🧠 Let's Talk Brain Health!

About 🧠 Let's Talk Brain Health!

What can you do today to care for your brain? 🎙 "Let's Talk Brain Health!" is where science meets story. We bring together the world's leading experts—neuroscientists, physicians, psychologists, nutritionists—and the 'lived experience' experts navigating brain health journeys firsthand, to answer the biggest questions about memory, cognition, and dementia prevention. We dive into the brain health science, push the limits of knowledge, and deliver takeaways you can use today. For health enthusiasts, caregivers, clinicians—plus FREE accredited CEs on ALL episodes for select medical providers.

Publisher

Virtual Brain Health Center

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 May 2023

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

83 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   From What Is The Matter With You To What Matters To You: Social Prescribing & Brain Health with Kate (Webb) Berk, BS

   What if the most important question in healthcare is not what is the matter with you — but what matters to you? In this episode of the Let's Talk Brain Health! Podcast, Dr. Krystal Culler sits down with Kate (Webb) Berk — community organizer, arts in health consultant, wellness coach, and founder of the Ohio Social Prescribing Collaborative (https://ohiosocialprescribingcollaborative.com/#welcome)— to explore one of the most exciting and most underrecognized frontiers in brain health: social prescribing. Social prescribing connects people to what makes them feel alive — community, creativity, movement, music, and the arts. And the science behind it is more compelling than most people realize. Kate's path into this work began in fourth grade when a school outreach program showed her how dance could strengthen the connection between body, mind, and community. She spent a decade as a Principal Dancer with Ohio Contemporary Ballet before dedicating her career to the intersection of arts, health, and community wellbeing. What You'll Learn in This Episode 🧠 What social prescribing is — and what it actually looks and feels like for a patient 🧠 Why flipping the question from "What is the matter with you?" to "What matters to you?" changes everything 🧠 How social prescribing compares abroad versus in the US — and what needs to change here 🧠 What arts prescribing looks like — the activities, conditions, and populations that benefit most 🧠 What the neuroscience tells us about creativity, movement, and community as brain health tools 🧠 How social prescribing addresses loneliness, physical inactivity, and depression — three of the Lancet Commission's 14 modifiable dementia risk factors — simultaneously 🧠 What the Ohio Social Prescribing Collaborative is building — and how to get involved 🧠 What you can do today — even without a formal program — to bring social prescribing into your own brain health routine Key Takeaways ✔ Social prescribing is a healthcare intervention with a growing international evidence base — not a soft concept ✔ Health is the product of our environments — connection, creativity, and belonging can be genuinely curative ✔ The arts are a brain health tool with measurable cognitive, emotional, and social benefits across the lifespan ✔ You can write your own social prescription today — one small, intentional act of community or creativity at a time Also listen: 🎧 The Arts as the Fifth Pillar of Health: Brain Health, Longevity, and Dementia Prevention with Dr. Daisy Fancourt, Ph.D. (https://podcast.virtualbrainhealthcenter.com/the-arts-as-the-fifth-pillar-of-health/) — a perfect companion episode on the latest research that supports the arts in health Earn FREE CEs This podcast qualifies for continuing education credit for the following healthcare professionals: Physicians (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™), Nurses (ANCC), Pharmacists (ACPE), Physician Associates (AAPA), Dentists (ADA CERP), Dietitians (CDR), Social Workers (ASWB), Psychologists (APA), Athletic Trainers (BOC), and Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE). Each eligible episode offers 0.5 hours of FREE CE credit. Not seeing your profession listed? You will receive a Certificate of Participation to submit to your licensing board for possible credit approval. Join the Learn at Pinnacle app (https://learnatpinnacle.com/education) to earn FREE CE credit for listening to this episode — available on the Apple App Store (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/learn-at-pinnacle/id6745789974) and Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newpinnacle&pcampaignid=web_share). Support the Podcast If you enjoyed this episode, please help us grow the conversation around better brain health: Follow or subscribe to the Let's Talk Brain Health! Podcast Leave a review (https://podcast.virtualbrainhealthcenter.com/rate/) Share this episode with a friend, colleague, or fellow brain health advocate Thank you for investing your time and energy into your brain health. A special thank you to Kate (Webb) Berk for reminding us that what matters to us is not separate from our health — it is at the very heart of it. 🎨 Resources Learn more about the Ohio Social Prescribing Collaborative (https://ohiosocialprescribingcollaborative.com/) Connect with Kate on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABZogvgBYp5vtXJ6U6zeH_t4EpkamKIYuBg) or email her at kate@ohiosocialprescribingcollaborative.com (mailto:kate@ohiosocialprescribingcollaborative.com) Explore  more about social prescribing with Social Prescribing USA (https://socialprescribingusa.org)

2. 

   2 Sept 2026

   Play Your Way to a Stronger Brain: Video Games, Wearables & Brain Health with Dr. Julia Scott, Ph.D.

   For a long time, video games and brain health existed in completely separate conversations. Games were entertainment — a guilty pleasure at best, a concern at worst. That is changing. And the science behind that change is more compelling than most people realize. In this episode Dr. Krystal Culler and co-host Dr. Jonathan Artz, MD sit down with Dr. Julia Scott, Ph.D. — neuroscientist, researcher, and co-founder of Gambit Labs — to explore video games and wearable sensors as genuine tools for brain health. Not as a replacement for the fundamentals, but as a powerful and increasingly accessible addition to our brain care toolkit — one that can reveal things about our brains we have never been able to see before. What You'll Learn in This Episode 🧠 What types of video games Dr. Scott's work focuses on — and how they differ from passive gaming experiences 🧠 What is actually happening in the brain when we play the right kind of game — and why games accelerate learning in ways traditional training cannot 🧠 Why every game is quietly generating a portrait of your brain through patterns of behavior 🧠 The difference between games designed for cognitive assessment versus intervention — and why that distinction matters 🧠 What dark mechanics are — and how some games deliberately hijack dopamine systems to override good judgment 🧠 What happens when wearable sensor data is integrated into gameplay in real time — and what that unlocks about self-awareness and self-regulation 🧠 Why agency is the central value driving the work at Gambit Labs 🧠 What Gambit Labs is building for neurodivergent youth — biofeedback-enhanced games focused on executive function and self-regulation 🧠 Where the field is heading Key Takeaways ✔ Not all games are created equal — the games that matter for brain health are built with intention and clinical science ✔ Every game generates a portrait of your brain through patterns of behavior — strategy, reaction time, reward processing, and more ✔ Wearable sensors become 10x more powerful when paired with strategically designed games — giving you the relationship between brain state and behavior in real time ✔ Agency over your brain health begins with knowledge — when you can see what is happening inside, you can do something about it ✔ The FDA has now cleared a second game-based ADHD intervention — the proof of principle that this approach works is no longer in question ✔ Games are not just play — they are play with purpose Earn FREE CEs This podcast qualifies for continuing education credit for the following healthcare professionals: Physicians (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™), Nurses (ANCC), Pharmacists (ACPE), Physician Associates (AAPA), Dentists (ADA CERP), Dietitians (CDR), Social Workers (ASWB), Psychologists (APA), Athletic Trainers (BOC), and Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE). Each eligible episode offers 0.5 hours of FREE CE credit. Not seeing your profession listed? You will receive a Certificate of Participation to submit to your licensing board for possible credit approval. Join the Learn at Pinnacle app (https://learnatpinnacle.com/education) to earn FREE CE credit for listening to this episode — available on the Apple App Store (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/learn-at-pinnacle/id6745789974) and Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newpinnacle&pcampaignid=web_share). Support the Podcast If you enjoyed this episode, please help us grow the conversation around better brain health: Follow or subscribe to the Let's Talk Brain Health! Podcast Leave a rating or review Share this episode with a friend, colleague, or fellow brain health advocate Thank you for investing your time and energy into your brain health. A special thank you to Dr. Julia Scott for reminding us that games are not just play — they are play with purpose. 🧠🎮 Resources Connect with Dr. Julia Scott LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-scott-phd/) and YouTube (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5NMLZcvu__YQBOLKA2kTphsNqbqUYJqC&si=ut668FN6jAxadoKY) Playlist Discover Dr. Julia Scott's work at the Brain and Memory Care Lab (https://www.scu.edu/engineering/labs--research/labs/healthcare-innovation-and-design/) at Santa Clara University Learn more about Gambit Labs (http://gambitlabs.io) Read more about XRSI for technology privacy and safety (http://medical.xrsi.org) Explore Rachel Kowert's Gaming Guide for Parents online here (https://www.raisinggoodgamers.com/)

3. 

   19 Aug 2026

   What Is Brain Fog and What Can You Actually Do About It? with Dr. Reza Hosseini Ghomi, MD, MSc

   You know something is off. The word you were reaching for is gone. The thought dissolves before you finish it. You read the same sentence three times and still cannot hold onto it. That is brain fog. And in this episode of the Let's Talk Brain Health! Podcast, Dr. Krystal Culler sits down with Dr. Reza Hosseini Ghomi — neuropsychiatrist, biomedical engineer, and serial health-tech founder — to finally give it the language, the science, and the path forward it deserves. Brain fog is one of the most common complaints in brain health — and one of the most dismissed. Most people are told they are tired, stressed, or just getting older. Today that changes. Dr. Ghomi sees patients with a focus on neurodegenerative disorders and cognitive health across a wide range of conditions — including the growing wave of post-COVID cognitive complaints. His message is clear: brain fog is real, it is worth investigating, and in most cases it is reversible. What You'll Learn in This Episode 🧠 What brain fog actually is — and why it is a symptom cluster, not a diagnosis 🧠 The full range of symptoms to recognize — from mental fatigue and forgetfulness to word-finding difficulties and slow processing 🧠 How brain fog may present differently in women versus men — including perimenopause, postpartum, thyroid disorders, and hormonal shifts 🧠 How to talk to a healthcare provider about brain fog — and what to bring to that appointment to be taken seriously 🧠 The biggest myths and misconceptions about brain fog — including why "it's all in your head" is both wrong and dismissive 🧠 The three most evidence-informed lifestyle factors contributing to brain fog — sleep, physical activity, and metabolic and nutritional stability 🧠 Why blood sugar swings, vitamin deficiencies, and iron levels matter more than most people realize 🧠 How wearable devices and symptom tracking can help you and your provider identify patterns 🧠 A real patient case study — a woman in her late 40s caring for a parent with Alzheimer's who recovered from significant brain fog in 90 days 🧠 Why brain fog is a signal — not a sentence — and what that means for your brain health journey Key Takeaways ✔ Brain fog is not a diagnosis — it is a cluster of symptoms worth tracking, naming, and taking to a provider ✔ It is almost always reversible — and the sooner you address it, the more preventable the underlying causes become ✔ Sleep is the highest-leverage lifestyle factor — protect it like the non-negotiable it is ✔ Come to your appointment with data — a symptom diary, medications, supplements, and nutritional patterns make a significant difference ✔ Do not accept dismissal — advocate for yourself, and if one provider does not help, find another ✔ Brain fog is your brain communicating — not failing. Listen to what it is asking for Earn FREE CE/CMEs This podcast qualifies for continuing education credit for the following healthcare professionals: Physicians (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™), Nurses (ANCC), Pharmacists (ACPE), Physician Associates (AAPA), Dentists (ADA CERP), Dietitians (CDR), Social Workers (ASWB), Psychologists (APA), Athletic Trainers (BOC), and Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE). Each eligible episode offers 0.5 hours of FREE CE credit. Not seeing your profession listed? You will receive a Certificate of Participation to submit to your licensing board for possible credit approval. Join the Learn at Pinnacle app (https://learnatpinnacle.com/education) to earn FREE CE credit for listening to this episode — available on the Apple App Store (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/learn-at-pinnacle/id6745789974) and Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newpinnacle&pcampaignid=web_share). Thank you for investing your time and energy into your brain health. A special thank you to Dr. Reza Hosseini Ghomi, MD for reminding us that brain fog is a signal — not a sentence — and that you are allowed to feel better. Resources Continue to learn more with Dr. Reza Hosseini Ghomi at rezahg.com (https://rezahg.com) Stay connected with Dr. Ghomi on social media on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rezahg/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/drrezaghomi/), and TikTok @drrezaghomi

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• Dr Jonathan Artz
• LeAnne Stuver
• Nandita Srikumar
• Giovanna Manson-Hing
• Christine Turo-Shields

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 30 / 100

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37

Social presence

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YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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