{"podcast":{"title":"Kwik Brain with Jim Kwik","slug":"kwik-brain-with-jim-kwik-55386","podcast_index_feed_id":55386,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/kwik-brain","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/kwik-brain","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/9a/3c/ac/b5/9a3cacb5-2fba-4db6-885d-9f5d80d88bf7/a733a0bce2d284dce25bffbadbff71f1dc08ebb6dc902ad17499b5524e7304660127f386689f38ccd844fc9508e719d54b337d2a4ea13b39a800a8f49baaae14.jpeg","author":"Jim Kwik, Your Brain Coach, Founder www.KwikLearning.com","episode_count":498,"summary":"Kwik Brain is a fun, fast-paced show designed to help busy people learn and achieve anything in a fraction of the time! Your coach, Jim Kwik (his real name), is the brain & memory trainer to elite mental performers, including many of the world’s leading CEO’s and celebrities. In this easy to digest bite-sized podcast, you will discover Kwik’s favorite shortcuts to read faster, remember more, and ‘supercharge’ your greatest wealth-building asset: your brain. Whether you’re a student, senior, entrepreneur or educator, you will get the edge with these simple actionable tools to sharpen your mind, enhance your focus, and fast-track your fullest potential. Get show notes, Jim’s latest brain-training, and submit your questions in our private community (free) at: www.KwikBrain.com Jim Kwik is the founder of KwikLearning.com, a widely recognized world leader in speed-reading, memory improvement, brain performance, and accelerated learning with students in over 150 countries. After a childhood brain injury left him learning-challenged, Kwik created strategies to dramatically enhance his mental performance. 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This conversation goes deep into something most people never think about. That your body may be holding onto more than tension. It may be holding old stress. Old pain. Old survival responses. And your brain may be working overtime to manage all of it. In this episode, you’ll learn: ☑️ Why Garry believes emotions are stored in the body ☑️ How fascia may affect stress, memory, perception, and brain performance ☑️ Why chronic physical compensation can drain cognitive energy ☑️ How survival mode may keep you stuck physically, mentally, and emotionally ☑️ Why self-care is about more than supplements, routines, or external fixes ☑️ How releasing physical tension may create more mental bandwidth ☑️ Why the body may need to feel safe before the brain can fully let go ☑️ A si…","meta_description":"Most people think brain performance starts in the brain. 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