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The School of Greatness

Master Your MIND, Detox Your Brain & Own Your Identity w/Dr. Caroline Leaf (Part 1) EP 1127

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Entrepreneurship, Fitness, Inspiration, Greatness, Health, Money, Celebrity Interview, Self Care, Celebrity, Success, Mental Health, Relationships, Mindset, Health & Fitness, Education, Alternative Health, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

“Toxic positivity is like putting a bandaid on a bullet wound.” Today's guest is Dr. Caroline Leaf. She is a communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist specializing in cognitive and metacognitive neuropsychology. Since the early 1980s she has researched the mind-brain connection, the nature of mental health, and the formation of memory. She was one of the first in her field to study neuroplasticity and how the brain can change with directed mind input. She’s also a speaker, podcaster and the author of multiple best-selling books, with her latest being “Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess.” She’s also created an app called Neurocycle which has a 5 Step Process to help you take back control over your thoughts and life, with scientific research showing it reduces anxiety, depression, and toxic thoughts by up to 81%. As a warning, we do briefly go into the discussion around sexual abuse and healing from that. Our conversation was so powerful that I had to split it up into 2 episodes. Make sure to look out for the next episode coming out in a couple of days! In this episode Lewis and Dr. Caroline Leaf discuss how important food is when detoxing the brain, how to get your messy mind under control and what happens if you don’t, why you should do an identity check on yourself once a year, the link between unmanaged stress and the impact on our body, and I open up about some of my experiences overcoming trauma. For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1127 Check out her earlier episode on The School of Greatness: www.lewishowes.com/1079 Check out Dr. Caroline Leaf’s website: https://drleaf.com/ Read her new book: Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess The Wim Hof Experience: Mindset Training, Power Breathing, and Brotherhood: https://link.chtbl.com/910-pod A Scientific Guide to Living Longer, Feeling Happier & Eating Healthier with Dr. Rhonda Patrick: https://link.chtbl.com/967-pod The Science of Sleep for Ultimate Success with Shawn Stevenson: https://link.chtbl.com/896-pod

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0:00.0

This is episode number 1,127 with New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Caroline Leif.

0:07.8

Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Louis Howe's former pro athlete

0:13.2

turned lifestyle entrepreneur. In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message

0:18.8

to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. Thanks for spending some time with me today.

0:24.7

Now let the class begin.

0:26.3

Linda Point Dexter said, one small crack does not mean that you are broken. It means that you

0:35.4

were put to the test and you didn't fall apart. And Dan Millman said, you don't have to control

0:41.2

your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you. My guest today is Dr. Caroline Leif

0:48.0

and she's a communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist specializing in cognitive

0:54.0

and metacognitive neuro psychology. Since the early 1980s she has researched the mind brain connection,

1:01.6

the nature of mental health and the formation of memory. She was one of the first in her field

1:06.1

to study neuroplasticity and how the brain can change with directed mind input. She's also a

1:12.2

speaker, podcaster and the author of multiple bestselling books with her latest being cleaning

1:18.0

up your mental mess. She is also created an app called Neurocycle which has a five step process to

1:23.8

help you take back control over your thoughts and life with scientific research showing it reduces

1:30.0

anxiety, depression and toxic thoughts by up to 81%. And in this episode we discuss how important

1:37.0

food is when detoxing the brain. How to get your messy mind under control and what happens if you

1:42.6

don't? Why you should do an identity check on yourself once a year and I loved her thoughts on this.

1:48.7

The link between unmanaged stress and the impact on our body and I open up about some of my experiences

1:55.5

overcoming trauma as well. Our conversation was so powerful that I split it up into two episodes.

2:01.9

So make sure to look out for the next episode coming in a couple days and as a warning we do

2:06.5

briefly go into the discussion around sexual abuse and healing from that. If you're inspired by this,

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