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Brain Shaman is a philosophical and scientific journey towards better brain health. Michael Waite discusses how you can change your brain state and overall nervous system via behavior, nutrition, nature, and technology. Mental illness, addiction, and low brain function are destroying so many people and societies. By becoming increasingly disconnected from our natural mind-body-world and plugged into the artificial ones, we are getting sicker, weaker, and less free. We must become more conscious of how the information that we consume (in the form of action, food, drugs, sensory input, media, etc.) affects our brain. This podcast teaches you how to reconnect with your primordial nature, reprogram your brain, regain your freedom, and redirect your life.
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Melanie Icard: Tools for Heart Health | Episode 184
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Thomas Attig: Death, Love, and Relearning the World | Episode 183
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Prashanthi Amarnath: Taoism, Not Knowing, and Letting Go | Episode 182
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Andrew Engbring: Family-Led Addiction Recovery | Episode 181
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Lincoln Stoller: Out of the Boxes and Into Your Adventure | Episode 180
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Jacob Hill: Hiring People with Criminal Convictions | Episode 179
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Lisa Riegel: Brain Science for Better Classrooms | Episode 178
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Joelle Kaufman: Cancer and Life's Unexpected Turns | Episode 177
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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Amy Weintraub: Hand and Breath Practices to Shift Energy and Mood | Episode 176
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Alan Lazaros: Curiosity, Reflection, and Finding Your True Path | Episode 175
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Jules Acton: Oak Trees and the Hidden Worlds Within | Episode 174
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Kisha Reynolds: Hypnotherapy for Hair Pulling & Skin Picking | Episode 173
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Dmitri Mugianis: Ibogaine, Addiction, and Fried Chicken in Space | Episode 172
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Amy Weintraub: Yoga for Mood and Energy | Episode 171
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May 27, 2026 |
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Caroline Hughes: How to Prevent Burnout at Work | Episode 170
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May 20, 2026 |
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Eric O'Neill: Scams, Cybercrime, and Protecting Yourself Online | Episode 169
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May 13, 2026 |
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Hector Rodriguez: The Brain in Mental Health | Episode 168
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May 06, 2026 |
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Sam Arbesman: Complex Systems, Code, and Human Understanding | Episode 167
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Jerzy Gregorek: The Happy Body — Presence, Strength, and a Joyful Life | Episode 166
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Pamela Michaux: Childhood, Survival, and Self-Ownership | Episode 165
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Phyllis Leavitt: The Wounded States of America | Episode 164
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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John Kammer: Grief, Journaling, and AI | Episode 163
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Jamie Woodhouse: Sentientism and the Expanding Moral Circle | Episode 162
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Gualtiero Piccinini: Consciousness, Mechanisms, and Levels of the Mind | Episode 161
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Michelle Dosanjh-Johal: Autism and Mental Illness in the Family | Episode 160
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Larry O’Nan: Stewardship, Strengths, and Authenticity | Episode 159
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Paige Alexander & Jamie Morgan Reno: Food Addiction and Recovery | Episode 158
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Ana Pashyanti: Back to the Wild Body | Episode 157
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Richard Jay Hutto: Women, Money, and Power in the Gilded Age | Episode 156
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Alan Lazaros: Discipline, Systems, and a Meaningful Life | Episode 155
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Lara Briden: Metabolic Health for Women | Episode 154
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Harmony Hannigan: Embodied Meditation and Connection | Episode 153
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Robert Radnoti: Rewiring the Mind with Hypnosis | Episode 152
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Kadri Aworigo: From Survival to Connection | Episode 151
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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George Haymaker: The Neuroscience of Addiction & Recovery | Episode 150
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Jess Frost: After the Childhood Storm | Episode 149
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Simon Rowbottom: The Psychology of a Musician | Episode 148
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Bernd Haber: Germany and the Winds of History | Episode 147
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Barbara Minton: How Music Heals the Brain | Episode 146
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Adrian Cois: U.S. Healthcare — Problems and Hope | Episode 145
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Keith Kurlander: Psychedelics, Trauma, and Your North Star | Episode 144
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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William Person: Bobsleds and Brain Injuries | Episode 143
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Ewelina Kurtys: Biocomputers from Living Brain Cells | Episode 142
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Mary Petto: Rapid Turmoil Resolution | Episode 141
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Jeff Sorensen: Breath for Freedom, Healing, and Transformation | Episode 140
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Steven Puri: Flow, Focus & Your Great Work | Episode 139
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Paul Taylor: To the Edge of Yourself — Becoming Unbreakable | Episode 138
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Tamas Konya: Qi Gong — Reconnect to Your Life Force | Episode 137
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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3, 2, 1… SOLOOOOO! | Episode 136
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Lori Tsugawa: Japanese Wisdom for Brain Recovery | Episode 135
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Eric Zwigart: The ADHD Brain in Business and Faith | Episode 134
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Jennifer Dall: Understanding ADHD in Women | Episode 133
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Jenae Alt: The Effects of CBD and Cannabinoids | Episode 132
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Dustin Dunbar: Breaking Free from the Alcohol Matrix and Finding Real Joy | Episode 131
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Phillip Wilson: The Adventures of Thinker and Feeler — Saunas, Freedom, and Life | Episode 130
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Steffani LeFevour: How to Be a Happy Mom — Simple Tools for Calm and Joy | Episode 129
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Rachel Dunn: Narcolepsy, Emotion, and Animal Telepathy | Episode 128
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Amanda Wiggins: Dementia Prevention, Vascular Health, and cGP | Episode 127
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Lisa Nezneski: Meditation, Shamanism & Pets for Healing Stress | Episode 126
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Brian Karr: Mold in Your Home | Episode 125
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Yogi Aaron: Naked Yoga — Letting Go of Who You Think You Are | Episode 124
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Jake Panasevich: Yoga for Men's Health | Episode 123
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May 21, 2025 |
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Lisa Skinner: Unmasking Alzheimer's — Myths, Risks, and Caregiving Tips | Episode 122
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May 14, 2025 |
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Mary Newport: Alzheimer’s Nutrition — Coconut Oil, MCTs, and Keto | Episode 121
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May 07, 2025 |
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Raj Khedun: The 3:3 Breathing Method for Mental Health & Evolution | Episode 120
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Vaibhav Diwadkar: The Limits and Powers of the Human Brain | Episode 119
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Jett Stone: Men’s Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Connection | Episode 118
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Erica Sharpe: Yoga Nidra — The Science and Power of Yogic Sleep | Episode 117
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Sonia Azad: Meditation for Beginners | Episode 116
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Arik Kershenbaum: The Evolution of Communication in Animals and Humans | Episode 115
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Peggy DeLong: Gratitude — Simple Daily Habits for Peace and Joy | Episode 114
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Rachel White: Garden of Lucid Dreams — Mushrooms, Flowers, and Herbs for Waking Up in Dreams and Life | Episode 113
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Michelle Sherman: Loving Someone With Mental Illness or Trauma | Episode 112
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Fredric Schiffer: Dual Brain Psychotherapy — Healing Trauma, Addiction, and the Troubled Mind | Episode 111
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Chris Aiken: Tools for Managing Depression, Bipolar, Mixed States, and Mood Swings | Episode 110
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Karl Kahler: The Magic and Madness of Bipolar Disorder — Manic Tales of Creation and Destruction | Episode 109
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Lisa Roye Bowers: Sound, Light, and Prayer for a Balanced Brain | Episode 108
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Arwen Podesta: The Neuroscience of Addiction and Drugs | Episode 107
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Ross Ellenhorn: The Art of Being Human — Meaning, Autonomy, Play, and Connection | Episode 106
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Matt Bernstein: Ketogenic Diet for Mental Health — Nutritional Solutions to Bipolar, Depression, and Schizophrenia | Episode 105
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Tripp Friedler: Bipolar Disorder Through Family and Society's Eyes | Episode 104
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Mari B. Lutes: Bipolar Disorder and Spiritual Experiences | Episode 103
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Matt Masters: Manic Metamorphosis — Music, Drugs, Love, and Growing Up | Episode 102
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Ofer Lidsky: Neurofeedback for ADHD — Training Attention, Willpower, and the Prefrontal Cortex | Episode 101
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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100th Episode Celebration: Top Tools, Themes, and Thanks | Episode 100
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Ken Sharlin: Parkinson's Disease — Preventing and Reversing Neurodegeneration with Integrative Medicine | Episode 99
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Michael J. Gelb: How to Walk — Steps Toward Comfort, Energy, and Connection | Episode 98
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Diante Fuchs: The Gift of Anxiety — How Emotions Guide Us Forward | Episode 97
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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How to Have a Happy Birthday: A Pre-Party Guide Beyond Cakes and Drinks | Episode 96
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Paul Zak: The Science of Extraordinary Experiences — Presence, Social Connection, and Play | Episode 95
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Torkil Færø: Tracking Stress with Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Through Wearables | Episode 94
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Susi Amendola: Yoga Practices for Stress Management and a Healthy Heart | Episode 93
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Amita Sharma: Navigating Perimenopause and Menopause | Episode 92
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Jennifer Stelter: Sensory Tools for Dementia Care | Episode 91
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Exhale Party Pack: Easy and Fun Ways to Breathe Out | Episode 90
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Alex Korb: Unlocking Your Unique Brain and Life | Episode 89
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Jonathan Dornell: Nurturing Your Oral Microbiome for a Happy Brain & Body | Episode 88
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Lara Salyer: The Burnout Antidote — Flow and Functional Medicine | Episode 87
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Nicolas Luna: How to Learn and Master a Language | Episode 86
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Penny Kennedy: ADHD Toolkit & Guide | Episode 85
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Janet Gourand: Alcohol Blackouts and Drinking Dangers | Episode 84
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Julia Yanker: Into the Body — Adventure Sports, Somatic Experiencing, and Reconnecting | Episode 83
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Robert Cefoli: The Neuropsychology of a Firefighter — Rescuing the Nervous System with TRE | Episode 82
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Huberman's Breathwork Study: Breathing Exercises to Calm Your Mind and Body | Episode 81
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Niraj Naik: Music-Powered Breathwork for Health, Happiness, and Natural Highs | Episode 80
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Daniele Scuteri: Embracing Challenges to Transform Your Body and Mind | Episode 79
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Al Wadleigh: Neuroplasticity through Feldenkrais — Unlock Your Learning, Habit Change, and Potential | Episode 78
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May 29, 2024 |
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Dr. Ilene Naomi Rusk: A New Hope for Neuroplasticity — Connecting Your Nervous System to Others, Nature, and a Playful Loving Space | Episode 77
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May 22, 2024 |
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How to Enter Your Inner World and Break Free From External Reality | Episode 76
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May 15, 2024 |
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Roland Verment: Using Neurofeedback and Nootropics to Change Your Brain Waves | Episode 75
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May 08, 2024 |
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Ken Middleton: Goodbye Alcohol, My Old Friend — How to Quit Drinking and Build the Best You | Episode 74
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May 01, 2024 |
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How to Manage Alcohol Cravings: 11 Hidden Needs and Alternatives to Drinking | Episode 73
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Osinakachi Akuma Kalu: African Health Secrets — The Lost Ancestral Wisdom of Health & Longevity in Africa | Episode 72
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Josh Sackman: VR Pain Relief — Using Virtual Reality to Reduce & Manage Chronic Pain | Episode 71
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Jan Kounen: Kosmik Journey into Ayahuasca, VR, and Filmmaking | Episode 70
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Musical Interlude: Hindu Chants by Jamie Ananda McConochie | Bonus #1
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Jamie Ananda McConochie: Tantric Sex, Dating, Sounds, and Life | Episode 69
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Norah Al-Azzam: RNA and Gene-based Tools for Preventing Neurodegeneration | Episode 68
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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International Caregivers Association (ICA): The Crisis and Future of Dementia Care | Episode 67
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Loretta Breuning: The Biology vs. Politics of Unhappiness | Episode 66
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Glenn S. Cohen: Multisensory Meditations — Heal and Rewire Your Nervous System with Visualization Exercises | Episode 65
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Tony Coward: Harnessing ADHD for Success, Creativity, and Greatness | Episode 64
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Michael Allison: The Neurophysiology of Play | Episode 63
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Nathalie Giraud Desforges: Tantra and IFS for Deeper Self-Compassion, Awareness, Connection, and Sex | Episode 62
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Faye Sahai: The Future of Digital Wellness and Mental Health Technology | Episode 61
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Between Two Worlds: Interoception, Exteroception, and Your Home In Between | Episode 60
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Michael Morin Nissen: Looking Trauma in the Eyes — Eye-Oriented TRE and Trauma Therapy | Episode 59
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Distracting Ourselves to Death: Deleting Time and Hiding From Life | Episode 58
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Jingle All the Brain: The Neurochemistry of Christmas | Episode 57
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Kirill Krasnogir: Brain & Heart Tracking in VR for Assessing Your Mental Health | Episode 56
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Adrian Harel: Traumatic Brain Injury — How to Detect, Treat, and Prevent TBI | Episode 55
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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David Hardy: Head Injuries and How to Understand & Change Your Brain through Bodily Movements | Episode 54
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Life in 3D: Using Multi-Directional Movements to Feel More Embodied and Complete | Episode 53
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Angela Clarke: Vocal Therapy — How to Tune Your Voice and Nervous System | Episode 52
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Tom Paladino: Photos in the God Machine — The Mysterious Healing Power of Scalar Light | Episode 51
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Kristen Carder: ADHD Explained — Psychology, Perception, Behavior, Causes, Tools, and More | Episode 50
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Dylan Fox: How to Make XR Accessible for Everyone — Vision, Hearing, and Motor Disabilities in VR & AR | Episode 49
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Ludovica Labruna: Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation with tES, TMS, and kTMP | Episode 48
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Rich Goldsand: Using Novelty, Movement, and Tensegrity for Self-Understanding & Growth | Episode 47
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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William Porter: The Science of Alcohol and How to Quit | Episode 46
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Your Best Birthday Ever: How to Love Yourself for a Day | Episode 45
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Jeffrey Schwinghammer (Part 2): Feldenkrais Lesson #2 — MORE Awareness Through Movement | Episode 44
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Jeffrey Schwinghammer (Part 1): Expand Your Habits, Abilities, Self-Image, and Consciousness through Feldenkrais | Episode 43
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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10 Behavioral Tools for Focus and Calm | Episode 42
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Paul Pui Wo Lee (Part 2): Dancing Back to Life with Feldenkrais — Reawaken the Artist and Animal Within | Episode 41
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Paul Pui Wo Lee (Part 1): Feldenkrais Lesson — Awareness Through Movement | Episode 40
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Jason Waite: Jason's Web — The Art of Connecting with Animals, People, and Yourself | Episode 39
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Richmond Heath: Death, Grief, Pain, and Rainbows in the Dark | Episode 38
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Stumbling on Freedom: The End of Free Will and Return of the Butterflies | Episode 37
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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The Magic of Being Wasteful: Throw Away the Bronze and Go for the Gold | Episode 36
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Srini Pillay: Adventures In Non-Dual Reality — Thinking, Perceiving, and Living Beyond Linear Boundaries | Episode 35
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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5 MORE Portals Into the Impossible: Mouth, Posture, Space, Time, and Identity | Episode 34
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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5 Portals Into the Impossible: How to Unfocus to Unlock Your Potential | Episode 33
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Alex Greene: Zen, Feldenkrais, Rolfing, TRE, Movement, and Embodiment | Episode 32
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Molly Watts: Change How You Think, Change How You Drink — Rewiring Your Alcohol Habits | Episode 31
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Sae Kani (Part 2): Trauma and Japan — Culture, Communication, Relationships, and Connection | Episode 30
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Sae Kani (Part 1): Releasing Tension and Trauma — Reconnecting With Our Bodies, Past, and Each Other | Episode 29
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Stretch Your Inner Doctor: Expand, Open, and Embrace Your Body's Natural Healing Magic | Episode 28
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Sid Desai: How to Use VR, AR, and AI to Improve Your Mental Well-being | Episode 27
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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Blueprint for Self-Destruction (Part 4): Pesticides, Herbicides, and Artificial Sweeteners & Fats | Episode 26
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Blueprint for Self-Destruction (Part 3): Disconnection, Isolation, and Shattered Harmony | Episode 25
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Blueprint for Self-Destruction (Part 2): The Industrial Revolution and Poisoning of Man | Episode 24
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May 29, 2023 |
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Blueprint for Self-Destruction (Part 1): Fragmentation, God, and the Rise of the Machine | Episode 23
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May 25, 2023 |
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Alcohol: How It Changes Our Brain, Body, and the World Around Us | Episode 22
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May 15, 2023 |
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Amir Bozorgzadeh: Virtual Reality and Brain Health — Is VR Healing or Killing Your Brain? | Episode 21
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May 08, 2023 |
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Loretta Breuning: Train Your Mammal Brain and Harness Your Human Mind to Feel Happier | Episode 20
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May 01, 2023 |
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Jonah Yakel: How to Heal Your Brain, Increase Mental Clarity, and Optimize Brain Function | Episode 19
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Dan Koch (Part 2): Living a Life of Purpose, Love, and Abundance | Episode 18
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Dan Koch (Part 1): Cacao, Alcohol, Energy, Music, Caffeine, Connection, Nature, Identity, Happiness, and Beyond | Episode 17
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Dopamine Distractions: The False Gods That Steal Your Fire | Episode 16
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Justin Sunseri: Trauma, Parenting, Connection, Solitude, Safety, Danger, Play, Technology, Nature, Power, and More | Episode 15
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Move Your Bed for Better Sleep: 10 Quick and Easy Paths to the Land of Z's | Episode 14
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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Show Your Scared Naked Self to the World | Episode 13
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Brain Channel 1: Delta, GABA, Deep Sleep, and the Unconscious | Episode 12
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Brain Health Toolkit: The Strategic Hierarchy of Tools | Episode 11
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Hidden Shades of Reality: How to Get Unstuck and Feel More Complete | Episode 10
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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My Trauma Release Religious Experience: Return of the Dragon | Episode 9
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Trauma: The Barking Ghost of Civilized Man | Episode 8
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Dec 31, 2022 |
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Return to the Sun, Your Mother of Energy and Health | Episode 7
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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10 Mental Hacks to Save You From Addictive Substances & Foods | Episode 6
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Deceptive Heroin and Honest Donuts | Episode 5
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Your Brain Is Bigger Than You Think | Episode 4
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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10 MORE Foods that Your Brain Loves | Episode 3
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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10 Foods that Your Brain Loves | Episode 2
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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The Path to Brain Health and Freedom | Episode 1
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Oct 30, 2022 |