Why do some conversations feel electric while others fall flat? In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen sit down with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Charles Duhigg (The Power of Habit, Supercommunicators) to explore what really makes people connect. You’ll learn how brain scans reveal that during powerful conversations, people’s brains literally sync up. Duhigg breaks down the three types of conversations everyone has—and why knowing which one you’re in can instantly improve your communication. Discover the surprising myths we believe about connection, and why asking deep, meaningful questions is the real secret to becoming a “supercommunicator.”

00:00 Intro
01:24 Sponsor
01:47 Common Myths of Communication
03:38 The 3 Categories of Communication
08:04 Communication Skills
10:22 Alignment
15:03 Mismatched Conversations
18:02 Listening/Looking for Understanding
21:11 The Goals of Each Type of Communication
25:13 Connection When You Don’t Agree
32:19 Close Relationships
35:29 Digital Communication
39:50 Artificial Intelligence
40:48 Where to Start?
46:28 Sponsor
47:36 Wrap Up

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In this mind-expanding episode, Dr. Daniel Amen sits down with biohacker and Heavily Meditated author Dave Asprey to explore how meditation—and a few unexpected brain hacks—can rewire your nervous system in real time. You’ll learn Dave’s go-to “reset process” to calm your brain and body within seconds of being triggered, why most relationship conflicts have nothing to do with your partner, and the two emotional concepts adults dread most. Plus, discover a rapid-fire breathing technique to instantly destress, a controversial one-minute trick to reset your dopamine, and how intimacy can become one of the most transformative meditations of all.

Heavily Meditated, by Dave Asprey:
https://daveasprey.com/heavily-meditated/

00:00 Intro
00:38 Sponsor
02:03 The Father of Biohacking
05:08 Training Your Brain for Meditation
07:40 Our Inner States Don’t Have Words
10:40 Managing Alerts
12:21 What Meditation Does to the Brain
14:06 The Reset Process
19:19 Compassion
22:24 Joe Rogan Incident
24:52 Building Resilience
27:36 Connections/Removing Friction
32:08 Creating a Meditation Practice
33:47 Breathwork
36:18 Entrainment Methods
38:40 Gaining Control Over Your Nervous System
42:48 Conscious Loving Intimacy
45:21 Sponsor
46:35 Wrap Up

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If you’re tired of being tired, this episode is for you. Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen break down the three biggest categories that affect your energy: what steals it, what fakes it, and what truly enhances it. From toxic people (known as “energy vampires”) to tech overload, caffeine crashes to clean supplements, you’ll learn what’s draining your spark and the best ways to boost lasting energy—without burning out.

00:00 Intro
00:58 Energy Robbers, Fakers, & Enhancers
03:11 Uncontrolled Thoughts
04:29 Energy Vampires
07:43 Poor Sleep Habits
10:00 Processed Foods & Sugar
13:43 Decision Fatigue
16:09 Sponsor
16:56 Caffeine
18:57 Adrenaline Addiction
19:51 Social Media
20:08 Breakfast/Nutrition
25:08 Sunlight/Movement
25:39 Cold Plunges/Boundaries
27:05 Peak Energy
32:28 Wrap Up

Peak Energy and other brain-healthy supplements:
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Feeling stuck in low moods, negativity, or the never-ending “blahs”? It’s not just in your head—it’s in your brain. Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen expose the hidden biological, psychological, social, and spiritual mood stealers that quietly hijack your happiness. Tana opens up about how a cancer diagnosis—and the wrong antidepressant—sent her spiraling into darkness, and the life-saving strategies that helped her fight her way back. Plus, find out how an everyday spice—saffron—could work as well as antidepressant medication, backed by decades of research.

00:00 Intro
00:57 Mood is a Brain Function
02:45 Your Physical Brain Function Affects Your Mood
05:48 The Physical Causes of Mood Disorders
09:00 Taking the Wrong Medication
11:50 Psychological/Social/Spiritual Factors
13:46 Mood Robbers
17:49 Sponsor
18:30 Mood Enhancing Fakers
24:53 Saffron
31:53 TMG/SAMe
35:16 Wrap Up

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