Something You Should Know

The Secrets to Being a Successful Adult & Building Your Own Mental Fitness


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You know that feeling you get when you eat comfort food? There is something magical about it. This episode begins by exploring why some foods become comfort food while other food does not and what causes us to feel so fondly about certain foods but not others. https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/03/052.html


What are the secrets to being a successful adult? That’s a hard question to answer but Gretchen Rubin joins me to take a swing at it. Gretchen is wildly successful expert on happiness having written books on the topic and she is also host of the podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin. (https://gretchenrubin.com/podcasts/). Her latest book is called Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives (https://amzn.to/3RutUfP). What’s fun is that Gretchen writes about adulthood in aphorisms – short saying that say a lot. Here’s one to give you a sample: "Don’t do something to make yourself feel better if it is only going to make you feel worse.” Listen as Gretchen frames adulthood in these easy to digest nuggets and offers some valuable insight.


Do you have good mental health? What does that even mean – to have good mental health? That is what Dr. Drew Ramsey is here to discuss> He is a board-certified psychiatrist, and pioneer in nutritional psychiatry and mental fitness and an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University. Dr. Ramsey says there is strong evidence that our lifestyle can have a big impact on mental health and that we can do things to build our mental fitness in much the same way as we can improve our physical fitness. Dr. Ramsey is author of the book Healing the Modern Brain: Nine Tenets to Build Mental Fitness and Revitalize Your Mind (https://amzn.to/4j8hqXf).


You need to drink more water! It is common advice, and it turns out to be pretty solid. Listen as I reveal some of the benefits you get when you hydrate yourself that you may not realize. https://www.harpersbazaar.com/beauty/health/a2714/body-without-enough-water/


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