5 Tools For a Better Brain & 3 Daylight Savings Hacks from Dr. Amen | The Mel Robbins Podcast

The days are dark. The weather's getting colder, and I am feeling my mood, my energy, all of it plummet. I decided that I wanted simple strategies to help me boost my mood, and so I picked up the phone and I called my friend, Dr. Amen. I mean, when it comes to the brain, this man is the person that you wanna talk to. Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. So here in Southern Vermont, the clocks have been turned back. The days are dark. The weather's getting colder, and I am feeling my mood, my energy, all of it plummet. I hate this time of year. I hate this time of year because it feels like winter is coming, and I love the snow and I love the winter. There's something about this time of year where I feel depressed. I feel bummed out. And look, you may not be going through this right now. If you're listening in Australia where it's summer, you're like, "What are you talking about, Mel? It's beach days for days, woman. The sun is out. The sun is shining." But maybe there's something going on in your life where you are feeling low in your mood. Maybe you got something stressful happening. Maybe you're grieving something. Maybe there's something ha- happening in your life that just, like, is bringing you down. And so I decided that I wanted simple strategies to help me boost my mood. I wanted to know what can I do at a moment in my life where I wake up in the morning and I feel heavy, or I feel my mood dipping, or I feel... I don't know if it's depression, but just like some, like, ugh, low energy creeping in. And so I picked up the phone and I called my friend Dr. Amen. Now, if you don't know who Dr. Amen is, boy, are you in for a treat. Dr. Daniel Amen is the world's leading expert on the brain. This dude is a double board-certified psychiatrist. I don't even know what a double board-certified psychiatrist is. What that means to me is he's got lots of degrees and tons of education, and more importantly, Dr. Amen is on a mission to end mental illness by creating a revolution in brain health. This guy has done like 50,000 scans of people's brains. He was involved with the NFL. In fact, they had him on speed dial when all the stuff was going on with the conti- the concussions and brain scans. He has treated everybody from Mike Tyson to Justin Bieber. He sees 4,000 patients a month in his clinics around the world. He has 12 New York Times best-selling books. I mean, when it comes to the brain and how you can change your brain, how you can create a healthier brain, this man is the person that you wanna talk to. And by the way, even though he's 68 years old and bald and wears a lab coat, he goes viral almost every week on TikTok because he is sharing zero-cost video content that is helping people around the world. And today, he is joining us to help us learn simple ways that we can improve the health of our brain, we can boost our moods, we can increase dopamine and serotonin, we can lower our cortisol levels, all of which will make us happier and healthier human beings. So without further ado, meet my friend and a complete brainiac, Dr. Amen. So Dr. Amen, thank you so much for being with us.