Sublime

where translating timeless wisdom into real-world practical application became my mission. Over the years, my students numbered in the tens of thousands,

Favorite documentaries The Fog of War (Errol Morris)—Many guests recommend this. It’s incredible and has an unbelievable 98% average on Rotten Tomatoes. Brother’s Keeper (Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky) Hoop Dreams (Steve James) Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (Alex Gibney)

Having higher levels of BDNF bolsters memory, mood, and executive function in the short term, and is a powerful promoter of brain plasticity in the long term.

MDMA is like dynamite to the dam governing normal serotonin release. But the act of releasing huge amounts of serotonin overwhelms the recycling machinery and causes oxidation of the surrounding neurons, literally burning them away—perhaps this is why chronic, long-term MDMA use has been linked with memory problems and brain damage.

Increasing your production of BDNF and thus increasing neurogenesis while adding protection to your existing brain neurons doesn’t require that you enroll in a research study to determine if some new laboratory-created compound will enhance BDNF production. The gene that turns on BDNF is activated by a variety of factors, including voluntary physic