Does it really matter what you do throughout the day concerning your mental health? Tony tackles the impact of implicit memory and how the "flow of experience gradually sculpts your brain, thus shaping your mind" from the book "Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom" by Rick Hanson, Ph.D. https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B003TU29WU&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_PT0G7S7YMYJMKH9MT3VW&tag=tonyoverbay-20

Tony also references the article "Implicit Memory vs. Explicit Memory" by Kendra Cherry https://www.verywellmind.com/implicit-and-explicit-memory-2795346

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[00:00:00] So recently I was poking around inside of my Audible audiobook library and I was looking for a particular book. And somewhere in there I saw the total number of books that I have purchased and I don't know if it's been for a lifetime, actually think that I switched my audible account several times early on when you would get two or three free books every time that you created a new audible account. But I've had one going strong, I think, since about 2010, and I know that that number was pushing about 400 books. And I also know that for a while I purchased my audiobooks through Apple iTunes, my iTunes account, and I've spent some time with different Audible competitors over the years. And I know I purchased and listened to books from them as well. And while one might look at that number of books and think to themselves, Man, you are well read, my friend. Well done. I did not. Instead I thought, okay, how many of those books were pure junk fiction, no judgment, just curious. And at any given time, I know that I have a fictional book going, or maybe even two, and usually some sort of autobiography. I'm fascinated by the way that people work and a couple of books on psychology, whether it's my favorite acceptance and commitment therapy, maybe a couples therapy book, something on the brain.

[00:01:05] We're going to talk about that today. But what I also found myself thinking was I kind of don't remember much of any of these books out of the 400 when it ultimately comes down to it. And I find myself often if somebody says, have you seen this movie or you remember this book? And then they go into the details and I do the old what is wrong with me concept that I so preach against, but I'm just wanting to be authentic and honest here. So this brought up a lot of things that I think about and I wonder often is that if we go through all of these experiences in our lives, even just reading 400 or listening to 400 audio books, but then we don't remember them then. Are they of worth or are they of value? So today we're going to explore the concepts of memory. And before you get too far ahead of yourself, wondering where we're headed, I absolutely believe and I think that I have discovered the research and the data to back up that research, that as each one of us are truly a neural mash up of all of our experiences, that can say without a doubt that all of our experiences go into making us who we are.

[00:02:07] So there is an enormous benefit to not only experiences that we have in life,