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Change Your Brain Every Day

The Trauma You Can't Think Away (Because It Lives in Your Body) with Brittany Snow

Change Your Brain Every Day

Dr Daniel Amen

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Your story didn't end when childhood did. It adapted. It survived. And it lives in your body. In this podcast, Dr. Amen is joined by actress Brittany Snow. They explore the lasting impact of early experiences, the science of stored trauma, and the quiet ways it shapes your relationships, habits, and sense of self. More importantly, we talk about healing—what it looks like, how it feels, and how to begin. Brittany bravely shares her battle with sleep related issues, a past eating disorder and battling anxiety.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I just can't stop my thoughts, and it's almost like they're so loud and they're coming so fast,

0:05.4

that taking something that makes me feel like I'm doing something about it does slow the thoughts down.

0:11.4

I knew if I was obsessing over something over here, then the ticker tape in my brain was more steady.

0:17.7

My eating disorder really stemmed from just getting my brain to stop.

0:21.4

Brittany Snow is an American actress, best known as Chloe Beale in the Pitch Perfect franchise.

0:26.2

Dr. Aman and Brittany discuss how negative thoughts can disrupt your mental health and what you can do to fix it.

0:31.4

A lot of women don't know this. When you turn 40, 10 years before you go into menopause, progesterone starts to drop.

0:39.0

Progesterone sort of like the brain's natural

0:41.2

benz-o. All of a sudden they can't sleep.

0:43.5

They're anxious, they're irritable.

0:45.6

They start drinking, taking Xanax

0:47.4

and Ambien. I think that's also

0:49.3

why I'm here with the sleeping. It's not exactly

0:51.5

the same feeling in my body, but it

0:53.3

is a similar feeling of every day you are making your brain better or you are making it worse stay with us to learn how you can change your brain for the better every day.

1:18.3

Every thought, every decision, every success is created by your brain.

1:26.0

And the one thing I've learned from looking at over 250,000 brain scans over the last 30 years is that you are not stuck with the brain you have.

1:30.8

You can make it better and I can prove it.

1:34.6

This is why I created Brain Fit Life 5.0 to help you assess your brain and then help you optimize it by knowing your brain type and giving

1:47.8

you access to the tools you need to have a better brain and a better life. It includes a 30-day

1:56.6

happiness challenge, brain and mental health trackers,

2:01.9

hypnosis audios, brain enhancing music, and tools to conquer stress and anxiety.

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