💬 “If you're feeling a particular way - sad, upset, angry, thirsty, hungry - your automatic reaction is ‘I've got comfort in my phone’. So it becomes a pattern that is ingrained. Not deeply ingrained, because we can break it.” -Dr Nicole Vignola
⚡️ Dr Nicole Vignola is a well-known neuroscientist and brain expert, and author of Rewire: Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change.
⚡️ In this episode, Nicole and I explore how to break bad habits, phone addiction, negative self-talk, anxiety and rewire your brain for happiness, health and performance.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ A simple trick to break smartphone addiction and why you should avoid it in the morning
➡︎ How to keep your brain adapting and developing at any age
➡ The science of how walking resets our brain by quieting fear receptors in the brain
➡︎ How to reframe negativity and reinforce positive self-talk
➡︎ The true extent of poor sleep on brain health
📕 Chapters
(1:42) How neuroscience affects you
(4:30) How to avoid cognitive decline
(10:21) Meditation and mental breaks
(12:04) Breaking phone addiction
(16:02) Properly dealing with stress
(22:07) Reframing negative self-talk
(31:27) Healthy dopamine hits
(34:47) Improving brain performance at any age
(39:25) Manifestation
(41:53) Benefits of doing nothing
(44:38) How Nicole optimises her brain
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
📱 Connect with Nicole:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolesneuroscience
Website: https://www.nicolesneuroscience.com/
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
🎙️ An OG Podcasts production.
