felt like everybody was for me, and they're cheering me on and they were cheering me on so much, they all left comment cards. And that's how I got classes at a gym, four years before I should have, without any other than any other audition. Um, so everything happens for you. And so all of that led me to multiple trainings and multiple different opportunities of, of, of managing studios, renting studios, having my own studio. And I'm not gonna lie, it was scary every single time, every single thing, every new level is a new devil. And it's always scary. But something that I realized along the way is whenever I would fight things, whenever I pretend to not know, it felt worse. And it always felt better when I would picture the dream, picture the goal, get really clear on it, and then, and then take the steps that a person who had achieved that would do. And it's an interesting skill set. It's a muscle like anything else, and you have to work it out. So if you're like, "Lesley, yeah, I get it. But I don't know how to do this next step." It's a muscle. If you were doing a bicep curl with two pounds, and you never go to the gym, you'd be like, "Okay, I could do that." But if I gave you a 15 pound weight, you've never done a bicep curl, it's gonna feel really hard. So you have to build yourself up. You're gonna make mistakes, you're going to have days where you're not being it till you see it, but you keep trying, right? You keep trying. So fast forward many years, we get here, and I wanted to have this podcast and I remember knowing I wanted to have podcast and seeing how the podcast would be and it's like, finished form. And, and I then I had to, I had to interview someone, and I've never done that before. So you know what I did? I literally asked all the people on my memberships if they would go live with me. So please pick times, I need to practice interviewing people. Because something I never thought I was with someone asked good questions. You should really be careful about the things you say about yourself. Because your brain is listening. And so if you tell yourself, "I don't ask her questions," then you think that your brains be like, "Let me show you about this good question." Like, it's not gonna happen. So actually makes me think of the recent episode with Kasey Orvidas, where we talked about like, having a fixed mindset and thinking that you're born with a fixed mindset, because then you actually have a fixed mindset around your fixed mindset, which gets really meta, she said. And so anyways, but here's the deal. So I, I didn't, I didn't want to be someone who believed they didn't ask good questions. I wanted to be someone who believed that they did. So I literally said, "Okay, I'm going to interview all these people." And I practiced interviewing them as if they were going to be on a podcast with me, they were just small Instagram lives. And I just practiced, and you know what the first interview I had to do was my friend Alex Street. You can listen to his episode. It's amazing. And at the end, he's like, "How was that? How do you feel?" I was like, "you're my first one." I was shaking the whole time. And, and the first one was the hardest one, just like this episode right here. This is gonna be the hardest solo episode I'll ever do. And then after this, I mean it's so easy. So one thing I realized in that interview with him was that I just acted like the person who knew what they were doing. And it wasn't perfect. Okay, our microphone doesn't even sound that good. It's not, we have new one after that. (Lesley laughs) But but the point is, is that like being it till you see it is a muscle, and you're not going to be it till you see it to be a speaker of 10,000 people tomorrow, you'll probably be it till you see it to see this speak to like an open forum of five people, right? And then it'll be more, it'll be more and you will start starting off small is not a bad thing. It's not like an underestimation, it's actually allowing you to have room for success. Room for success.So now that this podcast has passed over 100, and something episodes, we are still being it till we see it in a lot of ways. Because we've pasted 100 episodes, that's a huge freaking deal. Thank you for listening. But I don't want to just do 100 episodes, I want to do 1000 episodes. I don't want just 40 reviews. I want 1000s. I don't want just a few 100 listeners whose lives we change. I want millions. Why? Why? Because I know every single frickin one of you that's listening to this, every single one of you is powerful and amazing. And you're here to do freakin wonderful things. And, and you can't do it if you don't believe if you can. And you can't do it, if you keep saying "when I'm ready". And you can't do it, if you're like waiting till someone deems you ready. Deems you the one. No one is walking around knighting you as the next whatever, they're not doing it. If you want something stop waiting for permission. So then, how would you be some like how, who is someone? What are the qualities? What are the things that they do with someone who doesn't wait for permission? What are those qualities? What would they be doing right now? If you are someone who wasn't waiting for permission or wasn't waiting to feel ready? What would you be doing right now? That is your homework assignment. So what is my homework assignment? Well, one of the things as I have been asking people who I was afraid would laugh in my face if I asked him to be on the podcast, to be on the podcast, and they didn't laugh in my face and they also didn't get me crickets, they actually said 'yes'. So now I have to interview them, definitely scared as fuck. (Lesley laughs) But I'm so excited, I'm so excited to bring those interviews to you. I'm so excited to, to be to see what I become because of those interviews. I'm so excited to see who you become because of those interviews. Every single one of those interviews is a step towards being the person that I want to be, it's towards helping you be the person that you want to be. We're all doing this together, right? It just happen to be on this side of the microphone, you're on that side of the airpods, but we're doing this, we're all doing this together. We're all on this mission to be the version of ourselves that we cannot wait to be. And what is so cool about that is when you're acting as if that person someday that you're it's no longer acting, you are just that person. Like it's just like it just it happens and you don't even realize it.So, I am asking guests to scare the hell out of me. That's one way that I'm being it till I see it with this podcast. In my life, one thing that I'm doing to be it till I see it is I am actually doing a lot of research on investing. I really, really, really, really, really, really, really want to create generational wealth, even though I have no generations below me. I don't have kids. But I want to take that money and reinvest it to communities. I want to I want to reinvest it to female owned businesses. I want to help other people, be it till they see it if they don't have the funds. And so to do that, I have to create that wealth, how do I create that wealth, well I have to educate myself on actual wealth. And so I visualize this, right, and I've been visually this for two years. You know, it's so crazy when you visualize something that you are, we talked about this, your eyes and your ears have to see what the brain is looking for. And in the last six months, the amount of people I've been introduced to the books, they've suggested me reading, the things that I have gotten clarity on, have really popped the bubble on, like how complicated this thing is, and shown me that like, I don't have to have a like some sort of like, economic engineering degree, I could actually be a normal human being, who can create this wealth as this Pilates instructor, podcast, business coach, and it feels closer than ever, it feels so possible. So one of the ways I'm going to make sure I read these books, because how many of us go "I need to read that book" and we don't read it. One of the ways I'm I need to make sure I read this, these books isn't going to be a library card. So I can be the reader that I want to be the person who educates herself. So I feel like if I have the a little bit of pressure that the books are due at a certain time that I will get the reading done. And I'm very excited because I used to be like a consumer of books. I like I just could read a book a week. And so I want to I want to go back to that. I know that's in me, and I'm really excited to do it with this challenge.Okay, so the next thing and my be it till we see it journey where I am at, is really trying to be a person who enjoys the messy middle. And this, this lovers is frickin hard. This is not the easiest thing. Because it is so much easier to get frustrated, mad, stomp your feet cry and feel like the wall was me. Right. And I think you should know that in businesses is never, like the stories we tell ourselves about other people's lives and businesses from social media is rarely whatever that is. And it's not because they're lying. And it's not because they're faking it. Right. Every single one of my posts is authentic AF. But the stories we tell ourselves when we look at other people's posts is where we put on this like other layer of like, "Oh my God, how amazing is that?"And so, anyways, I'm there every single day, something will go wrong when you have a business. There's a thing that doesn't work on technology, there's an email that doesn't go through when it's supposed to. Like the dog chewed up the carpet and now we have to tile a room. And so I'm behind on filming, like there's just always stuff going on. And for the last six months, I've been freaking fighting it, like, ... maybe not six months, but at least three, like really fighting, fighting this, the things that go wrong. And I actually want to be the person who sits there and sees the things go wrong and observes them, and then figures out, the first next step around that thing without getting upset or getting angry or losing the joy. Because I get to do this. And I share that with you because I know that you're like, you want the same thing. Right? Many of you are moms and you want to be this mom who's like so excited. And is is showing them joy and happiness and love. And then like the dog spills the milk over the backpack and you're running out the door. I don't know how the dog did that. But basically, it's a whole hot mess express and you're just frustrated and you're upset and I just threw a pen. That's what that was a dramatic moment. But like you're just upset, right? And then you're like, "Ah, I don't want to be this mad, angry mom who lost it over spilt milk." Right? So we all have these things. We're all like, "Oh, I don't want to do that." And so I actually want to be someone who's like, not that I won't have feelings or not that things don't make me upset. But that, that I don't lose it before I've actually observed the whole story. And so how am I doing that? Well, I'm making sure I do my morning pages. Because whenever I do my morning pages, I always feel better the whole day. I'm also doing my breathwork the end of the morning, because that makes me feel ... feel much more centered. And then I am trying out different things right now. I'm trying out either taking a deep breath or asking for, I'm trying not asking for things to be sent to me versus told to me, or to have meet... or have it told me at meetings versus just like, interrupting. I'm trying out different things to just set myself up for success at this. And the other thing I'm doing is going is actually telling people is what I'm working on, so that I have this awareness around it. Right. We all have this, we all have this consciousness awareness around what we're doing. So if you are actually telling people, "I don't want to spend money," and then you're spending money, they're gonna be like, and you're gonna be like, and no one's probably gonna say anything, but you're gonna have that awareness like, "Oh, I'm spending money, and I just told me I don't want to do that." So I'm setting myself up for some growth in that area to be it till I see it in how I want to be in my business, because I'm not really enjoying the way I am right now. And that's okay. So it's okay to be like, "I don't really like this about myself." That's what we get to do in this life, we get to work on it. And that's great.So I hope that was really fun. I hope that was really, I don't know, informa... informative. And if you liked this, let me know DM me at the @be_it_pod or ask questions or feel free to leave us a review. The next thing I want to leave you with on this pod is just some things that are actually I'm really like their frickin helping me so much right now, and I'm really obsessed with so one is my hydro jug. Oh my God, this half gallon stainless steel jug. And it's got this massive straw inside. I don't have to hold the, I don't have to tilt the jug back to drink it. I know that sounds so dumb, but it always spills all over me. And then usually have to like take the lid off, which is so annoying. So this just a little cap, flip it back and then you just like, like a sippy cup, you just drink out of it and don't have to tilt it anywhere. I'm not spilling anything. And it's making me drink so much water. I'm drinking two a day, which is a gallon of water plus where I get the water in everything else. The other thing that I freaking love and you may have heard about this bar, this isn't anything new. But my chocolate collagen brings me frickin joy in my coffee every morning. It is the best and by the way, if you want to get really fancy, you can dust some of it on your like almond butter toast or something like that. It's so good. And then a couple other things I'm loving at night I do a little a Gua Shua situation. And that has been really fun for me because it's really meditative. And it you know, it just makes me feel like I'm doing something for my my my looks to look good the next day. There's apparently a lot of science behind it. But at least it still feels really good. It feels like a massage in my face. And I really love it. And especially at the end of the night when I'm when it's tempting to like grab your phone, I can't grab my phone and Gua Shau, I'm not a drummer, I don't I can't have like one hand doing one thing and one hand doing another. So you have to like have your eyes closed and you ... yourself.I am loving my red light therapy. I actually turn it on while I'm doing my morning pages. And so that has been really fun just to kind of double up because you're like, "How do you do all these things?" Well, I have my red light therapy while I'm doing my morning pages. And then I also and loving my greens juice in the morning. It is been really awesome. It feels really good. It's an instant 12 ounces of water for like kickstarts a day. And I'm really loving Brad join me on the morning walks. So those are some great things. I will say I would love to hear what your favorite short short, like bike shorts are, workout shorts, because it's hot AF here in Vegas. And so since I can't walk around in my bathing suit, I guess I could walk around my bathing suit. But that's not really comfortable. I'm just buying up the world's shortest bike shorts. Because the more of my legs that can feel the AC the better.Yeah, so those are my loves. So I again thank you for listening to the story of how I got here to the be it till you see it moments I'm taking. I want to hear what you're doing. And to these favorite things. If you like the solo episodes, or you want more you just have a topic you want me to go over? Let us know. We, this podcast is here for you. Right? It's totally here to help you. It helps me on my journey too. But it really is like for you, for your ears. We want to know and we'll have an episode with Brad as well. And if you like these, we can do them more often. Or we can drop them every quarter. You tell us we want to hear from you. And then finally I want to know how you're being it till you see it in your life. That's what I want. So tell me in the podcast and the at Instagram at the @be_it_pod and let us know so we can celebrate you. So we can celebrate you. Yeah, because the more we celebrate ourselves the easier it is for us to realize how far we frickin come. All right my loves, thank you so much for listening to this solo episode with me and until next time Be It Till You See It.Transcribed by https://otter.aiSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/be-it-till-you-see-it/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What's your percentage possibility for a positive mindset? Why does it feel so difficult to continually overcome the negativity? LL and Brad break down the conversation with Dr. Philippe Douyon about the power your mind has in overcoming negative thought cycles.  If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co . And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:The ideal coffee order The science behind the power of our minds Don't allow the negative thoughts to keep you in a negative cycle The mindset checks and balances are built as safety nets A malleable subconscious Choosing to change your perspective Episode References/Links:Dr. Philippe Douyon podcastsFull body in 15 Challenge  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.ResourcesWatch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookLinkedInEpisode Transcript:Lesley Logan 0:01  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast, where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guests will bring Bold, Executable, Intrinsic and Targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap where my co host in life, Brad and I are going to dig into the brainy convo I had with Dr. Philippe Douyon in our ...Brad Crowell 0:53  What convo is that? What kind of convo is that? (Lesley: It's a brainy.) It's a brainy convo.Lesley Logan 0:57  It's a brainy convo. I had a fight for that word, everyone. Brad wanted to call it a neurological convo. So you can tell us your vote in on Instagram. I want, we're gonna poll the audience. I want to know. I want to know.Brad Crowell 1:10  Yeah. Is this a scientific convo or a brainy convo?Lesley Logan 1:14  Brainy convo, I have with Dr. Philippe Douyon in our last episode. If you haven't yet listened to that episode, go listen to it. Like just go, go listen to it. He's so freakin smart. (Brad: It was great conversation.) He's so smart. And also, like, very freeing. I like, I and I can't wait for us to talk about it later on. But like, one of the things he says is gonna make you realize like, "Oh, that's why it's so frickin difficult." So I just ...Brad Crowell 1:40  Very relatable, too. Like his personal story was very shocking. And also, I felt das for him, you know, like, like, he's got some crazy things that he's personally dealing with. That makes him even more relatable.Lesley Logan 1:56  Yeah, but he (Brad: Yeah) also isn't letting it stop him. Like, dude has a podcast. (Brad: Not letting him ...) He like ... (Brad: Not letting stop. He travels.) He has a course. (Brad: He teaches.) Like, (Brad: Yeah) I mean, just like, I don't, I don't (Brad: fascinating) I didn't know that you could be a doctor and do all of those things at the same time. SoBrad Crowell 2:11  Well, we just decided to bring that part of the convo right up to the top. (Lesley: Yeah. Well, anyways ...) But before we get started. (Brad laughs)Lesley Logan 2:19  I had to say, I am so excited in just a couple of days. If you're listening to this live, in just a couple of days, the Full Body in 15 program kicks off again. This is our our program where literally we take anybody who's been Pi curious (it's Pilates curious) to have been doing it for a long time, but needs help getting more consistent. And also understanding Pilates in your body. A lot of people are like, "Is it for me? How do I know if I'm doing it right?" (Brad: Right.) And so in this program, not only do I teach you how to do a full body workout in 15 minutes. I also teach you how to do the exercises correctly. So that you can you can you can do class with me online and know you're doing it correctly. Or (Brad: Yeah) you can do classes, you could just do your own workout just out at the park, you don't you know, like, of course, I secretly want you, not even secretly, I really do want you to be on OPC. But I also more importantly, want more bodies doing Pilates. And so in this workout, you're (Brad: Yeah) going to learn how to do it.Brad Crowell 3:10  Yeah, so it's great. The Full Body in 15 is great for any of your friends or family who can't touch their toes. Right. So if (Lesley: Yeah) they, like if they what I mean by that I'm thinking particularly of two of my friends, one of them is a boxer and the other does CrossFit. (Lesley: Yeah) And neither of them can touch their toes. And they always say, "I'm so strong, but I can't. I'm not flexible." Right. And they know that, they're you know, so like this is perfect for people in that place because Lesley's philosophy, our philosophy is, it's Pilates, and (Lesley: Yeah) your other thing, right? So they can still do what they're doing, whether it whatever that may be, and incorporate a 15 minute Pilates workout into their day. And it will actually help them with that flexibility.Lesley Logan 4:01  Yeah, and so it's super fun. Hello, my CrossFitters I want you in. I also just know that when you do Pilates consistently, it makes everything you do better. So join us, it's going to be a lot of fun. And I promise you the workout is only 15 minutes.Brad Crowell 4:15  Yeah. So check out the link below in the show notes and join us for free for the Full Body in 15. It is starting in three days.Lesley Logan 4:24  Yeah. All right. So we have an audience question. I love these questions, you all. So you can send your questions in either via email, I'm sure. But also you can send them to the @be_it_pod on Instagram and we will answer them here.Brad Crowell 4:37  Yeah. I particularly love this question because you know, you can't you can't stop me from talking about coffee and my love of coffee. We did have a question way back in the beginning on like, how do you make your coffee or what your morning routine is or whatever. And we talked a lot about the French press or what whatnot. Anyway, this one is, "What is your favorite coffee?"Lesley Logan 5:00  So this is where it gets a little tricky, because it kind of depends on where we are.Brad Crowell 5:04  Ah yeah, it does depend where we are. (Lesley: Yeah) We have, so this is really funny. As you know, we drive around the country. And what I've been doing is I've been favoriting coffee shops all around the country (Lesley: Yeah) as we drive and we're like, "Oh, we're coming back to this one."Lesley Logan 5:18  Yeah. So we know, I mean today, I was talking to somebody about a coffee shop we went to in Birmingham that we loved. Do you remember that coffee shop in Birmingham? It was like we drove this (Brad: Oh, yeah,) little really road. The houses were like ...Brad Crowell 5:29  It was between six churches, I think. (Lesley: Yes,) Yeah. (Lesley: six churches)Lesley Logan 5:33  And there was this coffee shop and it totally stood out like a sore thumb because I was like, "Ah, I don't think this is where the church people are coming to get coffee." Had all these like interesting books and stuff. It was great. (Brad: It was really cute.) Anyways, Brad favored it. No, I don't know the name. I just know that it's in Birmingham between six churches. I'm sure that doesn't narrow it down very much. So okay, if we're in Las Vegas, and we are brewing our coffee at home, it is between a Joshua Tree or Vesta's Goddess Blend.Brad Crowell 5:59  Yeah. So Joshua Tree Coffee Company, which is down on, well, just north of Joshua Tree National Park in Joshua Tree. (Lesley: Yeah, it sounds like the main highway.) Yeah. Which I can't remember now. (Lesley: 111, 1 something) 29? No, no, (Lesley: No, that's ... No ...) It's next to Yucca Valley. It's next to ...Lesley Logan 6:18  You literally can't miss it. (Brad: Yeah) The main road (Brad: Yeah) to Joshua Tree like the you'd make a right and you get into Joshua Tree and it's on the left hand side. (Brad: Yeah) So that's where it is. So that's Joshua Tree. You can actually order it online and no, they don't sponsor (Brad: Yeah) us. Vesta ... (Brad: They should though because we we drink a lot of their coffee.) We get the, whenever I go, we get the biggest bag and I'm like, "I'll take ... Brad Crowell 6:37  It's five pounds or you get a five pound bag of beans. (Lesley: ... I'll take two of those.)Lesley Logan 6:41  So then Vesta has got us one I really do love and I ...Brad Crowell 6:44  So what's that one? (Lesley: The Goddess Blend?) No, no, the company. (Lesley: Vesta) Vesta. They are local here in Vegas.Lesley Logan 6:51  And they're our neighbors, too. (Brad: Yes) Yeah. And actually, it's their coffee shop that made us want to move here. (Brad: Yes.) And so ...Brad Crowell 6:59  When we first drove through Vegas, we stopped at their coffee shop and I was like, "I can work out of this coffee shop. (Lesley: Yeah) That's cool."Lesley Logan 7:06  And and then the COVID happened and no one's working at any coffee shop. But we moved here anyways. But ... (Brad: The COVID.) Okay, now we're going to start some drama in town because on like, okay, on Saturday mornings, we always go to Vesta. And then during the week if I'm like, "I really want a latte." I'll order Vesta on Postmates. But if we want to go work at a coffee shop, we go to Bungalow, (Brad: We do.) and so okay, if you are in Vegas, this would love you to do. I want you ...Brad Crowell 7:29  Bungalow is a is a it's a bigger space. It's got these super tall ceilings, it's a (Lesley: Yeah) it's a pretty chill vibe. You can post up there and work. They got lots of sunlight.Lesley Logan 7:38  They have this like neon sinuses, big sip energy, and I just, I just fuckin' love that. So they have so here's what you have to do, you need to go to Vesta and get the cardamom latte. Then you have to go to Bungalow and get the rosemary latte. And then you have to say, "Which one do you like more?" And I'm gonna be honest ...There is a third. There's like 10 little coffee shops right here, too. (Lesley: Right. So then ...) There's Makers & Finders.Makers & Finders, which also was a place that we fell in love with when we moved here. And I during the pandemic would get, I would order (Brad: the lavender) but I would order like you know, those jugs of coffee that they get for office meetings. (Brad: Yeah) I would order a gallon of cold brew (Brad: Right) for lavender, they would send us a cup of lavender syrup, an entire thing of oat milk, and they would all get delivered and we would drink it all week long. (Brad: Yes) So lavender latte at Makers & Finders, they're all within three blocks. Have fun. So that's what we like to drink here in Las Vegas.Brad Crowell 8:30  For sure you can order Vesta online as well if you're interested in giving them a try.Lesley Logan 8:35  Yeah. And then as far as like what kind of coffee do I like? So typically, we do French press and I do a steamed oat milk like it froths, thanks to Kareen's husband for giving me his frother, his extra one and then I put chocolate collagen in it. Brad has since switched to some vanilla collagen in it and you got all the protein you want like, my loves. You got to get in as much as you can. And then, but lately I've been wanting, I've been wanting to get a ... What do you call it?Brad Crowell 9:02  I have no idea what that means.Lesley Logan 9:04  I want to get an espresso machine (Brad: Oh) and then make a latte (Brad: That's what ... mean.) Yeah. Well, I used to work at a coffee shop, that my first job and (Brad: I didn't know that.) Yeah. (Brad: Really?) Oh, yeah. (Brad: What?) Oh, yeah. I for... or like oh, two years, I worked at a coffee shop. (Brad: What? How did I not know this?) Oh, yeah. No, I worked there. I worked ... (Brad: You're like 15?) Yeah, I started as soon as you can get a work permit.Brad Crowell 9:25  Yeah, I think my first job was 15.Lesley Logan 9:27  You put the thing in, tap, tap, tap ... and then it pours and the frothing and then you have to clean the frother ... Anyways, (Brad: double spout?) Yeah. (Brad: Yeah) Yeah, of course. Otherwise you just lose a shot. You can't just pick one. So anyways, I I think I want one of those machines. Let me know what your favorite one is. Okay, what's your favorite coffee, babe? Anything? Did I missed one?Brad Crowell 9:27  No. I usually if I'm out and about I usually just get a an Americano with soy. Which is funny because (Lesley: And last time ordering for him then I get ...) So it's not really even something I drink ever. But in a coffee I like the taste of it. I don't really like it with the almond milk as much but I will do almond milk. I do. I have started to embrace the oat milk a little more. It is a little creamier and I do enjoy that. So ...Lesley Logan 10:14  It really froths more than almond milk does.Brad Crowell 10:14  Oh well, the frothing machine you have is dope. So that thing whips it up really nice and almond milk and coconut milk. And the other milks (Lesley: No.) don't don't froth nearly as well as oat milk.Lesley Logan 10:27  And ever since I been on an oat milk kick, whenever like, like literally we stopped at our favorite coffee shop on the way home from Joshua Tree, or Palm Springs or something like that. And he's like, "You want get some Joshua Tree?" And I was like, "Okay." So I go up there and I'm like, "Do you have oat milk?" And they said, "No." And I was like, "Thanks," and I left because it's not good with almond. (Brad laughs) And I'm not going to give $5 away and hate the coffee. I'm not going to put myself in position to not be happy. So I just was like, "Thanks so much." And we found a different coffee shop that had oat milk. And I was happy.Brad Crowell 10:56  Funny. All right, let's talk about Dr. Philippe Douyon. As a man who knew there was more than a failed kidneys in his life. Dr. Felipe Douyon chased his dreams to get through medical school and his own patient journey in a different way. He is a testament to the power, "We give our minds" and he has the science to back it up. As a Neurologist and certified epilepsy specialist, Dr. Felipe founded the Inle BrainFit Institute where he helps people transform their health.Lesley Logan 11:31  Okay, so he does, he is just like kicking ass in life and "What did you do today? Nothing." (Lesley laughs)Brad Crowell 11:37  Yeah. Well, it's, I mean, like we said, at the very beginning, right out of the gate, he's being challenged as a teen with kidney disease. And he talked about his Dad generously giving him his kidney. (Lesley: Yeah) But then, now he's in his 40s. He's a dad. He's like, you know, a doctor, all the things. He still is dealing with things like ... what's the, what's the trance... dialysis? So he just went, he's been going through dialysis and it's been crazy to listen like to listen to him talk about his experience is pretty pretty, it sounds not that fun. I'm not gonna lie.Lesley Logan 12:24  But also like, I feel like you know, our friend Amy Ledin, she is going ... and is dealing battling cancer again. And she is finding people who have had cancer longer than what her diagnosis is, and and asking them, "How long did they say you had?" What is (Brad: Yeah) she looking for evidence of, of people who are out living what their diagnosis is? And that leads me into my favorite point, which is like, you are not you're more than your diagnosis. So like, you know, you you, I think I say this, because I really liked it, because a lot of people like I have migraines. And and that stops them from signing up for things because what if they have a migraine, and he was talking about his client, who was patient (excuse me) who he was able to get from having any seizures for a long time. It's like, "Okay, well, what have you been doing?"Epilepsy patient. (Lesley: Yeah) Yeah.And he's like, "Nothing. I'm just making sure ... I don't want to have a seizure." And so I really liked this, because ...Brad Crowell 13:24  His question to his patient was what, so, "You haven't been working? You haven't been doing life? Like you haven't been doing anything?" And the patient said, "No, I don't want to have another seizure." And he's like, "So so you're waiting until the next one?" Like, what do you you know, why ... (Lesley: Yeah) Any basically, his point about it was, what he finds is that most people embrace this idea of their diagnosis. Right? So like, "Oh, I'm a cancer patient," or "I'm a survivor, I'm a cancer survivor," or "I have epilepsy" or I, whatever I you know, and today can even be I have long COVID because that's becoming more prevalent, you know, so and I think his point is that you have a choice.Lesley Logan 13:26  Yeah. You do and I, so just be mindful of the words that you're using. And also, if something that you have going on your health or your life is keeping you from trying new things, I really want you to go into this next part that I love that he talked about the science behind visualization, the entire occipital lobe, the whole the whole lobe in your brain dedicated to your vision. And ...Brad Crowell 14:15  Yeah, that's amazing. I never knew that.Lesley Logan 14:19  And he also said, or maybe I heard this right after this, and I was like, completely doing, you know, confirmation bias. He said, the eyes and ears see and hear. Did he say this, or did someone else say this? I'm gonna say, anyways, I inferred it from him, your eyes and your ears, see and hear what your brain is looking for. So if you're, you know, like,Brad Crowell 14:57  Oh, no, yeah, you guys talked about the (Lesley: Yeah, okay) recip... drawn a blank on the exact term. (Lesley: reticulating activatiion.) Yes, reticulating ... That's right. (Lesley: blah, blah, blah) I'm impressed. (Lesley: Yeah, wow look what just came out.) Pulling it out of the brain.Lesley Logan 15:11  My brain is really because I had this coffee. Okay. So the point is like, if you are wanting to see evidence that your life is going to be better look for that, like, start telling yourself what good things are happening, what good things could happen.Brad Crowell 15:28  The reticular activating system. (Lesley: Yeah.) And he, what he was specifically talking about was getting a red, Volkswagen Golf. And he said, when he bought that car, he'd never heard of it before, whatever, it's just a car. But as soon as he got in the car and start driving around, he started seeing that same car everywhere else. And he was like, "I'm sure these cars were here before. But how come I never really saw them before?" (Lesley: Yeah) Right. And that is actually the reticular activating system. Now your brain is suddenly saying, "This thing is more important than I used to consider it." So therefore, when we see it, we're going to acknowledge it. (Lesley: Yeah. So you can ...) You probably have done the same with your cars, too. Sure.Lesley Logan 16:09  Oh, I did have one I had a Jeep. And I also lo... I own a Mini Cooper. And I don't even have a G Wagon. And I see all the G Wagons because I want one. And I right now I'm visualizing one in our driveway, like where am I going to park it and like, I know, my Dad's gonna be so mad because he's not gonna be able to pull all the way through. (Brad laughs) Anyway, but the point is my loves, he, there's a whole science behind your visualization. And I really want you to listen to that part again. And again, because you can teach your brain to look for the things that you want in your life that are more positive. (Brad: Yeah) And we should all be doing that.Brad Crowell 16:41  Yeah, this, his interview is definitely one worth saving. So in your podcast app, save that one, go back and listen to it. Because what I really loved about what he was talking about was, first off, acknowledging that the main purpose of the brain, first he said, the brain is the most complex, (I don't know) organism is the wrong word. But it's the most complex (Lesley: Is it organ, right?) Yeah, but but in the entire solar system. And he said, I don't know how you measure that, because I haven't visited the solar system. But you know, your brain is more complicated than any computer, any anything. It's the most complex thing. And, you know, the main job of the brain is to keep you alive. (Lesley: Yeah.) Right. So that includes inhibitors. Right? That includes pain, fear, you know, all these things. It's actually built in on purpose to protect you, to keep you alive. Right. Like, what is that sixth sense? We like the spidey sense, you feel when like, oh, there's something like you know. And suddenly you're aware. Like, it's amazing what our brain does and how it works within our body. Right. And, but the problem, the pro... there can be a problem is that we embrace those things.Lesley Logan 18:00  Well, I mean, also, it's like, is to hold you say, he said, to hold you back. Like, it's, it's literally set up to be in fear, (Brad: Yeah) to keep you alive.Brad Crowell 18:10  Well, I mean, think about the fear of heights. (Lesley: Right) Perfect example, right. Like, I think it's very healthy to look over the edge and go, "whoa!"Lesley Logan 18:21  I agree on that. But you know, why does our brain then have a fear of public speaking? (Brad: That's, that's right.) No one died in public speaking. (Brad: That's ...) Like, like, just naturally.Brad Crowell 18:32  Right. So I mean, yeah, but basically, you know, your, your brain has these checks and balances built in, on purpose to protect you, right? And the problem is that we also have a choice of what we get to focus on. And so if we focus on the fear, then what happens? It's like, it's like a, it's a cycle, (Lesley: Oh well...) we focus on the fear, we focus on the fear (Lesley: reticulating activating system) we focus on the fear. That's right. It's the reticular activating system. You're exactly right. If you are embracing that fear, then you will see fear everywhere. Right? Like this is crazy to think to break it down. So I'm really excited about this. Okay. So what blew my mind is and again, he also laughed and said, I don't know how they measured this, but the studies are, that the average brain has 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts in a day. Right. And that is like, I mean, that's a crazy amount of thoughts. But he also said most of those thoughts are the same thoughts that you had the day before. (Lesley: Yeah. And the day before that.) And the day before that, and the day before that, and the day before that. But he also said and this is what was mind blowing to me 60 to 70% of those thoughts are negative.Lesley Logan 19:49  Right. So this is what is so important for you to hear 60 or 70% of your repeated thoughts are negative. So you are literally set up like if you're tired of having negative mindset or having negative thoughts. And you're getting mad at yourself, just so you know, like, like, you're already started in a deficit. So don't instead of getting upset at yourself, you get to go, "Oh, there's my brain. Doing that thing it does." Like, it's, it's not, it's not a, what's the word I'm looking for? It's not a reflection on you. Your brain is set up that way. And so it takes, it takes us to be super conscious and super aware and super on top of the thoughts that we're thinking and can go, "Oh, you know what, we're actually not having that thought anymore. Thank you so much for that. Thank you." And like, move on. But don't be so hard on yourself because that's a negative thought, too.Brad Crowell 20:41  Yeah, I think I think the the idea that. Okay, more than 50% means on average, your thoughts are negative. (Lesley: Yeah) That's kind of a, that's kind of a sad statistic to be quite honest. But it's also a reveal, a revealing statistic. And also, (Lesley: It's like permission. It's that ...) I was just gonna say, I think that it also allows you permission. That like, I'm not, we're not what I'm not saying is embrace those negative thoughts. But what I am saying is, understand that it is normal for negative thoughts to go through your brain. (Lesley: Yeah) Okay, it is normal. So if that is normal, then don't, don't let those negative thoughts cause the guilt cycle of like, "Oh, my God, I just ..." And you just kind of spiral down, (Lesley: Yeah) spiral down, right? Knowing that 60 to 70% of your thoughts are negative, suddenly, that should actually just be freeing. It should be permission to go, "Hey, there's another negative thought." Okay, that negative thought happened. But like we were talking about before, when ...(Lesley: ... you thought) you're more than your diagnosis. (Lesley: Yeah) So what you choose to focus on, you know, like, "Okay, that's a negative thought. Got it. I'm gonna, I'm gonna set that negative thought aside, and I'm gonna focus on something else." That's a decision.Lesley Logan 22:11  You can also like, change the thought. You can go, like, if you're like, "Oh, I'm so bad at this." You can go, you know what I actually am choosing to tell myself that I'm working on this. Like you can, you can actually just change the thought and it's gonna take more than one time changing it. But over time, you know, your subconscious is very malleable. You can tell it what to think.Brad Crowell 22:31  Yeah, yeah. I mean, this was like, when he was talking about this. I literally, I think I started talking out loud going, "What? What really? Are you kidding?" Like ...Lesley Logan 22:40  You are speaking out loud?Brad Crowell 22:41  Yeah. I had my headphones on. Lesley was like, "Are you on a phone call?" I was like, "No, I'm listening to this interview." (Brad laughs)Lesley Logan 22:46  Yeah. Yeah. I mean, we I am, we have to just, well, he has a whole brain podcast, everyone, so we can just go listen to him. Or we'll just have him back. And I just have way too many more ...Brad Crowell 22:55  We'll put his podcast link in the show notes. (Lesley: Okay.) Yeah. So, all right, finally, let's talk about those BE IT action items. What bold, executabl,e intrinsic or targeted action items can we take away from your conversation with Dr. Philippe Douyon?Lesley Logan 23:10  Do you want to jump on in?Brad Crowell 23:13  I do. I want to jump on in. (Brad and Lesley laughs) (Lesley: Oh, my God. The way you that...) You're more than willing, (Lesley: Yeah. No.) to jump on in.Lesley Logan 23:21  The more, the way the way (Brad: That two inside jobs.) he did ... No, we're gonna have another one. The way you did that. It's your whole body and your tone was like a Fortune Feimster? You know like ...Brad Crowell 23:32  Yes, (Lesley: Yes.) I love that. All right ...Lesley Logan 23:34  ... have Fortune on.Brad Crowell 23:36  I would love to have her on. That'd be incredible. (Lesley: Yeah. Okay.) Get ready for some laughs, everyone. All right. So finally, so my BE IT items. So here's the deal. We basically couldn't pick any one thing that that Philippe was talking about. So we just kind of rolled them all in. So here's the deal. This sum... in summary of those negative 60 to 70% of thoughts that we were talking about, and you are not the the you're not your diagnosis. You can choose what thoughts to focus on, right, that reciprocal activating, whatever, (Lesley: I think it's reticular.) reticular, sorry, activating. ... me like these guys are just botching this whole thing up ...Lesley Logan 24:21  Because I kept kind of reticulating activating (Lesley laughs)Brad Crowell 24:24  The point is, you can change the way you think about things. (Lesley: Yeah) Okay. You actually have control over that. And that is a that is hard to, that's hard, right? Because if we're caught in that negative cycle, that negative self talk that fear based, you know, where we're focusing on the negative, we're focusing on the fear, understanding and acknowledging that the fear thoughts are going to happen whether we want them to or not, right, but you can change the way you think about things by reading different material, having different experiences, surrounding yourself with different people. Okay, that is going to give you another perspective, it's going to change your perspective. Right? (Lesley: Yeah) Think about that. Let's, let's talk about that again. One of the one of the things that I've always talked about is that everybody should be traveling internationally, everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone should be traveling internationally. (Lesley: Yeah) Because when you go see a different culture, you're experiencing a different way that people think differently. It's just different.Lesley Logan 25:22  Well, and you also, by the way, you end up with way less judgment around people, because (Brad: Yeah) you understand why they make decisions when they make them. And so you're a little bit more like, "Oh, there must be a reason for that." You might not like the reason but like, you just, it just makes you a more open minded person. (Brad: Yeah) But also, like, just he said, surround yourself with different people. You all might have put a frickin pin. (Brad: Yep.) Some of the negative people in your life. And it's frustrating, and it's hard, but like, this is your one life. (Brad: Yeah, is it.) Do you want to keep spending it with people who are super frickin negative. No, I don't.Brad Crowell 25:54  It's actually really hard to remove negative people. But it's something that really will benefit you in the long run.Lesley Logan 26:02  Yeah, yeah. Well, and then there's more, you have more.Brad Crowell 26:05  Yeah. So anyway, read different material, have different experiences, surround yourself with different people. Because when you have those different perspectives, you can then make a decision on what you want to focus on.Lesley Logan 26:20  Yeah, and that's the coolest thing, you get to also just, you get to choose what to focus on. (Brad: Yep.) I mean, this one between this interview and Kasey Jo Orvidas? Like y'all have all the tips and tools to like positive mindset your way through things and not in a 'woo woo' way ...Brad Crowell 26:37  And going all the way back to Amy Ledin. (Lesley: Oh, yeah.) You know, like, Amy's not a doctor, but she's a survivor. Lesley Logan 26:43  Yeah, yeah. No, I'm, I would love to know what you're making a decision to focus on. That'd be really fun. Okay. (Brad: Yeah.) So this is so fun for me, because I know that I asked a neur... neurological doctor about Sudoku, Sudoku, (Brad: Sudoku) Sudoku. But I ... (Brad: He did have a laugh.) I needed to know curious minds, right here. Okay.Brad Crowell 27:06  I think he told him, you said, "I keep getting ads for a quiz or a brain, a thing that's going to tell me how old my brain is." (Lesley: Yes.) And he had a laugh.Lesley Logan 27:14  And he said, "No, you don't need to do that." And I'm like, "Okay, good." Because I hate a bunch of apps on my phone. Anyways. So how do you keep the brain healthy? Is it these brain games? Well, he has something for you. But he's an actual brain doctor. So I say yes to that. (Brad: He does have a quiz. I think he said.) It's a course or something. Yeah. Anyways, it is not Sudoku, it is not any of those games that are being launched at you because you won't pay for extra people on best games like I do. It is simply he says, "No, it's exercise every single day. Get your body moving." You guys ...Brad Crowell 27:45  Did you hear that? Say that, again.Lesley Logan 27:47  Keep... you keep your brain healthy through movement, through exercise. You have to move your body intentionally every day. Holy moly, this is amazing. So all of you should be running to sign up for Full Body in 15. And if you're listening to this after Full Body in 15, then just join us over OPC because we literally help you move every single day. And you don't have to have access to equipment, you can just have room on the floor. And you actually what I know, I know about the movement is that we tell you positive things for your brain to hear during your workout so that we can help you change what you're focusing on. So we could be the people that you surround yourself with. OPC can be those people. Anyways, (Brad: That'ss so true.) it's a complete shameless plug. But I did not pay him to say this. And it's so true.Brad Crowell 28:34  Yeah, I know. Oh well, I was laughing because you were talking about the reticular activating system. And this actually kind of came out of the blue like it wasn't like you're driving down the street looking for a confirmation of movement. You know, this is like a confirmation bias. But it's also like, it was unsolicited, (Lesley: I had no idea.) unsolicited, completely ...Lesley Logan 28:55  I had no idea. (Brad: Yeah) He could have told me we eat celery and I would have had a major problem with that. (Brad laughs) I can't even do juice.Brad Crowell 29:03  Could you imagine, how do you make your brain, how do you keep your brain healthy? Eat celery ...Lesley Logan 29:09  I already have cried. I would have been like, "Nope. Next. Thank you, next. (Brad: Yeah, that's amazing.) Thank you, next." (Brad: movement) Movement, movement for the win. So intentional movement every day, my loves and so if you struggle with that, if you need it, you need support with that. Hi, I'm your gal. Accountability queen over here. And we are completely happy with you just do what is possible and not (Brad: Yep) like the whole freaking class if you can't do it. So, (Brad: Yep) How are you going to use these tips in your life? I'm Lesley Logan.Brad Crowell 29:37  I'll tell you how. I'm going to use it. I'm going to be doing the Full Body in 15. Next, this week, (Lesley: Yeah) this weekend.Lesley Logan 29:44  He's also going to start doing it tomorrow. Even though that's in the past, it's now for me. (Brad: Yeah) (Lesley laughs) All right. Thank you so much for joining us today. We are so grateful for you for you and for listen... being a listener. Tell us how you'd use these tips. What was your favorite part of this interview. Tag the @be_it_pod, tag Dr. Philippe Douyon. And let us know, like, let us know what you're focusing on. We want to know. (Brad: Yeah) Anyways, we'll catch you on the next episode.Bye for now.That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It podcast. 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Take it from a lifelong patient and Neurologist to prove to you the power that the mind has on our health. If you are on the journey of navigating a specific diagnosis or if you just are stuck in a certain thought process, this is an episode to help you overcome and use your brain for transformation!  If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co . And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:Reflecting on big graduations You are more than your diagnosis The science behind visualization: the occipital lobeThe main purpose of the brain actually can hold you backThe path to neurology What is your 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts focusing on? How to keep your brain healthyEpisode References/Links:InstagramWebsiteEmail: philippedouyon@gmail.com for his free e-book with the subject line Be It Till You See ItBIO: Philippe Douyon, MD is a Board Certified Neurologist. He completed his residency in Neurology at NYU and fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at NYP-Weill Cornell Medical College. He spent 5 years as an attending Neurologist/Epileptologist at Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group. After 5 years there, he created the health and wellness company, The Inle BrainFit Institute. Dr. Douyon is the author of the book, Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower; and the e-book, Change Your Brain Change Your Life. He is also the creator and instructor of the online course, Take Charge of Your Brain, designed to help people transform their health and lives.  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.ResourcesWatch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookLinkedInEpisode Transcript:Lesley Logan 0:00  All right, Be It babe. What is up? Okay, this guest, cool, a app. I'm so stoked. I could have talked to him for another hour. I'm gonna have to have him back on. So send me your questions, because we should all have a brain doctor in our pocket who is so honest and also has been on the other side of health. And I am so so thrilled. You know, Dr. Philippe Douyon is our guest today. And he was referred to me from a friend. And I was like, "Oh, yeah, I definitely, I want to know the neurology to being it till you see it." And y'all it is we talk a lot about the things you didn't, watch out what you're putting into your brain, we also talked about the power of your brain. And well, he is just a frickin wealth of knowledge as one who is a brain doctor should be. And there's a freakin awesome gift for you at the end. So I'm just gonna be honest, you're gonna want to take him up on it, I hope that you do. But here's the good news, the good news is, you have the power to change your thoughts. And so you get to hear how that is possible in this interview, and, you know, I hope that you are allowing yourself to be as curious as as you can. Because I think too often we think that things are set in stone, or that if it went one way, one time, it's always gonna go that way, all the time. And that's just not the case. Right? You'll see actually, if you're watching this on YouTube, you know, zoom works in color all the time. And then today, today, his Zoom is in black and white. And it wasn't the filters. And it wasn't the background, it was just technology, we recorded this in retrograde. So you know, that was on us. But the truth is that not everything has to go, not everything will go exactly the way you expect and not and that means on the on the sides of that of those expectations being not good for you. Meaning, you can always you can think, well, every time I do that x is going to happen. But what if you choose to see it differently? And how can you use your brain to actually see more possibilities? How can you use your brain to see what it is that you want to see in the world? You know, this is just frickin the coolest thing. I'm I'm gonna stop talking because I really just want you to hear Dr. Philippe Douyon talk to you. But y'all, he has a podcast, you're all gonna want to listen to that if you get really intrigued about the brain, and he has a book and he has a course. And he has a lot of things to help you take control of your brain and be it till you see it. So here he is.Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast, where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guests will bring Bold, Executable, Intrinsic and Targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Welcome back Be It Till You See It listeners, I have a really cool guest. I'm so excited for Dr. Philippe Douyon to tell you his story. And also we're going to talk about your brain, we're talking about neuroplasticity, we're gonna get a little nerdy on this, and I'm really excited. So I hope you want to nerd out with me. Dr. Philippe, you will you please share with our listeners who you are, where you're rockin from, how are we getting to have you on this show today? What do you got?Dr. Philippe Douyon 3:47  Well, first of all, thank you for having me here. Like I am super excited to be here today. Because not only my big fan of yours, but also today is the one year anniversary of my kidney transplant. So (Lesley: Oh, my God.) and I get to celebrate with you. So I'm super stoked. (Lesley: Oh, my God.) This is awesome. (Lesley: This is so cool.) This is like, it's like my birthday. It's actually like my third birthday. (Dr. Philippe laughs)Lesley Logan 4:09  Yeah. This is your third birthday. Oh, my God. (Dr. Philippe: Yeah) That is, (Dr. Philippe: Yeah) first of all, thanks for sharing that with, sharing this day with us. You could be doing so many things. (Lesley and Dr. Philippe laughs) This is really, really cool. So we'll tell ... like your transplant. I mean, you'll tell us that I definitely want us to find out why we're celebrating this anniversary.Dr. Philippe Douyon 4:29  Yeah, so, you know, this sort of season is kind of like graduation season, right? So I often end up reflecting on my last big graduation, which was medical school. And that was in May of 2007. You know, so I'm kind of dating myself, right now.Lesley Logan 4:45  I know but you're not because like you go to school forever to be a doctor.Dr. Philippe Douyon 4:48  Right. You do go to school forever to be a doctor. I'm not sure I would do it ever again. (Lesley and Dr. Philippe laughs) But yeah, so when I reflect on that right, I start to think about what I was feeling around that time and most people that I was graduating with, I mean, they were super excited. They were done with school, finally, they were going into their internships, so were going to different parts of the country, they were getting ready. They were now doctors, so they were getting ready to treat people. And probably most importantly, they were going to start making a little bit of money. Right?Lesley Logan 5:18  Right. Because because medical school costs a couple of dimes.Dr. Philippe Douyon 5:21  Yeah, cost a couple 100,000 times. And, but when I reflect on on that time period, I was terrified, not because I was going to be a doctor. But I was terrified because eight days after graduating from medical school, I was walking into the operating room at New York-Presbyterian Columbia, in order to have a kidney transplant. And my my dad was my donor. So I was lucky and I was blessed. Right. But there was nothing in my medical school training, in my life up until that point to prepare me for that experience. But there were, there were a lot of lessons that I learned from that time period. And what I went through, that really helped me just to become a much better doctor, really helped me to appreciate life more, really helped me to accomplish my goals and dreams, and also really helped me last year when I ended up hospitalized with COVID, ended up on dialysis and had to go through this process all over again.Lesley Logan 6:23  Oh, my goodness, I think that's people's like worst nightmares having to relive the thing that they thought they got over, you know, like, like, you're like, "Oh, I did the transplant thing." And you learned so much. And then you had to do it again. That had to be really hard. Also, thank you for sharing that I I kind of forget that I graduated college at some point. And I you're right, there are so many people are so excited. And then there's also some people who have reasons to be terrified, worried or nervous. And so that is scary for you to go through that. Because unfortunately, they don't teach you that in medical school. Like wouldn't it be so nice if they're like, this is how it is to be a patient? (Dr. Philippe: Right) I think I feel like that's a topic for another day, how that could change our medical industry here. But can you so you have been a doctor for a long time. And you've had to be a patient a couple of times? (Dr. Philippe: Yeah) Like how does that, how has that affected your practice and how you treat patients?Dr. Philippe Douyon 7:20  Yeah, I'm so I've been a patient my entire adult life because I was diagnosed with kidney failure when I was 18 years old. So I went to college and kidney failure, I'm going through medical school and kidney failure. And so for me, it allows me to really relate to my patients, right, because I know what it's like to look in the mirror, and not recognize who you are anymore. I know what it's like to take a whole bunch of pills and have a whole bunch of side effects, right? I know what it is like to face your mortality and be uncertain about the future. And so when I am having conversations with patients, it's not coming from this doctor who's so far removed from what they're going through, but it's coming from somebody who is just like them. (Lesley: Yeah) Right. And so we can have those really deep sort of conversations that allow us to connect.Lesley Logan 8:08  Wow, um, so many things like to be an 18 year old and be told something that feels limiting in your life. And uncertain, you know, I think, um, I'm thinking about some of our, some of our specific lessons. So I know what they're going through. And and it is not easy to show up every day, when you have this other thing that happens to be like your mortality in in on the back of your mind. And I would just wonder like, how did you do that? How did you go to college with, you know, knowing you needed a transplant? And how did you choose to go to medical school knowing like, how, what is the brain, what did you tell yourself every day to make that happen? Because so many people would just sit around and just wait for the transplant.Dr. Philippe Douyon 8:49  Yeah, you know, I see patients all the time who really just strongly identify with whatever the diagnosis is that they have. So give you an example. Right? So by training, I'm an epilepsy specialist. So I treat people with seizure disorders. And there was this patient that I had gotten him seizure free for now more than a year. And he was coming in for his six month follow up, you know, and he was like, "Yeah, I haven't had a seizure since our last visit." I'm like, "Great. So what do you been doing?" And he's like, "Nothing, I have epilepsy." And I'm like, "You're not, you're not working. You're not doing anything else?" And he's like, "No, no, I'm not." And I was like, "Are you just waiting for the next seizure to happen?" Right, because people so strongly identify with their diagnosis that they let them limit who they are. And for me, even when I was 18, there was always a bigger picture. It was like, I gotta get to college. Right? It almost felt like an annoyance to all the doctor visits and the pills that I had to take. It was like I have to get through college. And then it was like, "I want to go to medical school. I gotta get through medical school." It was not easy. There were times when I was sick. I think the second year of medical school I didn't go to any class I just studied from home (Lesley: woah) with the exception of like going to labs and stuff. But there was always a much bigger picture. And even when I think back to last year, right, but the bigger picture was, well, I've got to be impactful. I have a whole bunch of lives that I want to have a really positive impact on. I've got my two sons that I need to be there for. I need to live my life based on the purpose that I know that I have for myself. Right. So there was always a bigger picture and I never strongly identified with the diagnosis was, it was never the book on fleet Douyon, it was just a chapter in fleet Douyon's book.Lesley Logan 10:34  Oh, I hope everyone has heard that because that is so good. That is we you're right, people, people take a diagnosis or they take maybe it's not even a medical diagnosis. Maybe it's like, a divorce or a lost job or, you know, I my listeners know that like there's a time I was without a, without a house and they take those moments and they make that the book. And your it is just it's a chapter or a story within a chapter. It doesn't have to be the whole thing that is so good. (Dr. Philippe: Right. Yeah.) So how, so what did you have to tell yourself? Was it just did you have the vision on the board? Did you have it in your mind? Were you journaling? Like, what was it that kept it in your mind's eye? Because I can imagine the pain and (Dr. Philippe: Yeah) the like, I would say probably weakness and struggles like to get up every day. Like, how did you keep that in the forefront of what you were doing?Dr. Philippe Douyon 11:23  Sure. So there's a different experience I had when I was like 18, 19, and in my 20s, versus now as or last year as somebody who was 42, and a lot more mature and reflective. Right. So certainly when I was younger, I had to get through the anger, the resentment, the wise me, the victimization, right? I needed to be able to push through that. And that took up a lot of space and energy in my life. But last year, I didn't go through that at all. Right. And so it was having a vision for what I wanted my future to look like that kept me going last year. Right? The reality is that vision, our vision, our sense of vision, there is one lobe in the brain completely responsible for vision, (Lesley: Stop) it is the only sense that has one lobe dedicated to it. Right.Lesley Logan 12:19  Really? A whole lobe (Dr. Philippe: Yeah, a whole lobe.) Just for our, just for our vision.Dr. Philippe Douyon 12:23  Just for our vision. Right. The occipital lobe, right. And so when you're visualizing what you want something to look like, it is incredibly powerful, because it really allows you to reorganize all the wiring within your brain. It allows you to make new neurons and make new connections within your brain. And then when you start visualizing something, and you really start to focus on it, not only do you start seeing clues in the universe that are like, "Oh, okay, maybe this is attainable." Right? But then you start believing that that's going to come true. And then when you start believing that it's going to come true, then you start acting upon that, right? And so visualizing but I wanted my future to look like was incredibly important. Because one of the things that I see all the time, especially people on dialysis, they look like they are waiting to die. (Lesley: Yeah) Right. They look like they're, they're just waiting for the end to come.Lesley Logan 13:17  Yeah. And just for just for people who maybe don't know what dialysis is, can you just do the quick, like, layman's terms of what that entails? Because from what I know, this is like, this isn't like you're going like every once in a while into the doctor. This is like almost a daily thing, right?Dr. Philippe Douyon 13:32  Yeah. So this is a three time a week thing. Okay. So your kidneys filter your blood so it can remove toxins. And when your kidneys aren't working well, then you need a way to do that. And dialysis is a way to do that. So through that dialysis, you either have like a port in your chest, or they make graft in your arm. And they're able to stick some tubes in three times a week for about four hours at a time. And they literally just suck your blood out. And it goes through a machine that then filters the blood and then the blood comes back into your body. And it feels like they are just, you know, sort of draining the life out of you when this is happening. (Lesley: Yeah) Right. So dialysis is not an easy process for anybody.Lesley Logan 14:17  Yeah. So you were for so during last year, you are going through dialysis. So every other day, you're ...Dr. Philippe Douyon 14:24  Every other day, (Lesley: sitting ...) Monday, Wednesday, Friday,Lesley Logan 14:26  sitting in this chair, next to a bunch of people (Dr. Philippe: Yeah) waiting to die and you are visualizing what you're wanting next.Dr. Philippe Douyon 14:38  Right. So let me, let me take it back a step. (Lesley: Yeah) So when I was told that I was going to need dialysis, I I cried. I was actually hospitalized for COVID, I cried. Right. And then I had to make a decision. I had to decide, "Am I going to do dialysis the way I've seen all these other patients do it in the hospital or am I going to do dialysis my own way?" So after I let all those tears out, I was just like, "You know what, I'm going to do dialysis my own way." I traveled on dialysis because you have dialysis centers all around the country (Lesley: Yeah) or around the world, right? So they'll set up for you, you know, in some other part of the country. So I dia... I traveled on dialysis. I had a local news agency, follow me around. So like, I had to take videos into the dialysis center for them, which I'm sure the center was not happy about. You know, I had to, I took business meetings during dialysis. I certainly rested also. (Lesley: Yeah) Yeah, I listened to my body, but I was like, "I'm not doing this the way that I've seen other people do it."Lesley Logan 15:37  Yeah, that is, so that is a very important step. And thank you for highlighting it, like you made a decision around how you're going to do something. And I think a lot of people don't realize the agency or the choice, they have to go into a lot of the things that are obstacles or frustrations or a medical condition. Does it make it does it... you know, I hate I don't want anyone who is going through something to think that like, I don't think that there's pain in what you're going through. But I do think that we too often don't give ourselves the opportunity to find some good or find some opportunity or find some something out of the thing that we're going through.Dr. Philippe Douyon 16:16  Right. You know, and I think no matter what we're going through in life, that you can pull something good out of it, you can, you know, think about it very differently. So that way you can potentially learn a lesson in it. (Lesley: Yeah.) Right. (Lesley: Yeah.) And for me, part of that, was that yeah, dialysis was something I was very fearful about, I made a decision decided to do it differently, right. And now, I can go and speak to people who are on dialysis, and teach them how I did it. (Lesley: Yeah.) Right. And some of the lessons that I've learned, while you know, we're talking about sort of my journey through kidney disease and transplant, but they're applicable to anybody, it doesn't have to be a medical issue. You know, it can certainly be addiction, which is a medical issue, it could be person that lost that job, right? It could be a person, like you mentioned who got divorce, could be somebody who's struggling in business, it could be anything. (Lesley: Yeah.) There's always something good to pull out of it but it all depends on your perspective.Lesley Logan 17:16  Yeah. So let's talk about perspective. Is that a free wired thing in our brain to have perspective, that maybe you don't know the answer, but I'm curious, like, is glass half full versus glass half empty, like a set set setting in your brain based on genetics? Or is that something that we can we can make a decision around?Dr. Philippe Douyon 17:38  Well, you can always make a decision around. But I will say this, the priority that your brain has, the reason one of the big reasons that you actually have a brain is to keep you safe. That is its first responsibility to keep you safe. And so your brain is always going to lean towards the negative, right? Because that's it... Listen, if you're scared of something, I mean, it's essentially keeping you safe. (Lesley: Yeah.) Right? If you're not taking that risk, it's essentially because there is uncertainty in things that are unknown, it is keeping you safe. Right? But sometimes, the brains because the brain focuses so much on keeping us safe, it can potentially hold us back. (Lesley: Yeah.) Right? And so that's one of the reasons why I talk to people all the time about, like, you have to take charge of your brand, you've got to be the leader that your brain so desperately needs you to be in order for you to create an amazing life for yourself.Lesley Logan 18:34  Yeah, so which lobe do I need to do? (Lesley and Dr. Philippe laughs) How to, because like, the like, I'm, I'm picturing this, right, because (Dr. Philippe: Yeah) I'm a visual person. So I'm like picturing like a video of like, I have to take charge of my brain. But isn't that my brain taking charge of my brain.Dr. Philippe Douyon 18:49  No, you know. (Lesley: No. Okay.) No ... I would say that the fact that you are aware of your thoughts, the fact that you are aware that you have a brain means that there's a higher level of consciousness. You just have to tap into it.Lesley Logan 19:06  Yes. Oh, thank you for explaining that because now I know I don't feel like it's like, like those Russian dolls that(Lesley and Dr. Philippe laughs) I'm like, but part is ... So, so that makes sense. So for everyone listening, I hope you just got full permission. Like it's okay if you're like, "Wow, I don't like how I'm thinking negatively," like, you're predisposed to keep you safe, to keep you alive to think that way. (Dr. Philippe: Yeah) And then you we all have to take this higher consciousness that we have, because we do all have it and, and tell ourselves how we're going to think because we we can tell that that situation is actually not the same as a tiger chasing after us, you know.Dr. Philippe Douyon 19:40  Right, exactly. Right.Lesley Logan 19:42  So you know, first of all you so you're a doctor for epilepsy, you've studied the brain. What made you want to do that and what what what what are you seeing that is applicable to people with all have a brain? So you know, we don't all is there anything that we could be doing better with our own mind right now and what we're doing?Dr. Philippe Douyon 20:03  Sure, so, so I'm a neurologist. So I'm a doctor who treats people with brain and other neurological disorders, nerve disorder, spinal cord issues. But yeah, I sort of sub specialized in epilepsy. And so the reason that I went into neurology, and then epilepsy was one when I was a kid, I had a cousin who had epilepsy, and she ended up growing out of it. And then two also when I was young, I had a grandmother who developed Alzheimer's disease. And, you know, those two disorders are really devastating for the person going through it. But they're also devastating for the family. (Lesley: Yeah) Right? And so while I was watching, my family members go through what they were going through, there was that part of me that started to realize, "Man, when the brain works the way that it's supposed to, it's absolutely phenomenal." (Lesley: Yeah) Right? So it was this fascination that I had with the brain that led me down sort of this path. And so in medical school, right, I mean, you just learn about diseases and treating them with medications, and whatever. (Lesley: Yeah) But the reality is, everything that we do, every single day, impacts the health of our bodies, it impacts the health of our brain, and it has an impact on our neurological destiny and how our lives turn out.Lesley Logan 21:24  Well, taking that in, because I think so often, we excuse that, "I'll do that tomorrow, I'll do that tomorrow. Oh, I'll you know, buy that healthier groceries type thing tomorrow," like we kind of procrastinate but really like, it almost sounds like it's compounding, like, if it's every single day, everything we do is going to affect our brain and our body. Then the sooner that like, it's almost like the more time you have giving your brain and body what it needs, the better.Dr. Philippe Douyon 21:53  Absolutely. I mean, when we think about so your brain is considered to be the most complicated structure in the entire solar system. Right? (Lesley: In the solar system? I never...) in the solar system, right? I mean, but look, we haven't explored, like, I haven't been to other parts of the solar system. (Lesley: Right, right.) Right? So I have no idea. You know, and humans tend to be biased. So who knows, the whales (Lesley laughs) could be far more complicated than our brain, right? But, but our brains have anywhere between 60 to 100 billion neurons, right? Neurons are not even the primary cell type in the brain, there are a whole host of other cells called glial cells that are just there to help neurons out and support neurons. They outnumber neurons like nine to one, ten to one. (Lesley: Oh, my God.) Then you've got neurons connect with each other, they make trillions of connections, right? So you've got 60 to 100 billion neurons, you got other cells that are out number nine or 10 to one, and you've had all these connections, that is incredibly complicated, you know. (Lesley: Yeah) And the reality is, there are things that we do every single day that influence whether or not we lose neurons, or make more neurons. But if you start thinking a certain thought, right, and maybe it's a brand new thought, thought you've never had before, right, you'll make new neurons around that thought, the more you think about that thought, the more hardwired it gets into your brain, the more connections that it makes, right? And so you want to be being aware of the thoughts that you're having. And then you also want to be making sure that you are leaning towards the positive and not towards the negative.Lesley Logan 23:27  Yeah. Yeah because why our thoughts become facts. And like, I forget the number but somebody you might know it. There's like some number of like, how many thoughts we have in a day and (Dr. Philippe: Yeah) have like, 90% of the same thought, like when (Dr. Philippe: Yeah) you're having new thoughts. And (Dr. Philippe: No) so you're just like, that's just further hardwiring, even a negative thought or something that's holding you back.Dr. Philippe Douyon 23:46  Yeah, it's it's thought that we have anywhere between 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day. I don't know who counted that. I don't know how they counted that. (Lesley: I've always wondered. I'm like, "Who said that?") Yeah, I have no idea. Right? And like you said, 90 to 95% of those thoughts are the same exact thoughts we had yesterday, right? So no wonder why people's lives aren't changing. And then 60 to 70% of those 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts are negative. (Lesley: Yeah) And so you wonder why everybody's freaking miserable.Lesley Logan 24:13  Yeah. Yeah. Okay, so we can make a decision there's that, we can have a thought and we can look for evidence to solidify that thought in our mind. (Dr. Philippe: Yeah) Is there anything else we can do? Because, as we talked about before hit record, like our minds are holding us back like I think any person listen to this can pretty much do whatever they are wanting to do. Like the we live in a very awesome time to have whatever dream you want and meet the person, find the people, raise the money to do the thing. So what is it in our brain? What lobe is ... where is it (Dr. Philippe laughs) that we, that is like holding us back? Is that that negative mindset? Is it the repetitive thoughts like Where's it coming from?Dr. Philippe Douyon 24:58  Yeah, I mean, you you it's it's all of it. Right? And certainly our frontal lobes are incredibly important in our ability to think about tasks, organize them and execute those tasks. Right? And so you really want to be incredibly mindful of what you're letting into your brain. And it's not just the thoughts that you're letting in. It's the foods that you're eating. It's what you're drinking. It's all of it. Right? I'll tell you, I don't I don't listen to the news anymore. (Lesley: Right) Right. When COVID happened, I was glued to the news. Right. I remember in December, what are we? 2022? (Lesley: Yeah) December 2020. (Lesley: Yeah.) Right. I'm listening to the news about COVID. And they're like, "300,000, you know, new people were infected today." And I remember thinking to myself, "Damn, everybody's gonna get infected. You're infecting 300,000 people every day." (Lesley: Yeah) Eventually, it's gonna hit everybody. Right? (Lesley: Yeah.) Two weeks later, I was hospitalized with COVID. Now, I am a medical doctor. Okay, so, so in theory, I know how viruses work. I know how, you know, they move between people. But there was still part of me that was like, "Damn, did I attract this thing into my life?" Because I was so fixated on it. (Lesley: Yeah.) After that, I was like, "I need to be very mindful of what I am letting into this brain."Lesley Logan 26:20  Yeah, you're I, you know, you're you're right. I listen to this one podcast with my husband. And one of the hosts was like asking someone who's very prominent in the news, very on top of like, "What's happening in the world?" The guy goes all over the world and just happens to be there when there's these humanity needs. And they're like, so, "How, who gets, how do you get the news? What do you watch? How do you get this?" He's like, "I get the, I get the news, like you do. And I also only get it from like, 10 minutes a day." And I was like, "What?" And the guy was like, "What?" And other hosts was like, "You don't turn it on the moment you wake up? Don't you need to know what's going on." And you could just hear in the voices like the, like, the nervousness, the stress (Dr. Philippe: No.) of this person who was like, glued to the news versus the person who's part of what has happened in the news. And he was like, not that he was like, you know, let it all be, but he wasn't as urgent. And I do think that like we have, I agree, because I, we don't have a TV in our house. I haven't had a TV since 2013. And so part of that is because as soon as I get a hotel room, of course, I like turn the TV on. And that's the news. And it's just like, it is a lot of intensity, I end up being so depressed, but (Dr. Philippe: Yeah) beautiful city, and I'm like, "Oh my god, the world's crashing in." And so you are saying, like, you're very mindful of like, "What am I going to let in the spring? What thoughts am I going to have?" And all of that so that you can continue to do what it is that you do (Dr. Philippe: Right) each and every day? So okay, that's, that's interesting. So for those of us who are trying to be it till we see it, we actually have to make a decision, first of like how do we want to do things differently? How do we want to think about our thoughts? How do we want to handle the thoughts, we don't want to have any more? It's very much being aware of what you are doing all the time, (Dr. Philippe: Yeah) which for most of us, that's like common sense. But also not because too many of us rely on like our brain to go on autopilot.Dr. Philippe Douyon 28:11  Right. Yeah. And, but one of the keys is not to be so hard on yourself also, right? Because you're gonna have negative thoughts. I have negative thoughts, right? You're gonna have moments where you're like, oh, you know, I caught this on Instagram. And I'm, like, fixated on it, or some something, right. Or you'll have those friends that like to complain, and you'll catch yourself and, you know, 10 minutes that you're just that's all you're doing with them complaining about life with them, right? And so it's about not being so hard on yourself. But the more that you're aware that you're doing this, the easier it'll get, the quicker you'll you'll realize when these things are happening, and the easier you'll be able to shift to a more positive mindset. Right? So I'm even very mindful of who I have around me. I'm like, "Oh, if you're complaining way too much today. Yeah, I love you. But you need to go over there."Lesley Logan 29:01  I hear you. I was, I was on a trip. And I can I was I was in our van I was changing and I could hear our friends. And one of them was saying something like, "Oh my God, he this is the 17th negative thing he said today." Like, "What when, we're gonna say something positive? Like they all, can't all be bad, like look where we are. We are here in this beautiful place." And it's so I think I think where a lot of people get hung up as they don't want to let people down. They don't want to be the person, you know what I mean? Like we all there's a lot of stories that we tell ourselves which (Dr. Philippe: Right) are repeti... repetitive thoughts that we are (Dr. Philippe: Right) continuing to have and keep around. So, so okay, question for you. (Dr. Philippe: Yeah) With, with all of this, with with our, with our brain with how, what is something that you see people could easily do that they're not doing that could benefit their brain so they could continue to live their life to what they want to live. Is it, is it, is it a brain game? Is it Sudoku? Like what do I gotta do?Dr. Philippe Douyon 30:03  No. No, it's not Sudoku. And it's not any brain games. It's nothing that they sell you, it's not you know, it's not some pill, supplement or some drink.Lesley Logan 30:14  Yeah, I have a new game that's like, this will tell you how old your brain is. (Lesley and Dr. Philippe laughs) (Dr. Philippe: Really?) Yeah. I haven't played it. I get the ads. I'm like, I'm like, "Is this real? So thank you. It's not. I won't tell them my thoughts."Dr. Philippe Douyon 30:25  Yeah. It's not although, although, you know, I shouldn't say that. Because I did create a game called Dr. Douyon's Brainfit. (Lesley laughs) But yeah, it's not it's not in the game.Lesley Logan 30:34  If it's not that it's not titled up with your name on it but it's not, it's not it.Dr. Philippe Douyon 30:37  That is not. No, no. Dr. Douyon's Brainfit is very different. (Lesley: Yeah, yeah.) No, but it's, it's things that we can easily do every day. So I've got like this, this neurological pyramid and that has steps that you can do to keep your brain very healthy and keep yourself very healthy. And it's not complicated. It is exercise. Exercise is the biggest promoter of neuroplasticity. That's your brain's ability to adapt, to heal and to learn. It's your brain's ability to make new neurons and new connections. Exercise is the biggest promoter of that. Right? So you want to be exercising on a regular basis.Lesley Logan 31:10  Yeah. So you said neuroplasticity? I know it. As a Pilates instructor I want my my girlfriend's teaches it, but for the person who's like, "What? Neuroplas what?" Can you tell people what that is?Dr. Philippe Douyon 31:21  Yeah. So for an incredibly long time, we thought that our brains were very static, like they did not change at all, unless we got a brain injury that wiped out some neurons, or we got like Alzheimer's, you know, which is a neurodegenerative disease and you start losing neurons, right? But what we now know is that our brains are constantly changing. They're constantly evolving every single day. They're evolving with the thoughts that we have, the actions we take, the experiences that we're having. And the reality is that we are in control of our brain's ability to evolve, our brain's ability to make new neurons and make new connections. And that's where really what neuroplasticity speaks to, it's the brain's ability to change.Lesley Logan 32:07  Very cool. Okay. All right. So so you have, so thank you for that. So you have a pyramid that we can do that helps with that neuroplasticity, that helps us continue to evolve in our brain. (Dr. Philippe: Yeah.) I love this. Very cool. Okay. So, Dr. Philippe Douyon this is amazing. I really actually didn't realize how much I want to nerd out about the brain until this episode. But I'm really excited about it. I want to take a quick, quick break. And then I want people to figure out how they can basically stalk you on this brain game of yours. Okay, so where can people find you, follow you learn about how they can work with their brain better?Dr. Philippe Douyon 32:46  Yeah. So they can follow me on the social media channels like Instagram, it's @philippe.md. That's my handle. They can go to my website, which is www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com. Or they can just email me at philippedouyon@gmail.com. And if they email me that, if they email me, with Be It Till You See It in the subject line, I will send them my free ebook.Lesley Logan 33:15  Oh, that is so fun. (Dr. Philippe: Yeah.) Thank you, everyone, get your ebook. I want it. Okay, so we'll put all those things in the show notes. It's really easy for you to click on and get those things. So we ask everyone, how do we actually take action and all this. So bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted steps people can take to (Dr. Philippe: Yeah.) be it till they see it? What do you have for us?Dr. Philippe Douyon 33:38  So here's what they can do. First, they need to change the way that they think about things, right. And one of the ways that you do that is you read different material, you have different experiences, you surround yourself with different people. So changing the way that you think about your life and your health is incredibly important. We talked a little bit about exercise, exercise every single day, get your body moving. Right. I said before, that's the biggest promoter of neuroplasticity. You want to visualize? I said that, look you've got an entire lobe that is dedicated to your vision, you want to visualize and just so the people who are watching this podcast realize, yes, I am in black and white. (Lesley laughs) I am in 2022. This is a technical issue. This is not a visual problem with your brain. Do not call your local neurologist. (Dr. Philippe laughs)Lesley Logan 34:26  We are recording this, we are recording this during retrograde, everyone. I, just let it go. (Lesley and Dr. Philippe laughs)Dr. Philippe Douyon 34:31  Yeah, you know. You want to make a decision, in terms of what you decide to focus on. We have a group of neurons in the brain called the reticular activating system. When you decide that something is important to you, it starts it gets your brain to focus on all those things that are related to it. So if it's something that's negative that you focus on, right, it's gonna it's gonna pull everything negative. So if I'm having a bad day, and I'm like, "Oh, that person just pissed me off." It's gonna be like, "well, not only that person pissed me off, the world sucks, my life sucks, that book I'm reading sucks," all of it right? So you want to focus on the positive. And I'll give you an example of this. So once I got like this had this red car, this red Volkswagen Golf, right? I had never seen it before I got it. Then all sudden, I'm seeing a whole bunch of people on the road with this red Volkswagen Golf. That is the reticular activating system saying, "Hey, because this is now important to you, because you have one. I'm going to focus on all the red Volkswagen Golf's that are driving down the street. Right.Lesley Logan 35:34  That I know because I had a Mini Cooper, I noticed that and when I got a jeep, I noticed that and now (Dr. Philippe: Yeah) I want a G Wagon. Like I want it. I see G Wagons everywhere. I only see G Wagons. I don't see other cars. And I also have gotten other people's particular reticulating activating systems to see G Wagons for me. So I get pictures (Dr. Philippe: Right.) like, "Hey, look at this one." (Lesley and Dr. Philippe laughs)Dr. Philippe Douyon 35:56  Well I'm sure, I'll see see, you know some tonight when I'm driving. So, (Lesley: Yeah. It's powerful.) Yeah.Lesley Logan 36:01  Got it. Oh, man. (Dr. Philippe: Yeah.) These are, these are so cool. These first of all, like unique and amazing and also very tangible and doable. I really (Dr. Philippe: Right.) think so. Thank you (Dr. Philippe: Yeah.) for, thank you for being here. We'll have to have you back because I'm sure Brad's going to totally nerd out about this. And for all that you're doing to help all of us. Truly, like, take ownership of our brain and like where we're going with it. We need more people like you in this planet. So thank you for being here. Everyone, how are you going to use these in your life? I want you to tag @philippe.md, tag the @be_it_pod, let us know which of the takeaways, the BE IT action items you're using or just what he said. And remember, if you email him, with his emails down there, if you email him, you can put Be It Till You See It in the subject line and he'll send you a free ebook which I don't know about you but I like free things. So (Dr. Philippe and Lesley laughs) alright everyone, until next time, Be It Till You See It.That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review. And follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcasts. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the @be_it_pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day!'Be It Till You See It' is a production of 'As The Crows Fly Media'.Brad Crowell 37:31  It's written, produced, filmed and recorded by your host Lesley Logan and me, Brad Crowell. Our Associate Producer is Amanda Frattarelli.Lesley Logan 37:42  Kevin Perez at Disenyo handles all of our audio editing.Brad Crowell 37:47  Our theme music is by Ali at APEX Production Music. And our branding by designer and artist, Gianfranco Cioffi.Lesley Logan 37:56  Special thanks to our designer Jaira Mandal for creating all of our visuals (which you can't see because this is a podcast) and our digital producer, Jay Pedroso for editing all video each week so you can.Brad Crowell 38:08  And to Angelina Herico for transcribing each of our episodes so you can find them on our website. And, finally to Meridith Crowell for keeping us all on point and on time.Transcribed by https://otter.aiSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/be-it-till-you-see-it/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Name: Dr. Philippe Douyon Business Name: The Inle BrainFit Institute Current Title: Neurologist/Author/Online Course Creator Location: New York Educational Background: Medical Doctor   About Dr. Philippe: Dr. Philippe Douyon is a Board Certified Neurologist. He completed his residency in Neurology at NYU and fellowship in clinical Neurophysiology at NYP-Weill Cornell Medical College. He is the founder of The Inle BrainFit Institute (www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com), a health, wellness, and technology company designed to improve people's health and quality of life. He is the author of the book, Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower, which speaks to the brain's ability to adapt, learn, and heal. He has created the children's illustrated series, Nuri The Neuron, in order to teach children about their brains and how the decisions they make and the actions they take impact their brain's health. Dr. Philippe Douyon is the creator of the online course, Take Charge of Your Brain (https://bit.ly/drphilippedouyon) in which he helps entrepreneurs crack the code to become more productive and successful by becoming the leaders their brains need them to be. Dr. Douyon is not only a Physician, but he is also a patient. He is a two-time kidney transplant recipient. As such, Dr. Philippe Douyon uses his personal and professional experience to teach people how to take charge of their brains in order to overcome challenges and create the lives they dream of. DURING THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: Why success starts with the brain How the brain works and its capability to evolve Why changing your brain can change your life How to understand and tap into your brains superpower Tips to rewire your brain to create a life you love Why new experiences matter For complete show notes and resources mentioned for this episode go to: blacktobusiness.com/101 Thank you so much for listening! Please support us by simply rating and reviewing our podcast!

Neurologist, Dr. Philippe Douyon, dives into the complex and sometimes elusive concept of Neuroplasticity. He also goes through his personal journey of healing and exploring the mind-body connection. Through the lens of resiliency, we explore the ways we can use the power of Neuroplasticity to believe and shape our reality, discover how past traumas are affecting our current healing journey, and take on a more proactive mindset to better our health.  Dr. Philippe Douyon, MD is a board-certified Neurologist and has improved people's health and life by teaching them how to become the leaders their brains need them to be. Through resiliency and tapping into the mind-body connection, Dr. Douyon was able to overcome and heal from kidney failure, COVID, dialysis, and a kidney transplant. He is also the author of “Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower” and the creator of the online course, “Take Charge of Your Brain, a Guide to Making a Profound Difference In Your Health and Your Life.”  Show Notes: -Dr. Douyon's journey of overcoming COVID and kidney failure and what resilience means to him  -Practical tools to further those big picture goals in times of struggle  -What if people had tools at their fingertips to believe in what they're feeling and to shape their reality?  -Expanding on the science of Western Medicine through Neuroplasticity  -How trauma informs healing through the mind-body connection  -Embodying a proactive mindset and maintaining habits to build resiliency  -The benefits of a supportive community  -How foods can impact our brain, and therefore our ability to heal  Resources: -Dr. Philippe Douyon's Book -Dr. Philippe Douyon's Online Course -Cait's Instagram: @caitrossco -Cait's Website -Lindsay's Instagram: @myvitalside -The Vital-Side Membership Join our community: bit.ly/rewirethepodcast Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: bit.ly/rewiredisclaimer

Today, we talk about the impact of creating neuroplasticity in our lives and the idea that the way we think today doesn't have to be the way we think tomorrow. Do you want to know what the framework is to be the leader of our own brain? How do you see the world and yourself? What does your life say about you? Take Charge of Your Brain Today! Come and join us as I speak with Dr. Philippe Douyon! In this episode, I sit with my friend Dr. Philippe Douyon. Dr. Philippe is a board-certified neurologist who focuses on improving your health and life by teaching you how to become the leader your brains need you to be to overcome the challenges you face. Not only has Dr. Douyon's philosophy helped countless patients with medical, neurological, and mental health disorders, but it's the same philosophy that he used to overcome kidney failure, covid, dialysis, and undergo a successful kidney transplant. He is the author of the book, Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower, which teaches you how to use your brain's ability to adapt and learn to heal and move on from the struggles in your life. Learn more about The Inle BrainFit Institute at: Learn more about NW Recovery at:  

Today, we talk about the impact of creating neuroplasticity in our lives and the idea that the way we think today doesn't have to be the way we think tomorrow. Do you want to know what the framework is to be the leader of our own brain? How do you see the world and yourself? What does your life say about you? Take Charge of Your Brain Today! Come and join us as I speak with Dr. Philippe Douyon! In this episode, I sit with my friend Dr. Philippe Douyon. Dr. Philippe is a board-certified neurologist who focuses on improving your health and life by teaching you how to become the leader your brains need you to be to overcome the challenges you face. Not only has Dr. Douyon's philosophy helped countless patients with medical, neurological, and mental health disorders, but it's the same philosophy that he used to overcome kidney failure, covid, dialysis, and undergo a successful kidney transplant. He is the author of the book, Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower, which teaches you how to use your brain's ability to adapt and learn to heal and move on from the struggles in your life. Learn more about The Inle BrainFit Institute at: https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-charge Learn more about NW Recovery at: https://nw-recovery.com/  

This week the guys talk the recent news in the Pata case before getting into Big 3 talk. Later, we are joined by Dr. Philippe Douyon & Douglas Mapp to talk about the brain, mental health and everything surrounding it. After the interview we discuss The Alliance before we answer some life coach questions. The RollUp is brought to you by Brunt Insurance. From Tallahassee to the Keys, visit BruntInsurance.com today for Auto, Home, Renters, Motorcycle, Life insurance, and more! Also brought to you by Spencer's Jerkin' Jerky! Visit spencersjerkinjerky.com for the freshest jerky ever crafted! Use promo code BIGMEAT for 10% off your order! Roll Up!

“That's the thing, when people start to approach their life in different ways, they start to see just how their life can change.” -Philippe Douyon MD   In this episode, Gabriella talks with neurologist Dr. Philippe Douyon. Dr. Douyon is a highly respected author, runs the Inle Brainfit Institute, and is a huge proponent of controlling brain health in order to support your overall health. Gabriella and Dr. Douyon speak about his personal journey, coping with renal failure that began as a young man,  through college and medical school, and through two renal transplants, one of which was just recently. They speak about how chronic illness does not define us, how the inner workings of the brain affect our health and well-being, and how our thoughts are the one thing in this world that we can control. Tune in to hear how some simple changes can change the path you're on, and get you on the path you envision for yourself!    Dr. Douyon is a board certified neurologist. He completed his residency at New York University and did his fellowship at New York Presbyterian-Cornell Medical in clinical neurophysiology.    You can find Dr. Douyon on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn or at his website, Inlebrainfitinstitute.com. You can also email him at philippedouyon@gmail.com   Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower: Change Your Brain and Change Your Life by Dr. Philippe Douyon   Click Here Prepare For Your Board Exams & Get Your CME Quickly & Easily With Board Vitals! Save 10% on Question Banks with the promo code: DOCWORKING10   Our New DocWorking THRIVE Membership is coming at the end of July!! You'll get ongoing Small Group Coaching with our Experienced Team, Ongoing Coaching Support in a Private Community that Fosters Peer Support and Mentorship, and superb virtual courses to include ‘STAT: Quick Wins to Get Your Life Back' with Gabriella Dennery MD and Master Certified Coach Jill Farmer, and ‘A New Era of Leadership,' with Lisa Kuzman, and so much more!    Join our community by clicking here.   At DocWorking, our specialty is Coaching Physicians. We bring an exceptional experienced team to Coach Physicians to achieve the Best in Life and Medicine.    Doctors devote their lives to caring for others. But does that mean they must sacrifice their own health and wellbeing? Absolutely not!   At DocWorking, we have developed a unique way to embrace it all.   The caring for others that you do so selflessly AND the caring for YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY that you crave in order to bring it all into the perfect balance specific to YOU.   What if we told you that you CAN have it all? The career you dreamed of when you decided to become a doctor AND the life outside of medicine that you desire?   DocWorking empowers physicians to get back on the path to achieving their dreams.   At DocWorking, we understand the tug between life and medicine–a desire to make an impact through your specialized skills but a longing for more time to prioritize your own dreams and ambitions.   We understand because we are a team of physicians and experienced coaches who have been successfully coaching physicians for more than 10 years.   Professional coaching is transformational. Elite athletes, award-winning actors and top-performing executives all know this, which is why they embrace coaching to achieve such extraordinary success.  Smart leaders leverage the power of coaching to achieve outcomes that are meaningful, measurable, and attainable. Physicians definitively benefit from coaching, and we are here to provide the best of the best.   It's Time to Prioritize the Health and Wellness of Physicians! DocWorking is here for you.    Our Coaches Will Show You How!   To learn more about DocWorking, visit us here! Are you a physician who would like to tell your story? Please email Amanda, our producer, at Amanda@docworking.com to be considered. And if you like our podcast and would like to subscribe and leave us a 5 star review, we would be extremely grateful! We're everywhere you like to get your podcasts! Apple iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google, Pandora, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Amazon, YouTube, Podbean You can also find us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.    Some links in our blogs and show notes are affiliate links, and purchases made via those links may result in small payments to DW. These help toward our production costs. Thank you for supporting DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast! Occasionally, we discuss financial and legal topics. We are not financial or legal professionals. Please consult a licensed professional for financial or legal advice regarding your specific situation.   Podcast produced by: Amanda Taran  

Brain fog, lack of concentration & focus and fatigue are neurological symptoms that are also common thyroid disease symptoms. Dr Philippe Douyon says in this episode, that in his neurology practise, that many of his patients present with these neurological symptoms and have not been diagnosed with thyroid issues. Once tested and treated for the underlying thyroid condition, these neurological symptoms resolve.In this conversation about the brain & thyroid health connection, we cover topics such as:The connection between thyroid and brain health.The difference in brain health problems for those with Hashimoto's v GravesWhen to see a neurologistDo we lose brain function over time with thyroid conditions?The metaphysical & personality connection with thyroid health.Diet for good brain health.The type of exercise that's good for brain & thyroid health.The impact of stress. Did you know that stress kills neurons?Dr Douyon's 5 top tips for brain health.You'll love Dr Douyon's whole person, collaborative approach to brain health. His advice is practical, positive and gives me hope for my long term thyroid/brain health!-------------------Philippe Douyon, MD is a  Board Certified Neurologist who completed his residency in Neurology at New York University and fellowship at New York Presbyterian-Cornell in Clinical Neurophysiology. He has spent the last several years caring for people with neurological disorders with a special emphasis on those with a history of epilepsy, seizures, and non epileptic events. After spending years witnessing the deleterious effects of neurological disorders, watching people take medications that at best ameliorate symptoms, but do little to modify the underlying disease process, and observing the delicate balancing act between side effects and symptom relief, he began to realize that we could do better for the people we serve. Therefore, he decided to create a therapeutic, supportive environment, aimed at using a multimodal approach to improve the lives of people with neurological disorders and promote brain health. Connect with Dr DouyonInstagram @philippe.mdhttps://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/Email: philippedouyon@gmail.com-------------------Links referred to in this episodeTake Charge of your Brain in 30 Days. Dr Douyon's brain course.Dr Douyon's BrainFit AppNeuroplasticity. Your Brain's Superpower. Book.----------------Let's talk further...Book your 60 min Thyroid Strategy SessionSubscribe to the podcast, share & review. Thank you!Go to annabelbateman.com for shownotes, download my thyroid freebie, book a strategy session...Join the Let's Talk Thyroid Community on Facebook.-------------------------This episode is proudly supported by ⭐️ ME ⭐️Here is how you can support me & the Let's Talk Thyroid Podcast:Essential oilsWhat Annabel Cooks Paleo CookbookOnline Courses:30 Day Wellness Challenge - ready to  kickstart your thyroid wellness lifestyle?

The Impact of Trauma on the Brain is an important subject with little or no general awareness. We had the priviledge of having an Interractive session with our Guest Speaker on issues surrounding this subject. Philippe Douyon, MD is a board certified Neurologist. He completed his residency in Neurology at NYU and fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at NYP-Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr Douyon is the Founder and CEO of the health, wellness, and technology company, "The Inle BrainFit Institute" created to improve people's health and quality of life. The Creative Director of Dr. Douyon's BrainFit app designed to teach people about the impact of food and exercise on the brain and body. Also the author of the book Neuroplasticity: Your Brain's Superpower, which speaks to the brain's ability to learn,adapt and heal. Connect with Dr. Douyon on IG: Philippe.md, Facebook: Philippe Douyon, MD, Twitter: Philippe Douyon, MD, Email: philippedouyon@gmail.com, and LinkedIn: Philippe Douyon, MD.