Change Your Brain Every Day

In this week's episode, the Amens discuss the impact of childhood trauma on the brain and how it can set the stage for long-term physical and mental health problems. Tana also shares deeply personal insights into her own traumatic upbringing and healing journey.

00:00 Intro

00:42 Overcoming the Lasting Impact of Childhood Trauma

01:48 ACES Study

03:56 The ACES Questionairre

09:44 Overcoming Trauma

11:44 EMDR

16:45 ACES/SPECT Study

19:09 Sponsor

19:32 Face Recognition Study

20:45 Trauma and the 4 Circles

25:58 The Most Important Lessons from Trauma

29:19 Post-Traumatic Growth

30:06 Comparing Traumas

31:51 Resources/Wrap Up

EMDR International Association:

https://www.emdria.org

In this week's episode, Dr. Amen and Tana share 10 bad parenting habits that hold kids back from being their best. Plus, they reveal the best parenting strategies to help kids become more resilient, respectful, and mentally strong.

00:00 Intro

00:48 10 Things Parents Should Never Do

1:21 Ignore Their Brain

07:55 No Bonding

12:51 Don't Listen

16:08 Sponsor

17:17 Rescue Your Kids

23:08 Do Too Much for Them

27:39 Fail to Supervise

31:25 Model Unhealthy Behavior

32:57 Forget What You Were Like at That Age

35:31 Tell Kids They're Smart

39:41 Focus on What They're Doing Wrong

41:37 Wrap Up

In Part 2 of their series on how to ruin your relationships, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana reveal five additional relationship killers and how they're often linked to bad habits or unhealthy brain activity. Discover these common relationship issues, as well as simple brain health strategies to overcome them and strengthen your connection with loved ones.

00:00 Intro

00:43 How to Ruin Your Relationships Pt. 2

01:14 Alcohol & Substance Abuse

05:53 Not Dealing With Childhood Trauma

07:55 Untreated Brain Health Problems

12:30 Sponsor

13:56 Hormones

20:59 Say Everything You Think

23:48 Focus/One Page Miracle

29:49 Devices

31:57 Wrap Up

In this week's episode of Change Your Brain Every Day, Dr. Daniel Amen is joined by Olympic bronze medal-winning pole vaulter (and viral sensation) Alysha Newman for a discussion on how she was able to overcome setbacks, break through her mental hurdles, and ultimately achieve her dreams. Dr. Amen and Alysha discuss the role the "Doom Loop" can play in those looking to attain peak performance, and how turning attention to the "Healing Loop" can help to reduce or eliminate both physical and emotional pain, setting the stage for victory.

00:00 Intro

00:52 Alysha's Olympic Journey/Concussion

04:52 Alysha and Dr. Amen Team Up

09:04 Automatic Negative Thoughts

11:06 Sponsor

11:30 The Doom Loop

14:28 Irlen Syndrome

16:14 The Healing Loop

17:09 Positivity Bias Training

19:35 The Rule of 12

22:15 EMDR/Ankle Injury

27:08 Embracing Brain Health

34:08 Work Highlights

41:31 Proving People Wrong Vs. Proving People Right

46:34 Paris Olympics

49:56 Sponsor

51:15 Bronze Medal

55:46 Courage

56:50 Presence

58:10 Gold Medal Elite Brain Affirmation

1:01:22 One Page Miracle

1:06:15 Alysha's Brain SPECT Scan

1:09:44 Purpose

1:11:18 Wrap Up

In this week's episode of Change Your Brain Every Day, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana sit down to discuss sure fire ways to ruin your primary relationships. Did you know that having good relationships can help you be healthier and happier—and even live longer? It's true! In addition to how great it feels to be in a positive, warm, and satisfying relationship with another person, it's actually helpful to your brain and body as you age. Conversely, people who are in unhealthy relationships filled with conflict and stress can become more vulnerable to sickness and earlier death.

00:00 Intro

02:10 Responsibility

04:12 Blame/Sovereignty

06:24 Talking Over One Another

08:01 Defensive Ninja Moves

10:53 Cheating/Mistrust

11:34 Sponsor

12:44 RELATING

24:07 Summary

26:56 Condescending Attitudes

27:51 Contempt

28:13 Criticism

28:48 Love is Just a Feeling

29:54 No Forethought = No Foreplay

31:46 Practical Tips

33:41 Wrap Up

Grief is a natural part of the human experience, and it's our approach to grief that plays a crucial role in processing our emotions and continuing with our life's journey. In this episode, the Amens discuss their recent personal experience with grief, and how their strategies helped them to process their emotions in a healthy way, even at their lowest. Daniel and Tana then give you their top strategies for how to process grief in your own life, helping you to keep your brain operating in a healthy capacity to honor the memory of those we love and continue your upward trajectory towards peace.

00:00 Intro

1:27 Tana's Mom

09:05 Feel It to Heal It

11:23 The Anti-Funeral

13:02 Clean Grief

14:45 Fix Sleep First

17:15 Sponsor

18:41 Develop a Relationship with Grief

23:07 Havening

26:35 Displaced Grief

27:30 Share Your Sadness

28:00 Make Brain Health a Priority

28:38 Never Let Grief Be Your Excuse to Hurt Yourself

31:44 I Know I'm Happy When…

33:48 Physical Activity

36:45 Kill the ANTs

37:29 Honor with Action

39:50 Wrap Up

We are so excited to bring you the next chapter in our journey of creating a revolution in psychiatry by changing the discussion around mental health to what it really is, brain health. We would like to introduce you to Change Your Brain Every Day, a new podcast featuring focused discussions surrounding the health of your brain. Every day you are making your brain better, or you are making it worse. Our goal is to give you the information you need to change your brain for the better, every day. A lot has happened in our lives since we released our last episode of The Brain Warrior's Way Podcast, and in this episode we fill you in on some of these triumphs and heartbreaks. We then discuss some of the most basic brain health habits you can introduce into your routine to change your life immediately.

00:00 Intro

01:26 Introducing Change Your Brain Every Day

05:15 Catching Up

13:58 Sponsor

15:14 Basic Brain Health Habits

15:58 Brain Health is 3 Things

23:45 Create a Vision

31:33 Claire Woods

34:48 Wrap Up

#brainhealth #changeyourbrain #changeyourlife

Dr Daniel Amen sits down with colleagues and friends Dr Andrew Newberg and Dr Daniel Monti to talk about their upcoming collaborative book Brain Weaver: Creating the Fabric for a Healthy Mind through Integrative Medicine.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen chat with Jeff Tedmori about the different kinds of fish and how they can each contribute to brain health.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen ask Jeff Tedmori about the difficulties of trying to launch a business in 2020 and how he had to radically adapt in order to save fisherman's jobs.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen talk with Jeff Tedmori about how his company E-Fish thoroughly researches fishing sources and seasons to deliver the highest quality fresh fish directly to customer's front door.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen sit down with founder of E-Fish, Jeff Tedmori to discuss the correlations between a healthy brain and a healthy fish-filled diet.

Dr Daniel Amen talks with special guest Orlando Vargas about how the little lies we tell ourselves can justify actions that will damage brain and body health.

Dr Daniel Amen and Director of Research Development at House of Freedom, Orlando Vargas, cover more steps in the new 12 step program and discuss how bad habits are contagious.

Dr Daniel and Orlando Vargas discuss the middle steps in the new 12 steps program and share inspiring stories from members of the House of Freedom.

Dr Daniel Amen talks with Director of House of Freedom, Orlando Vargas. They discuss the origins of the organization and how it helps addicts overcome their obstacles by improving their brain health.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen shine a light on a chemical that has been FDA approved, and yet harmful to the human body since the 1970s.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen talk about methods to help domestic partnerships endure a trying time such as a disaster or pandemic.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen discuss their own personal struggles with isolation and trauma caused by losing a loved one to Covid-19.

Tackling every subject from antidepressants, effects of the vaccine, to how to deal with family issues; Dr Daniel and Tana Amen answer listeners' and viewers' questions in an exciting "Ask Me Anything" segment.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen walkthrough the pieces on their latest collaboration album with producer Barry Goldstein. The Album is a companion piece for Dr Daniel Amen's latest book, Your Brain Is Always Listening.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen chat with award winning producer Barry Goldstein about how music can connect people generationally and how we create new memories with different melodies.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen talk with music producer Barry Goldstein about the healing power of music on the human brain and the calming effect it can have on animals as well.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen sit down with Grammy Award Winning Producer Barry Goldstein to talk about entrainment and how music can affect one's mental state.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen chat about how too much of a good thing can lead to serious issues with misplaced satisfaction.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen share experiences with depression and give tips on what you can do to combat it.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen talk about how relationships naturally change over time and how balancing brain chemistry can help significantly.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen discuss how important it is to live your life with clearly defined values, purpose, and goals.

Dr Daniel Amen and Tana Amen reveal tips on how they have maintained their loving relationship and offer knowledge on how to grow closer in a crisis, instead of drift apart.

Dr Daniel Amen and Tana Amen give advice on helping maintain focus and happiness in individuals with ADHD.

Dr Daniel Amen and Tana Amen talk about how the past can affect the present. They share personal tips and strategies on how to be "curious not furious".

Dr Daniel Amen and Tana Amen take a more in-depth look at the concept of happiness and how traumatic events can shape a person's satisfaction throughout their life.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen answer questions concerning happiness, joy, and the steps you can take to make them last.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen talk about the latest statistics of brain health concerning millennials and the continued mental effects of Covid-19.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen continue sharing their wisdom, with questions to ask yourself and advice that can help lead to a happier life.

Research has shown Americans are the least happy they have been in decades. Dr Daniel and Tana Amen are starting a happiness challenge to help out, and ask you to join them on the adventure.

New York Times bestselling author Jay Shetty asks Dr Daniel and Tana Amen, what is the one thing everyone can do today to prepare their brain for the future.

Tana Amen shares personal stories and experiences that helped shape her life's purpose, with New York Times bestselling author Jay Shetty.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen discuss strategies on avoiding depression, by focusing on the Four Circles of Wellness with New York Times bestselling author Jay Shetty.

Dr Daniel and Tana Amen chat with Author and New York Times bestselling author Jay Shetty. They discuss personal struggles and how redefining "responsibility" can change the way you see helping others.

Dr Daniel Amen and Tana Amen chat with Filmmaker Jerri Sher about where the characters of her latest movie "Quiet Explosions: Healing The Brain" are now and how they are giving back to the community.

Dr Daniel Amen and Tana Amen talk with director Jerri Sher about the various methods used to treat traumatic brain injury, including transcranial magnetic stimulation and hyperbaric oxygen.

Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen continue their discussion with Filmmaker Jerri Sher about the many different harmful side effects of letting a brain injury go untreated and how a movie can illustrate this subject that doesn't often garner enough attention.

Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen sit down with Emmy Award winning director Jerri Sher to talk about the creative process for her latest film, "Quiet Explosions: Healing The Brain".

Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen answer listener's questions about pandemic weight gain, how to lose it, and how to maintain healthy habits going forward.

Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen go over the latest health statistics and Covid research. They discuss healthy anxiety and the different messaging about social distancing.

Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen talk about the Fine balance between love and logic. They give tips on how to be a good listener and elevate confidence in children.

Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen share personal parenting experience and discuss when is the right time to allow teenagers to make more adult decisions.

Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana answer listener questions about topics ranging from how to handle living in a trauma filled environment, to advise on how to deal with a broken heart.

Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana chat about how exercise and High Intensity Training shape thinking and can lengthen life span. Dr. Amen also reminds listeners about the correlation between certain bacteria and mental illnesses.