WORK HARD TO PROTECT YOURSELF - Motivational Speech on Your Brain and Exercise
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🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
This isn’t about fear, it’s about awareness and prevention. The more you understand how dementia develops, the more power you have to slow it down, protect your mind, and stay sharp for decades to come.
Special thanks to The Diary of a CEO.
Speakers:
Dr Wendy Suzuki
https://www.wendysuzuki.com/
Jim Kwik
https://www.instagram.com/jimkwik/?hl=en
David Raichlen
https://x.com/DavidRaichlen
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett
https://x.com/LFeldmanBarrett
DR. Jill Bolte Taylor
https://drjilltaylor.com/
Dr Tara Swart
https://www.taraswart.com/
Music:
Fablefort - Whodunit
Stanley Gurvich - Wandering Souls - piano
Kevin Graham - From nothing everything
DEX1200 - Falling Up (Epidemic)
Philip Ayers - What we discovered (Epidemic)
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| 0:00.0 | If I got serious about my brain health, how much of a difference can I realistically see? |
| 0:05.0 | The longer you have regular physical activity in your life, the longer you're able to stave off dementia. |
| 0:13.0 | The primary reason you have a brain is to control your movement. |
| 0:16.0 | What exactly is going on in my brain then when I'm physically active? |
| 0:19.0 | One of the things that happens when we exercise is we increase blood flow in the brain, |
| 0:23.6 | and that helps bring nutrients and keep our neurons functioning properly. |
| 0:27.6 | I want to be a whole human with a whole brain. |
| 0:30.6 | I want all of it. It's delicious. Oh my gosh. |
| 0:33.6 | And it lasts this long and then it's gone. |
| 0:35.6 | Let me be very, very concrete here. |
| 0:38.3 | The answer is absolutely yes. |
| 0:40.3 | So, studied people that are 65 and older |
| 0:43.3 | and asked, what is the probability of getting dementia |
| 0:48.3 | in the next six years, depending on the level of activity that you have? |
| 0:53.3 | Just right now. Physical activity. |
| 0:55.0 | Physical activity. And they measured it in how many walks you take per week. And if you took three |
| 1:01.0 | walks a week or more, you were 30% less likely to develop dementia in the next five years. |
| 1:10.0 | What exactly is going on in my brain then when I'm physically active? |
| 1:13.6 | That's causing my brain to be protected, insulated from things like Alzheimer's and dementia, |
| 1:18.6 | and in some areas of the brain, to actually grow. |
| 1:21.6 | What is actually happening inside? |
| 1:23.6 | A lot, a lot of fun things. |
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