March 17, 2010

Interview with Dr. Brain Alman of www.BeautySleepTonight.com

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Mike Carruthers:
One big reason people have trouble falling asleep is that the mind and body are out of sync. Here’s what happens…

Dr. Brain Alman:
When you go to bed at night your body is exhausted but your mind will not shut up, you can’t stop that busy, over-thinking, over-analyzing, doubting, skeptical, “Did I do enough?”- all of that.
 

March 15, 2010

Interview with Dan Health, co-author of the book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

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Mike Carruthers:
Change is hard, but why? It may be how we approach the process of change.

Dan Heath:
People don’t typically think their way into change. Change usually starts with a feeling.

March 11, 2010

Interview with Christine Carter, M.D., author of the book Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents

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Mike Carruthers:
Parents have a lot to do with whether or not their children are happy.

Christine Carter, M.D.:
Often parents think they have one cheerful kid and one grumpy kid and that’s kind of the way it is. But actually we have a lot of great science now that shows that there are factors that parents can teach their kids that will lead to happiness in childhood and beyond.

March 9, 2010

Interview with Daniel Amen, M.D., author of the book Change Your Brain, Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted

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Mike Carruthers:
How well you think and the decisions you make are all a result of how well your brain functions.

Daniel Amen, M.D.:
And when we optimize someone’s brain they make better decisions that are more congruent with the goals they have in their life.

Dr. Daniel Amen, author of the book Change Your Brain, Change Your Body, says if you want to optimize your brain…