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The School of Greatness

The BRAIN SCIENCE of Shaping Your Identity & Staying Positive w/Dr. Caroline Leaf (Part 2) EP 1128

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

4.821.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

“You cannot grow unless you know what your emotions feel like.” 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%. Lewis's conversation with Dr. Leaf was so powerful that we had to split it into 2 parts, so if you haven’t listened to part 1 yet you can find it by going to www.lewishowes.com/1127 In this second episode Lewis and Dr. Caroline Leaf discuss how to rebuild confidence when doing an identity check, the 10 second pause breathing practice and how to do it, how our beliefs shape our identity, why positivity is so important to your brain health, how jealousy and envy can cause brain damage, and so much more! For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1128 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 episode number 1,128 with New York Times best-selling 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

Turn 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.

0:26.2

Roy T Bennett once said, be mindful, be grateful, be positive, be true, be kind.

0:35.8

An author, Ralph Ellison, said, when I discover who I am, I'll be free.

0:41.8

My guest today is Dr. Caroline Leif. She is a communication pathologist and cognitive

0:46.4

neuroscientist, specializing in cognitive and metacognitive neuropsychology. And since the

0:52.1

early 1980s, she has researched the mind brain connection, the nature of mental health,

0:57.4

and the formation of memory. She was one of the first in her field to study neuroplasticity

1:02.0

and how the brain can change with direct mind input. She's also a speaker,

1:06.3

podcaster, and the author of multiple best-selling books, with her latest being cleaning up your

1:11.4

mental mess. She has also created an app called Neuropsychal which has a five-step process to help

1:16.8

you take back control over your thoughts in life, with scientific research showing it reduces anxiety,

1:21.6

depression, and toxic thoughts by up to 81%. And my conversation with Dr. Leif was so powerful

1:27.6

that we split it up into two parts. So if you haven't listened to part one yet,

1:31.1

you can go there and check it out at LewisHouse.com slash 1127, after you listen to this.

1:37.1

And in this second episode, we discuss how to rebuild confidence when doing an identity check.

1:43.6

How our beliefs shape our identity, why positivity is so important to your brain health and the

1:50.4

science behind it. How jealousy and envy can cause brain damage and so much more. This is going to

1:57.2

blow you away. And if you're inspired by this, make sure to share with someone that you think

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