How To TRAIN YOUR MIND To Have A Healthy Body | Dr. Daniel Amen

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Dr. Amen emphasizes the significance of positive thinking, mindfulness, and cognitive practices in promoting overall wellness. He delves into the concept of neuroplasticity, highlighting how the brain can be trained and shaped to support healthier habits.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:10.5	It was in 1991 when I ordered my first spec scan.
0:14.5	Speck is the study we do at Aeman Clinics.
0:17.2	I'm already a double board certified psychiatrist.
0:20.5	I'd been a psychiatrist for about a decade.
0:22.6	I always felt like I was throwing darts in the dark at my patients.
0:26.6	There's a great book called The Structure of Scientific Revolution.
0:30.6	Because if what I'm doing is right, and I believe it is,
0:34.6	it's really creating a revolution in brain health, mental health care.
0:40.2	And the first step of the revolution, Thomas Cune wrote about in 1962, is you notice a flaw
0:47.1	in the system. And I was taught, if you have six of these nine symptoms, you get diagnosed with
0:53.1	depression, and then I give you a medication.
0:55.5	Right.
0:55.9	That's what you did for a while.
0:57.7	But some of the people I'd put on Prozac got better.
1:01.8	And some of them became suicidal.
1:03.7	Some of them became aggressive.
1:05.1	Some of them became obsessive and anxious.
1:07.1	And I'm like, this isn't working like it should.
1:10.1	Right.
1:10.7	And in 1991, when I started ordering
1:12.9	scans, I scanned my mom, she had a beautiful, healthy brain. I scanned me and it wasn't healthy,
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