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On this episode of We Talk Health, we welcome Dr. Dina Ahmad to the West Tennessee Medical Group team! Dr. Ahmad is an Advanced Gastroenterologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of digestive disorders. In this episode, Will Kwasigroh interviews her about where she is from, her schooling, and why she chose to come to Jackson, TN.  Dr. Ahmad is now working at West Tennessee Medical Group Gastroenterology and is currently accepting new patients.If you would like to schedule an appointment with Dr. Ahmad, call West Tennessee Gastro at 731-541-8300.Hosts: Will KwasigrohSocial Media CoordinatorDr. Dina Ahmad 

We need more physician coaches. Which is why I'm so excited that Dr. Blake Jones is going to join me in the coaching world. Listen as he shares his journey, why he thinks coaching is so important, and how his and his wife's lives have changed after working with me.    Dr. Blake Jones is an MSK Radiologist who realized he was experiencing burnout right out of residency. He very quickly started feeling that notion of, “This is it?” He and his wife initially tried to work on their burnout themselves but realized they needed help.   We now work together one on one and we do couples sessions. Once he began embracing his superpower of being multi passionate and a super learner, things really started to change. He loves learning new things and learning lots of new things. He doesn't want to master everything.    This skill serves him well as a coach.    He fully believes that all physicians need coaches. The more coaches we have, the more peers will be helped, the more able we are to change the face of healthcare as an industry and a profession.  “There are so many physicians and I think just about every one of us could probably use this.” Dr. Blake Jones   In this episode: [02:43] Welcome Dr. Blake Jones to the show and learn more about him and his brilliance. [06:10] Blake and his wife have both been working with me and we've all learned a lot.  [07:22] Why they decided they needed additional help with regard to burnout.  [08:36] What has his experience as a man in healthcare been like?  [10:36] Dr. Blake shares the most influential lessons he's learned through coaching.  [12:33] How has embracing his multi passionate personality impacted his new baby business?  [15:08] Why he started considering becoming a life coach. [16:16] Who is he a coach for?  [21:26] What does he want people to do after hearing his story?  [24:03] He was part of the inspiration for the “How to Start a Super Crazy Business” series.  [25:42] There is room for additional physician coaches. [26:30] Join the Slack Group! Links and Resources: Advice Media Physician Coaching Alliance Connect with Dr. Jones: Dr. Blake on LinkedIn 3 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT LOW-COST!!! Buy my Kindle Book, Doctor Me First, on Amazon Join us for our Monthly Burnout Masterclass Series. Sit with me in my Slack Channel. Schedule a call with Errin HERE Find out more about sponsoring an episode HERE Email Errin HERE

Dr. Tom O'Bryan is a recognized world expert on gluten and its impact on health. He holds five different positions at Harvard studying the role of gluten in overall health. His work has garnered him international recognition and he's a highly sought after speaker on all things gluten.    He joins me today to chat about the dangers of gluten, how it affects overall health, and the role of the gut in various autoimmune disorders. It's amazing to hear him break down complex body processes in an easy to understand way that really drives home the need for ongoing education.    For instance, he notes that our bodies are almost exactly the same at a cellular level as the bodies of our hunter gatherer forefathers. When they would gather food, they trusted their senses of smell and taste to determine if the food they found was still good.    If for some reason the food was spoiled or harbored a bacteria that the acid in their stomachs couldn't kill, the body would fire an immune response. This is the basis for leaky gut. In ideal conditions, the leaky gut is meant as a protective response.    Nowadays however, we are overloading our system and constantly exposing our gut to gluten. Gluten has a very similar protein map to that of bad bugs in food. This means that our gut is constantly fighting against the “bug” that is gluten which leads to chronic leaky gut.    Like I said, this is truly fascinating. Listen as he shares ways you can start to turn the tables and start living a more healthful life. Everything from how to structure your diet to ways of empowering your mind. Dedicate just 1 hour each week to living a healthier life and you'll be amazed at the differences you see.   In This Episode: [00:00:17] Welcome Dr. Tom O'Bryan to chat about gluten and overall health.  [00:01:37] Why is gluten such a problem and how is it affecting our health?  [00:03:39] Learn the two triggers of leaky gut and why gluten is not bad for you. Bad gluten is bad for you.  [00:06:12] Gluten activates intestinal permeability in all human beings. Learn more.  [00:11:36] What should the average person be looking out for with regard to gluten and gluten reactions?  [00:14:20] Leaky gut is actually meant to be a benefit to the body by removing harmful bacteria.  [00:16:02] Gluten has the same protein structure as bad bugs which is why the body fights it. The repeated ingestion of gluten laden products is what causes intestinal distress.   [00:21:05] What should you do now that you know more about the relationship between gluten and gut health?  [00:24:37] Phthalates are accumulative. Years of exposure compound to create huge health issues both in your body and that of your offspring. [00:30:47] Dr. O'Bryan shares his thoughts on the good vs bad vs ugly with regard to gluten in food.  [00:34:47] How your cellular regeneration is impacted by your lifestyle and the food you eat.  [00:40:10] What does he advise people with regard to gluten and what is safe and not safe?  [00:44:08] 36% of all the molecules in your bloodstream are the exhaust from your gut.  [00:48:40] Are there any carbs that are okay or should we avoid them completely?  [00:52:09] How using vegetables and functional medicine helped one of his colleagues reverse MS.  [00:56:19] Ways to determine if you're suffering from inflammation due to gluten responses.  [01:00:01] Connect with Dr. O'Bryan if you are experiencing symptoms but unable to find the cause.   Links and Resources: Peak Performance Life Peak Performance on FacebookPeak Performance on Instagram   Dr. O'Bryan's Website Free Kickstart Guide Dr. O'Bryan on Facebook Dr. O'Bryan on Instagram Dr. O'Bryan on YouTube Dr. O'Bryan on LinkedIn

Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast for episode #148 that I'm hoping will expand your thinking, like it did mine, with our next guest, who has worked with Tony Robbins, leaders of Microsoft and IBM and other high-powered executives to elevate states of consciousness, results and high levels of productivity in elite athletes, to regular people, just like you and me. Watch the interview on YouTube here.  Learn more about Dr. Hardt and his Biocybernaut Alpha One Training here https://www.biocybernaut.com/ See past episodes here https://www.achieveit360.com/episodes/  I'm Andrea Samadi, author, and educator from Toronto, Canada, now in Arizona, and like many of our listeners, have been fascinated with learning and understanding the science behind high performance strategies in our schools, sports, and the workplace with ideas that we can all use, understand and implement immediately. This week's guest, Dr. James Hardt, of the Biocybernaut Institute[i], has devoted his life to the study of the electrophysiological basis of advanced spiritual states. He has travelled the globe in pursuit of his research including his visit to India to study advanced Yogis, from Zen Masters to prayer, Dr. Hardt has continued his relentless pursuit of advanced brainwave and meditation connections that allow people to become the best form of themselves that they can be. He believes it's possible to “Change Your Brainwaves and Change Your Life.”[ii] Dr. Hardt's Alpha One Training is you if: You're a high performing CEO/entrepreneur who wants to connect more effectively with your customers, clients, employers, and employees; You are an athlete who wants to access “the zone” on demand, to live in a Flow State, to improve your results, maximize your training, and turbocharge your practice; You are an artist or writer who wants to deepen and strengthen your visionary capacity and create better than ever before from your highest Flow State; You feel like negativity and traumas have been steering your life for years, ruining your health, relationships and finances; You are a dedicated spiritual seeker, but states of mind like bliss, serenity, gratitude and Oneness are something you only read about in books; You want to radically improve your “emotional intelligence” (EQ) and relationship skills for all good reasons: happier marriage, intimate relationships, better parenting or friendships... Let's dive into this new world and uncover what Dr. Hardt believes is the key to improved productivity and results. Welcome Dr. Hardt, it's wonderful to meet you, especially since your offices are in Sedona, AZ, which is just a little over a 2-hour drive from me here in Chandler, AZ. Thank you for being here today. Q1: Dr. Hardt, I am very interested in helping people to use an understanding of their brain for improved results in their personal and professional lives, and just released an episode about the importance of understanding our brain states. Can you give an overview of our brain states, why you think most people are operating in the BETA state, (with high stress) and what happens when we are able to access the ALPHA brain state (where higher levels of productivity are experienced? Q2: I know that Tony Robbins who you have worked with says “There is no problem that can't be solved in Alpha” and until I saw your work, I only knew of accessing this brain state through a daily meditation and mindfulness practice, where we can feel a sense of calmness, inner peace, and increase productivity, but to access these levels, it takes years of daily practice. For people who might want the benefits from the Alpha Brain state (like higher IQ or EQ) can you explain what is the patented neurofeedback training you have developed, more about your programs, and the best way for people listening to learn more? Q3: I know you have worked with some high-level people like we mentioned Tony Robbins, who I was connected to when I worked in the seminar industry with Bob Proctor in the late 1990s. I see you've worked with Michael Beckwith who we worked closely with back then as well. I can understand why people in the peak performance industry would come to see you, in addition to elite athletes who must reach those high levels of performance, but what have you seen with the US Army Special Forces, who are like athletes, but have no off season and often suffer with anxiety and depression for years after their service? How are you able to eliminate emotional trauma by impacting brain waves? Q4: Do you ever have a vision of creating something that people could use without visiting the BioCybernaut Institute in Sedona, or your location in Germany, like a home use device? I ask this because I have been using the Fisher Wallace Brain Stimulator[iii] since I interviewed their CEO earlier this year to improve my sleep, and the other benefits have been helpful as well. Do you ever think you would create something people could use at home? Q5: What's involved with the ALPHA ONE Training for something taking their first look? Q6: Is there anything that's important that you think I have missed to help people to understand the benefits of your training for improved results? Thank you very much Dr. Hardt for speaking with me today. For those who want to learn more about you, I will put all the links to learn more in the show notes. https://www.biocybernaut.com/ EMAIL info@biocybernaut.com FB: @biocybernautinstitute https://www.facebook.com/biocybernautinstitute LinkedIn @James-Hardt https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-hardt/ Instagram: @Biocybernaut Institute Learn more about the Alpha One Training https://www.biocybernaut.com/contact-us/ RESOURCES: What Are the Akashic Records? Published July 27, 2019 https://medium.com/holisticism/what-are-the-akashic-records-ede3bee05673 https://www.biocybernaut.com/frequently-asked-questions/ Tony Robbins on Biocybernaut Published Dec. 16, 2017 on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ9w-WS2ifs Older than America Film (2008) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0932669/ Alpha brainwave neurofeedback training  reduces psycholopathology in a cohort of male and female Canadian aboriginals by Dr. James Hardt Published Fall 2012 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23341412/ The Quest for Mindfulness Published by Dr. James Hardt September 26, 2019 https://www.ecronicon.com/ecpp/pdf/ECPP-08-00548.pdf Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry Published June 16, 2009 https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Intelligence-2-0-Travis-Bradberry/dp/0974320625 Parallel Universes of Self by Frederick E. Dodson Published January 31, 2007 https://www.amazon.com/Parallel-Universes-Self-Frederick-Dodson/dp/B00QN5RS24 REFERENCES: [i] https://www.biocybernaut.com/ [ii] Change Your Brainwaves, Change Your Life Published on YouTube Sept. 10, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_00ttCddWM [iii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #108 on “My Personal Review of the Fisher Wallace Brain Stimulator” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/personal-review-of-the-fisher-wallace-wearable-medical-device-for-anxiety-depression-and-sleepstress-management/

Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast for episode #146 with Dr. Howard Rankin, the host of the “How Not to Think Podcast” that runs on the premise that "People aren't logical, they're psychological with the emphasis on the psycho," which made me laugh at the same time as it made me think “How are we NOT supposed to think?” and the research on this topic began. Watch the interview on YouTube here.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DlnOXE39aQ Learn more about Dr. Howard Rankin here https://hownottothink.com/ See past episodes here https://www.achieveit360.com/episodes/ On this episode, you will learn: ✔︎ What is the problem with our thinking, and why is it illogical? ✔︎ How awareness is important when making any decision. ✔︎ The importance of looking at things from a different perspective. ✔︎ Why "the more we know, the more we realize we know nothing at all." ✔︎ Why new knowledge opens up our world to new possibilities. ✔︎ How to motivate anyone to learn something new. ✔︎ Why reality is an illusion. ✔︎ Common problems that occur with our human thinking process and how to be aware of them. ✔︎ How self-limiting beliefs influence our results. I'm Andrea Samadi, author and educator from Toronto, now in Arizona, and like many of our listeners, have been fascinated with learning and understanding the science behind high performance strategies in our schools, sports, and the workplace with ideas that we can all use, understand and implement immediately, for improved results. This week's guest, Dr. Rankin, an expert in cognitive neuroscience, recently published his book I Think Therefore I Am Wrong[i] which looks at the many ways we can sabotage our thinking through cognitive biases, binary thinking, false assumptions and numerous other strategies. The How Not To think Podcast[ii] based on his book, examines how this false reasoning manifests itself in many areas of society through myths, and 'conventional wisdom.' On his podcast that I will be a guest on, Howard speaks with leaders in their fields to examine the impact of faulty thinking that occurs in every sphere of life. Dr.  Rankin has extensive expertise and knowledge in the areas of psychology, cognitive neuroscience and neurotechnology. He is also an experienced speaker and best-selling and award-winning author. Dr. Rankin has written 12 books in his own name, co-written another 9, and ghostwritten 30 others, all non-fiction. He has also published more than 30 scientific articles and been a consultant to the NIH and WHO (World Health Organization). His work has been featured in many newspapers and magazines and he has appeared on national networks including CNN, ABC, CBS, BBC, and on “The View” and “20/20”. He hosts the podcast How Not To Think and is the author of I Think Therefore I Am Wrong: A Guide to Bias, Political Correctness, Fake News and The Future of Mankind. Let's meet Dr. Rankin and see what we can learn about improving how we think. Welcome Dr. Rankin, thank you for being here today to share your knowledge and insights on your recent book, I Think, Therefore I am Wrong that you say is about Epistemology, what our past speaker, Tom Beakbane, on episode #144 said was the origin of his book How to Understand Everything[iii]. Can we start right away with the most obvious question? Q1: What is the problem with our thinking, how is it illogical, and why are people psychological, with an emphasis on the psycho? Q2: What inspired you to write your book, and launch your podcast on this topic? Q3: I love making connections with past speakers and what I see with your work, I connected with Tom Beakbane's book on How to Understand Everything where he talks a lot about looking at things from a different angle. With all the books you've written, you've got the knack for uncovering ways to tell something from a different angle, in a way that someone might not have heard it in that way. Why is it important to be able to see things from a different perspective? What does this do to our thinking? Q4: I was talking with my good friend Greg Link from Stephen Covey's organization the other day, after one of my last podcasts, and after some discussion I came to the realization that the more I am learning through these interviews, the more I realize I don't know anything at all! Greg told me that quote originated from the American author Warner Ehrhard who was quoting the Greek Stoic Philosopher Epictetus What do you think about this? The more we are learning, why does it take us into a rabbit hole where we realize we have no idea about anything at all? Q5: Chapter 1 of your book is titled “Is Reality an Illusion” and Einstein said this. What does that mean? Q6: What is logic and why do you think it's involved with some of the problems you see with our thinking? Q7: What about our beliefs or more specifically, our self-limiting beliefs? What are they and how do they influence our results? Q8: How does neuroscience or an understanding of how our brain works tie into our thinking and behavior? Q9: What should we all know and understand about “How Not to Think” for educators, or those in the corporate workspace? Thank you very much Dr. Rankin for your time today to share your thoughts, ideas, books and podcast as tools and resources for those who would like to learn more about How Not to Think. To learn more about Dr. Howard Rankin Facebook page; https://www.facebook.com/HowardRankinBooks/ A website where he posts blogs: https://ithinkthereforeiamwrong.com/ LinkedIn and Instagram Email: DrHRankin@gmail.com WEBSITE FOR THIS TOPIC www.hownottothink.com RESOURCES: Daniel Kahneman's Grip with Behavioral Economics April 26, 2013 https://www.thedailybeast.com/daniel-kahnemans-gripe-with-behavioral-economics Power Talk, the Art of Effective Communication by Howard Rankin, Ph.D. Published Feb. 24, 2021 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XJLJ6SN/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 REFERENCES: [i] https://ithinkthereforeiamwrong.com/the-book/ [ii] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-not-to-think/id1488982079 [iii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #144 with Tom Beakbane on “How to Understand Everything” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/author-and-marketer-tom-beakbane-on-how-to-understand-everything-consilience-a-new-way-to-look-at-the-world/

Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast for episode #143 with Dr. Jon Lieff, a nationally recognized neuropsychiatrist and expert on cellular communication science that's all about how it's our cells communicating with each other that causes feelings, sickness, thoughts, and disease in our bodies.  Watch this interview on YouTube here https://youtu.be/IKR6SAS4wSw See past episodes here https://www.achieveit360.com/episodes/  In today's episode, you will learn: ✔︎ Dr. Lief's thoughts on what is the mind vs the brain, and a closer look at perception and memory from the cell level. ✔︎ Why we get brain fog with depression and chronic stress. ✔︎ How acupuncture works and builds our immune system. ✔︎ How meditation increases immunity and fights against viruses. ✔︎ What we should ALL know about our cells for improved health and wellness. ✔︎  Dr. Lief's thoughts on whether the mind can influence your health. ✔︎  The fascinating intelligence within each cell and how a liver cell knows what it's supposed to do in the body. This is going to be a fascinating conversation, and the excitement for this episode began the week BEFORE the interview, when I posted Dr. Lieff's book and information about the interview on social media, with a link to his website, and the buzz began. I know this is a topic of interest for listeners, and I think it's very important to feature speakers who provide scientific research to answer the questions we might have about ways to improve our health, productivity and results. What you will learn today will open up your mind to new ways of looking at your health and performance, going beyond our brain, and into the cells of our body, that Dr. Lieff says are “the way our health works.”[i] If you are new here, I'm Andrea Samadi, author and educator from Toronto, Canada, now living in Arizona, and like many of our listeners, have been fascinated with learning and understanding the science behind high performance strategies in our schools, sports, and the workplace with strategies that we can all use, understand and implement, for improved results. If you have been listening to our podcast for some time, you will know that we've uncovered that if we want to improve our social and emotional skills, and experience success in our work and personal lives, it all begins with an understanding of our brain. And since most of us have not had a crash course in the basics of neuroscience, and how an understanding of our brain can impact learning, I launched this podcast in June 2019 with the goal of interviewing leaders and experts who have risen to the top of their field, using these success principles. Which brings me to our next guest, Dr. Jon Lieff.[ii] What captivated me with Dr. Lieff's work even before I had read his book, was when I heard him talking about where his interest in the topic of cellular communication began, and he noticed that the books written on this topic were impossible for the average person to understand. This is the whole reason why we started this podcast, with a focus on neuroscience, so we could take the research and break it down so that it is simple and easy for anyone without a background in science to understand. When you meet Dr. Lieff, you will find he is someone who can take high level, complex, scientific concepts, and break them down to be applicable in our daily life. This is what makes his work unique, and I know that it will be what propels him to reach the masses with these sought-after connections between the mind, brain, body and health. Here's Dr. Lieff's background so you can see the work he has been involved in for most of his career, leading him to the fascinating work on The Secret Language of Cells. Dr. Lieff is a graduate of Yale and holds a Doctorate in Medicine from Harvard Medical School; he is a known innovator in several medical fields and the leading neuropsychiatrist investigating cellular conversations.  His book explores the cellular conversation as a new way of understanding how our cells have constant intelligent chatter between them, showing no separation of brain-body, mind-body, or brain-immune. As a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and former president of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, Dr. Lieff is an expert in the field of neuropsychiatry. He has delivered innumerable lectures on neuroscience, psychopharmacology, brain injury, dementia, and depression for audiences of physicians, other health care providers, and the general public.  Dr. Lieff wrote some of the first books on computing and high technology in psychiatry for the American Psychiatric Press, leading to the development of one of the earliest treatment facilities for brain injury in the US.  Dr. Lieff has been quoted in Newsweek, People magazine, and other major national media outlets and has recently spoken on the podcast Stay Young America! I'm so excited to dive deep into his most recent book, The Secret Language of Cells: What Biological Conversation Tells Us About the Brain-Body Connection[iii] and see what we will uncover.   Welcome Dr. Lieff, it's wonderful to finally meet you after speaking via email the past week. Q1: Dr. Lieff, I could begin our conversation with the question that everyone asks you about your book, “why did you write this book?” but I do like to dive a bit deeper and let the listeners visit the show notes where I will list some of your recent podcasts like your Stay Young America Podcast[iv] that was excellent or To Your Good Health Radio Podcast[v] and start with a topic that I know is important enough for you to name your website after “Searching for the Mind” which will bring your website up if anyone types that phrase into Google. Searching for the meaning of “mind vs brain” is something I have also been interested in, and I recorded an episode on “Understanding the Difference Between the Mind and the Brain[vi]” on EPISODE #23 when we first began our podcast. Can you give your perspective of what is our mind vs our brain? Q1B: Can you explain perception and memory? Q2: When I read some of your testimonials of  your book, like the brilliant mind of Ray Kurzweil, who many educators know as an innovator, and he says your book is a “must read for anyone seeking to understand modern biology and advanced medical science” or Andrew Weil, MD, who says your book is “a new paradigm for understanding health and disease” I looked at the title of your book for a minute and thought about the fact that I have spent 2 years focused on podcasts about the brain, maybe some that go into the nervous system, but not one thought about how our cells control our health and well-being. Can you explain this discovery and what it means for the average person who wants to learn what they can do to improve their health, results and productivity with this understanding of what's going on with our cells?   Q3: Now I have to ask some questions that I know the initial answer will be that “science hasn't proven that yet” but I wonder what you think of this topic with your background as a medical doctor and research in this field. My Mom was diagnosed with Uterine Cancer in the late 1990s, with less than 15% chance of survival, and I have a good friend whose daughter was recently diagnosed with a rare brain tumor and was pretty much told there's no hope for you. For people like my friend's daughter, I wonder what you would think of my Mom's story of how she beat Cancer.  She was very much into the study of the mind, and told me that she did this mental exercise where she would twice a day, go from head to toe, and picture a person with an axe chopping or breaking up the cancer cells in her body. She was the only person in her group who beat Cancer and remains Cancer free today. What do you think? Can the mind influence health to this extent?   Q4: What about my friend's daughter with a brain tumor? What's the difference between brain cells (the wired brain) and the wireless brain (immune cells, blood vessel cells, organ lining cells)? 4B: What would  you do if you were told that you had Cancer?   I did learn something from the quiz you have on the homepage of your website called “Do You Know Your Cells”[vii] but wonder, how did you discover that cells communicate with each other?   Q5: Where do you think this intelligence within each cell comes from? How does a liver cell know exactly what it's supposed to do?   Q6: Dr. Lieff, I could keep asking you questions, but know that you will answer more when you come out with your second and third book on this topic, and I would love to have you back on the podcast to keep this discussion going, but what are the main topics with these next books?     I want to thank you very much Dr. Lieff for sharing your fascinating work with us. For those who want to learn more about you, I will put the link to your website and social media links in the show notes.   Dr. Lieff's website https://jonlieffmd.com/ or put Searching for the Mind into Google and you come up right away.   Dr. Lieff on TWITTER https://twitter.com/jonlieffmd Dr. Lieff on LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonlieffmd/   https://jonlieffmd.com/resources       Q9: What would be your final thought, or something that I have missed, that you think is important?   Thank you Dr. Lieff.   RESOURCES: Animal Scientist Dr. Mark Bekoff https://marcbekoff.com/   Helpful Microbes https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/helpful-microbes/   CAR T Cells: Engineering a cancer-fighting immune super soldier January 19, 2016 https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2016/01/19/engineering-a-cancer-fighting-immune-super-soldier/   Carl Zimmer The Meaning of Life https://carlzimmer.com/the-meaning-of-life-437/   Know Thyself: Well-Being and Subjective Experience Published January 22, 2018 by Joseph E LeDoux, Richard Brown, Daniel S Pine, Stefan G Hoffmann https://dana.org/article/know-thyself-well-being-and-subjective-experience/   What is This thing Called Subjective Experience? https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1994-00672-001   Neuroimmune circuits in inter-organ communications Published by Jun R. Huh December 19, 2019 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-019-0247-z   REFERENCES:     [i] Stay Young America Podcast with Dr. Jon Lieff https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/to-your-good/the-secret-language-of-cells-lTE5Nis0fk-/ [ii] https://jonlieffmd.com/ [iii] The Secret Language of Cells: What Biological Conversation Tells Us About the Brain-Body Connection by Jon Lieff, MD. September 22, 2020 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084HKZ4HK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 [iv] Stay Young America Podcast with Dr. Jon Lieff https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/to-your-good/the-secret-language-of-cells-lTE5Nis0fk-/ [v] To Your Good Health Radio Podcast with Dr. Jon Lieff https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/to-your-good/the-secret-language-of-cells-lTE5Nis0fk-/ [vi] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #23 on “Understanding the Difference Between Your Brain and Your Mind” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/understanding-your-brain-and-mind-for-increased-results/ [vii] https://jonlieffmd.com/ Do You Know Your Cells Quiz (halfway down the page)

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Carlos VR Brown from the Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas to discuss issues relevant to both junior and mid-career trauma & acute care surgeons. Topics covered include: military-civilian trauma, finding one's niche in academic surgery, work-life balance, and learning from our mistakes. As I prepare to enter a new phase in my academic surgical career, the timing of this interview could not have been more perfect. This episode is packed with career pearls and words of wisdom that are not to be missed!Time Stamps00:12 Introduction02:37 Welcome Dr. CVR Brown05:39 When did your interest in trauma surgery begin?08:26 Military versus civilian trauma surgery11:16 Carlos Brown is a Hero (No Matter What He Says)13:18 Military & advances in clinical knowledge14:29 Research & the importance of mentorship15:04 The path to academic surgery: LAC-USC 2002-200717:45 Mentorship and research20:31 Coming home & the opportunity to build23:33 What is really important in a job? People, place, and family26:32 “If you build it, they will come” BUT you need to surround yourself with REALLY GOOD people. Oh, and time management is also essential!28:08 If you don't have to be at work, leave! And go do the things that bring pleasure to you outside of work.30:25 “We all make mistakes….”31:36 Ask yourself, “What's the best fit for both your career and family?”32:51 Outro and call to actionLinks:Carlos Brown is a Hero (No Matter What He Says)https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/carlos-brown-is-a-hero-no-matter-what-he-says/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/traumaicurounds)

This Podcast episode cannot get any closer to what personalized medicine is really about. Welcome Dr. Dan Rhodes, the founder and CEO of Strata Oncology, a leading precision oncology company leveraging state-of-the art genomics tools for more efficient cancer diagnostics and treatment. Dan is a bioinformatician by training and spent his entire career applying genomics to solving complex problems in oncology. Dan founded two very successful startups in this field and also has gathered vast experience working as a VP of Oncology Strategy at large corporations (Life Technologies and Thermo Fisher). This interview is full of deep insights on the state of genomic testing in cancer treatment and reflections on the future of precision oncology.◦ Tune into this episode to learn more about:◦ Dan's journey from a PhD student to a serial biotech entrepreneur◦ Differences between working in a small start-up vs large organizations◦ Strata's mission to determine best possible treatment for each cancer patient◦ Role of RNAseq in precision oncology◦ Approaches for highly-sensitive NGS of solid tumors◦ Paradigm shift in clinical trials for personalized therapeutics◦ Reimbursement landscape in cancer genomics◦ Potential of asymptomatic NGS screening in oncology◦ Dan's vision for the future of precision oncologyMake sure to download the full show notes with our guest's bio, links to their most notable work, and our recommendations for further reads on the topic of the episode at pmedcast.com

Happy Hump Day!! Today's episode we dive into the unconscious and subconscious! Welcome Dr.Bradley Campbell !! Dr.Bradley Campbell shares his own journey with health and his own mindset and what led him to where he is today in his career journey, his passions and his goal to robin hooding health care for the masses! Dr.Brad talks heavily about unconscious vs subconscious and our mindsets. What fear does to the brain and body. Dr.Brad and Ali talk pregnancy and her birth during the pandemic and her own mindset, and Dr. C talks feeling it to heal it. Ali asks Dr.Brad about covid and his own personal experiences and his thoughts on this past year. Dr.Brad also shares modalities to help our mindset, trauma, self therapy and more. Tune in to deep dive into our consciousness, the body and much more! Follow Dr. Bradley Campbell at: Website- www.healthassurancemovement.org https://www.drbradleycampbell.com Check out: Do I Have Adrenal Fatigue eBook- https://www.amazon.com/Do-Have-Adrenal-Fatigue-Naturally-ebook/dp/B082BGPL5W/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=do+i+have+adrenal+fatigue+ebook&qid=1621655161&sprefix=do+i+have+adre&sr=8-3 For Trauma- EMDR Eye Movement Desensitization Repatterning SE Somatic Experiencing SP Sensorimotor Psychotherapy For Self Therapy- Holistic Psychologist Nicole LePera https://yourholisticpsychologist.com/ Biofeedback- Heart Math Inner Balance sensor https://www.heartmath.com/ SPEAKING of honoring your body and Wellness!! Have you heard of MODERE!! Ali and all of us at TEAM ALD are OBSESSED!! All the products are clean, organic, and help us own who we are in getting to feel GOOD Inside and OUT! Their collagens and Green Drink are our jam right now!! They have all things wellness, check it out here and DM Ali with any questions! https://www.modere.com Use my REFERRAL CODE: 2528195 for $10 off, you will be obsessed! One of my faves is the Green Qui right now!! AND HERE'S ALI: www.alilevine.com Instagram.com/ALiLevineDesign Twitter.com/AliLevineDesign Linkedin.com/AliLevineDesign Pinterest.com/AliLevineDesign Don't forget to follow our podcast Instagram too!! https://instagram.com/everythingwithalilevine !! We are always updating fun news and clips there from the show! Giveaways too! So don't miss out! If you're loving Everything with Ali Levine, please leave us a 5 star review, written out with some love!! WE love you and appreciate the love!! The REVIEWS mean SO much to us and help others find the show!! DM Ali @Alilevinedesign and say hi and follow! Ali LOVES to connect with her community!! SCREENSHOT this episode if you LOVE it and Tag US so we can Share it!!

Let's talk about the brain and spine connection! Your spinal cord is made up of nerves that act as messengers for your brain. Welcome Dr. Dave Hanson as he goes into the miraculous benefits chiropractic care can offer in terms anyone can understand. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consciousneighborhood/support

Hi Welcome to ValuationPodcast.com - A podcast and video series about all things related to business and valuation.  My name is Melissa Gragg, and I provide divorce mediation and valuation services in St. Louis Missouri.  We discuss Passive Appreciation in Separate Property in Divorce: External Market Forces with Dr. Ashok Abbott, an associate professor of finance at West Virginia University and founder of Business Valuation, Inc.Welcome Dr. Abbott!What are market forces and how can we identify them? How does market forces relate to business valuations?  How is population a factor of influencing consumption?  How does personal income and population change consumption?  What is inflation? What is the inflation myth?  Does interest rates change consumption and if yes, how?  What is the difference of short term and long term unemployment in regards to consumption?  What is consumer confidence or sentiment?  What changes the index levels of income and employment and why?   Melissa Gragg CVA, MAFF, CDFA Expert testimony for financial and valuation issues Bridge Valuation Partners, LLC melissa@bridgevaluation.com http://www.BridgeValuation.com http://www.ValuationPodcast.com http://www.MediatorPodcast.com Cell: (314) 541-8163 Dr. Ashok Abbott PhD, Business Valuation LLC 2014 Glenmark Avenue Morgantown, West Virginia 26505  P: (304) 692-5155 E: ashok.abbott@bizvalinc.com Support the show (http://valuationpodcast.com)

Lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer, but if it’s found at an earlier stage, when it is small and before it has spread, it is more likely to be successfully treated. To take us through the state of lung cancer screening in the US—big picture issues, challenges faced by patients and clinicians, and reasons for excitement—we were joined by two leading experts in the field. Christopher Slatore, MD, MS, is an investigator for the Portland VA Health Service Research and Development Center of Innovation, Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC). He’s Associate Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University, and he’s a pulmonologist who conducts lung cancer screening. He’s also an American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant recipient. Anne Melzer, MD, MS, is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. She is an Investigator at the Minneapolis VA Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research. And she is a pulmonologist who is the medical director of the lung cancer screening at the Minneapolis VA. The American Cancer Society recommends annual lung cancer screening with a low-dose CT scan for certain people at higher risk for lung cancer. Visit cancer.org for details: https://www.cancer.org/health-care-professionals/american-cancer-society-prevention-early-detection-guidelines/lung-cancer-screening-guidelines.html 4:18 – Welcome Dr. Melzer and Dr. Slatore 5:51 – Dr. Melzer on the lung cancer burden in the United States 8:46 – Dr. Slatore on the state of lung cancer screening in the US 12:08 – Some of the big picture problems they’re trying to solve related to lung cancer screening 16:47 – The US Preventive Services Task Force’s recent recommendation regarding lung cancer screening: https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lung-cancer-screening 23:01 – Challenges that exist for patients when it comes to lung cancer screening 25:28 – Some of the frustrations clinicians have with lung cancer screening 30:39 – “We need to make it easier for patients and primary care providers to do lung cancer screening.” 34:57 – It all comes down to an old Seinfeld episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2GmGSNvaM 36:31 – The impact of ACS funding on Dr. Slatore’s research 37:28 – The aspect of her research that Dr. Melzer is most excited about 38:50 – Messages they’d like to share with cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers

Welcome Dr. Jennifer Hopp to the podcast! Jennifer is a neurologist at the University of Maryland is married and has a beautiful son, Jake. I had the pleasure of speaking with Jennifer after her recent breast cancer surgery which I am happy to report was successful. We talked about her running journey, her diagnosis and surgery as well as her journey to expand her family. Please enjoy my conversation with Jennifer

In today's episode of Backpacker Radio presented by The Trek, we are joined by Dr. Freeborn Mondello. Freeborn, who is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, explodes our brains with some non-conventional advice for hikers, backpackers, and really any endurance athlete. This includes why stretching might be a waste of time, the importance of heavy weight resistance training, and why the traditional 3 sets of 10 reps is going to be counterproductive to your goals- and yes those last two points are not contradictory. Whether you're training for a hike or simply want to maintain good health, you'll find this conversation fascinating- we sure did. We wrap the show with a triple crown of days of the week, a new gross or not gross, and some good innovating pee pants for people with vaginas.   OnX Backcountry discount code: Use code: "Backpackerradio20" for 20% off at onxmaps.com. Greenbelly discount code: Use code: "TREK2021" to save 10% sitewide at greenbelly.co Gossamer Gear discount code: Use code "POOPSTORY" to save 15% off your cart at GossamerGear.com Check out Hikerlink.co to connect with hiker trash past, present and future. Interview with Dr.Freeborn Mondello RunfreePT.com Instagram - @runfreept Youtube - RunfreePT Free consults over video or in person — runfreept@gmail.com 00:04:30 - QOTD: What’s an injury you have that always comes back?  00:06:47 - Welcome Dr.Freeborn Mondello!  00:07:43 - You’ve done multiple iron man races? What does that entail?  00:10:09 - What is the chafe situation like after a 2.4 mile swim and immediately hopping onto a bike? 00:11:12 - Where have you done your iron man races?  00:12:48 - Did you consider throwing in the towel on the 106 degree day?  00:15:02 - You’re a champion mountain biker? 00:16:10 - How do you go from excelling at a sport where you use high twitch muscles to a sport that uses slow twitch muscles? 00:17:46 - Have you had your muscle twitch fibers measured?  00:18:49 - Is there any science to support being able to switch your muscle fiber types?  00:19:57 - So you grew up in Silver City near Gila National Forest?  00:20:30 - So you’ve been familiar with the CDT for a long time?  00:22:01 - How did you get into physical therapy? 00:25:19 - Is there anything cool you learned why getting your doctorate that most people wouldn’t know or expect?  00:27:00 - How much of a role does neurology play in PT?  00:30:26 - Can you explain dry needling? 00:34:10 - So it’s really your nervous system sometimes telling you that you can’t do something rather than your muscular system? 00:36:30 - Would an orthopedic surgeon have a different take? 00:37:14 - How do the mechanics of dry needling work? How far in does the needle go?  00:40:12 - Can you tell us about the performance enhancing aspect of dry needling? 00:42:41 - Is there something about dry needling that would make it against the rules?  00:44:06 - Does dry needling have a place in the context of a thru-hike? If this is their first time, are those dice worth rolling? 00:46:51 - Is dry needling more effective for acute injuries or chronic ones?  00:48:27 - How long does dry needling last? How often do people have to come back?  00:52:20 - How does the central nervous system play a role in weight training overall?  00:55:49 - Pavel’s kettlebell training video and Rogan interview  00:56:26 - Can you define hypertrophy vs. strength training?  00:59:27 - Do the nutritional requirements differ in hypertrophy vs. strength training?  01:03:08 - What would your protocol be for someone getting ready to hike in a couple months?  01:09:40 - Can strength training work with things you have at home?  01:14:20 - Are kettlebells that different from dumbells?  01:15:44 - If you’re on an island and you can only bring one kettle bell with you, what weight is it?  01:17:06 - How long are you supposed to swing kettlebells for?  01:18:57 - Don’t just buy a kettle bell and start swinging! 01:20:20 - Why is 80% the ideal number for optimal strength training?  01:23:40 - Why is strength training important for endurance sports? Why is doing deadlifts helpful for someone going on a thru-hike? 01:26:17 - Is stretching helpful? What role does it play in endurance sports?  01:30:12 - Is foam rolling helpful? Balls that roll out your muscles?  01:32:08 - Is it possible that foam rollers or lacrosse balls do help people or is it a placebo effect? 01:34:37 - So stretching can help flexibility, but that doesn’t necessarily help injury prevention?  01:36:04 - Can you talk about the difference between mobility and flexibility? 01:37:33 - So tension can just be solved with various workouts?  01:38:48 - What should someone look for to find a good physical therapist or a good personal trainer?  01:42:54 - Is being stretched to your full capacity after ACL surgery advisable?  01:43:53 - How can you tell the difference between an injury you need to rest and a sore muscle you can just push through?  01:46:34 - How do you open hip flexors to reduce lower back pain?  01:48:32 - What is your youtube channel? RunfreePT (five way hip drive)  01:49:52 - What is the best way to prevent shin splints?  01:52:08 - What can people do to help prevent foot issues?  01:56:02 - Is it a good idea to ease into minimalist shoes before a thru-hike? 01:59:00 - So it sounds like strength is the solution?  02:02:10 - Where can people find you? RunfreePT.com Instagram - @runfreept Youtube - RunfreePT Free consults over video or in person — runfreept@gmail.com SEGMENTS Triple Crown of Days of the Week Gross or Not Gross?  Zach ate moldy beef sticks Chaunce drank Harper’s drool Mail Bag 5 Star Reviews  Special thanks to OnX by Backcountry. Shoutout to Pauly (our editor/beats guy) @paulyboyshallcross Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes (and please leave us a review)!  Find us on Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Play. Support us on Patreon to get bonus content. Follow The Trek, Chaunce, Badger, and  Trail Correspondents on Instagram. Follow The Trek and Chaunce on YouTube. A super big thank you to our Chuck Norris Award winner(s) from Patreon: Jason Lawrence, Austen McDaniel, Andrew, Christopher Marshburn, S11N, Sawyer Products, Brad and Blair (Thirteen Adventures), and Cameron Brown. A big thank you to our Cinnamon Connection Champions from Patreon: Cynthia Voth, Brandon Spilker, Emily Brown, Jeffrey Miller, Mitchell, Zoe Jenkins, Dcnerdlet, Jeff LaFranier, Mark Snook, Peter Ellenberg, Thomas Fullmer, Jacob Northrup, Peter Leven, TraskVT and Lindsay Sparks. 

Have you ever felt like your life has completely blasted past all of your comfortable margins? If you’ve experienced burnout, then I’m guessing the answer to that is yes. Dr. Marion McCrary views building in margin as one of the pillars of combating burnout. Listen as she shares her story and why margin has become one of her favorite words.   Dr. McCrary found herself facing burnout as she took on more and more at work. She was passionate about so many things, but quickly realized that all of the white space that she loved was completely gone. That’s when she took a hard look at her priorities.    After taking a sabbatical year in 2020 and fully diving into the coaching space, she decided it was time to start adding things back in. Her process for doing that is truly fantastic! Don’t miss out on her explanation.    Also, if you find yourself pushing up against the clear margins that you’ve set for yourself, it’s time to do a quick check on your priorities… 2.0. Listen in to learn more and if you love what Dr. McCrary is sharing, peruse the links below to follow her and bask in her space in the world.   “I like the white space on the edge of the paper… I love having that room to not have everything scheduled back to back to back to back.” Dr. Marion McCrary In this episode: [02:07] Welcome Dr. Marion McCrary and hear the magic she’s putting into the world.  [03:17] Learn how we met.  [05:36] What margin means to Dr. McCrary and why she picked it.  [09:10] Once you burn out, you’ll probably always have the propensity to go back there.  [10:29] A return to burnout is not a relapse. Learn why relapse is priorities 2.0.  [13:44] Does she help her clients reset in any particular way?  [17:44] Connect with Marion. Links and Resources Physician Financial Services Getting Things Done by David Allen Find Dr. Marion McCrary Marion’s Website Marion on Instagram Marion on Facebook Marion on Twitter Marion on LinkedIn   3 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT LOW-COST!!! Buy my Kindle Book, Doctor Me First, on Amazon Join us for our Monthly Burnout Masterclass Series. Sit with me in my Slack Channel. Schedule a call with Errin HERE Wanna be on this podcast: Schedule HERE Email Errin HERE

Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast episode #123 with Dr. Charles Hillman, whose research and brain scans on students during his time at the University of IL (from 2000-2016) provided enough science to spearhead Naperville’s Zero-hour PE program that we’ve been covering on the past few podcast episodes (#116,[i] #118[ii], #119[iii], #121[iv], #122[v]) that put physical exercise and its impact on cognition and the brain, on the map. It was Paul Zientarski, the former PE teacher and football coach from Naperville who mentioned Dr. Chuck Hillman’s brain scan studies in our interview #121 and I thought these brain scans were so important, that I covered a deeper dive into the results of these scans on episode #122. You can watch the interview on YouTube here. My name is Andrea Samadi, and if you have been listening to our podcast for some time, you will know that we’ve uncovered that if we want to improve our social and emotional skills, and experience success in our work and personal lives, (in school, sports or the workplace) it all begins with an understanding of our brain. The goal of this podcast is to bring in experts, who’ve risen to the top of their field, and share their knowledge, wisdom and tips that many of us wouldn’t have access to, since this understanding of the importance of our brain and results is relatively new. Here’s more about our guest today, Dr. Hillman received his doctorate from the University of Maryland in 2000, and then began his career on the faculty at the University of Illinois, where he was a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health for 16 years. He continued his career at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, where he currently holds appointments in the Department of Psychology and the Department of Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences. He co-directs the new Center for Cognitive and Brain Health[vi], which has the mission of understanding the role of health behaviors on brain and cognition to maximize health and well-being and promote the effective functioning of individuals across the lifespan. Dr. Hillman has published more than 265 refereed journal articles, 15 book chapters, and co-edited a text entitled Functional Neuroimaging in Exercise and Sport Sciences[vii]. When Paul Zientarski mentioned that it was Dr. Hillman who helped him to make up his mind about making changes to their PE program in Naperville, after he saw the scans of students’ brains after just 20 minutes of walking, I knew I had to find out if Dr. Hillman would come on the podcast. I emailed him at Northeastern University on Saturday afternoon, and he replied early Sunday morning that he was interested helping to expand on the results he discovered through his brain scans. We had a chance to exchange some emails, pick an interview time, and that’s how simple it is when you reach out to someone who really does want to see change occur in the world.  Let’s hear from Dr. Hillman. Welcome Dr. Hillman, Thank you so much for such an enjoyable chat Sunday morning, as were picking a time to speak. I know that time is always a factor, when I’m reaching out for the podcast, and do want to maximize our time together, so we can dive a bit deeper into the research that began when you were at the University of IL. Q1: Dr. Hillman, I listened to a podcast that you did with a young man from the UK, Daniel Elias[viii], and I loved his introductory question to you about what it was that began your interest early in your career to study children and the impact that exercise has on their brain? Can we start with where it all began for you? Q2:  The research is clear that exercise has a significant impact on student achievement, from your work, and from the results that Naperville was able to create using your research to create their Zero-hour PE program, and from our conversation on Sunday morning, we know how powerful nature can be on our mindset and health, but I wonder, is there anything we can do to encourage physical activity in those students or children who have not caught the fitness bug, and prefer their screen time vs getting out and going for a walk in the outdoors? Q3: Before I ask some questions about what your early studies showed, I wanted to double check to be sure that I have the correct understanding of what happened with the lower fit student’s brain vs higher fit. Is it accurate to say that “The most noticeable difference was during the difficult test, the brains of the higher fit students lit up bright red, showing the increase of brain activity they had access to, and the lower fit students just didn’t have enough brain power during the difficult test?” To be sure that I am sharing the most accurate information, how would you explain the results of this brain scan and what other research have you done that goes beyond what you discovered early on? Q4: I saw 2 studies under the research tab on your website. What are you currently working on at your Center for Cognitive and Brain Health, and what is your vision for your work in the next 10 years? Q4B: Are you looking at how exercise slows down cognitive decline? Q5: Dr. Hillman, At your lab, do you only use fMRI scans? As brain scan technology changes, advances and improves, can you see how different brain scanning technology and tools could help us to learn more about the brain by perhaps measuring neurotransmitters, or looking at how different parts of the brain interact with each other? What do you think is on the horizon for how we can look at and measure with our brain? Dr. Hillman, I want to thank you very much for your time today. If anyone wants to learn more about you and your work, is the best place https://web.northeastern.edu/cbhlab/  and your Center for Cognitive and Brain Health Lab? I have put links in the show notes for people to learn more about your lab through Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin. Have an incredible week! https://www.facebook.com/TheCBHLab/ https://twitter.cWom/CBHLab https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-hillman-2b55a614/ RESOURCES: Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans 2nd Edition https://healthysd.gov/physical-activity-guidelines-for-americans-2nd-edition/ Effects of the FITKids Randomized Controlled Trial on Executive Control and Brain Function (October 2014) https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/134/4/e1063 Art Kramer Director and Professor of Psychology https://cos.northeastern.edu/people/art-kramer/ REFERENCES: [i] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast Episode #116 with Best Selling Author John J. Ratey on “The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/best-selling-author-john-j-ratey-md-on-the-revolutionary-new-science-of-exercise-and-the-brain/ [ii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast Episode #118 with Andrea Samadi on a Deep Dive into Best-Selling Author John J. Ratey’s Books “Spark, Go Wild and Driven to Distraction” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/deep-dive-into-best-selling-author-john-j-rateys-books-spark-go-wild-and-driven-to-distraction/ [iii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast Episode #119 Brain Fact Friday on “The Damaging Impact of Sugar on the Brain and Body” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-on-the-damaging-impact-of-sugar-on-the-brain-and-body-with-andrea-samadi/ [iv] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast Episode #121 with Naperville’s Central High School’s former PE teacher and football coach Paul Zientarski on “Transforming Students Using Physical Education and Neuroscience” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/naperville-central-high-schools-paul-zeintarski-on-transforming-students-using-physical-education-and-neuroscience/ [v][v] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast Episode #122 Brain Fact Friday https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-on-transforming-the-mind-using-athletics-and-neuroscience/ [vi]Center for Cognitive and Brain Health at Northeastern University  https://web.northeastern.edu/cbhlab/ [vii]Functional Neuroimaging in Exercise and Sport Sciences 2012th Edition  https://www.amazon.com/Functional-Neuroimaging-Exercise-Sport-Sciences-ebook/dp/B00A9YGOY8 [viii] Believe, Move Grow Podcast EPISODE #2 with Dr. Charles Hillman https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-i76v8-f88e16?utm_campaign=i_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=i_share  

Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #116, with best-selling author Dr. John Ratey[i],  who is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an internationally recognized expert in Neuropsychiatry. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles, and 11 books published in 17 languages, including the groundbreaking ADHD “Driven to Distraction” series with Dr. Edward (Ned) Hallowell, MD. With the publication of "Spark:The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain", Dr. Ratey has established himself as one of the world's foremost authorities on the brain-fitness connection. His most recent book, “Go Wild”, explores how we can achieve optimal physical and mental health by getting in touch with our caveman roots, and how we can “re-wild” our lives. Dr. Ratey lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Los Angeles. Watch the interview on YouTube here.  On this episode you will learn: ✔︎ Who inspired Dr. Ratey to connect exercise and nutrition to the brain, health and learning? ✔︎ Are some people born runners, meant for exercise and others are not? ✔︎ What happens to the brain after exercise so that it's primed for learning? ✔︎ What is the "disease of civilization" that we all face at some point in our life, before we learn the foods that we should eat and foods we should avoid? ✔︎ What is the lesson we should all understand about carbs/sugar/good fats/insulin and glucose? ✔︎ What is BDNF and why is it so important for brain health? ✔︎ How did one school in Chicago inspire Dr. Ratey to write the book Spark? Hello and Welcome back! I’m Andrea Samadi, a former educator who has been fascinated with learning the science behind high performance strategies in schools, sports and the workplace, for the past 20 years. If you have been listening to our podcast for some time, you will know that we’ve uncovered that if we want to improve our social and emotional skills, and experience success in our work and personal lives, it all begins with putting our brain health first. We’ve mentioned that daily exercise is one of the top 5 health staples that’s a known brain-health and Alzheimer’s prevention strategy, from our episode #87[ii]  helping us to take our results, productivity and health to these higher levels. I can’t tell you how excited I am to have come across our guest today, from a referral from someone who was interviewing me a couple of weeks ago.  I always participate in Anna Alba’s “Thriving Parents, Happy Student[iii]” Summit, and this year, she asked me “have you read Dr. Ratey’s book called Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain” and I had not. After I had read just the first few pages of his book, I learned about a school in Chicago, called Naperville[iv], that provides a powerful case study on how aerobic activity can transform not only the body, but also the mind.  I started making connections between the direction our podcast took last year with Dr. David Perlmutter’s Science of Prevention Series from episode #87 where exercise was listed as a top 5 health staple and Alzheimer’s prevention strategy, and now there was a book all about how this one school was using exercise to transform their student’s academic performance.  It took me back to my early days as an educator, and when I used exercise to calm down my students who were labelled behavioral. I was probably onto something back then, without even knowing it. After I learned about the study and research from Naperville, I asked Greg Wolcott, the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning from episode #64 and one of our first episodes #7, if he had heard of this school and the research and he had.  He let me know that Naperville is about 20 minutes from him and he said “I have based interventions with several schools off the research and found MTSS interventions to have the strongest effect after PE.” I emailed Dr. Ratey immediately (it was late in the evening) and asked if he would come on the podcast as a guest, and he responded right away and agreed to set up our interview. His book Spark was about cementing the idea that “exercise has a profound impact on cognitive abilities and mental health. It is simply one of the best treatments we have for most psychiatric problems.”[v] I couldn’t have been more excited about speaking with him. Well, I could, and I was! When I began reading his most recent book, Go Wild: Eat fat, Run Free, Be Social, and Follow Evolution’s Other Rules for Total Health and Well-Being[vi] I almost dropped my phone when I read the last page of his Foreword, when I learned that it was written by Dr. David Perlmutter[vii], whose Alzheimer’s The Science of Prevention Series[viii] inspired our podcast to take a turn towards health and wellness last summer. Let’s hear from Dr. Ratey! Welcome Dr. Ratey, thank you for taking the time to speak with me today. Q1: Before we get to the questions I have for you on your book Spark, and the impact that exercise has on our cognitive abilities, I read in your book Go Wild, that a chance meeting changed the direction of your life. Who did you meet that had such an incredible impact on your life and direction of your work? Q2: When I think of the title of your book, Go Wild, and began reading it, I began to think of how we have evolved like you mention in chapter 1 as humans 1.0. One of my recent podcast interviews #113 was with Troy Busot[ix], who spoke a lot about endurance running. As a new runner, just starting out, it shocks me that I can run up and down a mountain (over 5 miles) easily but tell me to run 2 miles on the street, and it almost kills me. What would you say?  Does my friend Troy find running long distances easy because he has conditioned himself for it, or are certain people “not made for running?” What does the research say? Q3: What’s happening at the brain level to help me to think better after I exercise? Q3B: What does your routine look like, Dr. Ratey, after all of the research you have done? Q4: Chapter 3 of your book, “Food: Follow the Carbs” with a case study of Mary Beth Stutzman, caught my attention, because her story, although far worse than mine, reminded me of when I was at a standstill with my health (around 2016) and a trip to the ER with stomach pain, led me to a colonoscopy, to look for some answers about exactly what diet should I be eating.  I talk about some of the solutions I found with intermittent fasting and eating a higher fat diet on episode #94 with fitness model and trainer Jason Wittrock[x] but can you explain what is “the disease of civilization” that each of us suffers from in one way or another, and what are some of the solutions that you have seen to work when it comes to diet and nutrition? What should we be eating and what food should we avoid? Q5: I love how we have someone to blame for what you call “fat-o-phobia” and knowing our cholesterol numbers—you mention Ancel Keys from the University of Minnesota who did some studies that focused on fat and cholesterol, bringing to light that we should avoid fats like the plague. I don’t even know where my fear of butter came from, but it was a huge paradigm shift for me when I made the mental shift away from the fat that eating fats is bad for you. Can you explain why someone can get lean, and feel a surge of energy on a higher fat diet vs one that’s high carb/or sugar that makes someone feel sluggish?  What’s the lesson we should all understand with carbs/sugar/insulin and fat? Q6: We are getting closer now to bringing in the impacts of exercise on the brain, and its effect on cognition and mental health, but I’ve got one more question that ties what we eat, to how we feel and our mental well-being. In the book Spark, you mention brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as “Miracle Gro for the Brain” and its importance for brain health. How does nutrition, or what we choose to eat, have such a profound effect on BDNF and become so important for brain health? Q7: So now we move to the impact that exercise has on the brain and cognition, or the whole reason why I couldn’t put your book, Spark, down, and I have to say, that when I read you say that a school in Chicago, Naperville, ignited a “spark” in you, to write the book, my attention was caught. I wondered, what did Dr. Ratey learn from this school, and perhaps I was onto something when I used to make my behavioral students run around the building, to bring their focus back on track, in the late 90s, when I was a teacher in the classroom. How does aerobic activity transform the body, and the mind? What in a nutshell did you learn from Naperville’s Zero Hour PE Class? Q8: Where is your focus now? What are you researching at the moment? What is your vision for change in the future? Thank you very much Dr. Ratey for the time you have taken to speak with me about your books, and years of research. If people want to learn more about you, what’s the best way? www.JohnRatey.com? https://www.facebook.com/JohnRateyMD http://www.sparkinglife.org/ Power Your Brain Through Exercise  RESOURCES Run, Jump, Learn! How Exercise Can Transform Our Schools: John J Ratey at TEDxManhattanBeach Published on YouTube Nov. 18, 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBSVZdTQmDs&t=4s How to Increase BDNF: 10 Ways to Rescue Your Brain (Sept. 17, 2020) https://strongcoffeecompany.com/blogs/strong-words/how-to-increase-bdnf-10-ways-to-rescue-your-brain One Small Change Turned These 19,000 Students into the Fittest and Smartest in the US by Alan Freishtat, August 9, 2012  https://www.ou.org/life/health/one-small-change-turned-these-19000-students-into-fittest-smartest-us-alan-freishtat/ Learning Readiness PE with Paul Zientarski  https://learningreadinesspe.com/ 7 Minute Workout App (J&J Official 7 Minute Workout)  https://7minuteworkout.jnj.com/   RESOURCES: ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction by John J Ratey, MD and  Edward Hallowell MD (Jan. 12, 2021) https://www.amazon.com/ADHD-2-0-Essential-Strategies-Distraction/dp/0399178732 Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most Out of Life with ADHD by Edward M Hallowell and John Ratey (December 27, 2005)  (https://www.amazon.com/Delivered-Distraction-Getting-Attention-Disorder-ebook/dp/B000FCKLWK/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=ratey&qid=1616618626&sr=8-3 These 2 Habits Can Help You Live Longer, Says Bulletproof Coffee Creator (who plans to live to 180) by Jade Scipioni November 20, 2019 https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/20/bulletproof-coffee-founder-dave-asprey-how-to-live-longer.html https://www.bulletproof.com/ Neuroplasticity—Why You Should Care About Your BDNF by Jurie Rossouw https://home.hellodriven.com/neuroplasticity-bdnf-resilience.html Michael Pollen’s Food Rules https://www.glutenfreegal.com/michael-pollans-food-rules/ Remembering P.E. Advocate Phil Lawler by Michael Popke April 2010 https://www.athleticbusiness.com/people/remembering-p-e-advocate-phil-lawler.html Learning Readiness PE with Dr. Paul Zientarski https://learningreadinesspe.com/ REFERENCES: [i] http://www.johnratey.com/ [ii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #87 with Andrea Samadi on “The Top 5 Brain Health and Alzheimer’s Prevention Strategies”  https://www.achieveit360.com/the-top-5-brain-health-and-alzheimers-prevention-strategies-with-andrea-samadi/ [iii] Anna Alba’s Thriving Parents, Happy Student Summit https://thrivingstudents-happyparents.com/ [iv] Enhancing P.E. in Illinois: Naperville Central High School, September 2013 Case Study https://iphionline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/P.E._Case_Study_Naperville.pdf [v] Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey, MD (January 10, 2008) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D7GQ887/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 [vi] Go Wild: Eat fat, Run Free, Be Social, and Follow Evolution’s Other Rules for Total Health and Well-Being by John J. Ratey, MD and Richard Manning (June 3, 2014) https://www.amazon.com/Go-Wild-Free-Afflictions-Civilization-ebook/dp/B00FPQA66C [vii] https://www.drperlmutter.com/about/bio/ [viii] Dr. David Perlmutter’s Science of Prevention Series https://www.drperlmutter.com/alzheimers-the-science-of-prevention-2020-air-dates/ [ix] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #113 with Troy Busot on “Launching a Successful Business, Health and Chasing 50” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/founder-of-athlinks-troy-busot-on-launching-a-successful-business-health-and-chasing-50/ [x] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning EPISODE #94 with Jason Wittrock on “Nutrition, Intermittent Fasting, Nutrition and the Ketogenic Diet” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/personal-trainer-and-fitness-model-jason-wittrock-on-health-nutrition-intermittent-fasting-and-the-ketogenic-diet/

This week's episode has a special guest: Gay Hendricks. Gay Hendricks has been a leader in the fields of relationship transformation and bodymind transformation for more than 45 years. After earning his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1974, Gay served as Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Colorado for 21 years. He has written more than 40 books, including bestsellers such as Five Wishes, The Big Leap, Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, (the last two co-authored with his co-author and mate for more than 35 years, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks). He is also a mystery novelist, with a series of five books featuring the Tibetan-Buddhist private detective, Tenzing Norbu, as well as a new mystery series featuring a Victorian-era London detective, Sir Errol Hyde. His latest book, Conscious Luck, reveals eight ways to change your fortunes through the power of intention. Gay has appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including Oprah, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS and others.  Hosts: Nick and Kisma Special Guest: Gay Hendricks 1:44 Welcome Dr. Gay Hendricks to Illumination Podcast I'm so excited to have Gay Hendricks as a guest today. We've studied and talked about his work. We covered his work in a four-part series at the beginning of last year, and we are just so incredibly excited to have him join us in this episode. Nick Welcome Dr. Gay Hendricks to Illumination Podcast. We're so happy you're here. KISMA Thank you very much. It's a pleasure and an honor to meet both of you. Dr. Gay Hendricks 2:16 Initial Awakening We've been watching some of your interviews and there was one where you had shared something about your initial awakening, and I was wondering if you would share that event with our listeners because it was so compelling and gave me so much hope. KISMA Absolutely. I wouldn't be here without that event having happened.  When I was 24, I had managed to create a pretty painful life, because I not only weighed 320 pounds, but I wore big thick glasses. I was in a relationship that was really toxic and I couldn't figure out how to get out of it. I was also in a job that wasn't going real well, and I didn't feel like I was using any of my potential.  So one day everything came to a head. I went out for a walk to try to get my head cleared after I'd had an argument with Linda, the woman I referred to. And by golly, I got it cleared big time. What happened was I stepped on a place where the snow had covered the ice and my feet shot out from under me. And I went down on my back and I didn't knock myself out, but I call it an out of Hendrix experience because I had this experience that knocked me out of my senses for about two or three minutes. It knocked me out of my usual way of looking at the world. I laid there and I had this amazing thing happen for about two minutes where I got a look at who I really was. It was like I could see all the way down through the different levels of myself. Dr. Gay Hendricks 5:36 Pure Consciousness In that moment I suddenly became aware of this whole different set of levels of myself. But then the really magical thing that happened was that I realized that down underneath everything was this part of myself that I call pure consciousness. I'd never touched into it before, but it's the part that we all have of ourselves. And it gave me a new place to come home to.  So I had this one moment before I got back up where I said “I'm going to do whatever it takes to feel that pure consciousness all the time”, because it was the first time I felt like I'd really come home in myself. Dr. Gay Hendricks That's an amazing story.  Do you think everyone has this opportunity for that? The sense of feeling and seeing and being aware of that pure consciousness within us? KISMA  I actually do.  The way I put it to my students now is the Universe is totally willing to tickle us with a feather to teach us, but if we're not paying attention, it'll then hit us over the head with a sledgehammer.  Dr. Gay Hendricks 15:19 Essence I wanted to circle back about this idea that I’ve heard you talk about a little bit. It's the essence, like the purest pure consciousness, and I'm curious to hear your perspective on that. Nick What I call essence is that pure part of ourselves that expresses who we really are. If you took that away, you wouldn't be you. I think that it's a gift that everybody has that kind of pure consciousness.  The value of it that I've come to really appreciate is that it does give me a place to come home to that's underneath all the phenomena of my life. It's underneath the thoughts, it's underneath all my feelings. All of those things are very important, but for example, you have sad feelings or angry feelings or scared feelings, but underneath that is that vast ocean of pure consciousness. And I think that in life, our kind of our spiritual job is to find that aspect of ourselves and open up to it and let ourselves be grounded and centered in it.  Dr. Gay Hendricks I love the word essence for it. The essence of that very unique, purest expression of yourself. And I love the way that you talk about it's like that place to come home to because it's not a feeling. It's a state of being that we drop into and it just changes everything. Nick 36:21 The Big Leap and The Genius Zone So in your book , you mention the genius zone and I understand that you have a new book coming out where you're going to expand on this. Can you tell us a little bit more about this book?  Nick  Basically it takes what's in and gives you a way of diving right down into your genius zone. So it's kind of like instead of flying the plane to your genius zone, it gives you a very nice parachute, a way to just go straight down and capture it. There are some processes in the book that give you a real quick way of getting into that space and how to stay there once you're there.  Dr. Gay Hendricks Would you consider The Big Leap a prerequisite for it, or can people just dive right into The Genius Zone? Nick It would be great if they read The Big Leap first because it's kind of a sequel.  Dr. Gay Hendricks 47:55 Five Wishes Well we don't have guests a lot and when we do they're so special such as yourself. A question that I always like to ask is is there anything that's in your heart that you want to do before you leave the planet that you've not told anybody? KIMSA I can't really think of anything. I figured out early on what I wanted.  In my book , I talk about the five things that I wanted to create in my life and I've created them more beyond my wildest dreams. So I have to say if the Universe needs me in the collective anytime soon I'm ready and willing to go. I'm having a great time while I'm here, but I've accomplished all my major goals and I'm just enjoying living more and more of them every day. Dr. Gay Hendricks I love that. That's the best.  Nick Well thank you so much for being here Dr. Gay Hendricks. KISMA

Today we have a special BONUS episode on the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast with a very insightful backstory for how we came to meet our next guest. But first,  if you are new here, my name is Andrea Samadi, and I’m a former educator who created this podcast to bring the most current neuroscience research, along with high performing experts who have risen to the top of their field, with specific strategies or ideas that you can implement immediately, whether you are an educator, or in the corporate space, to take your results to the next level. If we want to improve our social, emotional and cognitive abilities, it all starts with an understanding of our brain.  You can watch this interview on YouTube here.  ----------------BACKSTORY----------------- I first heard our next guest on Dr. Daniel and Tana Amen’s Brain Warrior’s Way Podcast[i] right at the start of the Pandemic last May 2020 where I learned about a “Step 5 Process to Managing Trauma.” At the time of this interview, many people around me were just beginning to feel the stressors and pressure that this global pandemic was having on the world, and I began to pay attention to what this speaker was saying. I usually listen to my podcasts early morning and takes notes on my phone, and I began quickly writing what I was learning on this podcast. This speaker caught my attention because she mentioned that she had spent 25 years in the in South Africa in the worst areas—working with local schools, and community centers where she would teach them about their brain and their mind, and her work had such an incredible impact on those around her, they would fill these rooms, with standing room only. I know what it takes to fill a room, coming from my work in the speaking industry, working closely with Bob Proctor Seminars, so I knew she had to be doing something outstanding to draw this much interest. This podcast episode ended and I went back to my usual work life and interviewing new speakers. At that time, I was referred to a publisher and was working with many of authors connected to this polisher (Corwin Press), and my interview schedule filled up through the summer, and I wasn’t looking for new guests, I was just trying to keep up with the demand to interview the ones I had in cue. Then I had an email from one of my LinkedIn contacts, John Prucha[ii], from Atlanta, GA, who I heard from occasionally as he was enjoying the podcast episodes and often would send me his thoughts and feedback. One day he sent me a private message asking if I had considered reaching out to Dr. Carolyn Leaf[iii] for the podcast. At the time he sent me the message, I was swamped with the line-up of guests, but I do take all referrals seriously, and wrote down Dr. Leaf’s name on my desk.  And went back to work as usual. A couple of weeks later I was working on a Character Book that I am creating, and this time, I am doing the interior design of the book, instead of sending it to a publisher, and I was looking for some headings to go along with the lessons I was creating. For each Character Trait, like Attentiveness, I have created ways to learn this attribute, and had the heading THINK (with some tips on what to think about before studying how to become more attentive), LEARN (the actual lesson on attentiveness), TAKE ACTION (with an activity to implement attentiveness into your daily life) and I was searching for the last heading. What happens to people after they learn a new skill? When I don’t know the answer to something, I usually type it into Google and see what comes up. I typed in THINK, LEARN, and the FIRST thing to come up was a book called Think, Learn, Succeed: Understanding and Using Your Mind to Thrive at School, the Workplace and Life[iv] by Dr. Caroline Leaf!  If you had been in my office, you would have seen me glance at the note on my desk as my brain processed, “Hey, wasn’t that the same person who John Prucha from LinkedIn asked me to contact?” Then I typed Dr. Leaf’s name into my notes, and there she was, on the Brain Warrior’s Way Podcast, so I put down what I was doing, and emailed her offices to request her as a guest on the podcast. I don’t believe in accidents, or that things happen by chance or luck. I believe that when there is an opportunity that we can easily miss it if we are not aware. I really should have reached out to Dr. Leaf the minute I knew of her background with education and the brain, which is the whole entire theme of this podcast, for those who have been following us.  I did hear back from her offices, from someone named Jessica, who let me know that Dr. Leaf was currently swamped, but for me to reach back to her in January. Of course I put a note up on my calendar on my wall to contact Dr. Leaf then, and circled it so I wouldn’t forget. And went on with my work and life, until I was contacted by Podbean, who hosts this podcast, to see if I could be interested in moderating an event that was coming up in November of 2020, called Wellness Week. I wrote back that I would love to do this and asked to learn more about the session I would be moderating. I received an email back that I would be running the session about Neuroscience, Mental Health and Coaching with John Kim, and….Dr. Caroline Leaf! Of course I did a deep dive into Dr. Leaf’s work prior to that session, and loved every minute of speaking with her, learning more, taking more notes, and knowing that it would be so much fun to one day interview her face to face on The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast. And today is that day. World-renowned neuroscientist and best-selling author Dr. Caroline Leaf, is a communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist with a Masters and PhD in Communication Pathology and a BSc Logopaedics, specializing in cognitive and metacognitive neuropsychology. Since the early 1980s she has researched the mind-brain connection, the nature of mental health, and the formation of memory. She was one of the first in her field to study how the brain can change (neuroplasticity) with directed mind input.  During her years in clinical practice and her work with thousands of underprivileged teachers and students in her home country of South Africa and in the USA, she developed her theory (called the Geodesic Information Processing theory) of how we think, build memory, and learn, into tools and processes that have transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), learning disabilities (ADD, ADHD), autism, dementias and mental ill-health issues like anxiety and depression. She has helped hundreds of thousands of students and adults learn how to use their mind to detox and grow their brain to succeed in every area of their lives, including school, university, and the workplace. Dr. Leaf is about to release her NEW book, Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: 5 Simple Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress and Toxic Thinking (March 2, 2021) where the solution is offered in five action-oriented steps called the Neurocycle, where she shares practical application and strategies for readers. Backed by clinical research and illustrated with compelling case studies, Dr. Leaf provides a scientifically supported plan to find and eliminate the root of anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts in reader’s lives so they can build a healthy new and automated neural network in 63 days, the length of time to properly build a new habit. “I truly believe that mental mess is something we all experience often,” writes Dr. Leaf, “and that it isn’t something we should be ashamed of. This is my profession, and I still have to clean up my mind daily. The events and circumstances of life aren’t going anywhere; people make a lot of decisions every day that affect us all, suffering of some sort for you and your loved ones is inevitable. That said, I wholeheartedly believe that although the events and circumstances can’t be controlled, we can control our reactions to these events and circumstances. This is mind-management in action!” Dr. Leaf leverages the strategies she has developed working with patients over the last 38 years to teach readers how to foster and cultivate the power of their own thinking and direct their own brain changes. Mind-management, when done correctly, helps facilitate talk between the conscious, the subconscious, and the nonconscious mind. This, in turn, gets brainwaves flowing in a healthy way, optimizing brain function. This is done by implementing the Neurocycle, a simple, clinically researched mind-management tool for personal use to address and ameliorate such warning signals as anxiety, depression, toxic thinking, inability to concentrate, irritability, exhaustion and burnout before they take over someone’s mind. In CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS, you will learn: What happens when we don’t use our minds properly Mind-management and why we need it How the 5 steps can help reduce anxiety and depression by up to 81% according to clinical studies Why mind-management is the solution to cleaning up your mental mess How the science can help us transition from being aware of toxic thoughts, to catching and managing them in their early stages How our thoughts physically affect ourselves and others How to capitalize on directed neuroplasticity using the Neurocycle To apply mind-management to unwire toxic habits and trauma How to leverage the lessons in the book for their daily lifestyle, including connection, brain-building, sleep, diet, exercise, people-pleasing, toxic perfectionism, overthinking, toxic emails and texts Why mindfulness is not enough and how strategic mind-management through the 5 steps can take a reader beyond mindfulness You can order your copy of Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess[v] starting March 2nd (and pre-order your copy if you are listening to this podcast on March 1st). Welcome Dr. Leaf, it’s such a pleasure to meet you face to face after working with you during Podbean’s Wellness Week for our session back in November last year. Intro: Dr. Leaf, before we get to the questions I have for you, I wanted to ask if you could give us a quick history of how you came to study the brain and how did you come to believe that if “we direct our mind, we can change our brain.” How did you set out to prove those 2 professors wrong who told you this concept was ridiculous? My Thoughts: I first heard about the importance of studying the mind with Bob Proctor, who I worked for through his seminars for 6 years. I learned about the mind, the importance of positive thinking, and how we could change our conditions, circumstances, environment and results with the power of our thoughts. Schools/educators were not ready for this, so when I began working with schools, I had to change the word “mind” to “brain” to make what I was saying science based. Like you, I believe that with the right strategy, we can learn anything. PART 1 of the BOOK “The Why and the How” Q1: When we release this podcast episode, it will be the day before you NEW book, Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: 5 Simple Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress and Toxic Thinking comes out. This book takes the research you have done over the past 38 years and teaches us exactly how we can make the most of our mind and brain, taking us to new heights. Can you explain what our mind is, and what happens to it if we don’t keep our thoughts clean? What is the interconnected mind? What’s the difference between the mind and  brain? Can we measure or see what “mind” is? My Thoughts: On episode 23[vi], we take a close look at “Understanding the Difference Between the Mind and the Brain” with Dr. Daniel Siegel’s definition of the mind and brain. It’s a topic I’ve been interested in learning more about since learning of the importance of positive thinking from Bob Proctor in the late 1990s.  I know that our thoughts control our conditions, circumstances, environment and results. I just never had the science to prove it, other than one person I met, Dr. Joesph Guan (Clinical Director at the Brain Enhancement Center in Singapore) who studied with Dr. Bruce Lipton[vii] said he saw machines (called SQUID machines) that could measure a positive and/or negative thought and prove how negative thinking caused poor results. Q2: I know I heard you mention on your podcast with Dr. Amen that if we are anxious while eating, that our pancreas will not secrete the peptides needed to digest our food, just like the importance of our thinking on our telomeres/aging. What happens when we don’t use our minds correctly and have doubts and worries occupying our mind, like most of us do on a daily basis? Q3: Listeners of this podcast all know of the importance of self-regulation with regards to our results, but these days, we seem to get hit with something new every week that makes positive thinking really difficult. Can you explain what your research suggests to be the best way to manage our minds during stressful times? PART 2 of the Book, The Practical Application of the Neurocycle Q4: I heard you speaking about this concept of using your brain to change negative thinking a few times before I really understood it. I heard it first on the Brain Warrior Way Podcast, then again on Ed Mylett’s podcast, and you went into detail about this strategy during our session on Wellness Week and I was furiously writing notes to understand this concept.  I will link all of these episodes in the show notes for people to find, so you don’t have to go into detail, but can you explain the metaphor that you use of how our worries are like branches on  a tree, with the goal of identifying FIRST what we are worrying about, pick one worry to fix, get a new perspective of this worry, and then actually get to the root cause or origin of our worry to eliminate it? My thoughts: I downloaded the SWITCH app after watching the Brain Warrior’s Way Podcast again and have just started to work on one thing I worry about.  After just one day, I am learning so much about why I think I worry about this one thing, and even just thinking/analyzing it, has helped. (Name it to tame it idea). Q5: It seems that every day we have a new challenge to overcome and many of us our experiencing some sort of anxiety that can lead to depression which is completely normal. How can we use neurocycling to build mental toughness, resiliency, or even emotional toughness to overcome how difficult times are these days? Q6: How can we use these 5 steps to break bad habits and build good lifestyle habits? Q7: How can we use these steps to detox from trauma or memories that we habitually play over in our minds—those Automatic Negative Thoughts? Thank you very much Dr. Leaf for the years of research you have done in this field, for the books and resources you have created, and your Switch app where anyone can go and begin to immediately implement these ideas. For people who want to learn more about your work, is the best place https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com/  If someone wants to purchase your book, out March 2nd 2021, I will put the links in the show notes.  Also, you have an incredible podcast, Cleaning Up the Mental Mess[viii] where you go into detail on using the neurocycle in specific areas of your life (most recently for reclaiming the loss of self and your identity). Other than the NEW book, your APP, website and podcast, have I missed anything that people should see? Thank you! RESOURCES: Neuroscience Meets SEL Episode #106 with Andrea Samadi "Review of Dr. Leaf's Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess Book and App" https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/book-and-app-review-of-neuroscientist-and-best-selling-author-dr-caroline-leafs-cleaning-up-your-mental-mess-coming-march-2-20201/  What is Qeeg Brain Mapping https://www.mountainvistapsychology.com/qeeg/ REFERENCES: [i] The 5-Step Process to Managing Trauma with Dr. Caroline Leaf on The Brain Warrior’s Way Podcast Published on YouTube May 22, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_sHPAvOXh4&t=2661s [ii] John Prucha, Graduate Student from Liberty University https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-p-2160661b2/ [iii] https://drleaf.com/ [iv]Think, Learn, Succeed: Understanding and Using Your Mind to Thrive at School, the Workplace and Life by Dr. Caroline Leaf (August 7, 2018)  https://www.amazon.com/Think-Learn-Succeed-Understanding-Workplace/dp/0801093279 [v] Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess by Dr. Caroline Leaf (March 2, 2021) https://www.amazon.com/Cleaning-Your-Mental-Mess-Scientifically/dp/0801093457 [vi] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Episode #14 “Understanding the Difference Between the Mind and the Brain” https://www.achieveit360.com/understanding-the-difference-between-your-mind-and-brain/ [vii] Dr. Bruce Lipton https://www.brucelipton.com/ [viii] Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess Podcast with Dr. Leaf https://drleaf.com/pages/podcasts

Welcome Dr. Cynthia Miller to the TufFish Show, a place to help writers and aspiring authors get out of their own way to leave a legacy by telling the stories they want to share through writing their own books and confidently sharing them with others. The writing process can be tough and the business side can feel scary, but TufFish makes both feel smoother and achievable. Dr. Cynthia Miller, visionary and pathfinder, has a Ph.D. in Cellular Transformation and the Psychology of Change. She guides people into the unknown, from the remote wilderness, the psyche, and vast terrain of cellular consciousness into multiple dimensions, all to uncover the truth of who they are. For decades she has transformed her own life and the lives of her clients. Her map, CM2=E, is a revolutionary model for Conscious Multidimensional Evolution that can shift the global framework from fear and suffering into safety, inner fulfillment, and love. Dr. Cynthia is the author of Unseen Connections: A Memoir from Pain and Violence to Joy, The Art of Radical Gratitude, and I Am Worthy. Visit https://www.drcynthiamiller.com/ Book purchase link for Unseen Connections: https://www.amazon.com/Unseen-Connections-Memoir-Pain-Violence-ebook/dp/B08TPRQNFK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

On this week’s episode, Chatrice and Luis talk about anxiety in dating and relationships. Our hosts welcome friend of the pod Dr. Kate. For this week’s adulting moment, Luis is wondering what is the difference between light and dark kidney beans and Chatrice is doing some extreme couponing (kind of) for some salsa. Dr. Kate talks to Chatrice, Luis, and the Cuties about where anxieties come from, how patterns in dating contribute to anxiety, and the role of friends in managing anxiety. Dr. Kate encourages us to ask important questions: are you ready to date? are you ready for the rejection? are you ready to turn someone down if someone is not a good match? Word of the Pod - expeditiously (adv.) with speed and efficiencyTime Stamps:11:20 - Welcome Dr. Kate!23:01 - Clinical interview on the first date24:24 - Dr. Kate’s speciality27:04 - Anxiety in dating30:01 - Havin a therapist in college31:45 - Fat friends being the supporting friends34:44 - Where does anxiety in dating happen? 37:14 - Trusting others while dating; pattern of bad dating experiences38:45 - Challenging anxiety, locating the evidence for thoughts41:12 - Are we doing good by our friends by pushing them a little?43:01 - Being ready to date can help manage anxiety43:57 - Chatrice asks, how do you know if you are ready to date?45:01 - Rejection is part of the dating process47:06 - What do you want in your dating journey: f**k buddy, catch feelings49:18 - Applying queer studies to dating/relationships, expanding the definition of attraction50:33 - Milenials and Gen Z being open to dating more than one person (generally)51:24 - “Your partner doesn’t fullfil every single one of your needs51:44 - Putting on your partner the expectation to be all the things and what happens if they do not meet that53:20 - Pattern of people we date54:17 - Best treatment for anxiety is low grade exposure58:10 - Anxiety can cause dating to be a high stakes thing59:06 - Equity in relationships1:00:01 - Balancing independence with allowing yourself to be taken of in a relationship1:01:26 - Being own people in a relationship1:03:14 - Accept the person for who they are, recognizing one doesn’t have or need control in life1:04:01 - Dr. Kate answers, can you date someone who has anxiety?1:09:24 - WRAP UP: Dr. Kate gives advice when it comes to dating, anxiety, and insecutitiesWebsite: courtingincolor.com / Email: CourtNColor@gmail.com / Instagram: @CourtNColor Don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review!

In this episode, I had the privilege of connecting with Dr. Christine Sterling, who is not only a mom herself, but is a board-certified OB-GYN, on a mission to ensure women get the maternal care support they deserve - emotionally and medically. Her passion for supporting women to confidently and calmly navigate motherhood, postpartum and the fourth trimester, challenging society's views of what a perfect mom should look like - is just the kind of support moms need. So, why are we expected to be perfect moms all the time? Who created this image of perfection in motherhood? Being a mom is the most rewarding job, but it can also be one of the toughest. It can seem like everything you do is constantly under scrutiny. There is so much mom shaming going on, which makes you constantly second guess if you're worthy. But guess what? YOU ARE! You are enough mama! This episode is so powerful and inspiring! Here's what we'll be digging into today: >> Addressing mom guilt around how you chose to feed your baby >>Doable goals around breastfeeding and pivoting when it doesn't work out >>Handling those unhelpful criticisms that seem to be in plenty during postpartum >>Where this idea version of the "perfect mom" came from >>Why comparing yourself to other moms on social media isn't practical Grab a comfy spot, and listen in - and please share it with your friends! All Moms need to hear this message! It’s up on the blog too, if you prefer to read in silence (www.mylittleeater.com/momshame) And, as always, if you get value from this episode please subscribe, rate and review it at Apple Podcasts! Additional Resources: FLOURISH IN THE FIRST YEAR POSTPARTUM E-COURSE: https://www.thesterlinglife.com/rescueme PREVENTING POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION WORKBOOK: https://www.thesterlinglife.com/preventing-ppd PREPARED POSTPARTUM E-COURSE: https://www.thesterlinglife.com/preparedpostpartum INSTAGRAM: @drsterlingobgyn FACEBOOK: @DrSterlingObGyn Dr. Sterling's Bio: Dr. Christine Sterling is a board-certified ObGyn and ‘mom on a mission’ dedicated to ensuring women get the maternal care and support they deserve. Dr. Sterling obtained her bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from the University of Southern California, graduating summa cum laude. She then continued at USC for her medical degree. As the loyal BFF that all mommas need, it isn’t surprising that when residency colleagues were asked to pick who they would have as their personal physician, they chose Dr. Sterling. She supports modern women to confidently and calmly navigate their reproductive journey with fierce compassion and determination to challenge the status quo when it comes to women’s health. After becoming a mother herself, Dr. Sterling discovered firsthand how little support western medicine offers to women moving through the life-altering transition into motherhood. She has since made it her mission to further develop and share her signature Mind, Body, Heart model of care, informed by the thousands of women she has cared for and her long-standing meditation and mindfulness practice. Her unique blend of cutting-edge science and ancient wisdom aims to cradle women throughout their reproductive journey. Through her online community and leadership, Dr. Sterling gives voice and lends her warm-hearted, doctor-informed insights to the many physical and emotional changes women experience as they navigate pregnancy and motherhood. Join her free Facebook group, The Sterling Life Community, and follow her daily stories on Instagram. Skip to... Welcome Dr. Sterling! (0:52) The inspiration behind Dr. Sterling's mission of helping moms (1:52) Addressing mom guilt when it comes to breastfeeding or not (6:00) Setting goals around breastfeeding and not feeling guilty when it isn't working (8:59) Setting boundaries for tackling upsetting criticisms as a postpartum mom (12:47) Where did this image  of a "perfect mom" come from?  (18:17)

Rob, Mason and Laura welcome Dr. Max Masters from Masters Chiropractic and Rehabilitation as a new contributor to Rob Byrd's Moondog Show. Dr. Max will call in or visit the studio every other week to help spread some health and wellness advice and information. This is part of Rob Byrd's Moondog Saturday Morning Show, episode 108.

Welcome Dr. Wayne Applewhite to the TufFish Show, a place to help writers and aspiring authors get out of their own way to leave a legacy by telling the stories they want to share through writing their own books and confidently sharing them with others. The writing process can be tough and the business side can feel scary, but TufFish makes both feel smoother and achievable. Wayne was a co-founder of a leadership development firm and holds a Doctor of Management Degree. He has an eclectic experience base that he brings to the community and to the nation at large. He has over thirty-five years of diverse and challenging followership and leadership experiences, coupled with a solid foundation of continuing education. He has held challenging positions such as Associate Professor (Boston University), Director of Graduate Military Programs (Boston University, Metropolitan College), Associate Dean, Instructor, Lecturer, Adjunct Professor, Outside Director, Thought Leader, Non-commissioned Officer in Charge, Officer in Charge, Commander, and COO. In each of those leadership positions, Wayne continued to build his leadership skillset as he also pursued formal and informal education. Wayne taught Leadership and Organizational Behavior at the graduate level for over 12 years, helped develop leadership skillsets for many individuals and organizations around the nation, and hosted a podcast for a year and a half called Affect! through BlogTalkRadio (just to name a few of his accomplishments). The podcast was an intellectual incubator where guests and callers had the opportunity to exchange ideas, concepts, and thoughts in hopes of influencing and motivating others to action in a positive way; and as you can imagine, all of the topics were leadership related. What is he doing now you might ask? Wayne co-authored You Know it’s a Verb, Right? that is a new discussion with bold, yet simple and timeless concepts of leadership and will launch February 2021. Wayne is so excited about this new book on leadership and cannot wait to share it with you face-to-face, virtually, or any other creative way imaginable! As a matter of fact, Wayne is hosting a discussion group in Facebook to talk about leadership, and he would love to have you join. To learn more about Wayne, his new book and be part of the discussion, visit his website mindsyncing.com. With all that being said, if you ask Wayne, his greatest joy and accomplishments are being a husband and a dad! Visit http://www.mindsyncing.com Book link: You Know it's a Verb, Right?

In this episode of The My Little Eater Podcast, I have the extreme privilege of speaking with one of my greatest influences in the field of feeding, Dr. Katja Rowell. Her work as a family doctor and responsive feeding specialist has heavily influenced the techniques and approaches that I teach in my courses. If you have ever wondered about whether your toddler is experiencing what could be considered typical picky eating behaviour, or whether your child is more on the extreme end of the spectrum, this is the episode for you! I’m getting Dr. Rowell’s opinions on how to know when feeding therapy is warranted, why your child’s picky eating is NOT your fault, and what steps to take to move forward in the right direction. As always, if you get value from this podcast, please rate and review it at Apple Podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to it so you never miss an episode! Additional Resources: If you’re looking for support and guidance as you begin to tackle picky eating behaviours with your toddler, or even an older child, take a look at my Feeding Toddlers course! I provide you all of the expert advice, and walk you step-by-step through this process, while providing you with ongoing support in my clients only group. This course is also for you if you’re wanting the knowledge to help prevent picky eating before it begins. Sign up today! (https://mylittleeater.com/feeding-toddlers/) As promised in the episode, here are some links to additional resources recommended by Dr. Katja Rowell: Support for picky eating: https://www.facebook.com/PositiveParentingforPickyEaters Support for picky eating (for typical and more extreme cases): https://www.facebook.com/yourfeedingteam Educational DVD by Ellyn Satter: https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/product/feeding-with-love-and-good-sense-ii-dvd-indiv-use/ And, if you’d like to read through her book “Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating”, which is something I highly recommend doing, you can find it in my Amazon shops. CDN: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/162625110X/?ref=exp_mylittleeater_dp_vv_d US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/162625110X/?ref=exp_mylittleeater_dp_vv_d You can also follow along with Dr. Katja Rowell on Instagram, @katjarowellmd or @thefeedingdoctor on Facebook. And her website is www.thefeedingdoctor.com Dr. Rowell’s Bio: Katja Rowell is a family doctor and responsive feeding specialist. Her mission is to help parents raise children to feel good about food and their bodies. She is part of an international team of multidisciplinary experts working to define and train feeding and eating disorder professionals around "responsive" feeding and therapies. Her books include Love Me, Feed Me, for adoptive and fostering parents, Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating and the workbook, Conquer Picky Eating for Teens and Adults. Skip to... Welcome Dr. Katja Rowell (2:23) Defining extreme picky eating (8:18) When to know if your child need’s feeding therapy (10:51) The trust cycle (16:54) Dr. Rowell’s STEPS Plus Program (24:27) First signs of progress (36:50)

On Today's episode we WELCOME Dr. John Gimpel. Dr. Gimpel is the President and CEO of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners.  The NBOME is the organization which administers The Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination or COMLEX- USA for short, which  ensures that osteopathic physicians  have competency for licensure and practice. In today's conversation Dr. Gimpel will speak with us about the history of the Board and the examination and the importance of the COMLEX for licensure.  Further, Dr. Gimpel will share his opinion on topics including the importance of the ACGME merger for Osteopathic postgraduate education, whether DO's need to take the USMLE,  specifically  if considering competitive fellowship, and the challenges which faced the board specifically with the Level 2 PE during the pandemic.

Welcome Dr. Lauren Dudas, our next guest moderator, as she interviews Dr. Don Jenkins and Dr. Dan Grabo on whole blood.  Is it better than component transfusion? What would it take to start a program at your institution? What does the future hold for your transplant, ruptured AAA and OB patients?

After two Gossip Time specials, we're back for our regular (but still extremely exciting!) coverage. However, we must first discuss the new trailer for Real Housewives of Dallas Season 5. Welcome Dr. Tiffany Moon! Hope they smudged the place to get rid of LeeAnne's bad vibes. After this week's Potomac episode, we have some questions... Is Karen genuinely that terrible at orchestrating drama? Why is Ashley's uncle named "Lump"?  And why OH WHY has this show's editing team not swept the Emmys? Then it's time to head (checks map of America) WEST to Salt Lake City, where Jenn's in rage mode, Lisa's somehow managed to melt our ice-cold hearts ("Can I touch?"), and Heather's hit her stride. And Mary? Mary's educating these ladies on the heat wave of 2003. 5,600 people died and it made the best grapes of all time.  Next week we add Atlanta coverage to the mix. Follow us on Insta @trashboxhousewives and on Twitter @thetrashboxpod. 

Welcome Dr. Vanessa La Pointe! 

Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning podcast, episode #96 with Dr. Daniel Stickler, MD, a former vascular surgeon who concluded that traditional medicine is not the best route for ideal health. He is now the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of The Apeiron Center for Human Potential (Apeiron meaning Limitless) and is the visionary pioneer behind systems-based precision lifestyle medicine, which is a new paradigm that redefines medicine from the old symptoms-based disease model to one of limitless peak performance. His work now focuses on longevity, epigenetics and lifestyle optimization and along with his work at the Apeiron Center, he’s the Medical Director for the Neurohacker Collective, a Google consultant for wearable technology, AI in healthcare and a guest lecturer at Stanford University on Epigenetics in Clinical Practice.Watch the interview on YouTube here.I was introduced to Dr. Stickler from Luke DePron[i], whose interview opened up my awareness to a whole new level with even just a glance of the title “Limitless Peak Performance and Human Potential, Epigenetics, Aging and Anti-Aging, and the Future of Being a Healthy Human.”  For those listening, I urge you to be open minded and think about your own potential. Wouldn’t you like to be limitless? Wouldn’t you like to improve your longevity? Turn back the hands of time a few years? Let me introduce you to Dr. Daniel Stickler, who has no doubt in his mind that these are all things that will be commonplace in the next 10 years, even the thought of living to and perhaps past 150 years of age. Get ready to have your mind expanded and pay close attention if you have been searching for ways to increase your productivity, well-being, and resultsThis is Andrea Samadi, on the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast and my guest today is Dr. Daniel Stickler, an author, speaker, medical pioneer and expert in human optimization.Welcome Dr. Stickler, what an incredible honor to have this chance to speak with you today. Thank you so much for your time, and for all you doing to expand the world’s awareness of what is truly possible when it comes to human potential.Dr. Stickler, I’m sure anyone listening will be as intrigued as I was at what exactly you are doing with this whole new paradigm of health and performance. Before we get to the questions, can we just start with the idea of your work being a new paradigm for health and performance and how what you are doing will change the way we perceive the world, just like when Roger Bannister ran the 4 minute mile and changed people’s perceptions of their ability to do the same?Q1: Dr. Stickler, the reason I asked you to come on this podcast, is because I had been looking to dive deep into the TOP 5 health stapes that have been proven to prevent Alzheimer’s Disease[ii] after I watched Dr. David Perlmutter’s Science of Prevention Documentary[iii] and was looking to learn more about each of these 5 health staples.  When I saw your podcast with Luke DePron, I wanted to dig deeper into what you are doing, since it seems that your work takes these 5 health staples to a whole new level.Health Staple 1: Daily ExerciseHealth Staple 2: Getting Good Quality SleepHealth Staple 3: Eating a Healthy DietHealth Staple 4: Optimizing our MicrobiomeHealth Staple 5: Intermittent FastingCan you explain how you discovered this new world that opened through the lens of genetics and epigenetics and how your fascination for personalized human systems led to the fact that we truly have the ability within us to take charge of our destiny and become the architects of our own future? What is our DNA is versus our epigenetics, and how we can change the expressions of our genes with the application of these health staples like nutrition, exercise, sleep, meditation?THOUGHT: This is powerful right here! Most people are not optimizing these 5 health staples, but to make quantum leap changes like many of us want and believe is possible with our potential, this is where it all begins, at the level of gene expression.Q2:  I had no idea just how much my level of awareness would change before I began looking at your work and I came from the personal development world where we were conditioned to push our mental limits every day. I worked closely with this well-known speaker who challenged our thinking to look deeper at the world, he would say, don’t just look through the keyhole, but open the door, and see the possibilities that exist out there in the world.  It’s why I’m doing what I’m doing today with a vision on the possibilities. I’ve heard you talking about this concept as “the 100th monkey theory” where there are enough people out there that believe what you are talking about that critical mass starts to occur. Can you explain this theory and where are we in the world right now when it comes to advancements in longevity and human potential and do you think the majority of the world is ready for what you are working on at The Apeiron Center? (Ap-eer-on)THOUGHT: There’s always room for improvement whether we are regular people looking to take our results to a new level, or people that seek you out (pro athletes, those in special operations in the military). This is a whole new paradigm of health, productivity and results are possible. You are giving us a blueprint or model to think about, which is mind-blowing. “There’s no way to guess at what our limit is.”Q3: You mention the importance of a concept called “interoception” or the ability to listen to the signals within the body that we have spoken about in a few episodes on this podcast (whether it was with Dr. Dan Siegel and his Wheel of Awareness meditation[iv] that strengthens this awareness) or personal trainer Jason Wittrock who talked about the importance of listening to your hunger cues to gain control over your eating habits. You talk about interoception as a skill used by pro athletes to achieve results with their athletic career, or with those in the special forces who must learn this skill since they are often faced with life vs death situations. What are some ways that we can learn this skill and how are you measuring important data points to get people to hit these higher levels of achievement using this skill?Thought: Dr. Dan Siegel’s Wheel of Awareness Meditation[v] has a segment where he takes us from head to toe, giving us access to listen to part the wisdom we feel in each part of our body. This helps us to become more aware of our organs, bones and muscles and parts of our body that we rarely ever put our focused attention towards.Most people have not yet mastered these 5 health staples (exercise, sleep, nutrition etc) in order to reach the high levels of performance, health and longevity that you work with people on, but on the other hand, not everyone is a Google Executive, a Pro Athlete, or Special Operations in the Military, but there’s a craving in many people I come across to reach these higher levels. Can you take us through the process of how you optimize a person from where they are now, to where they want to go, and what/how you are measuring this? Health Staple 1: Daily ExerciseHealth Staple 2: Getting Good Quality SleepHealth Staple 3: Eating a Healthy DietHealth Staple 4: Optimizing our MicrobiomeHealth Staple 5: Intermittent FastingQ4: I watched your interview with Brian Rose, on London Real[vi] where you give an incredible overview of the work you are doing taking people’s results to higher levels, and your podcast interview with Ari Whitten, who I’ve followed for years, on the topic of “The Best Peptides to Boost Mitchondria, Brain Health and Longevity.”[vii] I’ve provided links in the show notes for people who want to dive deeper into understanding what you do but can you give a brief overview of how you are using peptides to help people in ways that pharmaceuticals cannot?What about the cognitive side? I’ve created this podcast to provide tools and resources for the most current neuroscience research as well as social and emotional learning skills for schools and the workplace. Did I hear this correctly? Is there REALLY a peptide that can enhance empathy and compassion in people?  How does this work? Q5: What is your vision for where you are going at the Apeiron Center? For people who want to learn more and reach you personally what are the best places to go? Apeiron.Academy https://apeiron.academy/ To learn more about being a Certified Epigenetics Performance Coach Apeiron Center https://apeironzoh.com/center/ if you want to learn more about what Dr. Stickler’s team is doing with offices around the world.Dr. Stickler, thank you so much for your time today. This is serious work, and I heard you say that you are a serious coach, who gives the guidance needed to get someone on the right path vs you are not a cheerleader who won’t call someone out on their crap. This is the only way to get serious results, and I’m grateful to have had this opportunity to learn from you.  Thank you.RESOURCES:Importance of the Systems Approach Principle by Patrick Gleeson PhD. Published Jan.25, 2019 https://smallbusiness.chron.com/importance-system-approach-principle-81413.htmlGarmin Fitness and Lifestyle watches https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/c10002-p1.htmlGet your own genetic testing kit http://getmydnakit.com/ and access an epigenetics coach to guide you in the process.Apeiron Zoh Collective Community Learn More Here https://www.lifeofexcellence.io/main-zoh REFERENCES:[i] Luke DePron and his Live Great Lifestyle Podcast with Dr. Daniel Stickler https://livegreatlifestyle.libsyn.com/limitless-peak-performance-and-human-potential-epigenetics-aging-anti-aging-and-the-future-of-being-a-healthy-human[ii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning EPSIODE #87 “The Top 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/[iii] Dr. David Perlmutter’s Alzheimer’s: The Science of Prevention Documentary https://www.drperlmutter.com/alzheimers-the-science-of-prevention-2020-air-dates/[iv] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning EPSIODE #60 “The Science Behind a Meditation Practice with a Deep Dive into Dr. Daniel Siegel’s Wheel of Awareness Meditation”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/the-science-behind-a-meditation-practice-with-a-deep-dive-into-dr-dan-siegel-s-wheel-of-awareness/[v] Dr. Dan Siegel’s “Wheel of Awareness Meditation” https://www.drdansiegel.com/resources/wheel_of_awareness/[vi] Brain Rose London Real Interview with Dr. Daniel Stickler Published on YouTube July 14, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynbaJ2038K0&feature=emb_logo[vii] Ari Whitten and Dr. Daniel Stickler  YouTube Interview Published June 29, 2019 “The Best Peptides to Boost Mitchondria, Brain Health and Longevity” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn6Q1Eh7uR0&feature=emb_logo

A choral musician with a “marathon mindset” would never listen to a choir and think, “well, we’re done. We’ve done all we can do.” The same is true of our lives as teachers/conductors. Welcome Dr. Emily Williams Burch BACK to the show, but this time IN my home studio. A personal and vulnerable conversation in … Continue reading "Episode 48: The Choral Marathon with Dr. Emily Williams Burch In the Studio"

Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning podcast, episode #95 with Learning, Mood, Behavior, Author, Educator and Speaker Dr. Sandy Gluckman.You can watch the interview on YouTube here. Dr. Sandy Gluckman describes her quest as saving the next generation from a growing explosion of learning, behavior and mood problems.  Her work is rooted in the science that shows that children will thrive when parents thrive.  Dr. Sandy empowers parents to raise healthy, resilient, confident children primed for success, by showing them how to first heal themselves. Dr Gluckman is sought after for her expertise on a range of children’s challenges such as Anxiety, Defiance, Emotional Resilience, Self-Worth, Screen Addiction, Stress as a Survival Mechanism and the Sensitive Child. Rather than offering quick-fix, superficial solutions to these complex issues, Dr Sandy uses science to teach parents how to create the kind of parent-child neurochemistry that prevents and heals these problems.Welcome Dr. Gluckman! Thank you so much for being available to speak with me today.I have to say, that when I was reading your book, Parents Take Charge[i], and saw the acknowledgements, I can see how you fit in perfectly with the content we have been focused here on this podcast, especially with our most recent jump that focuses on health and mental wellbeing. If we are not healthy physically and emotionally, how on the earth can we expect ourselves to perform at high levels, and we definitely can’t expect it of our children, right?I can see that many who have inspired your work, we have been focused on for the past year and a half on this podcast, with Dr. Dan Siegel a year ago this week, Dr. Amen with his daughter Chloe Amen’s interview[ii] on Change Your Brain, Change Your Grades, and then inspiring the brain scan content,[iii] Stephen Porges with his Polyvagal Theory[iv], and most recently with our focus on health and the brain with Dr. Mark Hymen, and his recent program, Alzheimer’s The Science of Prevention that really did inspire our health and wellness episodes.[v] Your life’s work is a perfect match for us, and I am so grateful to have this chance to speak with you.Today, our topic with you is Reversing Children’s Behavior and Mood Problems by Treating the Root Causes and before I even get to your questions, I have to put my background in context for you, since your work, and this podcast will probably make some things come full circle for me, as well for those listening who might work with or know children with behavior or mood problems.Back in the late 1990s, I was a teacher in Toronto, and I worked with behavioral students. It was my first teaching assignment right out of teacher’s college, and I had no training at all on how to deal with difficult students, and also had hardly any strategies for managing my own stress. I have had author and educational neuroscience leader, Dr. Lori Desaultels[vi] on twice to this podcast,  and her work, along with Michael McKnight, focuses on how the students’ behavior usually is a reaction to the teacher or parent’s state of mind.  I now know stress reducing strategies that help me on a daily basis, but I wish I knew them when I first started my career.Q1: Can you take me back to the beginning of your professional career, with students in their last year of high school in South Africa, and what made you begin to wonder “why did some students have a robust, healthy and feisty spirit, while others did not?”  How did this question inspire you to further your studies and obtain a PhD in clinical psychology, and dive deep into how different people respond to stress?Q2: In your book, Parents Take Charge, you introduce a new way of healing children’s learning, behavior and mood problems, with the story of an 11-year old named David, who was having some challenges with learning at school, was diagnosed with a bunch of different disorders like ADHD, OCD, and depression, and was given a ton of medicine to go with each diagnosis. Can you share how this Mom got the root of David’s problem, finding some challenges with his digestive system, and how he was put on a treatment program that included supplements his body was missing and some changes to his diet, and 9 months later his symptoms were almost gone? This is such a powerful story! For this example, David became a new child, with improved grades, and a natural leadership that emerged with his new levels of confidence.  As a parent, this is all we want for our children. To be able to go through life with ease, and be successful.Q3: Where do we begin when looking at mood problems with children, whether we are talking about the eye-rolling that I’m just starting to get with my young girls when I ask them to do something, or the flat out difficult behavior that I saw as a new teacher in the classroom? Q4: What did your experience as a teacher, psychologist and leadership coach teach you about the mental, emotional and social well-being of a student, as well as those working in the corporate world about the importance of managing our emotional states?Q5: What inspired you to learn more about the effect of stress, and how it can trigger learning, behavior and mood problems?Q6: With the impacts of the pandemic, I’m hearing so many new issues emerge with learning challenges that come from the fact that some children didn’t want to return to in school learning, and prefer home schooling, or the opposite, those who are still doing virtual learning at  home, are missing the social connection that in person school provides.Q7: What would you say to support our children in each of these situations? What about solutions for screen addiction? I saw it with my youngest daughter the most when she was doing at home learning, missing her friends, and using her devices to stay connected. Now that she has returned to school, how can we lessen her dependence on these devices?Thank you so much Dr. Gluckman for your time today, and your solutions to what many of us are going through whether it’s with our own children at home, or those in the classroom, getting to the root cause of the behavior or learning challenge.I highly recommend Dr. Gluckman’s books and online programs.  She does have an online program for raising confident, resilient children that are primed for success that you can access on her website.https://drsandygluckman.com/confident-children-program/You can follow Dr. Gluckman onIG, LinkedIn,  Facebook and Twitter @DrSandyGluckmanhttps://www.youtube.com/user/sandygluckmanAnd visit her website www.drsandygluckman.com and contact Dr. Gluckman for a 30  minute FREE session  https://drsandygluckman.com/schedule-call/ Expanded BIO: Dr. Gluckman is the founder of a private practice, Parenting That Heals, where she consults with couples, families and children. Dr Sandy’s work is based on her unique blend of her studies in Functional Medicine, Interpersonal Neurobiology and Psychology, woven together with her own insights and experience. She has consulted with, and trained, thousands of parents and teachers in different parts of the world. Her signature programs, called, “Parenting That Heals,” and “Teaching That Heals the Brain,” are presented in live workshops, as well as online. Dr Sandy is the author of, Parents Take Charge: Healing Learning, Behavior and Mood Challenges Without Medication, and, Who’s in the Driver’s Seat: Leading with Spirit.RESOURCES:Dr. Mark Hyman on Reversing and Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease  https://www.usagainstalzheimers.org/alzheimers-talks/changing-how-we-approach-alzheimers-dr-mark-hymanNeuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning EPISODE #56 with Dr. Lori Desautels on her new book Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/educational-neuroscience-pioneer-dr-lori-desautels-on-her-new-book-about-connections-over-compliance-rewiring-our-perceptions-of-discipline/Dr. Lori Desautels Connections Over Compliance (Sept. 2020)  https://www.amazon.com/Connections-Over-Compliance-Perceptions-Discipline/dp/1948018896Stress Contagion Possible Amongst Students and Teachers: UBC (Study with Kimberly Shonert-Reichl)  https://news.ubc.ca/2016/06/27/ubc-study-finds-stress-contagion-amongst-students-and-teachers/The 4 S’s of Parenting Dr. Dan Siegel https://www.parentmap.com/article/the-four-ss-of-parenting-dan-siegels-whole-brain-child about theREFERENCES:[i] Parents Take Charge: A Practical 3-Step Program by Dr. Sandy Gluckman https://www.amazon.com/Parents-Take-Charge-Sandy-Gluckman/dp/1491252243[ii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning EPISODE #11 with Chloe Amen on “Change Your Brain, Change Your Grades.” https://www.achieveit360.com/15-year-old-chloe-amen-reveals-strategies-on-how-to-change-your-brain-change-your-grades/[iii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning EPISODES #82, #83, #84 “How a Spect Image Brain Scan Can Change Your Life”PART 1 https://www.achieveit360.com/how-a-brain-scan-changed-my-brain-and-life-with-doug-sutton/PART 2 https://www.achieveit360.com/what-is-a-spect-imaging-brain-scan-and-how-exactly-can-it-change-your-life-with-andrea-samadi-part-2/PART 3  https://www.achieveit360.com/how-a-spect-scan-can-change-your-life-part-3-with-andrea-samadi/[iv]  Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning EPISODE #59  https://www.achieveit360.com/suzanne-gundersen-on-the-polyvagal-theory-in-practice/[v]  Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning EPISODE #87 on “5 Important Brain Health and Alzheimer’s Prevention Strategies We Should All Know.”  https://www.achieveit360.com/the-top-5-brain-health-and-alzheimers-prevention-strategies-with-andrea-samadi/[vi] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning EPISODE #16 with Dr. Lori Desautels and Michael McKnight on “The Future of Educational Neuroscience in Our Schools” https://www.achieveit360.com/pioneers-lori-desautels-and-michael-mcknight-on-the-future-of-educational-neuroscience-in-our-schools-and-communities/Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning EPISODE #56 with Dr. Lori Desaultels on her new book Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discpline.  https://www.achieveit360.com/educational-neuroscience-pioneer-dr-lori-desautels-on-her-new-book-about-connections-over-compliance-rewiring-our-perceptions-of-discipline/

Kimber Boothe, PharmD, is a Connector and Pharmovator!  Dr Boothe serves as a career coach, consultant, speaker, and trainer. As a Connector, she is driven to help people grow as connectors so they can excel in all areas of life - self, family/friends, career, and community through topics including: Career Development, Personal Development, Strategic Execution, and Productivity Improvement.  As a Pharmovator, Dr Boothe serves to advance innovative pharmacy leadership to expand roles and resources to solve medication use challenges, and provide engaging careers for pharmacists and technicians.   A connector is an expert at connecting and uniting people, knowledge, and resources and their success stems from bringing a level of energy and clarity for themselves and others. Connect with Dr. Kimber Boothe here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberboothe/    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You cannot do for others unless you first prioritize yourself. While we hear that everywhere, Dr. Felecia Sumner is helping her patients and her family understand it at a whole new level. Listen as she shares her story and how she found her way to DPC.   It didn’t take long for Dr. Sumner to realize that a typical corporate practice was not the right fit for her or her family. After working in an understaffed clinic and finding herself sitting in her car, dreading the idea of going into work, she knew there had to be something different.   She created her own Direct Primary Care practice and set her family free from the bonds of corporate practice. She’s also an Amazon best-selling author and her book, Fill Your Cup, is all about properly caring for yourself first. Because it’s true, “you cannot pour from an empty cup.”   The change from corporate to direct has helped her keep a modicum of sanity in these crazy pandemic times, and has helped her be more present with her family. But her biggest reason for creating a DPC is that she is able to serve her patients and her community in a way that creates lasting health.    She is a wellness strategist and is determined to get to the root cause of illness rather than prescribing medication after medication that impedes health. Listen and learn more about prioritizing your happiness for the benefit of others.   “You cannot pour from an empty cup. It’s really tough for you to give out to other people if you’re not feeding and replenishing and nourishing yourself.” Dr. Felecia Sumner    In this episode: [00:29] Wake up call my friend! [01:12] Welcome Dr. Felecia Sumner to share the magic she’s doing in the world. [03:03] Why she picked prioritizing happiness as her topic. [08:07] How she’s managed to continue to pivot as her priorities change.  [09:56] Why you have to prioritize yourself in order to serve others. [11:07] Learn how Dr. Sumner has formulated her DPC. [13:03] Part of prioritizing yourself is having a doctor you can trust.  [13:44] Learn more about the book that Dr. Sumner has written. [16:11] Your kick of encouragement.     Find Dr. Felecia Sumner Synergize DPC Dr. Sumner’s Website Fill Your Cup by Dr. Felecia Sumner     3 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT LOW-COST!!! Buy my Kindle Book, Doctor Me First, on Amazon Become an official patron of Doctor Me First HERE (https://www.patreon.com/doctormefirst) and find support & community! Join us for our Monthly Burnout Masterclass Series. Schedule a call with Errin HERE Wanna be on this podcast: Schedule HERE Email Errin HERE

As more and more people focus on their overall health, many have found that gut health is integral to well-being. Dr. Chanu Dasari has spent his career in medicine working with gut related health issues and cancers. His research into the effect of chronic inflammation and an overwhelmed gut has led him to taking a full body approach to healing.    Rather than focus so much on the pills that you can take to overcome a disease, Dr. Dasari would have you focus on the other things you put in your body. Your gut health is one of the primary drivers of your immune system. The food you eat is most strongly responsible for your gut health.  It follows then that your diet is the number one focus you should have to reduce inflammation and overcome chronic diseases. But that’s not all. You should also focus on getting proper sleep and adequate exercise. Listen in to hear Dr. Dasari’s scale of importance with regard to gut health.    We don’t only talk about the gut however. Dr. Dasari is well-versed in the effect of phytonutrients on a sick and overwhelmed body. He’s sharing his thoughts on food overall, why he eats a mainly plant-based diet, and when you can properly eat and digest meats and carbs.   This was an amazing conversation and we dug into several topics that are near and dear to my heart and your health. The gut really is the nucleus of health. Is yours working properly?   In This Episode: [00:00:55] Welcome Dr. Chanu to the show.  [00:02:00] Why skepticism is always a good thing when dealing with medicine.  [00:04:06] How one of his most complicated cases made a complete recovery against all odds. [00:07:06] Does he see any similarities between people who recover and those who don’t?  [00:09:28] What are phytonutrients and why is he interested in them?  [00:14:07] Learn more about Dr. Chanu’s personal diet?  [00:16:31] Why meat products aren’t all bad and aren’t all good.  [00:18:36] The nutritional value of anything fried is basically zero.  [00:22:42] Learn why our vocabulary around healthy food and eating needs to change.  [00:24:34] What impact does gut health have on inflammation in your body?  [00:27:13] Learning how to hack your gut health will make the biggest impact on their health.  [00:30:10] Why you need to stay away from sluggish foods overall.  [00:32:04] Any particular foods that tend to stay in the GI tract for longer periods of time?  [00:35:01] What would he recommend for cases of constipation?  [00:37:03] Learn more about the Paleo Diet. [00:39:10] Everything you need to know about oatmeal.  [00:42:57] Which fruits you should stay away from. [00:46:22] A few additional thoughts on gut health and things you need to know.  [00:49:37] Your diet is the number one thing affecting your overall health.  [00:50:35] Dr. Chanu discusses the importance of exercise.  [00:53:30] What is on Dr. Chanu’s list of what’s most important in microbiome health?  [00:57:11] Why scaling back is important in life.  [01:00:26] It’s important when thinking about inflammation and health to realize that overworking is a sacrifice to your well-being.  [01:05:20] Connect with Dr. Chanu.   Links and Resources: Peak Performance Life Peak Performance on FacebookPeak Performance on Instagram   The Mind-Gut Connection by Emeran Mayer Glycemic Index Dr. Chanu Dasari’s Website Dr. Dasari on Instagram  

Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning podcast, episode #89 with Dr. Erik Won, a Harvard trained doc turned Navy flight surgeon before becoming CTO of Boeing Aerospace. Now he is the President and CMO of Wave Neuroscience, a company dedicated to creating a world where every individual—regardless of socioeconomic status, can improve their mind. Erik and the team at Wave Neuroscience are the world leading experts in Brain Health, Brain Injuries, PTSD, Depression/Anxiety among others. The tech they’ve pioneered involves using computational analytics to solve problems that have never been tackled before in the mental health space and they are doing it non-evasively, with no medications of any kind.Watch the interview with Dr. Won on YouTube here. I feel so lucky to have been introduced to Dr. Won, from another podcaster, Luke DePron,[i] a former actor, turned lifestyle and fitness entrepreneur who told me that I needed to take a look at the WaveNeuro[ii] Science Team.   Luke sent me a link to the podcast he did with Dr. Erik Won and Navy Seal Ned Mason[iii],  (if you want to listen to it, you can access it in the show notes). I was blown away with what Erik and his team are doing. If you have been interested in our past few episodes where we talk about the importance of looking at the brain, to improve performance, you will know that this is not just something that is for those involved in Special Operations in the military, elite athletes, or for people who are struggling with a brain disorder. The WaveNeuro Science Team is dealing more and more with mainstream people, like you and me, who are looking to improve their performance.Welcome Dr. Won, thank you so much for agreeing to come on the podcast to share what you are doing to help the world to improve their brains and minds with this groundbreaking technology.Before we get to the questions, I wanted to let you know that I watched your interview with Dhru Purohit (Proit) on his Broken Brain Podcast, and I’m so glad I watched that interview, prior to this one. My last podcast episode was with Dr. Andrew Newberg, the Director of Research at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, who has dedicated his research to a topic he calls neurotheology, or connecting our brain to our spiritual and religious nature, so when I heard that you actually considered becoming a priest, early in your career, I didn’t think it was an accident that I have this opportunity to interview you after Dr. Newberg, and learn how you chose your current career path, driving you with your mission and purpose to help people with their mental health, which we need more than ever these days.Dr. Won, to get straight into the questions, I was drawn to your work after listening to your interview with Luke DePron because my husband and I recently had a SPECT image brain scan, to see if we could learn anything about ways to improve our health. I was taking tons of notes and had to rewind the interview a few times to learn how you are measuring the activity in the brain and diagnosing ways to optimize brain health with your ground breaking technology.What is the difference between a SPECT image brain scan, and how you are scanning brains at WaveNeuro.com using EEG?Can you explain exactly how the EEG scans work? Let’s say, if I’m an athlete with a traumatic brain injury, and I come in to get an EEG scan, what would your technology and treatment program look like after the scan?From the brain scans that you have done, what are seeing in the brains of regular people vs elite athletes? Is a faster processing brain better?  Can you look at someone and guess, oh they are healthy, I bet their brain is processing on the higher side? What has surprised you the most from the research you have been doing the past 10 years, and over 10,000 brain scans?I know that brain scans seem to be something that elite athletes do, to improve performance, and they have the reputation of being expensive. What do you think the future holds for people who want to “look” at their brain to optimize performance? Will it eventually be something everyone could do for a low cost, or even free, do you think?We are seeing loud and clear that there are some staples for brain health that we should all be aware of. (Improving sleep, Diet, Exercise, Optimizing Our Microbiome, and Intermittent Fasting). What are the most important health staples that you are seeing, with your work in this field?What about memory? I’ve mentioned that I scored low on my brain scan with memory recall. Is this something that you think we should just work on (to improve memory muscle?) What about processing speed. I also scored low on my ability to hit a key on a keyboard over and over again. What is processing speed important for with everyday life, and of all the people you come to see, what are most people worried about the most?Can you spot diseases like Alzheimer’s in the brain from your EEG scans?I was speaking with Sean Bartlett, your public relations manager, preparing for this interview, to capture your vision for the future with these questions, and he let me know that something that’s important to you is to find a more functional way of diagnosing mental health issues in the future.  He shared with me an article by the former NIMH Director, Thomas Insel,[iv] that talks of the new direction for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5). How is your work with the brain helping to take the subjectivity out of mental health and aiming for a new functional way of diagnosing mental health in the future?To bring this podcast to a close, is there anything important that we have missed, that you think is important to cover, to end on a positive note for those listening around the world?Thank you so much Dr. Won for your time today, to explain this mind-blowing technology to us. To learn more about about WaveNeuro Science, I will post the links in the show notes, and anyone can go to www.waveneuro.com, find LinkedIn @wave-neuroscience, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @Waveneuro.https://waveneuro.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/WaveNeuro/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/WaveNeuro/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/WaveNeuro/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wave-neuroscience RESOURCES:EEG vs MRI vs FMRI “What’s the Difference” by Bryn Farmsworth, Ph.D July 12, 2019 https://imotions.com/blog/eeg-vs-mri-vs-fmri-differences/Dr. David Perlmutter’s “Alzheimer’s: The Science of Prevention” EPISODE 10 on Sleep  https://scienceofprevention.com/About Blue Light and Your Health  https://rhythmoptics.com/pages/how-blue-light-effects-healthHealth Benefits of Transcendental Meditation https://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/transcendental-meditation-benefits-techniqueIf You Feel Thankful, Write it Down. It’s Good for Your Health (Dec. 24th, 2018). https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/24/678232331/if-you-feel-thankful-write-it-down-its-good-for-your-healthWOOP Device for Measuring Sleep https://www.whoop.com/thelocker/how-well-whoop-measures-sleep/Oura Ring for Sleep Tracking https://ouraring.com/Apple Watch Series 6 for Sleep Tracking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088iZo3grgMMatthew Walker Why We Sleep (Oct. 3, 2017)  https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Sleep-Matthew-Walker-audiobook/dp/B0752XRB5F/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=why+we+sleep&qid=1602444165&sr=8-1Ketones Improves Apolipoprotein E4-related memory deficiency via sirtuin 3https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31280254/2-Photon Excitation Microscopy https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4004770/How Sleep Cleans the Brain https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/how-sleep-clears-brain11 Ways Your Life Can Disrupt the Gut Microbiome https://atlasbiomed.com/blog/11-ways-your-life-can-disrupt-the-gut-microbiome/REFERENCES:[i] Luke Depron, former actor, turned lifestyle and fitness expert and host of The Live Great Lifestyle Podcast https://lukedepron.com/[ii] WaveNeuro.com Team Understanding and Improving Your Cognitive Health https://www.waveneuro.com/[iii] Luke Depron, host of Live Great Lifestyle on Understanding Your Brain Function and Performance https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neuroscience-brain-health-optimize-your-brain-function/id1375402072[iv] Post by former NIMH Director Thomas Insel on Transforming Diagnosis. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/directors/thomas-insel/blog/2013/transforming-diagnosis.shtml 

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There are so many aspects to complex pediatric care that most doctors tend to shy away from the practice. Caring for the most innocent of lives takes a toll no matter who you are or what your motivation. This became even more true when Dr. Stella Evans had her son.  She was drawn to complex pediatrics for many reasons but when she had her son she realized that she needed to help support other parents facing the same problems as herself.  She has worked to make sure that she approaches every parent with empathy and care. Because that’s exactly what she needed herself when it was her own son.  Her work has become even more complex in the face of Covid-19. Her son was meant to graduate this year and he was going to attend an amazing transitional school that would help prepare him for life in college. However, he is not able to wear a mask for long periods of time and therefore cannot ride public transportation. Listen as we chat about various facets of complex pediatrics and why this population and those that support them have been hit hard by the pandemic. Dr. Stella is a beacon of hope during this time, and this conversation was truly amazing. You won’t want to miss it.   “It takes strength to show when you are hurting and to reach out for help.” Dr. Stella Evans   In this episode: [01:49] Welcome Dr. Stella Evans to the show! [02:31] Dr. Stella shares her background and the practice she specializes in. [04:32] How she started in complex pediatric care. [07:49] Dr. Stella talks about the “don’t see it” reaction she gets from parents. [09:33] Learn more about the effect of COVID on women with children with special needs at home. [12:57] Dr. Stella shares how she has been navigating the pandemic personally. [16:31] How the pandemic has affected her personal life. [19:08] Even if you’re barely hanging on there is still hope. [23:03] Your kick of encouragement.   Find Dr. Stella Evans Dr. Stella Evans LinkedIn   2 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT LOW-COST!!! Buy my Kindle Book, Doctor Me First, on Amazon Become an official patron of Doctor Me First HERE (https://www.patreon.com/doctormefirst) and find support & community!   Schedule a call with Errin HERE Wanna be on this podcast: Schedule HERE Email Errin HERE

In today's episode Ben speaks with the cofounder of Renaissance Periodization, Dr. Mike Israetel. Mike holds a PhD in Sport Physiology from East Tennessee State University. Formerly a professor of Exercise and Sport Science in the School of Public Health at Temple University in Philadelphia, Mike has taught several courses, including Nutrition for Public Health, Advanced Sports Nutrition and Exercise, and Nutrition and Behavior. The two talk about a range of topics and how they relate to sports performance: proprioception and interoception; a lean body composition; how and when to focus on skill acquisition; and the importance of fundamentals and hard work rather than relying solely on genetic potential (or using the lack of as an excuse). They talk about how to encourage kids in sports in a healthy way, proactive stress management, and what Mike is up to with his company.  Get 15% off and free worldwide shipping for my favorite blue light-blocking glasses and sleep masks from BLUBlox at blublox.com/muscleintelligence using the code MUSCLE   Timestamps   [00:21] Subscribe, if you have not already! [01:09] Introducing our guest, Dr. Mike Israetel. [03:18] Sponsorship – BLUblox.com. [04:49] Welcome Dr. Mike Israetel. [05:36] How Mike’s PhD transitioned into his passion for bodybuilding. [09:06] Interoception Proprioceptive Awareness. [10:39] Development of Sports Abilities in Children. [13:41] Two important pieces of advice for adults from Mike Israetel. [16:12] In bodybuilding, the work and time you put in, matters more than your genetics. [19:16] Bodybuilding is brutal, and it is not for everyone. – Mike Israetel. [22:09] Children are tasked with unfulfilled dreams of parents. [24:07] The process matters more than the end result. [25:44] Things everyone should know when starting bodybuilding. [29:37] Renaissance Periodization – Introduction. [33:46] What is a Scientific Diet? [37:25] How Mike manages stress. [40:47] It is not just the daily practice; the goal is to maintain long term fitness and health. [43:22] Ben’s journey of bodybuilding. [48:01] Subscribe & follow Mike Israetel.

Join us as we welcome Dr. Mark Nelson, Dean of the College of Communication & Information Sciences, as he helps us kick off this new podcast showcasing and highlighting the excellent research and creative work going on by faculty members in the College. The best thing is that so many of our guests do incredibly innovative, creative, and timely research that is so applicable to our everyday lives. Tune in to hear more about what's ahead this season.

 Join Greg Stephens at the 2020 Southwest Believers’ Convention with guests, Len and Cathy Mink as they recall memorable moments in KCM’s 40-year history. Welcome Dr. Avery Jackson as the newest KCM board member and hear his testimony. Hear about the revivals that have shaped the world and changed culture.

Welcome Dr. Emily Nagoski, PhD, fellow podcaster and award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller, Come As You Are: the surprising new science that will transform your sex life.    Dr.Nagoski's mission is to help us live with confidence and joy in our bodies! Together, Emily, George and Laurie want to help people have a healthy view of sex and challenge people's assumptions about what they believe and where they get stuck. We all see EFT as a way to help couples deal with the difficult feelings around sex where we often are anxious about hurting our partner's feelings or fearful of being found sexually inadequate.   To help us understand desire, Emily tells us about where to find our brakes (all the good reasons not to be turned on... potential threats) and accelerators (everything we think, believe, imagine & touch, taste, smell, hear that has sexual connotations.)  Fun topics in this podcast: look at your genitals! (if you want to make friends.) She and George talk about the complicated relationship men have with their penises. Nagoski uses a hedgehog visualization to gracefully accept our feelings around sex. Ever wonder why your body may be turned on but you really don’t want sex? Emily shares the concept of non-concordant sex – when our body’s arousal and subjective sexual feelings don’t align. Please help support our podcast and get a 10% discount on Uberlube's fabulous lubrication - Uberlube.com/Foreplay Find Emily!!!: book - Come As You Are workbook -The Come as You Are Workbook new book!! - Burnout: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle podcast - the feminist survival podcast 2020

I love the Socratic method. It’s part of what makes me a curmudgeon. It went out of style a long time ago as the premier didactic tool of education, but I had the good fortune of having some professors who didn’t drink the cool-aid of modern educationalese and still taught that way. One had to come to class prepared knowing the professor would likely challenge their knowledge and arguments for or against the issue under discussion.“What do you think about that Mr. Bash?” might come out of the professor’s mouth at any moment, making daydreaming quite a perilous activity.I snuck in late to a special event one time which was featuring one of those aforementioned professors. You knew him, Pete. His name was R.C. Sproul and hundreds of people were in attendance. As he was apt to do he broke into a Latin phrase to make a fine point which always got people’s attention wondering if he had lost his mind. Like quoting Latin is going to make something clearer, right?In dramatic fashion he turned his back on the audience and walked toward the blackboard he would use long after they went out of style, raising his hands in the air he said, “What does that mean, BASH?”This wasn’t my church. I was a stranger there. So much for my trying to sneak in late inconspicuously. Immediately turning 50 shades of red I responded with the right answer from the middle of the crowd, wanting to sink through the floor only to have my professor say, “No! It means…” and then he went on to say loudly with the microphone exactly what I had said. He was such a turkey.What does that have to do with today? Men, Macho & Ministry? I want to do a bit of that Socratic method with our guest, even play the devil’s advocate, if you will.Really? In this day and age to focus on men? Doesn’t this guy know that’s as out of fashion as the Socratic Method?Dr. Pete Alwinson, California native, but has made Orlando home for decades, has a ministry to men that keeps growing. Talk about bucking the trend. Doesn’t he know that there’s not much difference between men and women? It’s the 21st century. And in church too? Bet he believes only men should be leaders in the church and the Bible ought to keep its sexist language and that God has a beard like a grandFATHER.Why in the world would someone focus on men and church in this day and age?Welcome Dr. Alwinson to Church Hurts And.

06: Matt Shiver Doctorate in Physical Therapy and Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Law Enforcement Physical Training, How to Find The Perfect Physical Therapist For You, 3 Best Books for Focus and Personal Freedom In this episode Hosts Josh, Connor, Trevor, and Dave chat with Doctor of Physical Therapy Matt Shiver on how he has impacted so many people through his journey creating effective.fitness for over 660 law enforcement workers, properly assessing movement for his clients, The Online PT Side Hustle Podcast, and his experiences learning from other coaches while he attended Duke University. Welcome Dr. Matt Shriver. (00:20) How Matt got into Physical Therapy. (2:07) Bar Slamming! (5:59) MASH Elite Performance. (8:57) Law Enforcement get trained w/ Effective.fitness. (11:15) How to find a good Physical Therapist. (16:38) Passive vs. Active Modalities. (21:23) Functional Movement Screening and Gray Cook. (29:46) Creating fitness programs and websites. (37:06) Basic training philosophy w/Dan John. (43:43) Cash-Based or Insurance Physical Therapy? (49:44) Military programs at Baylor. (58:40) The Online PT Side Hustle Podcast. (1:00:00) 3 Recommended Books! (1:03:42) Deep Work by Cal Newport. (1:03:56) The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris. (1:04:47)  The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. (1:05:58)

Dr. Scott Sherr of Smarter Not Harder and Troscriptions joins us to discuss the formulation behind Blue Cannatine, a proprietary nootropic supplement, and how it's ingredients can be used to fight hypoxia, viral infections, cognitive decline, and so much more. Blue Cannatine is the first Troscriptions product to market with more coming soon!Dr. Sherr is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician Certified to Practice Health Optimization Medicine (HOMe) and a specialist in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). He is the cofounder of HOMe-SF and is the COO of Smarter Not Harder, the company behind Troscriptions.SHOW NOTES:1:20 Welcome to the show!1:58 Dr. Scott Sherr’s Bio2:57 Welcome Dr. Scott!3:35 How “troches” work4:56 Going “full smurf”5:20 Making a medical-grade product7:07 Marketing the blue tongue8:20 Ingredients in Blue Cannatine8:49 Nicotine as a nootropic10:03 History of Methylene Blue12:03 Methylene Blue & Vitamin C13:21 Treating infections with MB14:41 UV light & Viruses14:57 Methylene Blue’s role in the Mitochondria16:12 Anti-oxidant, Anti-Fungal, Anti-Viral properties16:59 Mitochondrial support17:28 MB as an Antidepressant 18:28 Mechanisms of cognitive enhancement19:10 Benefits of adding CBD20:06 Optimizing your health before supplementing21:42 Dosing & Titration23:45 Renee’s experience26:05 Central Executive Network26:37 Lauren’s experience27:54 Caffeine metabolism29:40 Nootropics for meditation31:42 Methylene Blue and Teeth31:05 Addiction & Tolerance35:23 Benefits with physical activity37:17 Supplementing post-workout38:32 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)41:17 HBOT Study in Israel41:56 The “holistic picture”42:57 HBOT & COVID-1944:28 Case report on COVID patients45:06 Nicotine research47:27 HBOT & Hypoxia47:53 HBOT treatment recommendations49:40 Contraindications for HBOT51:06 Contraindications for Blue Cannatine52:53 New product coming soon!53:01 Where you can learn more56:23 Dr. Scott’s one piece of advice58:14 Thanks for tuning in!RESOURCES:Instagram: @TroscriptionsInstagram: @drscottsherrTroscriptions websiteBB Discount code: BIOHACKERBABESFacebook Group: Blue Cannatine usersBen Greenfield/HBOT ArticlePetter Attia & Methylene Blue podcast NeurohackersJoe Cohen/Self Hacked

The numbers aren’t good. They really aren’t. Church attendance. Church membership. Religious affiliation.  All down. Gallop tells us that in the past 20 years church membership has gone down a percent a year. 20 years ago 70% of Americans were church members. Now it is 50% and I probably don’t need to tell you that the younger a person is the less likely they have any religious affiliation.If we dig into that a bit we discover some more trends that are no longer breaking news. Mainline Denominations are leading in this decline. We also discover that this trend is not world wide. According the Guardian “religion is on the wane in western Europe and North America, and it’s growing everywhere else.” Interesting.To help us navigate these swirling waters we have a guest today uniquely qualified to speak on the subject. He’s a mainline Presbyterian pastor who has never bought into the status quo although he is so buttoned down he makes L.L. Bean apologize for their trendiness. Dr. Doug Rehberg started out as an economist with a MPA degree from George Washington, even worked for the EPA before turning religious and getting another masters, this time to Princeton for his Master of Divinity Degree and then got his Doctorate in Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary. Maybe he can help us sort out this morass of change and tell us what it means.Welcome Dr. Rehberg to Church Hurts And.

Welcome Back SEASON 2 Episode 6 of the Plantarion Podcast!  Danni McGhee and Thomas Goodman talk with Dr. Neal Barnard of PCRM & the Barnard Medical Center.  He give us an understanding of how a plant-based diet correlates with positive health.Special Note: We, at Plantarion, want to send our love and encouragement during the Coronavirus crisis.  Take care of yourself by eating healthfully, getting fresh air and sunlight daily, stay hydrated, and get some much needed rest. Stay well, friends!SUBSCRIBE TO PLANTARION PODCAST ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLAYER!Interview with Dr. Neal BarnardDr. Barnard has led numerous research studies investigating the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, and chronic pain, including a groundbreaking study of dietary interventions in type 2 diabetes, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that paved the way for viewing type 2 diabetes as a potentially reversible condition for many patients. Dr. Barnard has authored more than 90 scientific publications and 20 books for medical and lay readers, and is the editor in chief of the Nutrition Guide for Clinicians, a textbook made available to all U.S. medical students.As president of the Physicians Committee, Dr. Barnard leads programs advocating for preventive medicine, good nutrition, and higher ethical standards in research. His research contributed to the acceptance of plant-based diets in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In 2015, he was named a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. In 2016, he founded the Barnard Medical Center in Washington, D.C., as a model for making nutrition a routine part of all medical care.   Working with the Medical Society of the District of Columbia and the American Medical Association, Dr. Barnard has authored key resolutions, now part of AMA policy, calling for a new focus on prevention and nutrition in federal policies and in medical practice. In 2018, he received the Medical Society of the District of Columbia’s Distinguished Service Award. He has hosted four PBS television programs on nutrition and health.Originally from Fargo, North Dakota, Dr. Barnard received his MD degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine and completed his residency at the same institution. He practiced at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York before returning to Washington to found the Physicians Committee.(0:00) Intro(0:31) Danni & Thomas chat about food(4:11) Introducing Dr. Neal Barnard(6:24 ) Welcome Dr. Barnard(6:35) Dr. Neal Barnard's Vegan Story(10:22) What inspired him to found PCRM((14:17) How does PCRM support their clients(16:18) Dietary guidelines and it's changes(18:53) Are doctors starting to suggest plant-based diets more?(20:44) The Barnard Medical Center experience(20:14) Nutrition is powerful(25:25) Tips to stay well during COVID-19(30:41) Nutrition training on medical school(32:01) Policy change for nutrition(34:32) What if your doctor doesn't advocate for a plant-based diet?(36:53) Follow Dr. Neal Barnard and his campaigns  Follow Dr. Neal Barnard & his campaignsPCRM's InstagramPCRM's FacebookPCRM's WebsitePCRM's 21 Day Kickstart programBarnard Medical Center's FacebookBarnard Medical Center's Website Follow Plantarion on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & Youtube!SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS EPISODE ON OUR LATEST INSTAGRAM POST!CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO PLANTARION ON YOUTUBE

Listeners have been asking me for an episode on supporting anxious children for a loooooong time, but I was really struggling to find anyone who didn't take a behaviorist-based approach (where behaviors are reinforced using the parent's attention (or stickers) or the withdrawal of the parent's attention or other 'privileges.'). Long-time listeners will see that these approaches don't really fit with how we usually view behavior on the show, which is an expression of a need - if you just focus on extinguishing 'undesirable' behavior, you haven't really done anything about the child's need and - even worse - you've sent a message to the child that they can't express their true feelings and needs to you. Listener Jamie sent me a link a book called Beyond Behaviors (https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Behaviors-Compassion-Understand-Behavioral/dp/1683731190) written by today's guest, Dr. Mona Delahooke, and I immediately knew that Dr. Delahooke was the right person to guide us through this. Listener Jamie comes onto the show for the first time as well to co-interview Dr. Delahooke so we can really deeply understand our children's feelings and support them in meeting their true needs - and overcome their anxiety as well. Also a reminder that the Your Child's Learning Mojo membership closes to new members on January 31 2020 - click here to learn more! (https://yourparentingmojo.com/learningmojo/) [accordion] [accordion-item title="Click here to read the full transcript"] Jen:                                      01:28 (blank) Hello and welcome to the Your Parenting Mojo podcast. Today, we're talking about a topic that parents have been asking me about for ages and that is how to support children who are experiencing anxiety. Now, it's not super hard to find research on anxiety and on treatments for anxiety, but the hard part is finding someone who doesn't just see anxiety as an unwanted behavior that we need to extinguish using reinforcements and who actually sees anxiety as a potential cause for behaviors like having a bad attitude or lacking impulse control that we might typically think of as bad behavior rather than being caused by anxiety. So, we have a special guest today who's going to help us move beyond this view of anxiety and that's Dr. Mona Delahooke. Dr. Delahooke is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 30 years of experience caring for children in their families. She's a member of the American Psychological Association and holds the highest level of endorsement in the field of infant and toddler mental health in California, as a Reflective Practice Mentor. She has dedicated her career to promoting compassionate relationship-based neurodevelopmental interventions for children with developmental, behavioral, emotional and learning difficulties and has written a book called Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges. Welcome Dr. Delahooke. Dr. Delahooke:                 02:43 (blank) Thank you so much. I'm so happy to be here. Jen:                                      02:45 (blank) Thank you. And we have another special guest here today as well. We've heard about her, we've heard her words and now we're going to hear her very own voice. Today, we have with us listener, Jamie. She's not listener Jamie to us. She's Jamie Ramirez in real life and she and her wife are the proud parents of now 11-month-old daughter Elliot. Jamie struggled with anxiety for a good deal of her life and has also read on this topic a lot. And she was the one who suggested that I read Dr. Delahooke’s book and so when Dr. Delahooke agreed to an interview, it was only natural to ask Jamie to join me as a co-interviewer and she enthusiastically agreed. Welcome Jamie. Jamie:                                 03:22 (blank) Hi. Jen:                                      03:23 (blank) Yey, you’re here. All right, so let's start kind of at