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DO THIS Everyday To Completely Heal Your BODY & MIND | Dr. Daniel Amen & Jay Shetty

Today, I sit down with our third time guest, the one and only Dr. Daniel Amen. Dr. Amen is a physician, double board-certified psychiatrist, twelve-time NY Times bestselling author, and founder and CEO of Amen Clinics, with 10 US locations. Dr. Amen is the author of many books including the mega-bestseller Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, as well as The End of Mental Illness, Memory Rescue, Healing ADD and Your Brain Is Always Listening. In March 2022, Tyndale will publish his new book, You, Happier: The 7 Neuroscience Secrets of Feeling Good Based on Your Brain Type. Dr. Amen emphasizes the importance of our brain health. He explains how taking care of our brain and mental health is a constant daily practice, comparing the things we do to boost our brain health to eating foods that will love our body back, foods that we love to eat and are beneficial to our health. We share our thoughts on why our generation is the unhappiest and uncontented, what we can do to boost our happiness hormones, and how happiness is always tied to our health. Get more science-based tips from Dr. Amen to achieve a healthier, happier, and more fulfilling life despite the challenges and difficulties we may be going through today. Checkout her latest album here: https://noahcyrus.lnk.to/thp What We Discuss: 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:53 A healthy mind starts with a healthy brain 00:08:12 Activities that damage our brains 00:11:55 Brain and mental health is a daily practice 00:17:31 Accurate thinking versus positive thinking 00:24:02 Love food that loves you back 00:28:20 Focus on the micro moments of happiness 00:32:04 Why are we the unhappiest generation? 00:34:42 Did you experience childhood trauma? 00:45:45 Targeted nutrients to boost happiness 00:49:50 What’s your brain type? 00:54:19 Seek happiness in the context of health 00:56:10 Dr. Amen on Final Five

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Sep 26, 20221h 9mWatch on YouTube ↗

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At a glance

WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT

Daily Brain Habits and Accurate Thinking Build Lasting, Real Happiness

  1. The guest argues that the mind is created by the physical functioning of the brain, so a healthy mind starts with a healthy brain, and he cites head injuries, poor diet, marijuana and low blood flow as common damagers.
  2. He recommends tiny daily habits, such as asking whether something is good or bad for your brain, starting the day with a positive intention, and ending it by asking what went well.
  3. He contrasts accurate thinking with positive thinking, saying that questioning thoughts with 'is it true?' and 'killing the ANTs' protects mood without denying reality.
  4. He discusses healing childhood trauma through the ACE test and EMDR, and describes targeted nutrients such as omega-3s, theanine and saffron, as well as brain-type-specific approaches to happiness.
  5. In the Final Five, the guest calls 'everything in moderation' the worst brain advice, criticizes marijuana and psychedelics as first resorts, and explains how seeing his own brain scan led him to pursue a better brain.

IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING

5 ideas

A healthy mind starts with a healthy brain

The guest says that after scanning many brains, he sees the physical functioning of the brain as creating the mind, pointing to Alzheimer's and damaged brains in felons as evidence.

Tiny daily habits make the biggest difference

He suggests asking whether something is good or bad for your brain, telling yourself the day will be great, and reviewing 'what went well' at night, noting that he used the last habit even on the day his father died.

Accurate thinking beats positive thinking

The guest cites a long-running study in which the 'don't worry, be happy' children died earliest from accidents and preventable illness, and urges people to ask 'is it true?' and to test the opposite of a painful thought.

Drip dopamine instead of dumping it

He says fries, alcohol, porn and fame wear out the brain's pleasure centers, while micro moments of presence, sunlight and certain foods give a steadier lift.

Unhealed trauma shapes health and can be treated

He describes the 10-question ACE test, says high scores raise risk of many serious outcomes, and presents EMDR as a side-effect-free therapy that helped his wife and a group of police officers.

WORDS WORTH SAVING

5 quotes

hedonism, so giving in to every craving I have, is the enemy of happiness because it ends up wearing out your dopamine or pleasure centers in your brain.

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Everything in moderation, which is the gateway thought to hell. It's the gateway thought to cheating.

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It's not mental, it's brain, and when you call someone mental, you shame them. When you call them a brain, you elevate them.

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where you look determines how you feel. If you find the negative, you're gonna feel negative, and if you find the beautiful, you're gonna feel beautiful.

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I don't want to believe everything I think, and that's very important.

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Brain health as the foundation of mindAccurate vs. positive thinkingDripping vs. dumping dopamineChildhood trauma, the ACE test and EMDRTargeted nutrients: omega-3, theanine, saffronFive brain types and personalizationMarijuana, sugar and diet risks

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