Restructure your BRAIN using your THOUGHTS | Dr. Caroline Leaf
This episode is sponsored by truLOCAL. Go to and and use code MP to get free meat! Today’s guest, Dr. Caroline Leaf, is one of the first in her field to study how the brain can change with directed mind input. She discusses how you can eliminate toxic thoughts and brain pathways established in your brain. Dr. Leaf also answers Mikhaila’s question about how long it usually takes to change your brain by changing your behaviour. Dr.
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- 0:00Intro
- 2:00Mikhaila introduces this episode’s guest, Dr. Leaf, to discuss the brain and neuroplasticity.
- 6:00Neuroplasticity and the mind-brain separation.
- 11:10When toxic thoughts are established in your brain.
- 15:28How long it takes to change your brain.
- 18:07How to stop negative thinking.
- 23:44Mikhaila's experience with toxic thoughts and what happens when you take an antidepressant.
- 27:37How do you convince people that mindset makes a difference?
- 30:43Telomeres.
- 36:20What the research on telomeres tells us.
- 40:24The problem with just focusing on awareness alone and what to do instead.
- 43:24How to do the work on your traumas.
- 46:17The mismanagement of mental health.
- 47:19The steps to manage your health.
- 52:14How tapping works.
- 53:03The Neurocycle.
- 55:30The biggest problem with therapy.
- 57:37Mikhaila's new book and how she dealt with trauma.
- 1:02:39Reconceptualization.
- 1:05:04Find more Dr. Leaf on Instagram @DrCarolineLeaf and her podcast Cleaning Up The Mental Waste