Surviving Your Brain with Dr. Philippe Douyon

EP14: Love On The Brain: How This Couple Successfully Navigates Marriage & Entrepreneurship with Sade & Hansome Kelly

In this episode, Dr. Philippe Douyon speaks with two special guests, Hansome Kelly and Sade Kelly. As their mind and heart seem to be in sync as a married couple, discover how both have shared not only intimate moments but also explored the entrepreneurial world together! Hansome is currently a trader coach in Financial Vortex who teaches new and experienced traders how to become 6 figure earners. Through his courses, Handsome helps by sharing lifelong wealth-building skills. Sade, on the other hand, is the CEO & Founder of The Fire Inside, a time management coaching and content creation services company. She helps ignite her clients’ lives through her coaching framework by building both personal and professional endeavors without sacrificing self-care in between.  Hansome and Kelly share their helpful tips and insights on how to build a successful relationship & business story by investing in yourself. They believe that a relationship is like creating both a business and a partnership, and it oftentimes requires an evolved mindset to handle all the highs and lows that come your way.  So, learn more with the Kelly couple as they share with Dr. Douyon how they move towards success together in love, business, and partnership in this episode of Surviving Your Brain podcast today!    KEY POINTS: * Respecting your partner’s dynamic and upbringing  * Entering the entrepreneurial world as a couple  * Dealing with the fear of success and failures in life * How to change your mindset for success * The importance of loving, growing, and becoming better with your partner * Knowing when to quit and restart  * How business and partnership intertwine in a relationship  * The vital role of respecting each other’s “me time”  * Building stronger intimacy together * Importance of personal & professional development    QUOTABLES: “It's really important to clearly communicate, and also make sure that your partner is comprehending [and] actually understanding and listening to what you're saying.” –  Sade Kelly    “I think you have to accept being vulnerable to your partner. And with the vulnerability – opening up, especially as men. We want to be strong people, we would take on anything; but at some time, you got to be vulnerable, and [say] ‘I need your help. I need your advice for what I'm dealing with.” – Hansome Kelly  GUESTS INFORMATION:   Hansome Kelly    Website | https://hansomekelly.com/ [https://hansomekelly.com/]  IG | @hansomekelly_  [https://www.instagram.com/hansomekelly_/?hl=en]   Sade Kelly    Website | https://thefireinsidesade.com/ [https://thefireinsidesade.com/]  IG | @sadekelly_ [https://www.instagram.com/sadekelly_/] RESOURCES: Like what you’re hearing? Leave a review and share this podcast!   Website | https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-charge [https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-charge]  IG | @philippe.md  [https://www.instagram.com/philippe.md/?hl=en] LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-philippe-douyon-85a24449/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-philippe-douyon-85a24449/]  FB | https://www.facebook.com/PhilippeDouyonMD/ [https://www.facebook.com/PhilippeDouyonMD/]     Surviving Your Brain is edited by EPYC Media Network (visit at https://www.epyc.co/)

EP13: From Ignorant To Literate - Transform Your Money Mindset with Financial Coach & Trader Hansome Kelly

In this episode, Dr. Philippe Douyon speaks with Hansome Kelly, Financial Coach and Trader from Financial Vortex company.  On a mission to bridge the gap between financial ignorance and financial literacy, Financial Vortex aims to help 100 million people reach their financial goals. Hansome’s expertise has also been trusted by various media outlets like Yahoo Finance and The 411 on Wealth. He shares his helpful advice to his valuable clients in managing money, insights to start their wealth-building journey, and things to unlearn from what we’ve been taught about money.  Tune in and uncover what is needed to shift our money mindset and learn how to invest in yourself and your money to achieve abundance. So listen to this episode and learn how to create your own generational wealth by shifting your mindset on money and uncover the keys to hitting your financial goals with Dr. Douyon and Hansome today!    KEY POINTS: * Hansome's journey in financial trading  * Why emotional trading is bad trading  * Three ways to shift with a money mindset  * Why Hansome thinks not everyone should become a day trader  * Things to unlearn when it comes to money  * How the lack of money can be considered a brain disorder  * How society has conditioned our thinking with money  * Opportunities, risks, and recommendations for your money in the market  * Invest in yourself, build your skills, and take courses/training programs * Three tips to bridge your financial literacy gap   QUOTABLES: “Have a completely different relationship with money. A lot of people are scared to get their bank accounts. A lot of people tell negative things about money. I tell them that they [shall] have positive affirmations every single day when it comes to money. Now, I also tell them that they need to be grateful for what they have.” – Hansome Kelly    “If you want to travel more, if you want to buy more clothes, it's smart to invest first. Then, use those gains to go and then travel and do all the things you want to do, rather than the opposite way. So, day trading allows you to use money as a tool.” – Hansome Kelly    “Life is all about evolving. You have to constantly be learning. And when you stop learning, that's almost akin to death when it comes to the brain.” – Dr. Philippe Douyon GUEST INFORMATION: Hansome Kelly Website | https://hansomekelly.com/ [https://hansomekelly.com/]  IG | @hansomekelly_  [https://www.instagram.com/hansomekelly_/?hl=en] RESOURCES: Like what you’re hearing? Leave a review and share this podcast!   Website | https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-charge [https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-charge]  IG | @philippe.md  [https://www.instagram.com/philippe.md/?hl=en] LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-philippe-douyon-85a24449/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-philippe-douyon-85a24449/]  FB | https://www.facebook.com/PhilippeDouyonMD/ [https://www.facebook.com/PhilippeDouyonMD/]     Surviving Your Brain is edited by EPYC Media Network (visit at https://www.epyc.co/)

EP12: Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You: Conquering Trauma with Jessica Hurley

Many of us may think that we’re coping with our traumas and triggers relatively well, but is that actually the case, or is our brain playing tricks on us?  Tune in to this episode as Jessica Hurley, Founder of Instapodcasts, speaks with Dr. Philippe Douyon about dealing with post-traumatic stress disorders and the ways to rewire your brain’s neural network. Jessica and Dr. Douyon discuss (AUTHOR’S) book ‘Game of Life and How To Play It’ and how it has helped heal her triggers and traumas. She also shares personal stories from her past and highlights how your childhood experiences greatly affect your brain function and emotional triggers.  So listen in to this episode so that you can deal with the tricks and triggers that affect your brain’s function and learn how to survive your personal trauma with Dr. Douyon and Jessica today!    KEY POINTS: * How we define and deal with our traumas differently  * How to deal with triggers from post-traumatic stress disorders * Striving for an elevated state of awareness to manifest your highest self * Important steps of healing by dealing with the trauma and considering therapy sessions * Understanding the stress hormone ‘cortisol’ and how it affects your memory  * The impact triggers have on your brain * How traumatic experiences create a lasting impact on your memories and neurons * Understanding Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy and Reiki energy healing  * Neuroplasticity and its ability to make new neurons and connections * Helpful tools to combat your brain’s fearful thoughts, anxiety, and limiting beliefs  * How people have the capacity to develop coping mechanisms for traumatic life events and effectively navigate their emotions   QUOTABLES: “From a brain perspective, trauma is anything that is going to trigger your fight-flight or freeze response, as a result of you feeling like you're being threatened in some way.” - Philippe Douyon “The connection to our feelings in the brain is so important. But the most powerful part of all is taking charge of your brain. There is the distinction that it is not who we are.  We have to fight back [and] tell our brain what to do. We do have to lead our brain, and how this probably bleeds into everything. Money matters; relationships, connections, that where we are in life — has everything to do with our lack of control of our brain.” - Jessica Hurley  ”First, you've got to survive your brain. And then, you got to take charge of your brain. That's when you start to thrive in life.” - Philippe Douyon   GUEST INFORMATION: Jessica Hurley  Website | https://www.jessicahurley.co/instapodcasts [https://www.jessicahurley.co/instapodcasts]  IG | @jessicahurley__ [https://www.instagram.com/jessicahurley__] LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicahurley/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicahurley/]  RESOURCES: Like what you’re hearing? Leave a review and share this podcast!   Website | https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-charge [https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-charge]  IG | @philippe.md  [https://www.instagram.com/philippe.md/?hl=en] LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-philippe-douyon-85a24449/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-philippe-douyon-85a24449/]  FB | https://www.facebook.com/PhilippeDouyonMD/ [https://www.facebook.com/PhilippeDouyonMD/]   Surviving Your Brain is produced by EPYC Media Network (visit at https://www.epyc.co/ [https://www.epyc.co/])

EP11: The Insidious Dangers of Loveless Sex

Pleasure can sometimes lead to pitfalls, and in this solo episode, Dr. Philippe Douyon shares that although casual sex may bring you bliss, the consequences may be more dire than you think.  Join Dr. Douyon as he talks about the various risks and benefits of engaging in sex. Dr. Douyon also dives into Marianne Williamson’s book, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles, and discusses how we manufacture depression through loveless sex. Dr. Douyon also reveals the reason why some of us feel sexually unsatisfied in relationships, and educates us on the types of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). So, tune in with Dr. Douyon and learn all about the insidious dangers of loveless sex and how to engage in sex with more intention and fulfillment.    KEY POINTS: * Casual sex and its impacts on your brain and life  * Marianne Williamson’s A Return to Love - a book on self-manufactured depression * Understanding the risks, benefits, and consequences of sex * How sex releases dopamine hormones, and its relationship with addiction  * Living in a society where over-sexualization is normalized * Vasopressin hormone and how it drives sexual craving  * Oxytocin hormone and the bonding hormone it releases  * Things to be mindful of if you engage in casual sex  * Learning the types of STDs such as syphilis and herpes and their effects to the body * How bodies transfer energies through sex  * The top three things to consider in sex: communication, testing, and therapy   QUOTABLES: “Casual sex is having sex with one of one or more partners that you're not committed to. It's about having sex with one or more partners that you are not in a romantic relationship with. And we know that this goes on in our society, and it's going to go on in our society forever.”  - Philippe Douyon   “If you're somebody who's had a lot of casual sex, there's no judgement, you can always change your life. Life for me is about evolution. You can always create the health, the relationships, and the life that you want for yourself.” - Philippe Douyon   RESOURCES: Like what you’re hearing? Leave a review and share this podcast!   Website | https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-charge [https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-charge]  IG | @philippe.md  [https://www.instagram.com/philippe.md/?hl=en] LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-philippe-douyon-85a24449/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-philippe-douyon-85a24449/]  FB | https://www.facebook.com/PhilippeDouyonMD/ [https://www.facebook.com/PhilippeDouyonMD/] Surviving Your Brain is produced by EPYC Media Network (visit at https://www.epyc.co/ [https://www.epyc.co/])

EP10: When Melody Meets The Mind with Anthony Bryant

In this episode, we are joined by Charles Anthony Bryant, a worship leader at Park Avenue Christian Church, East 85th on Park Avenue.  As a musical visionary artist, Anthony is on a mission to evolve both as a musician, a leader, and a person. On top of being a vocalist and performer, Anthony has also explored his musical passions in composition and managing music programs in church. Bringing his symphony to spirituality, Anthony continues to let his voice be heard in other areas aside from the church, most recently with his latest recording titled Hymnody Volume I (2015). Don't miss out on this episode, where Dr. Douyon and Anthony explore how music ignites the brain like nothing else! KEY POINTS: * Music is a powerful tool that helps your brain function * The impact songs have on your mood and how it releases dopamine  * The importance of musical therapy for communities and brain function * How music can help patients with neurological disorders * The challenge of honing a talent into a skill  * Understanding ‘mirror neurons’ and how it mimics the actions of another person * How our neurons produce the same frequency with people we surround ourselves with * How music can tap into our subconscious mind and soul    QUOTABLES: “Music is incredibly powerful. It impacts different pathways in the brain than the normal just speaking to us and going to language.” - Philippe Douyon “I'm a skilled musician, but part of my calling within that skill is to take what I do and who I am and the feeling of church —  not just the sound of the church, but the feeling of that spirituality into secular spaces and make people feel that.” – Anthony Bryant    GUEST INFORMATION: Charles Anthony Bryant  https://www.canthonybryant.com/ [https://www.canthonybryant.com/]   Listen to Anthony Bryant’s Hymnody, Vol. I album here! https://music.apple.com/us/album/hymnody-vol-i/1090380626 [https://music.apple.com/us/album/hymnody-vol-i/1090380626]  RESOURCES: Like what you’re hearing? Leave a review and share this podcast!   Website | https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-charge [https://www.inlebrainfitinstitute.com/take-charge]  IG | @philippe.md  [https://www.instagram.com/philippe.md/?hl=en] LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-philippe-douyon-85a24449/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-philippe-douyon-85a24449/]  FB | https://www.facebook.com/PhilippeDouyonMD/ [https://www.facebook.com/PhilippeDouyonMD/]   Surviving Your Brain is produced by EPYC Media Network (visit at https://www.epyc.co/ [https://www.epyc.co/])