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How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend
January 8, 2026·45 min·2 clips
A neuroscientist reveals how discovering neuroplasticity saved her academic life.
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A steady case for testing wellness habits and treating failure as useful data.
How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend frames brain health less as a fixed routine than as a matter of identity, environment, and response. The guest asks listeners to test their habits honestly: notice what a diet or practice does in real life, and stay alert to the consumer…
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Your wellness routine has become a personality; this is your cue to put it on trial.
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