Dr. Amen | How to Improve Brain Health to Live a Happier and Healthier Life

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Jon Gordon

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4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

"Get your brain healthy, and your mind will follow." -Dr. Amen

In this episode of the Positive University podcast, Jon Gordon is joined by Dr. Amen to discuss how you can improve your brain health, leading to a healthier and more positive mind and life. Dr. Amen also shares what's wrong with how we treat mental illnesses today.

Dr. Amen is a renowned psychiatrist and brain health expert who has conducted over 230,000 brain scans to uncover the connection between brain health and mental health. He is the author of several books, including The End of Mental Illness and Change Your Brain, Change Your Life.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is John Gordon with Positive You, and today my guest is a repeat guest, Dr.
0:13.9	Aiman.
0:14.9	Dr. Aiman, how you doing?
0:15.9	Hey, John.
0:16.9	Great to be with you.
0:17.9	Great to be with you again, so you have a new book out.
0:22.0	Change your brain every day.
0:24.8	Can you really change your brain every day?
0:26.8	Of course.
0:27.9	You're either making it better today or you're making it worse based on the decisions,
0:36.4	the habits, the food, the sleep that you get.
0:42.8	And based on what is now about 230,000 scans, I've done brain scans.
0:49.7	I've done on people over the last 32 years.
0:52.8	It's just really clear to me.
0:55.4	You're making your brain better or you're making it worse and you need to know the strategies
1:02.9	to make it better.
1:04.7	Why'd you rate the book?
1:06.2	You know, the beginning of the pandemic, actually, it was March 10th, 2020.
1:13.4	My new book, The End of Mental Illness had just come out, my whole book tour got canceled.
1:20.3	I remember writing down that night, mental hygiene is just as important as washing your hands.
1:29.3	That the fear and COVID was, and I predicted this, was going to spawn a new pandemic.
1:38.2	And just like physical health is a daily practice, just like spiritual health is a daily
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