BITESIZE | How to live a happy, healthy and fulfilling life at any age | Daniel Levitin #137

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Alternative Health, Mental Health

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🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Imagine if you could reverse ageing and cognitive decline and improve your brain health purely through your mindset and approach to life. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my new weekly podcast for your mind, body and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. This week’s guest is Daniel Levitin, a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist and bestselling author. He explains why what we do day-to-day affects not just our short-term health, but also how our brain changes with age. Daniel describes 3 personality traits, or mindsets, that are the key ingredient to longterm health and happiness. By cultivating a mindset of conscientiousness, curiosity & gratitude we can slow the ageing process. These are simple and fun things we can do now to live a live a healthy and fulfilling life both today and into our old age. Show notes and the full podcast are available at drchatterjee.com/112 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee/ Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee/ Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

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1:05.9	forward slash live more. Welcome to feel better, Livemore, bitesize, your weekly dose of optimism and positivity to get you
1:16.6	ready for the weekend. Today's clip is from episode 112 of the podcast with Dr. Daniel Levitin,
1:24.4	a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and best-selling author.
1:29.0	In this clip, he outlines some of the key factors that will enhance our lives right now,
1:34.9	as well as increase our health span and not just our lifespan.
1:42.8	The number one factor that influences how you're going to fare at any age is a personality
1:50.2	trait, a mindset, you might call it, of conscientiousness. That swamps all other factors in
1:58.7	terms of whether you're going to be healthy and happy at age eight or age
2:02.2	108. So I guess can you finish a task you started? Not only that, but can you do the best
2:09.3	possible job you can? Can you do not just good enough? Can you try to push yourself to do more,
2:15.9	to do better? Can you grow in whatever it is that you're doing if it's keeping a garden, if it's cooking for yourself and your family, if it's choosing vegetables, learning which ones to choose at the market so you get the most flavorful and healthy ones with the most nutrients? Any area of a human endeavor where you can learn and keep learning
2:37.1	is what's neuroprotective. I mean, it's fun. It is fun, yeah. It's curiosity, really,
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