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Cognitive Enhancement Through Exercise & How Your Brain Actually Works

In this episode you will learn:
How brain plasticity works.
The science behind the mood-boosting effects of exercise. 
How exercise can protect our brains from aging.
The power of meditation for the human brain. 
How to create a ritual around meditation. 
What cognitive enhancement is. 
The three major areas of cognitive enhancement.  
How aerobic exercise can help your hippocampus grow.
What BDNF is.
The two broad groups of cells in the human brain. 
How exercise can improve your focus. 
The effects that walking can have on your mood.
How neurons work in the brain.
The details of Dr. Suzuki’s exact exercise and meditation routine.
How a devastating loss helped Dr. Suzuki uncover her superpower. 
What intenSati is. 

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
09:10 Dr. Wendy Suzuki
10:45 How to get rid of plastics
17:12 Brain plasticity
20:59 Meditation
28:36 Loving-kindness meditation
33:04 Cognitive enhancement
34:24 HIppocampus
34:42 What aerobic exercise does to our brain
39:00 How our brains communicate
44:55 Importance of having rituals
48:38 Changes that happen with 3 months exercise
52:22 Good Anxiety Bad Anxiety
58:27 Dr. Wendy's experience with intenSati

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