511: How to strength train your brain | Memory expert Jim Kwik

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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“Our memory is like a muscle. We use it or we lose it," says Jim Kwik. Jim, one of the top memory coaches in the country and a leading expert in brain optimization, joins us to discuss the best mental exercises you can do every day, plus: - Less obvious habits that harm brain health (~00:02) - Do you have digital dementia? (02:20) - How to rely less on your devices (~11:45) - How to get your brain firing (~18:53) - Daily mental exercises that don’t take much time (~25:17) - How to watch TV more productively (~30:17) - How to overcome the afternoon slump (~38:03) - The brain benefits of black coffee (~45:20) - How to identify your brain type (~47:26) - How to optimize your focus (~53:17) Referenced in the episode: - Jim's book, Limitless Expanded Edition: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life. - mbg Podcast episode #488, with Jim. - A study on London taxi drivers' brains. - A study on lion's mane mushrooms & BDNF. - mybrainanimal.com quiz. Take 20% off focus+ with code FOCUSPOD. Cannot combine with gift cards or other discount codes. Apply code at checkout. We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the My Buddy Green podcast. I'm Jason Walkab, founder and co-ceeo of My Buddy Green and your host.
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0:55.0	We talk a lot about strength training around here,
0:58.8	but have you ever thought about strength training your brain?
1:02.3	After all, your memory is like a muscle.
1:04.2	If you don't use it, you lose it.
1:06.2	That's why I'm so excited to have Jim Quick back on the show
1:09.8	to discuss aerobics for your neurons and his underrated tips to fire up
1:16.7	your memory. For those who need a refresher Jim is the guy on brain coaching
1:22.0	he's one of the top memory coaches in the country,
1:24.9	a leading expert in brain optimization
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