Heal in 10: The Gene That Fixes Your Focus, Calms Your Mind, Fuels Your Brain w/ Dr. Drew Ramsey

Heal Squad x Maria Menounos

Maria Menounos, Heal Squad

Self-improvement, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Hey, Heal Squad! We are back with another 10-minute healing session, all about brain health and the gene that can actually make you heal?! Dr. Drew Ramsey breaks down the brain’s incredible ability to grow, repair, and rewire itself—and how YOU can support that process through everyday choices. We dive into the power of BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor), what Dr. Ramsey calls the “molecule of hope”, and how you can naturally increase it through food, lifestyle, and emotional well-being. From nutritional psychiatry to simple brain-boosting foods like nuts, seafood, and dark chocolate, this episode gives you practical tools to elevate your mental fitness, reduce inflammation, and promote neurogenesis. If you’ve been feeling foggy, anxious, or stuck—this is your sign that healing is not only possible… it’s biologically built in! Tune in!! Don’t forget to listen to our FULL episode with Dr Drew Ramsey: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1097-eat-to-beat-anxiety-fix-brain-fog-boost-energy/id1320060107?i=1000713220269 -- HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS IG: https://www.instagram.com/healsquad/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healsquadxmaria HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Heal Squad Website:https://www.healsquad.com/ Heal Squad x Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquad/membership Maria Menounos Website: https://www.mariamenounos.com My Curated Macy’s Page: Shop My Macy’s Storefront Prenuvo: Prenuvo.com/MARIA for $300 off Delete Me: https://bit.ly/43rkHwi code: SQUAD EMR-Tek Red Light: https://emr-tek.com/discount/Maria30 for 30% off Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/ Join the In-Person Heal Retreat: https://www.canyonranch.com/stay/events/heal-retreat-with-maria-menounos/?location=lenox DR DREW RAMSEY RESOURCES: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drewramseymd/?hl=en Website: https://drewramseymd.com/ ‘Healing The Modern Brain’ Book: https://go.shopmy.us/p-19597042 ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos’ passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life. ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content ( published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or http://Mariamenounos.com and http://healsquad.com ) is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you. Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company’s Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions. This podcast is presented for exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for preventing, diagnosing, or treating a specific illness. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.

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0:00.0	Okay, guys, I know it's only June, but I think it's never too early to get ahead with back-to-school
0:04.8	shopping. And Macy's has one of the best kids' section. Trust me, I recently picked up some really
0:10.1	cute dresses and clothes for Athena. She's growing way too fast. I feel like I'm always buying clothes,
0:15.4	but I'm thankful I can always count on Macy's for the cutest stuff, whether it's little jeans from Levi's or Tommy Hillfigure
0:21.7	outfits, whatever it is. Here's a tip, buy a size up and just save them until September.
0:26.2	Trust me, you'll be glad you got ahead of everyone else. So shop all things back to school in store
0:30.0	or at Macy's.com.
0:34.1	I'm on a journey to heal and get better in all areas of life, and I want to do it with you.
0:39.0	Welcome to Heal Squad by Maria Menounos, where we improve and heal all parts of our lives, most importantly, our health.
0:46.5	Heel Squad by Maria Menuno's, your life improvement series starts now.
0:51.6	My favorite gene these days is a gene called BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor.
0:58.0	Everybody's got two copies of it. Some copies are a little better than the others, but it's this very cool molecule.
1:05.0	It's called a neurotrophin, and I write a lot about it. It's one of the lenses I ask everybody to up level their mental health
1:11.2	knowledge with. And it's one of these lenses that we think about all the tenets of mental
1:16.2	fitness. Because what we're after is a brain that grows, heals, and repairs itself. Because
1:21.9	as you know, as I know, as everybody listening knows, like a lot of stuff happens. And it really tries, tries us, taxes us, stresses us.
1:32.8	One of my patients is a new daddy.
1:35.5	And it's really, it's testing him in a way that I think overall is going to be
1:40.2	wonderful for him, but boy, it's really, he's in the thick of it right now.
1:42.9	I remember it, it tested me being in the thick of it. So there are things he can do, one of ways to kind of cope,
1:52.0	de-stress, express, right, that are great for him, his relationships, but also great for his genetics
1:58.8	and his genetic expression, right? Or he can
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