It turns out that your neurogenic rate, meaning the rate of which you make new brain cells

and you make new connections, is the most important biomarker for brain health that most

people have never heard of.

So when the brain is alive, when it is moving, when it has a high neurogenic rate, we feel good. Life feels good.

It's like we are floating downstream. We're moving, but we are cognitively figuring things out

very quickly. We're sharp, we are emotionally robust.

Life just feels good.

When this neurogenic rate slows down, when the brain's movement slows down,

when it gets sluggish, that's when we see anxiety, we see depression,

and we see cognitive decline.

Collective Insights is a voyage through topics and technologies revolutionizing human well-being.

Groundbreaking approaches for a better world and a better life await you. Welcome to Collective Insights.

I was so excited to have Brant Courtright today on Collective Insights.

He is a professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies and an author and clinical psychologist.

He's written four books and we dove today into his newest book, Holistic Healing for Depression,

anxiety, and cognitive decline. Brand, and Cognitive Decline.

Brandt and I share so many interests that span the gamut from diet and lifestyle and how

that relates to brain function, as well as psychology, interpersonal relationships,

spirituality, plant medicines, and meditation. So this was a huge pleasure.

I could have talked to Brandt all day long. I hope that you'll join us for the exciting hour where we

dive deep into neurogenesis, neuroplasticity, and how to optimize brain function. Welcome to

collective insights. I'm your host today, Dr. Heather

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