Norman Doidge
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Sep 18, 2026
Garrett SalpeterGUEST
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Garrett SalpeterGUEST
Norman Doidge.
Nathalie NiddamHOST
Yeah.
Garrett SalpeterGUEST
Yeah.
Amy ArthurNARRATOR
I cultivated atomic habits, I learned the Wim Hof method, embraced the plasticity of my own brain, gorged on healthy fats, cut out gluten, lined my kitchen with jars of homemade sauerkraut, Eating well, exercising regularly, learning new skills, these are cornerstones of many self-improvement regimes.
Amy ArthurNARRATOR
Who would not welcome a bit of science to shed more light on how these work? This is precisely what books like Why We Sleep, as well as Atomic Habits, 2018, by James Clear, Mind Your Gut, 2024, by Kate Scarlatta and Megan Reel, and The Brain That Changes Itself, 2007, by Norman Doidge, intend.
Amy ArthurNARRATOR
And yet, working my way through these books, I could not help but notice something more nefarious at play.
Amy ArthurNARRATOR
This new toolkit of science-backed interventions seemed to grow into something greater than the sum of their parts.
Jordan NeriHOST
Yes.
Jacqueline HardingGUEST
You know, like there's a wonderful book by Norman Doidge, The Brain That Changes Itself.
Jacqueline HardingGUEST
And in there, he talks about how the brain heals.
Jacqueline HardingGUEST
And we need to know an awful lot more.
Kai DickensHOST
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Mo PritzkerGUEST
At this point, I'd been dealing with this health thing for so long, I couldn't believe I was back, and even though I'd found neuroplasticity, I was like, "Oh God, can I do this?" And I remember very clearly, I heard, "You are connected to everyone and everything." And it was almost like somebody was standing next to my bed.
Kai DickensHOST
You just heard that.
Mo PritzkerGUEST
Heard it.
Mo PritzkerGUEST
The other thing that we do that's really cool is called mirroring, and this is something that's been studied.
Mo PritzkerGUEST
Actually, if you want to...
Mo PritzkerGUEST
A really great book, and this is one of the books I read at the beginning, um, of neuroplasticity, Norman Doidge, who is sort of the godfather of neuroplasticity, and he has many books, and it talks all about how the brain can help heal the body through specific techniques.
Mo PritzkerGUEST
For example, if I were doing that technique that you just watched me do, you actually have the physical and chemical experience that I'm having.
Lee WarrenHOST
It's not magic.
Lee WarrenHOST
And if you wanna go deeper, Norman Doidge's book, The Brain That Changes Itself is a fascinating look at applied neuroplasticity and the dramatic ways that people can get better from all kinds of things like Parkinson's and strokes and vision loss using neuroplasticity to change their brains.
Lee WarrenHOST
It's a great book.
Lee WarrenHOST
It's not spiritual book at all.