The Brain That Changes Itself
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Sep 18, 2026
Garrett SalpeterGUEST
I can't tell you who did that.
Garrett SalpeterGUEST
It, it reminds me, it may have been in the book or, or there was related research in The, The Brain That Changes Itself by-
Nathalie NiddamHOST
I actually, you know what? I think it was that book
Garrett SalpeterGUEST
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Garrett SalpeterGUEST
There, there's a couple, a couple things there that I, that I think are really interesting.
Garrett SalpeterGUEST
One is when you're talking about neuroplastic changes in the brain, there's very interesting...
Garrett SalpeterGUEST
I think it was actually in that same book, The Brain That Changes Itself, when I first learned about this, where the research that shows that when people wear really thick-soled shoes for a lifetime-
Nathalie NiddamHOST
Yeah
Yaser BirjasHOST
how that works, Jamal? Is there a motherboard in the human body that tells you, hey, listen, I'm going to refocus over here.
Yaser BirjasHOST
And even, subhanallah, if somebody, for example, loses an ability, the brain, there's a book called The Plasticity of the Brain, The Brain That Changes Itself.
Yaser BirjasHOST
It's an interesting, subhanallah, phenomenon in the study of the human brain.
Yaser BirjasHOST
Amazing.
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.
Joseph RodriguesHOST
Why is this important? Because you can change your brain.
Joseph RodriguesHOST
As a matter of fact, there's a great book.
Joseph RodriguesHOST
It's called The Brain That Changes Itself by Dr. Norman Deutsch.
Joseph RodriguesHOST
I recommend getting a copy of this book at your earliest convenience.
Joseph RodriguesHOST
As a matter of fact, I'll put a link in the description to it.
Joseph RodriguesHOST
You can change your brain.
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Joseph RodriguesHOST
I'm not worried about five right now.
Joseph RodriguesHOST
I'm interested in one conversation.
Lee WarrenHOST
If you get 1% better every day, you get about 37% better at the end of the year.
Lee WarrenHOST
This idea has been popularized in recent years, like I said, by James Clear in the book Atomic Habits.
Lee WarrenHOST
37% in a year built on just 1% improvement a day.
Lee WarrenHOST
It tells me something profound, and here it is.
Lee WarrenHOST
It's you in the dark, in the day, in the night, in the privacy of your home, in the place where you are alone doing your work.
Lee WarrenHOST
It's getting better at getting better, using neuroplasticity, compounding the effect of going all in day after day after day after day.
Lee WarrenHOST
and 37 better in a year will change your life now here's where i want to bring it home i want to bring my two worlds together okay the operating room and this ministry if you will the podcast the youtube channel my books the public side of the work that i do i want to bring those together for a minute understand your brain is not a fixed organ that you were handed at birth and are stuck with i know a lot of people i did grew up believing that you were either a math person or you weren't.
Lee WarrenHOST
You were either gifted at athletics or not.