Dr. Chris Lee | Rewire Your Brain for Focus, Purpose & Happiness!

Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe

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🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

#884. Neuroscientist and high-performance coach Dr. Chris Lee joins Kaitlyn to help us understand how to actually human in 2025. From losing his dad to suicide to becoming a young father, Chris shares how those moments shaped his purpose and his mission to help others regulate their nervous systems and find true focus.

They dive into why multitasking is a myth, how to rebuild willpower, and the simple walk-hack that can reset your attention in minutes. Plus, how to communicate better in relationships, create routines that actually work, and why happiness might just be the ultimate performance hack.

If you’ve ever felt burnt out, distracted, or disconnected — this episode will help you find your balance again!

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

(8:15) — Dr. Chris opens up about losing his dad to suicide and how that heartbreak pushed him to understand the human mind.
(19:38) — Why your brain can’t actually do two things at once, and how that’s destroying your focus.
(28:30) — The powerful truth about relationships and why over-communication is everything.
(35:10) — Why we’re programmed not to be happy and how fulfillment is something you create, not discover.

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0:00.0	This episode of Off The Vine is brought to you by Audible. Your first great love story is free
0:04.5	when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.com slash vine. Bambas, head over to bambas.com
0:10.8	slash vine and use code vine for 20% off your first purchase. Progressive, visit progressive.com
0:16.6	to see if you could save on car insurance. Macy's, shop Macy's fall fashion guide online or in store now.
0:22.5	Pretty litter right now save 20% on your first order and get a free cat toy at pretty litter.com
0:27.8	slash vine and packa.
0:29.7	To grab your packa hoodie and free pair of alpaca crew socks head to go.
0:34.4	dot paca apparel.com slash OTV and use my code OTV.
0:44.7	You're listening to Off the Vine with Caitlin Bristow.
0:49.3	Hey, Vino's real quick, if you are listening right now, which obviously you are, you wouldn't
0:53.6	be hearing this can
0:54.2	you hit the subscribe or follow button on whatever platform you're on please that one simple thing
0:59.5	helps more than you even realize it allows me to keep growing on this podcast and making these
1:04.5	episodes the best they can possibly be obviously for you that's the only favorite i'm going to ever ask
1:10.0	okay it truly means the world to me thank you you. Now let's get into it. Trigger warning. This podcast discusses suicide. Listeners who find this content distressing may wish to proceed with caution or avoid it altogether. Resources for support are available. Hey everybody. Welcome to Off the Vine. I'm your host, Caitlin Bristow. And today we have Dr. Chris in the house.
1:29.3	What do we talk about? I feel like we talked about so many things that I don't even know how to intro this podcast. I really don't know. We talked about the nervous system. We talked about the nervous system. We talked about the nervous system. We talked about the nervous system. We talked about how to human in 2025. How do human 2025?
1:42.6	How do you understand your nervous system?
1:44.9	Your responses, your reaction, your tolerance.
1:47.4	Yes.
1:47.7	A little bit of everything. a human in 2025. How do a human, 2025? How do you understand your nervous system? Your responses,
1:45.7	your reaction, your tolerance. Yes. A little bit of everything. And what would you say your
1:49.7	background? Like, how do you explain yourself? Like, traumatized. No. Well, fair enough.
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