Top 10 Neuroscience-Backed Tips for a Stronger Brain | Wendy Suzuki and Amishi Jha

This is the 10% Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hello everybody, how are we doing? Today we are talking about the top 10 neuroscience-backed tips for a healthy brain. For this episode, we have recruited two powerhouse neuroscientists, both of them friends of the pod.

Just to say from the jump here, we're going to go through the best ways to maintain your brain, but my guests are very sensitive to the fact that you're a busy person, so they will recommend strategies that you can actually do, that you can actually weave into your daily life. In other words, we will talk about things like sleep, exercise, and meditation and how they change your brain, but we will also talk about the minimum effective dose. My guests are Drs. Amishi Ja and Wendy Suzuki. Amishi Ja is director of contemplative neuroscience and a professor of psychology at the University of Miami.

She's also the author of a best-selling book called Peak Mind, and she's the creator of an app called Push-Ups for Your Mind. Wendy Suzuki is the dean of NYU's College of Arts and Sciences and a professor of neuroscience and psychology, and she's the author of Healthy Brain, Happy Life, and another book with the provocative title Good Anxiety. I should say the reason we're doing a top 10 list today is that we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the show. Thank you very much for listening. I can't believe we've been doing this for 10 years.

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