Building Your Best Brain

A podcast and free resource for anyone curious about neuroscience, cognitive health, and tools that actually work—straight from someone who’s in the lab and understands the human brain.

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Ep6: How To Overcome "Health Hack" Overload

Welcome to the episode of Building Your Best Brain Podcast! In this episode we: Different types of information overload. The dangers of the “if then” statement. Three ways to overcome “health hack” overload.

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Skye Marok Skye Marok

Ep5 - The Brain-Breath Ballad

Welcome to Building Your Best Brain Podcast! In this episode we: The communication highway between your breath and your brain. The autonomic nervous system. The lizard brain - star is medulla oblongata. Your breathing muscles - main vs. accessory. Inhale vs. Exhale. Your stress response and breathing rate overtime. 

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Skye Marok Skye Marok

Ep4: Meditation Brain Plan

Welcome to Building Your Best Brain Podcast! In this episode we: Benefits of a long, less frequent meditation practise vs. shorter more frequent meditation practice. Journal prompts to build your meditation plan that will actually stick! Some free meditation resources to get your started.

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Skye Marok Skye Marok

Ep3: Rewriting Your DNA through Meditation

Welcome to Building Your Best Brain Podcast! In this episode we: What is DNA? How is it organized? Where do we get it? How is each cell so different but have the exact same DNA? Where our genes meet our environment. What is meditation?  Meditation, aging and your epigenetics. Epigenetic aging. What does this mean when it comes to meditation?

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Skye Marok Skye Marok

Ep2: Cells that Fire Together Wire Together - the Science, the History and the Principle

Welcome to Building Your Best Brain Podcast! In this episode we: Sylvie’s favorite saying in all of neuroscience research! What is a neuron? What are the building blocks of a circuit in the brain? Excitatory vs. inhibitory neurotransmitters. Dr. Donald Hebb “Hebbian Learning”. The famous rhythm by Dr. Carla Shatz. The break-through research that brought it to life. What is neuroplasticity?

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Skye Marok Skye Marok

Ep1: How to Befriend Your Brain

Welcome to the FIRST episode of Building Your Best Brain Podcast! In this episode we: Sylvie’s journey to brain health. How your brain is always communicating with you. How to be mindful when you talk about your mind. How to make small actionable steps and avoid wellness/health overwhelm. Using your intuition as a guide. What you can expect from this podcast in the future.

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