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Do You F*cking Mind?

447. How memory works and tools to expand working memory

Do You F*cking Mind?

Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa - Neuroscientist and Mindset Coach

Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness

4.9914 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This episode is all about memory. I go through the different types of memory: short-term, working, long-term, explicit and implicit and discuss how each plays a crucial role in our daily lives. The importance of memory in reducing stress and maintaining mental health

How memory athletes train their brains with techniques like chunking I give you tips for improving recall and recognising the impact of factors like sleep and social media on your memory.

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0:00.0

Hello, beautiful beans and welcome to the podcast episode of today.

0:23.1

So in this podcast episode, we are talking all about memory.

0:27.6

I've done an episode probably three years ago, I want to say, maybe two years ago about memory,

0:33.4

but we're going to go further in depth with memory.

0:35.3

We're going to do a bit of a rehash on it.

0:36.8

And we're going to talk about ways, tips memory, we're going to do a bit of a rehash on it, and we're going to talk about ways,

0:38.5

tips and tricks that you can improve your working memory

0:41.9

and your long-term memory and also your memory recall.

0:45.2

I'm going to go into all the different kinds of memory.

0:47.9

And one thing that I want you to you guys to realize

0:51.1

is that memory can be improved.

0:52.9

Memory is a, it's innate in us, but it can also be a skill.

0:58.4

It is something that we use way more than we realize. And when your memory is healthy and intact,

1:04.7

your stress levels are lower. I don't think we realize how much having lapses in our memory or

1:10.3

poor memory impact our overall

1:13.1

stress. If you're constantly forgetting why you walked into a room and forgetting little

1:19.0

things or thinking, I don't even know what I did on Saturday. Like what the fuck? Those things

1:25.7

are overall, they're going to be impacting your mental health.

1:28.6

When your memory is quite healthy and intact, not only is it, you know, you don't realize

1:32.9

how much it alleviates your stress, but it's also quite entertaining to have a good memory.

1:37.9

I'm also going to talk about how kind of memory athletes train their memory, because if you guys haven't heard of this

1:47.0

and surely most of you have because I think I've mentioned it before on the pod but there's a

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