
The Neuroscience of Belief: How Meaning, Identity and Frequency, Drive Motivation (Featuring Bob Proctor)
Andrea Samadi explores Phase Two of the brain roadmap, showing how belief—shaped by meaning, identity, and daily practice—starts the motivation loop and drives action. Featuring insights from Bob Proc...
19 Apr 28min

The Motivation Loop: How Your Brain Decides What’s Worth Doing
Season 15, Episode 392 introduces phase two of the roadmap: neurochemistry and motivation. Andrea Samadi breaks down the motivation loop—expectation, thought patterns, attention and action, feedback, ...
12 Apr 19min

When Brains Dream: How Sleep Integrates Emotion, Insight, and Creativity (Revisiting Antonio Zadra)
Andrea Samadi revisits a conversation with sleep researcher Antonio Zadra on why the brain dreams, how REM sleep integrates emotions and memories, and the NextUp model (Network Exploration to Understa...
5 Apr 21min

What Gets Measured Gets Improved: Sleep, Recovery & Peak Performance with Dr. Kristen Holmes
Host Andrea Samadi revisits a 2021 conversation with Dr. Kristen Holmes (VP of Performance Science at WHOOP) to explain how measuring sleep, recovery, and strain transforms performance and resilience....
27 Mar 27min

Breathe to Reset: How HRV Tech Reveals Hidden Stress (Rohan Dixit)
In this episode Andrea Samadi revisits her conversation with Rohan Dixit, founder of Leaf Therapeutics, exploring how heart rate variability (HRV) and breath awareness reveal hidden stress and support...
15 Mar 17min

The Glucose Protocol: How Fueling Your Brain Restores Clarity with Dr. David Stephens
In this episode Andrea Samadi welcomes back Dr. David Stephens to explore his new book, The Glucose Protocol, and the science showing how targeted glucose can restore brain function, improve mental cl...
9 Mar 48min

What Your Eyes Reveal About Your Brain's Future (Revisiting Dr. Sui Wong)
This episode revisits Dr. Sui Wong’s insights on how the eyes are neural tissue that can reveal early signs of brain, vascular, and metabolic issues, and reframes migraine as a common, often invisible...
2 Mar 18min

Can AI Personalize Your Brain Health? Inside Brain.One's Protocols with Thoryn Stephens
In this episode Andrea Samadi interviews Thoryn Stevens, CEO and founder of Brain.One, about using AI, wearables, biomarkers and evidence-based micro-habits to create personalized brain-health protoco...
22 Feb 43min




















