Show Notes
Your brain is always listening—what is it hearing from you? Are you feeding it thoughts that create happiness or ones that quietly work against it? In this encore podcast episode, our host, Deborah Rozman, sits down with renowned psychiatrist and brain health expert Dr. Daniel Amen to explore how our inner dialogue, stress responses, and emotional habits shape our mental well-being—often without us realizing it.
We dive into the heart-brain connection and share practical tools—from both Amen Clinics and HeartMath®—that can help you interrupt stress patterns, build emotional resilience, and train your brain and heart for more clarity and calm.
Originally released in April 2022, this conversation is more relevant than ever. If you’re looking to support your brain, balance your mind and emotions, and live with more heart-driven intention, be sure you catch this episode and share it with someone you care about.
This episode closes with a heart-focused meditation to get our heart and brain in sync to help release stress and connect with what’s important to you to support your mental and emotional well-being.
About our guest:
Dr. Daniel Amen is a physician, adult and child psychiatrist, and founder of Amen Clinics, Inc., with 10 locations across the U.S. The Amen Clinics have the world’s largest database of brain scans for psychiatry. He is the founder of BrainMD, a fast-growing, science-based nutraceutical company, and Amen University, which has trained thousands of medical and mental health professionals on the methods he has developed. In addition, he has produced 16 national public television shows about the brain, and his online videos on brain and mental health have been viewed over 300 million times. Dr. Amen is a 12-time New York Times bestselling author, including Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, The End of Mental Illness, Healing ADD, and many more. You, Happier was published in March 2022.
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