💬 “If you're feeling a particular way - sad, upset, angry, thirsty, hungry - your automatic reaction is ‘I've got comfort in my phone’. So it becomes a pattern that is ingrained. Not deeply ingrained, because we can break it.” -Dr Nicole Vignola ⚡️ Dr Nicole Vignola is a well-known neuroscientist and brain expert, and author of Rewire: Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change.  ⚡️ In this episode, Nicole and I explore how to break bad habits, phone addiction, negative self-talk, anxiety and rewire your brain for happiness, health and performance. 🎧 Stay tuned to find out: ➡︎ A simple trick to break smartphone addiction and why you should avoid it in the morning ➡︎ How to keep your brain adapting and developing at any age ➡ The science of how walking resets our brain by quieting fear receptors in the brain ➡︎ How to reframe negativity and reinforce positive self-talk ➡︎ The true extent of poor sleep on brain health 📕 Chapters (1:42) How neuroscience affects you (4:30) How to avoid cognitive decline (10:21) Meditation and mental breaks (12:04) Breaking phone addiction (16:02) Properly dealing with stress (22:07) Reframing negative self-talk (31:27) Healthy dopamine hits (34:47) Improving brain performance at any age (39:25) Manifestation (41:53) Benefits of doing nothing (44:38) How Nicole optimises her brain 📱 Connect with me: TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr 📱 Connect with Nicole: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolesneuroscience  Website: https://www.nicolesneuroscience.com/  🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook  🎙️ An OG Podcasts production.