Change Your Brain Every Day

Studies have shown that people with passion and purpose tend to live longer, happier, healthier lives. So how can you find your own passion and purpose? In this episode, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen explain how the "One Page Miracle" can help you to find and focus on the things that are most important in your own life.

Deep in your brain lies the nucleus accumbens, which plays a major role in how we as humans experience happiness. But what happens when we overload our brains' pleasure centers? Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen dive into some material from Daniel's new book Feel Better Fast and Make it Last to explain how to properly feed your brains with the stimuli that will leave you feeling happy.

The act of forgiving can have a massive effect on how we feel, but how can we begin to forgive those who have done terrible things to us? In this episode of The Brain Warrior's Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen illustrate how the five simple steps of the REACH model of forgiveness can allow us to let go of the things that continue to hurt us the most.

Many of us are frustrated when our relationships don't give us what we want. However, this failure is usually due to a faulty approach in our own methods of communication. In this episode of The Brain Warrior's Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen pull material from Dr. Amen's brand-new book, Feel Better Fast and Make It Last, to teach us effective communication strategies such as assertiveness, time management, and personal inquiry.

Whether we'd like to admit it or not, our own behaviors subconsciously teach other people how to treat us. So how can we teach others to treat us better? In this episode, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen use some of the material from Dr. Amen's new book Feel Better Fast and Make It Last to teach us the communication skills that will keep us from being constantly treated poorly.

In Dr. Daniel Amen's new book, Feel Better Fast and Make It Last, he stresses the importance your relationships have on your everyday well-being. In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Amen and his wife Tana give you advice on how to be more responsible and empathic in your treatment of those closest to you in order to improve relationships.

Sometimes the worst treatment you can face is the treatment your give yourself. When automatic negative thoughts pop into your head, it's all too easy to believe them, which can set off a chain reaction of negativity. In this episode of The Brain Warrior's Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen teach you the common types of negative thoughts we have, and how we can keep them from ruining our day.

Studies have shown that where we bring our attention has a huge impact on how we feel, so it should come as no surprise that people who focus on the positive aspects of their lives tend to be happier people. But of course, it isn't easy. In this episode of The Brain Warrior's Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen teach you some simple tiny habits you can use to train your brain to gravitate towards positive thoughts to feel happier.

None of us are psychic, but that doesn't stop our brains from trying to predict the worst possible things that can happen to us. In this episode of The Brain Warrior's Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen continue their discussion on the rational mind by describing the ways we self-sabotage ourselves with our thinking, and how we can turn things around to change our mood quickly.

When you have a thought, your brain experiences chemical reactions that can change the way you feel. In this episode of The Brain Warrior's Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen describe how knowing about the physiology of your body and brain gives you the freedom to change it, and how to bring your attention to the things that influence a positive change in how you feel.