Energy Robbers, Fakers & Enhancers: What’s Fueling Your Fatigue?
Change Your Brain Every Day
Dr Daniel Amen
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
If you’re tired of being tired, this episode is for you. Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen break down the three biggest categories that affect your energy: what steals it, what fakes it, and what truly enhances it. From toxic people (known as “energy vampires”) to tech overload, caffeine crashes to clean supplements, you’ll learn what’s draining your spark and the best ways to boost lasting energy—without burning out.
00:00 Intro
00:58 Energy Robbers, Fakers, & Enhancers
03:11 Uncontrolled Thoughts
04:29 Energy Vampires
07:43 Poor Sleep Habits
10:00 Processed Foods & Sugar
13:43 Decision Fatigue
16:09 Sponsor
16:56 Caffeine
18:57 Adrenaline Addiction
19:51 Social Media
20:08 Breakfast/Nutrition
25:08 Sunlight/Movement
25:39 Cold Plunges/Boundaries
27:05 Peak Energy
32:28 Wrap Up
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| 0:00.0 | What I learned is very helpful. It's worth the whole podcast. When someone calls and I know they |
| 0:05.9 | don't have good boundaries, I start the conversation with, I only have a minute. I have another |
| 0:13.1 | appointment. And the appointment may only be with me. I have an appointment with me to like finish the chapter. And you know, have you ever |
| 0:24.6 | noticed that sometimes people still, you could say that four or five times. I have to go and they still, |
| 0:30.4 | like I have another meeting. I have another appointment. And they still, oh, just one more thing. |
| 0:33.8 | And they'll keep going. And I've always thought in the past like, oh, it's rude for me to cut them off. No, it's actually rude for people to do that. So it's okay for you to draw |
| 0:42.0 | that boundary and go, no, I actually have to go. Every day you are making your brain better or |
| 0:50.9 | you are making it worse. Stay with us to learn how you can change your brain for the better |
| 0:56.9 | every day. Welcome to change your brain every day. Today's episode, we're going to talk about |
| 1:02.8 | energy, why so many people feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and stuck, and what you can do about it. |
| 1:08.8 | So, you know, whenever people go, oh, do you really not drink or do not have sugar? |
| 1:20.7 | And it's like, how can you have any fun? |
| 1:23.4 | And I always go to them, what do you really want? And now that I'm 70, but quite frankly, |
| 1:31.6 | I wanted the same thing at 40 or 50 or 60. I want energy. I want memory. I want clarity. I want |
| 1:41.6 | passion. I'm married to you. I want good decisions. But I always start with energy. |
| 1:50.0 | Because if you don't have energy, you can't accomplish what you want for your life. So we're going |
| 1:59.8 | to break this podcast into three parts. We're going to talk about |
| 2:03.9 | the energy robbers, the energy fakers, and the energy enhancers. We're going to talk about what |
| 2:13.3 | steals it, what gives you the illusion of energy but crashes you later, and how to build |
| 2:20.7 | true lasting brain boosting energy. And then we're going to tell you, we're so excited about this, |
| 2:29.9 | how one of our best-selling products got the Grammy Award in the supplement industry for the best nexty product. |
| 2:42.3 | Let's talk about energy robbers first. Your energy isn't just about sleep or food or exercise. It's about all of those things, but it's also about how your brain |
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