Healthy Brains, Healthy Bedrooms with Dr. Daniel Amen

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Sexuality, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 28 February 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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On today’s show, Dr. Emily is joined by bestselling author and one of America’s leading psychiatrists Dr. Daniel Amen to talk about his book, The End of Mental Illness, why mental health needs to be rebranded as brain health – and how that change can alter how we see relationships. They discuss why looking more closely at the brain can severely help people get a better understanding into their own psyche and actual tools to heal, how trauma work like EMDR therapy can reprogram our brains to release or cope with said trauma, and ways that our neurohormones have a direct impact on our libidos and how we act in relationship. Plus, an exercise in killing your ANTS or automatic negative thoughts. Follow Emily on all social @sexwithemily For more on Dr. Daniel Amen, visit https://danielamenmd.com/ For even more sex advice, tips & tricks, visit sexwithemily.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We don't think about genetics properly.
0:02.4	I think genes load the gun.
0:06.3	It's your behavior that pulls the trigger.
0:08.0	It's what happens to you that pulls the trigger.
0:11.5	And so yes, we want to know your genetic vulnerabilities,
0:15.6	but we also want to put your body in a healing environment.
0:19.5	So for example, I have a genetic risk for heart disease.
0:22.6	I don't, because I don't give in to the behaviors
0:25.5	making it likely to be so.
0:27.6	I also have a genetic vulnerability for obesity.
0:30.7	I'm one of seven children and a couple of my siblings are obese.
0:35.3	And I'm not.
0:36.8	Why?
0:37.6	Because I don't give in to the, I know it's a risk.
0:41.2	And so by getting a few pounds, I literally start counting my calorie.
0:46.1	Right.
0:46.6	And I'm like, no, I'm not going to be fat.
0:48.8	I'm just not because as your weight goes up,
0:51.6	the size of your brain goes down.
0:53.8	So know your risk and then get serious.
0:58.1	Thanks for listening to Sex with Emily.
1:01.7	I'm Dr. Emily.
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