Your Brain Is Begging for These 5 Things (And it could help you prevent Alzheimer’s disease)

You walk into a room and have absolutely no idea why you’re there. You can’t find the word you were JUST about to say. You’re exhausted, foggy, forgetful - and everyone tells you: welcome to motherhood.

But… what if we stopped brushing all of it off??

Today, Deena sits down with Emma Heming Willis and clinical psychologist Dr. Nicole Beurkens from Make Time Wellness for a fascinating (and refreshingly non-doom-and-gloom) conversation about women’s brain health and why we should be thinking about our brains LONG before there’s a problem - especially in the context of potential Alzheimer’s disease prevention.

We’re getting into brain fog, hormones, perimenopause, sleep, movement, stress, dementia risk, and the simple things we can start doing now to support our brains for the long haul. And thankfully, this is NOT another episode telling you to wake up at 5 a.m., meditate for 45 minutes, eat superfoods, hit 10,000 steps and become a completely different person by Tuesday.

You’ll learn:

• When brain fog and forgetfulness are part of a season (and when it’s worth talking to your doctor)
• The five basic pillars that support brain health over time
• What’s actually happening inside your brain while you sleep
• Why you absolutely do NOT need a perfect workout routine
• Why women are at greater risk for Alzheimer’s disease - and why prevention starts decades before we think it does
• How to advocate for yourself when a doctor tells you everything is “normal” but you know something feels off

Plus why 10,000 steps is not the magical number we’ve been led to believe, why the exercise you’ll actually do wins, what your 30s and 40s have to do with your brain decades from now, and how to advocate for yourself when a healthcare provider dismisses what you know you’re feeling.

This isn’t about becoming afraid of getting older. It’s about realizing we have more power than we think - and your brain deserves to be part of the conversation NOW.

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