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Drama-Free Healthy Living With Jess Cording

Episode 247: Harnessing the Power of the Unfocused Mind w/ Dr. Srini Pillay

16 Dec 2025

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📌Try the ReuLay app for mindset shifts (www.reulay.com); email [email protected] for a free 3-month subscription  👉In this episode of the Drama Free Healthy Living Podcast, host Jess Cording interviews Dr. Srini Pillay, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and executive coach, about harnessing brain science for better focus, overcoming fear, managing stress, and integrating creativity into daily life. They explore strategies like strategic unfocus (napping, doodling, daydreaming) to boost productivity, the CIRCA method (Chunking, Ignore mental chatter, Reality check, Control check, Attention shift) for fear reduction, and the ReuLay app for mindset shifts. Dr. Pillay emphasizes neuroplasticity, the mind-body connection, and personalized approaches to nutrition and wellness 🖋️ Some key points (00:00) Introduction to the Podcast (01:59) Guest Introduction (02:53) Journey into Psychiatry and Neuroscience (05:08) Transformational Neuro-Coaching Explained (09:47) The Power of Belief and Hypnotherapy (12:33) Strategies for Managing Attention and Focus (21:22) Understanding and Overcoming Fear (24:42) The Importance of Chunking and Delegation (25:26) Mindfulness and Cyclic Sighing (26:46) Reality Check and Control Check (28:57) Introducing the App (31:31) Personalized Nutrition and Complex Thinking (36:35) Balancing Creativity and Professional Life (41:52) Connecting with Dr. Srini Pillay (42:47) What Healthy Living Means 🌎 Connect with Dr. Srini Pillay Try the ReuLay app for mindset shifts (www.reulay.com); email [email protected] for a free 3-month subscription. Visit Dr. Pillay's website (drsrinipillay.com) and corporate site (nbgcorporate.com). Follow on Instagram (@drsrinipillay) and LinkedIn (Dr. Srini Pillay). Buy books like Tinker Dabble Doodle Try and Life Unlocked on Amazon 👉 Guest Bio Dr. Srini Pillay is chief medical officer and co-founder of Reulay, a digital therapeutics  company that is developing strategies to delay the onset of cancer, cardiovascular disease,  neurodegenerative disease, and stroke by targeting on-demand anxiety and stress  reduction based on the well-established link between stress, epigenetics, inflammation, abnormal metabolism, and disease. Reulay's technology is built on a machine learning platform designed to personalize video, VR, AR, and XR to reduce anxiety and prolong human longevity and can also be deployed in their metaverse programming for web3. Srini graduated as the top overall medical student in South Africa and the top award-winning resident in Psychiatry at Harvard. He is a former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Outpatient Anxiety Disorders Program at Harvard Medical School's Mclean Hospital. He is also a former brain-imaging researcher at Harvard (17 years), a certified master executive coach and CEO of NeuroBusiness Group®, voted one of the top 20 movers and shakers in leadership development in the world by Training Industry.   His books include "Life Unlocked: 7 Revolutionary Lessons to Overcome Fear" (Rodale, 2010), "Your Brain and Business: The Neuroscience of Great Leaders" (FT Press, 20110, and "Tinker Dabble Doodle Try:  Unlock the Power of the Unfocused Mind" (Ballantine Books, 2017.) His books have been translated into eight languages. Dr. Pillay has lectured throughout the world including the US, Canada, UK, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Romania, Greece, India, Singapore, and Brazil. 🌎 Connect with Jessica Cording, MS, RD, CDN, IFNCP JessicaCordingNutrition.com  Instagram / Facebook   Author of The Farewell Tour: A Caregiver's Guide To Stress Management, Sane Nutrition, and Better Sleep, and The Little Book of Game-Changers: 50 Healthy Habits For Managing Stress & Anxiety  and (Viva Editions) and The Farewell Tour: A Caregiver's Guide To Stress Management, Sane Nutrition, and Better Sleep 🎤 Podcast post-production by Seamless Multimedia If you like what you hear, leave a 5-star review on apple podcasts  HERE.  Stay connected with me on Instagram @jesscording and over on Substack at jessicacording.substack.com YouTube 👉https://youtu.be/pB_yLqMucPQ  

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