Simple Ways to Sharpen Your Memory, Learning & Thinking with Dr. Therese Huston

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Jim Kwik, Your Brain Coach, Founder www.KwikLearning.com

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4.7 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

What if your brain’s sharpness wasn’t just luck—but something you could train?

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Dr. Therese Huston, cognitive scientist and author of Sharp: 14 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life with Brain Science. We dive into practical, science-backed techniques to boost your focus, decision-making, and memory—without burning out.

You’ll learn why multitasking is secretly sabotaging your performance, how a 40Hz binaural beat can dial in your concentration, and why picturing the process (not just the outcome) can crush procrastination. Dr. Houston also shares the neuroscience behind emotional regulation, what exercise snacks can do for cognitive fatigue, and even why dark chocolate may be your brain’s new best friend.

Whether you’re a student, leader, parent, or lifelong learner, this episode will help you create a sharper brain day—one small shift at a time. You’re not stuck with the brain you have. You can build it. And today, we’ll show you how.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Quick Brain, bite-size brain hacks for busy people who want to learn faster and achieve more.
0:06.0	I'm your coach, Jim Quick.
0:08.5	Free your mind.
0:10.5	Let's imagine if we could access 100% of our brain's capacity.
0:15.5	I wasn't high, wasn't wired, just clear.
0:18.2	I knew what I needed to do and how to do it.
0:20.6	I know Kung Fu.
0:23.3	Show me.
0:25.4	Welcome back Quick Brain. I am your host and your brain coach Jim Quick. Today we are diving into one of the most
0:32.9	important conversations that we can have. How do you use your brain?
0:38.2	How does it work?
0:39.9	How can you use it to be sharper, more decisive,
0:43.5	more resilient in a world that really demands
0:46.8	more from your mind every single day?
0:51.1	And my guest today is Dr. Therese Houston, a cognitive scientist and the author of this book,
0:58.7	Sharp. And I highly recommend you get your copy. Fourteen Simple Ways to Improve Your Life with Brain
1:04.6	Science. So you know this is going to be a fun conversation. She's here to show us how these small shifts
1:12.6	in how we live, how we think, you know, what we choose, how we respond can radically
1:17.6	upgrade our mental clarity, our confidence, and our creativity, and hopefully doing this in a way
1:23.0	where we don't feel exhausted and burnt out. So get ready to rewrite your story, whatever chapter you're in,
1:30.6	especially around your brain, that you're the pilot of your brain, you don't have to be the passenger,
1:35.2	because we know it's not fixed, it's flexible. And today, we're going to prove it. So let's jump in.
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