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In this episode of the Kwik Brain podcast, I break down 7 daily habits the most successful people in the world use to protect and strengthen their brain health.We talk about why sleep is one of the most underrated performance tools, how continuous learning keeps your brain flexib ...  Show more

Most people think learning ends when school does.But what if lifelong learning could be the key to protecting your memory, sharpening your focus, and supporting long-term brain health?In this episode of the Kwik Brain podcast, I break down why learning just 10 minutes a day can h ...  Show more

Erik Vance (@erikvance) is an award-winning science journalist and author of Suggestible You: The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability to Deceive, Transform, and Heal. What We Discuss with Erik Vance: How the human tendency for patternicity can be used to inoculate ourselves a ...  Show more

a   Please Support The Show With a Donation   This week we talk to Erik Vance about the power of our expectations Erik Vance is a native Bay Area writer replanted in Mexico as a non-native species. Before becoming a writer he was, at turns, a biologist, a rock climbing guide, an ...  Show more

Want to learn how to make your thoughts work for you, not against you? In this episode, I share my journey from skeptic to believer in the power of positive affirmations, visualization, and self-competition. It took me decades to figure this out, but now I’m here to show you t ...

In this episode, I dive into the insane power of your mind and how just believing can literally change your life. We're talking placebo pills that heal, fake surgeries that work, and how simply thinking you're doing something healthy can lead to weight loss and lower blood pre ...