# EPI 251: Dr. Sheri Dewan - Board-Certified Neurosurgeon & Best Selling Author On Perseverance, Calming The Mind In High Pressure Situations, Meditation, Yoga, & Living Your Best Life.

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Podcast: [Peak Performance Life Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/peak-performance-life-podcast-72032)
Published: 2026-05-12T16:00:00+00:00
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Show notes: (0:00) Intro (1:18) Dr. Sheri's background and how books sparked her love for neuroscience (2:30) Writing Cutting a Path while training and raising kids (5:04) Meditation, yoga, stress, and staying calm under pressure (10:27) Gratitude, perspective, and finding meaning in hard moments (14:17) Taking risks and avoiding regret later in life (17:54) Simple brain health habits that matter (22:16) Why being sedentary can hurt brain health (23:31) Supplements, turmeric, resveratrol, and longevity (24:49) Food choices, protein, Mediterranean eating, and green tea (25:54) Yoga for spine health and safe movement after surgery (30:42) Dr. Dewan's children's book and tiger conservation (32:54) Charity surgery, global medicine, and giving back (35:46) AI, robotics, and the future of surgery (38:08) Full body scans, risks, benefits, and patient stress (42:08) Where to follow Dr. Sheri Dewan (42:37) Outro Who is Dr. Sheri Dewan? Dr. Sheri Dewan is a board-certified neurosurgeon, bestselling author, and Chair of Neurosurgery at Ascension Health, as well as a Clinical Professor at The Chicago Medical School. One of the relatively few board-certified women neurosurgeons in the United States, she was inspired in part by her mother's ruptured brain aneurysm and the life-saving care she received. Dr. Dewan is the author of Cutting a Path: The Power of Purpose, Discipline, and Determination, where she shares lessons on purpose, discipline, motherhood, and perseverance in medicine. Beyond surgery, she is involved in global health work, charity surgeries in Southern India, women's leadership in neurosurgery, and tiger conservation through her children's book project. Connect with Dr. Sheri Website: https://www.drsheridewan.com/ IG: http://instagram.com/drsheridewan Grab a copy: h…

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