378: 4 lies about happiness, brain types & mood-boosting foods | Neuroscientist Daniel Amen, M.D.

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🗓️ 23 February 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Daniel Amen, M.D.: “‘Don't worry, be happy’ is a lie. The idea that you shouldn't worry is actually a prescription for misery.” Amen, a clinical neuroscientist psychiatrist and 10-time New York Times bestselling author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how your brain type impacts your happiness, plus: - Why some stress can actually make you happy (~04:14) - Why purpose is like a dopamine drip (~06:22) - How to eat for happiness (~15:59) - His go-to nuts and seeds for better brain health (~18:32) - The one exercise that can boost your happiness (~22:16) Referenced in the episode: - Amen's book, You, Happier: The 7 Neuroscience Secrets of Feeling Good Based on Your Brain Type. - mbg Podcast episode #150, with Amen. - Amen's podcast, The Brain Warrior's Way. - Read more about Pollyanna. - Watch Amen in Justin Bieber's Youtube docuseries, "Seasons." - A study on elimination diets & ADHD symptoms. - Amen's mbg article on brain types. Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Dr. Daniel Aiman is a physician, board certified child and adult psychiatrist,
0:06.3	award-winning researcher, and 17-time national best-selling author. He's the
0:12.6	founder and CEO of Aiman Clinics and was a lead researcher on the world's
0:16.6	largest brain imaging and rehabilitation study on professional football
0:21.3	players. He is one of the best in the world when it comes to all things brain
0:25.8	health and today it's great to have them back on the show the chat about his
0:30.1	latest must-read titled You. Happier the seven neuroscience secrets of feeling
0:36.6	good based on your brain type. Doc Aiman welcome back. Well thank you so much
0:44.7	what a joy to see you I wish we were in person. Me too me too you know your work
0:50.9	has always been very important but as I think about the state of the world
0:55.4	in 2022 the book is fantastic and I think COVID accelerated trends that were
1:03.7	already happening you know beyond health and wellness and I think about mental
1:08.4	health the bizarrely that trend there and COVID accelerated it made it a
1:12.5	hell of a lot worse and you start off the book I love how you frame it up
1:17.3	we're getting so much wrong when it comes to our mental health and our
1:21.5	happiness and you have these 11 lies that we're being told in terms of our
1:26.6	happiness we don't need to go through all 11 but in your opinion what are the
1:31.8	top three when you dug into the research you just said wow like this is astounding
1:36.7	one more of something will make you happier that's why in fact that's why many
1:45.9	famous people become very unhappy because the more you need of something the
1:53.6	more dopamine your brain produces and actually begins to wear out the pleasure
1:59.8	centers in your brain so part of being happy is managing the dopamine availability
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