High Performance Health Podcasts - 269
EP 269: Cutting Edge Neuroscience: How To Clean Up Your Mental Mess with Dr Caroline Leaf
Dr. Caroline Leaf discusses the difference between the mind and the brain, shedding light on a commonly misunderstood concept regarding the difference between them.
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Dr. Caroline Leaf discusses the difference between the mind and the brain, shedding light on a commonly misunderstood concept regarding the difference between them: that the brain is a physical substrate, while the mind is the activator of the brain. The mind is our aliveness, our life force, that enables us to think, feel, and choose.
Dr. Leaf also shares her insights on how to optimise the mind-body-spirit connection and provides practical tools for managing mental health and rewiring the brain.
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"Your brain is literally a physical substrate, very complex, obviously, it's often compared to a computer, but it's way more complex than a computer."
"If we date our brain is disintegrating, our body's disintegrating, nothing's happening, that's logical. But we're alive and having this conversation and your viewers and your listeners are able to process and respond and think and feel and choose about this information that we're sharing. And that is because of their mind."
"So our mind is our aliveness that activates the brain, and the brain and the body collectively together respond to the mind."
"The subconscious is like a doorway or a portal between the conscious mind and the non-conscious mind. So when we go to sleep, the conscious mind and the subconscious mind pretty much go to sleep as well. And the brain goes into an unconscious state, but the non-conscious is still functioning, which is why we have dreams and why we do process stuff."
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About the Guest
Dr. Caroline Leaf is a communication pathologist, audiologist, and clinical and cognitive neuroscientist specialising in psych-neurobiology. Her passion is to help people see the power of the mind to change the brain, control chaotic thinking, and find mental peace.
Since the early 1980s, Dr. Leaf has researched the mind-brain connection, the nature of mental health, and the formation of memory. As a highly sought-after expert on mental health, she is the host of the top-rated podcast, Cleaning Up the Mental Mess. Dr. Leaf is also the author of several bestselling books, including a Master’s and PhD in Communication Pathology and a BSc Logopaedics. Dr Leaf does ongoing research and clinical trials in the field of psychoneurobiology in order to improve mental health interventions.
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Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance.
Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance.
