Change Your Brain Every Day, bestselling author of book Dr Daniel Amen. He is a psychiatrist and brain disorder specialist, and founder and CEO of the Amen Clinics.
00:00 Intro 02:30 Why This Conversation Is Important 04:03 How Many Brains Has Daniel Scanned? 04:50 Brain Rot: Why Are People Caring About Their Brains Now? 05:43 Is There a Link Between Porn Consumption and Brain Health? 08:39 Can I Fix My Brain? 09:57 Why Do People Come to See Daniel? 11:15 Alcohol Is Bad for the Brain 15:16 What Does a Brain Look Like After Heavy Drinking? 16:44 Why Does Brain Size Matter? 20:15 Alcohol Is Aging Your Brain 21:41 How Bad Are Drugs for the Brain? 26:43 What’s Wrong With Magic Mushrooms? 33:06 Are Antidepressants Being Oversubscribed? Proven Alternatives 39:31 Can You See Trauma on the Brain? 43:04 Things You Can Do at Home to Help Trauma 45:32 The Impact of Negative Thinking on the Brain 46:53 Low Anxiety Will Kill You 48:51 How to Become More Disciplined and Motivated 53:26 How to Calm Your Worries 59:55 Can Extremely Negative People Become Positive? 1:00:34 Ads 1:01:33 Who Is Elizabeth Smart? 1:03:40 Horrific Events Don’t Necessarily Define Who You Are 1:05:28 The Impact of Stress During Pregnancy on Your Child 1:09:08 The Cause of Alzheimer’s 1:14:08 The Impact of a Fatty Fish Diet 1:16:17 The Impact of Hope and Grief on the Brain 1:24:00 How Do You Raise the Perfect Brain? 1:30:12 What Are the Non-Obvious Ways to Help Children’s Brains? 1:34:02 Ads 1:35:06 Is ADHD Increasing in Our Population? 1:40:37 Daniel Amen’s Daughter 1:43:16 Different Types of ADHD 1:46:17 Can You See Love on the Brain? 1:47:51 What Change Would Daniel Like to See in the World? 1:53:25 Mindfulness and Meditation 1:54:50 Ice Baths 1:55:15 Loving Your Job 1:56:22 Breath work 1:57:01 Social Media and Its Effects on the Brain 1:57:12 Hustle Culture 1:57:47 Microplastics 1:58:11 Noise Pollution 1:59:36 Is AI Going to Be Good or Bad for Our Brains? 2:01:51 Are Brains Getting Bigger or Smaller? 2:03:21 What’s the Most Important Thing We Didn’t Talk About? 2:05:19 Has Scanning Brains Changed Daniel’s Belief in God? 2:05:37 The Effects of Religion on the Brain 2:09:26 The LA Fires and Their Impact on the Brain 2:13:05 Guest’s Last Question