Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain! Today, we’re getting the science behind our WORDS when it comes to building circuits in our brain. A topic that has A LOT of nuance that is often not explained or overlooked. Once you get these subtle differences, you’ll see rather quickly how your brain shifts and changes in the direction you desire .

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain! Today, we’re getting into a poorly understood and explained topic “Mental Rest”. Where I take both my knowledge in neuroscience, meditation and neuroplasticity to unpack what is truly is and why it is the key to happy and healthy brain. What it means to be well-rested mentally? What it looks like to not be mentally rested? How this impracts your brain and body long term? Three tools that help you integrate more mental rest today!

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain podcast! So excited to dive into something that I know a lot of us have experienced before, despite our best efforts … the stress relief tools EVERYONE raves about fail us. This short episode will help solve that problem, and lucky for you doesn’t require you to add any more tools or buy anything! In this episode we dive into 5 reasons why your brain may not be finding relief you hoped for and how to rewire for good.

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain! Today, we’re getting cut through all of the lies and fluff and get down to business when it comes to what happens to your body and brain when it comes to chronic stress. What is a stressor and how does your brain and body respond? How does noradrenaline and cortisol act on the body? Why there really is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to stress? A few tools to begin to heal your brain and body from chronic stress.

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain! Today, we’re getting REAL about the power that lies within your skull—specifically, how you can literally change your memories using neuroscience. What it actually means when your brain brings up a memory. How to tap into neuroplasticity to rewire your brain’s circuits. Signs your memory is stuck in the amygdala—and how to release it. How to access deep subconscious memories and change them from within.

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain! This might just be my geekiest episode yet—and honestly, it’s long overdue. In this foundational episode, we’re diving into the basics of neuroscience—the tools I believe everyone should have in their mental toolbox to better understand what’s going on in their brain and body.

Welcome back to Building Your Best Brain! This episode features the incredible Dr. Claudia Belliveau—a neuroscientist, science communicator, and entrepreneur who’s passionate about making science accessible to everyone. Claudia earned her PhD in Neuroscience from McGill University and founded a scientific consulting company during her studies to bridge the gap between research and the public. Today, she’s a freelance science consultant, content creator, and small business owner, running an Instagram platform with 85K+ followers and crafting unique gifts for recent graduates.

Welcome to another episode of Building Your Best Brain! In this episode, we: Outline my "Meditation and Your Brain" workshop. Share a sneak peek of two out of five of my favourite studies on the long-term benefits of meditation for your brain, especially for experienced meditators. Open the floor for your questions, so we can dive even deeper into these fascinating topics

Welcome to Building Your Best Brain Podcast! And Happy New Year! First episode of 2025! And we kick it off with a brilliant guest (and first one ever on this podcast! Our Brain loves a good first!). Here we are chatting about all things neuroscience, work-place and burn out prevention!

Welcome to another episode of Building Your Best Brain podcast! In today’s episode we talk about: How stress gets a bad rep and that is misleading. How presentation of stressors impacts your brain. The two different stress response your brain has and how it impacts your body. A personal example of how I used stress to my advantage. The perception shift that has made a HUGE difference in my life.

Welcome to another episode of Building Your Best Brain podcast! In today’s episode we talk about: How I do the MOST in my life. The science behind why doing the MOST is hurting your brain. Some simple shifts I use to do less.

Welcome to another episode of Building Your Best Brain podcast! In today’s episode we talk about: 5 reasons why meditation is NOT for you. Finding your WHY when it comes to meditation. Journal prompts to set up a consistent meditation practise.

Welcome to another episode of Building Your Best Brain podcast! In today’s episode we talk about: Your limbic system. Neurobiology of your fear response. Emotions as energetic fuel.

Welcome to another episode of Building Your Best Brain! In this episode we: Define the clinical and scientific definition of placebo effect. Unpack a fMRI study looking at placebo and pain relief. How to apply placebo to your limiting beliefs.

Welcome to another episode of Building Your Best Brain podcast! In this episode we: Little life update. What’s next for the podcast this month. Why triggers are your brain’s best friend.

Welcome to building your best brain podcast! In this episode we dive into a HIGHLY requested topic which is on the popular ONNIT Alpha Brain Supplement. Here I walk you through the website where I review the ingredients, mechanism of action, references and reviews.

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.

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. 

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.

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?