Dr. Majid Fotuhi

They love the fact that they're spiritual and they are doing things that in line with their faith, whether it's Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or if they're Buddhist, or they have their own faith.

Having that faith enables them to feel good about themselves because every day they do something in line with their faith.

And so it changes the whole tone of the brain.

When we talk about

Blood flow to the brain, inflammation.

We're talking about the biology of the brain.

But with sense of purpose, it's like the whole brain as a whole, the entire brain's mode of operation that changes, not just nitty gritties.

It gives tone and direction to the whole brain.

And having a sense of purpose facilitates following the five pillars of brain health.

People, again, as I mentioned, who have a sense of purpose in life,

They usually are more active.

They usually sleep better.

They usually eat better.

They usually stress less.

They usually are more engaged.

I teach a course at Johns Hopkins called Advances in Neuroplasticity and its Applications in Neurology.

And I give 26 hours of lectures about all the different things that affect the brain.

And I teach for one hour.

And I go over 30, 50 studies that have shown the benefit of sense of purpose in life.

and i've written also a review article in a journal called practical neurology for neurologists about the importance of having a sense of purpose in life and if you don't have it you can gain it in my book i have a list of seven questions that people can answer to find their sense of purpose and simon obviously talks about it too but it's not that hard to acquire it for example