For about the past year or so, I've been making it a point to ask pretty much everyone I talk to, including

listeners of this podcast and students from around the world, how aging is going for them,

what's the biggest challenge?

And all the usual suspects always come up, things like back pain, knee pain, loss of energy,

hormonal changes, weight gain, all the usual stuff.

What surprised me most is that at least two-thirds of the people I speak to,

their biggest concern or their biggest challenge is cognitive decline,

meaning their brain isn't working as fast,

they're not as sharp as they used to be,

memory recalls a little slower,

and they might see that in performance at work

or if they're retired, they might feel it

in social situations, in in conversations reaching for word

grasping for memories that's a difficult thing to deal with I have a lot of

questions around this on this week's podcast you'll meet a neuroscientist who does a lot of work around

brain health and we talk about how you can specifically train your brain. More questions than

answers but hopefully this will get you thinking about how you can take care of your

neurological health not just your physical health. If you're new here it's the

Lucas Rockwood show I'm a yoga teacher and trainer. I'm a serial entrepreneur

and the father of three kids but firstly I'm a student and I use this

podcast to research health span how we can all live our best lives specifically in the second

half of life. To support the show, leave a rating and review in whatever app you're

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