Revolutionizing Brain Health Despite Critics & Finding Inner Peace | Dr. Daniel Amen EP 877

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

"I was 28 before I learned I did not have to believe every stupid thing I thought. It's a game changer for me just to like not believe every thought, but to sort of just watch the storms that come in my head." - Dr. Daniel Amen As a pioneering psychiatrist who introduced brain scanning into mainstream psychiatric practice, Dr. Daniel Amen faced intense criticism from his peers. Despite being called a "charlatan" and facing rejection from the established medical community, he persevered, knowing that his methods were helping countless patients. His journey from anxiety over professional criticism to finding inner peace offers valuable lessons in resilience and staying true to one's mission. Dr. Amen shares profound insights about managing negative thoughts and handling professional criticism, drawing from his experience of helping thousands of patients through the Amen Clinics. His work has now gained recognition from prestigious institutions, including the Canadian Association of Nuclear Medicine, validating his approach to brain health through SPECT imaging. His story demonstrates how scientific progress often requires challenging established paradigms, even when faced with significant opposition from those invested in maintaining the status quo.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:10.0	I love just sort of watching my mind, because it doesn't torture me anymore.
0:18.0	It used to torture me.
0:20.0	And I was 28 before I learned I did not have
0:23.6	to believe every stupid thing I thought. I was 28 years old. I was a psychiatric resident.
0:30.6	And I'm in class. And when the professor said that, I'm like, really? It's a game changer for me. Just to like not believe
0:41.4	every thought. But to sort of just watch the storms that come in my head. And when you do what
0:49.4	I've done, so I have been a troublemaker in my profession. I have, we've had 10,000 physicians and mental health professionals refer people to us.
1:02.0	I get a lot of love. But I've also gotten a lot of hate.
1:06.0	Washington Post did an article on me, and they called me the most popular psychiatrist in America
1:12.6	and to most psychiatrists that's a really bad thing.
1:15.6	So, but learning how to manage my mind because, you know, sometimes the thought will come up, nobody likes you.
1:23.6	And then I'm like, 10,000 people for patient's statement. Sure, sure.
1:27.9	Maybe not.
1:28.9	But if you don't know how to manage that, and I'm not unique, right?
1:33.7	I mean, I have five sisters.
1:35.3	I'm used to criticism.
1:37.0	Yeah, sure.
1:38.0	But if you don't know how to manage it, you get resentful, reactive, all of those things.
1:45.0	How do you manage it when you get, whether it's a media or other, I don't know if there's
1:51.0	other scientists or researchers who might be questioning you or your methods, how do you handle
1:55.0	that and address it, both personally and professionally?
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