#114 Upgrade Your Brain, Upgrade Your Life with Dr. Brant Cortright

Brant Cortright, Ph.D., is the author of The Neurogenesis Diet and Lifestyle: Upgrade Your Brain, Upgrade Your Life and a brain health coach. He is a Professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. As a licensed clinical psychologist he maintains a private practice in San Francisco that focuses on an integral/holistic and neuroscience-informed approach to brain health and depth psychotherapy. He specializes in depression, stress and anxiety, career and meaning, as well as relationship and intimacy issues. He has authored two previous books, Integral Psychology and Psychotherapy and Spirit (both published by SUNY Press.) He speaks and gives workshops around the US, Europe and Asia.   Our episode today is all about creating a lifestyle that creates new brain cells and gets people away from depression by holistic means.   We discuss psychedelic usage, finding a therapist to help treat depression, and meditation and heart opening.   Brant leaves us with the advice, "It's never too early to have a lifestyle that is anti-Alzheimer's and pro-brain health. Alzheimer's is a lifestyle disease and is almost entirely avoidable."   Get the full shownotes on the Under30Experiences Blog.