Can simply drinking water make you smarter? Apparently so, at least for a little while. While no one is exactly sure why, I begin this episode by explaining how we know it is true and some of the theories for what causes it to happen. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/minding-the-body/201205/can-sipping-water-make-you-smarter
We humans engage in some s ... Show More
Mar 2024
How to Make New Habits Stick, Why You Can’t Break Old Habits and The Secret to Great Communication with Charles Duhigg #436
My philosophy as a doctor has always been connect first, educate second. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. And this goes for all relationships, not just doctor-patient.
Good communication is something we’d all like to master. And today’s gues ... Show More
2h 23m
Jun 2024
#800 - 15 Lessons From 800 Episodes
To celebrate 800 episodes of Modern Wisdom, I broke down some of my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last hundred episodes.
Expect to learn why starting the day with an imagined productivity debt is making you miserable, why being competent can be more of a curse t ... Show More
1h 9m
Apr 2024
#776 - 2M Q&A - Private Life, Future Of Podcasting & Becoming Religious
I hit 2 million Subscribers on YouTube!!
To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter and Instagram, so here’s another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. As always there’s some great questions in here about my thoughts on Andrew Huberman's recent ... Show More
1h 47m
Mar 2023
Dr. Amen: A Revolution in Brain Health
TW: suicide
The Lautners are joined by psychiatrist and 18-time best-selling author, Dr. Amen, who’s on a mission to end the concept of mental illness and talk about brain health. They discuss the Launters’ brain scans from The Amen Clinic, how mental hygiene is equally as impor ... Show More
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