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On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Dr. Daniel Amen: ON Training Your Brain for Optimal Performance

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

iHeartPodcasts

Health & Fitness, Business, Mental Health

4.828.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2019

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

I learned so much in this week's episode with psychiatrist, brain expert and ten-time New York Times bestselling author Dr. Daniel Amen.He walks us through the difference between the mind and the brain, teaches us how to get rid of ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) and teaches us how to train our brain to reach its maximum potential.He debunks quick fixes that provide temporary relief and goes over specific habits we can all implement in our daily lives in order to improve our mood and actually make it last.

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0:00.0

The only organ where size matters is your brain. It's the three pounds of fat between your ears.

0:09.3

So the first thing you have to do if you want a better life is you have to start wanting a better brain.

0:22.8

You know how passionate I am about sitting down with deep, deep experts, people who can

0:29.2

broaden and open my mind and yours. People that can teach me things that I've never thought about

0:34.7

and that I can share with you as well. And today's guest will definitely not disappoint. He's a

0:41.0

clinical neuroscientist, a professor, a psychotherapist, and he's a ten times New York Times best-selling author.

0:49.6

His name is Dr. Daniel G. Aiman. And today we're talking about his new book, Feel Better Fast and

0:55.8

Make It Last and Locking Your Brain's Healing Potential to Overcome Negativity,

1:00.9

Anziety, Anger, Stress, and Trauma. So if you like the sound of what we're discussing today,

1:06.8

make sure you go out onto Amazon, go out to Bonsonoreal and grab the book. Daniel, thank you so much

1:12.0

for being here. Okay, it's just such a pleasure. No, the pleasure is all mine. I was saying to you just

1:17.1

briefly when we were speaking before that this is what I crave in life is to sit down with someone who

1:22.8

is dedicated their life and work and their purpose to such a deep and noble cause. And to be

1:30.3

able to sit with you is a complete honor for me. So thank you for being here. Thank you.

1:34.0

Thank you so much. And yeah, this book, when I was diving into it and the conversation we've just had,

1:38.4

I instantly had so many questions because for me, the brain's the most important thing for us to

1:44.7

talk about right now, especially right now. And that's the question I wanted to start with you

1:49.5

where there's why did you choose the brain throughout all your work as being such a big area of

1:56.6

focus? Well, it runs everything. But when I went to medical school, I wanted to be a pediatrician

2:03.4

because I adore children. And when I was a second year medical student, I'd just gotten married,

2:11.4

and my wife tried to kill herself. And I was horrified. And I was traumatized. I took her to

2:19.4

see a wonderful psychiatrist. And I came to realize if he helped her, which he did, it wouldn't just

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