Rían Doris, CEO of Flow Research Collective, delves into optimizing brain health through nutrition timing, intermittent fasting, and high flow foods. He highlights the benefits of aligning meals with circadian rhythms, exploring the impact of fasting on cognitive function, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining lean body for peak performance.
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Rían's Head Injury Recovery Story
Rían Doris shares how a severe head injury affected his brain and body for years.
His recovery process involved noticing how certain meals impacted his focus and energy during school.
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Food Can Block Flow State
Eating meals designed for pleasure during the workday can block flow state.
Our brains prioritize calories over optimal cognition due to evolutionary survival wiring.
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The Blood Sugar Flow Channel
There might be a ‘blood sugar flow channel’ analogous to the flow channel for skills vs. challenge.
Staying in an ideal blood sugar range helps maintain prolonged focus needed for flow state.
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Rían Doris is the Co-Founder & CEO of Flow Research Collective, the world’s leading peak performance research and training institute focused on decoding the neuroscience of flow states and helping leaders and their teams unlock flow states consistently.
Clients include Accenture, Audi, Facebook, Bain & the US Airforce. Along with being listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 Rian's thought leadership has been featured in Fast Company, PBS and Big Think and he hosts Flow Research Collective Radio, an iTunes top 10 science podcast.
Rían is also the Executive Chairman & Owner of Consulting.com. On the side, Rian does some angel investing in health and performance companies like Levels Health, Neurohacker Collective, The Way & Myodetox.
Rían holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) from Trinity College Dublin, an MSc in Neuroscience at King's College, London and an MBA. Rian is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Birmingham—focusing on how flow states affect perceived meaning in life.
Prior to co-founding Flow Research Collective with Steven Kotler, Rian worked with NYT Bestselling Author Keith Ferazzi, and 12X NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Dan Siegel, distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.