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The School of Greatness

70% of Your Chronic Pain Starts in Your Brain | Dr. Daniel Amen

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Entrepreneurship, Fitness, Inspiration, Greatness, Health, Money, Celebrity Interview, Self Care, Celebrity, Success, Mental Health, Relationships, Mindset, Health & Fitness, Education, Alternative Health, Business, Self-improvement

4.821.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

This conversation with Dr. Daniel Amen will change how you understand chronic pain and the brain's role in suffering. You'll discover why 70% of pain in your body actually comes from your brain, and learn the practical steps to break free from the cycle keeping you trapped.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Every thought you have impacts every cell in your body.

0:05.0

So for example, if I said mother, my hands got warmer.

0:08.0

Now, if you said father, hands get colder, they get sweatier.

0:12.0

Every thought you have affects every cell in your body.

0:18.0

Dr. Daniel Aman has been called by the Washington Post,

0:20.0

the most popular psychiatrist in America. He's the foremostman has been called by the Washington Post, the most popular

0:21.1

psychiatrist in America. He's a foremost expert on brain health on the planet. He's a double

0:25.2

board certified psychiatrist, 10-time New York Times best-selling author, Dr. Daniel Aeman.

0:30.0

If you don't believe in God, it triples your risk of depression. And people go, you know,

0:35.3

as a neuroscientist, how can you believe in God?

0:38.1

How can you not? I think it takes way more faith to believe you and I are having this conversation

0:45.7

through random chance. I believe in the second law of physics, which is called entropy. Things go

0:51.1

from order to disorder. They don't go the other way around. I don't think people are going to understand this unless we have some type of research or backing, which I think maybe you have some of this already, which I think through the scans. So the scientists that has done the most work in this is...

1:09.0

Welcome back, everyone to the School of Greatness very excited about our guests we

1:12.4

have the inspiring and the very helpful dr. Daniel Amen back in the house good to see

1:17.7

you thank you my friend yes you have a new book which I'm excited about called

1:21.7

change your brain change your pain and the first thing I want to ask you is about

1:27.0

the pain that people feel in their

1:28.7

bodies. You just mentioned that you used to have a lot of chronic pain in your back. And you

1:34.9

didn't know it was tied to your brain. How much of chronic pain in people's bodies is actually

1:41.1

linked to their brain health? Probably 70%. Really? And the book is not just

1:48.1

about physical pain. It's about emotional pain. And one of the reasons I wrote it, besides,

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