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Change Your Brain Every Day

Change Your Brain Every Day

Dr Daniel & Tana Amen 1 004 episodes Nov 2, 2026

New York Times bestselling authors Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen guide listeners on how to improve brain health and overcome anxiety, depression, memory loss, ADHD, addictions, disease, and obesity. Each episode provides practical advice and strategies to take control of your brain and body for a healthier life.

Episodes

Is Your Brain Holding You Back? Dr. Daniel Amen & Lisa Bilyeu Reveal How to Optimize Your Brain
Is Your Brain Holding You Back? Dr. Daniel Amen & Lisa Bilyeu Reveal How to Optimize Your Brain Nov 2, 2026 15:48 What if the secret to feeling happier, thinking clearer, and living your best life starts with your brain? In this powerful throwback conversation, Lisa Bilyeu sits down with world-renowned psychiatrist and brain health expert Dr. Daniel Amen to reveal how to optimize your brain, improve your mental health, and unlock your full potential. From overcoming negative thoughts and managing stres
How to Heal From Childhood Trauma That Still Controls You | Jim Curtis & Dr. Daniel Amen
How to Heal From Childhood Trauma That Still Controls You | Jim Curtis & Dr. Daniel Amen Oct 26, 2026 16:07 What if the trauma you thought you moved past is still controlling your thoughts, emotions, relationships, and health?   In this powerful throwback episode, Dr. Daniel Amen sits down with Jim Curtis to explore how trauma can shape your brain, keep you stuck in painful patterns, and impact your ability to feel safe, connected, and happy.   They dive into the connection between trauma and brain
Your Gut Is Messing With Your Hormones?! The Hidden Connection You NEED to Know | Part 2 with Dr. Eboni Cornish & Tana Amen
Your Gut Is Messing With Your Hormones?! The Hidden Connection You NEED to Know | Part 2 with Dr. Eboni Cornish & Tana Amen Oct 19, 2026 45:20 What if the key to balancing your hormones, boosting your energy, and finally feeling like yourself again starts in your GUT?   In Part 2 of our gut health and hormone series, Dr. Eboni Cornish joins Tana Amen to uncover the powerful connection between your gut microbiome, hormones, inflammation, and overall health—and why so many people may be overlooking one of the biggest pieces of the puzzl
Your Hormones Aren't Broken—Your Gut Might Be the Missing Piece PT. 1 | Dr. Eboni Cornish
Your Hormones Aren't Broken—Your Gut Might Be the Missing Piece PT. 1 | Dr. Eboni Cornish Oct 12, 2026 32:04 What if the key to balancing your hormones, boosting your energy, and finally feeling like yourself again starts in your gut? In this eye-opening conversation, functional medicine doctor Dr. Eboni Cornish, MD, and Tana Amen dive into the powerful connection between gut health, hormones, inflammation, metabolism, and overall wellness. They explore how what's happening inside your gut may affect
The Lyme Disease Epidemic & the Inflammation Connection — A Conversation with Dr. Horowitz and Dr. Daniel Amen
The Lyme Disease Epidemic & the Inflammation Connection — A Conversation with Dr. Horowitz and Dr. Daniel Amen Oct 5, 2026 47:18 What if Lyme disease is only part of the story?   In this fascinating conversation, Dr. Richard Horowitz and Dr. Daniel Amen explore Lyme disease, chronic inflammation, immune dysfunction, and the complex symptoms that can persist long after an initial infection.   Why can Lyme be so difficult to diagnose and treat? How might inflammation affect the brain and body? And what can we learn from
Neal McDonough Opens Up: Brain Health, Breaking Addiction & the Fight to Rebuild Your Life
Neal McDonough Opens Up: Brain Health, Breaking Addiction & the Fight to Rebuild Your Life Sep 28, 2026 37:55 What does it really take to break free from addiction, protect your brain, and rebuild your life?   In this powerful conversation, actor Neal McDonough gets candid about the lessons, struggles, and turning points that shaped his journey. We dive into brain health, addiction and recovery, resilience, faith, discipline, and the mindset it takes to make lasting change.   Neal also shares insight
The Hidden Truth About Your Brain, Trauma & Healing with Kelly Noonan Gores
The Hidden Truth About Your Brain, Trauma & Healing with Kelly Noonan Gores Sep 22, 2026 54:06 What if changing your brain could change your life?   In this powerful conversation, Dr. Daniel Amen sits down with Kelly Gores for a deep dive into the brain, trauma, emotional patterns, healing, and the powerful connection between what we experience and how our brains function. They explore the questions so many of us are asking: Why do we repeat the same patterns? How does trauma affect the
The Trauma You Inherited Isn't Yours — But You Can Break It | Mark Wolynn
The Trauma You Inherited Isn't Yours — But You Can Break It | Mark Wolynn Sep 14, 2026 42:45 What if some of the anxiety, fear, relationship patterns, or emotional pain you struggle with didn't begin with you? In this powerful conversation, Mark Wolynn, author of It Didn't Start With You, joins Dr. Daniel Amen & Tana to explore one of the most important questions in mental health: How much of what we carry was inherited from the generations before us? They unpack the hidden patterns tha
It's Your Time to Heal: God's Steps with Pastor Derwin Gray
It's Your Time to Heal: God's Steps with Pastor Derwin Gray Aug 31, 2026 32:28 What if the Gospel is the answer to America's deepest divisions and to our deepest wounds? In this episode, we sit down with Pastor Derwin Gray; former NFL player turned church planter, best-selling author, and founder of Transformation Church — for a raw, hope-filled conversation about faith, identity, healing, and what it really means to follow Jesus in a fractured world.   Derwin shares his
She Lost Her Arm But Found a Stronger Brain. Bethany Hamilton's Incredible Post-Traumatic Growth Journey
She Lost Her Arm But Found a Stronger Brain. Bethany Hamilton's Incredible Post-Traumatic Growth Journey Aug 24, 2026 39:40 What if your greatest trauma could literally reshape your brain and your life for the better? After surviving a shark attack that took her arm at just 13 years old, Bethany Hamilton became a global symbol of resilience. But what actually happened inside her brain? In this powerful conversation, Bethany sits down with renowned psychiatrist and brain imaging expert Dr. Daniel Amen, alongside Tana A
Your Brain's Silent War: Dr. David Perlmutter on the Immune Cells That Make or Break Your Mind
Your Brain's Silent War: Dr. David Perlmutter on the Immune Cells That Make or Break Your Mind Aug 17, 2026 54:01 For decades, medicine has treated memory loss, brain fog, and neurodegenerative disease as inevitable — but what if the real battle is happening at the cellular level, inside your brain's own immune system? In this episode, six-time New York Times bestselling author and neurologist Dr. David Perlmutter joins Dr. Amen & Tana to unpack the findings from his groundbreaking new book, Brain Defenders.
The Second Beginning: Life After Traumatic Brain Injury with Erik Johnson
The Second Beginning: Life After Traumatic Brain Injury with Erik Johnson Aug 10, 2026 55:30 In this episode, Dr. Daniel Amen sits down with Stanley Cup and NHL champion Erik Johnson for a groundbreaking look inside Erik's concussion recovery. Using advanced SPECT imaging, Dr. Amen scans Erik's brain to reveal the hidden impact of his traumatic brain injury and maps areas of damage, dysfunction, and remarkable resilience that standard imaging often misses.   Together, they walk through

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