Happy & Healthy with Amy
Do you want to protect your brain from Alzheimer's disease so you can be sharp and stay sharp for life? This podcast is for you.
Your host, Amy Lang, master certified health coach and founder of Moxie Club will be sharing with you the lessons learned and insights gained from 20+ years as a health club owner and Alzheimer's prevention coach.
For more information, visit www.moxie-club.com
Episodes
331 episodes
Strength Training for Brain Health with Marian Barnick
An increase of just 40 watts of leg power is linked to cognitive aging benefits equivalent to a brain functioning three years younger. There's also a direct relationship between leg strength and the size of your hippocampus — the memory center ...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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37:46
How to Retrain Your Brain for Pain-Free Movement with Marian Barnick
Your brain has two jobs when you're injured: keep you safe and keep you functional. So it finds a workaround. It automates it. And it keeps running it — long after the injury is gone.Sound familiar? In part two of Move for Your Brain, Am...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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20:44
HOW You Move Can Protect Your Brain During Menopause | with Marian Barnick
You already know movement is good for your brain. But is the way you're moving actually delivering the brain protection you think it is?In part one of Move for Your Brain, Amy sits down with Marian Barnick — registered kinesiolo...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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26:18
The 5 Biggest Brain Health Mistakes
If you're carrying quiet fear because Alzheimer's has touched your family — or you're struggling with brain fog and worried about your brain health — this episode is for you.In this episode, Amy breaks down the 5 biggest mistakes women m...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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31:27
What Dietary Guidelines Look Like: The World vs The U.S.
Picture two plates. One has leafy greens, colorful vegetables, berries, salmon, whole grains, olive oil, and water. The other has a big steak, butter, and whole milk.Both reflect official government dietary recommendations. But here's th...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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33:15
The Contradictions, Culture Wars, and Double Standards: What The 2025 Dietary Guidelines Reveal
Why are the new dietary guidelines pushing full-fat dairy and red meat? Is saturated fat actually a healthy fat? And is Dr. Oz wrong for referring to alcohol as a "social lubricant"? In this episode, Amy exposes the conflicting nutr...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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37:33
The Good, The Confusing, and The Contradictory: Decoding the 2025 Dietary Guidelines
The 2025 Dietary Guidelines are here… and they’ve flipped the food pyramid on its head—literally.In part one of this three-part series, Amy unpacks the new dietary guidelines, sharing the wins (finally real clarity around ultra-processed...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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28:15
Why You Keep Getting Stuck: How to Work With Your Brain, Not Against It
What if the key to making new healthy habits stick wasn’t discipline or self-control... but compassion?This episode wraps up our 4-part behavior change series with the neuroscience of self-compassion and a proven 3-step process ...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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32:16
Why You Keep Getting Stuck: Uncovering The Real Trigger of Your Habits
If you’ve ever said “I deserve a treat” or “I’ll start on Monday,” this episode is for you.In Part 3 of this series on why you keep getting stuck, master health coach Amy Lang reveals the hidden triggers most habit frameworks miss that l...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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28:05
Why You Keep Getting Stuck: The Hidden Complexity Leading to Overwhelm
“Just eat healthier.” Sounds simple… until you realize it’s actually 100+ tiny decisions—from grocery shopping to social situations to recovering from setbacks. Talk about decision fatigue. No wonder willpower doesn’t work!In this...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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36:24
Why You Keep Getting Stuck: The Hidden Barriers Sabotaging Your Health Goals
If you made a resolution to lose weight, get fit, or optimize your brain health so you can prevent Alzheimer’s — but you have a history of not staying on track — this episode is for you.Chances are you've been approaching your health goa...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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22:57
Top 10 Lessons of 2025: Year In Review
If you’ve ever felt like your small wins don’t “count,” this episode will change how you see yourself and your progress. In this special episode, Amy reflects on 2025 and shares her favorite moments and notable wins, and what five y...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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41:14
Boost Your Brain Health: How To Rebuild Self-Trust
Forget motivation — it’s not your problem.In this episode, Amy Lang reveals the surprising missing ingredient behind habit success: trust. If your brain feels stuck, overwhelmed, or skeptical about new habits,...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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23:18
Personalize Your Plan: The 5 Keys to Making Habits Stick
What if the real reason your habits aren’t sticking isn’t you—it’s your implementation plan? Most of us try to create lifestyle change without understanding how our brain actually works. In this episode, Amy shares the neuroscience-...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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22:35
The Real Reason Why Habits Fail: Stop Sabotaging Your Health Goals
You’ve joined the gym, cleaned out your pantry, downloaded a bunch of healthy recipes… but somehow, you always end up back where you started. Sound familiar?In this episode of Happy and Healthy with Amy Lang, we're digging into ...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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16:02
The 5 As of Alzheimer's Progression: Beyond Memory Loss
It starts with forgetting a name or a date. But Alzheimer’s is so much more than memory loss.In this powerful episode, I share the five A’s of Alzheimer’s progression—what they are, how they affect your loved ones, and what you can do ri...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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25:12
4 Prompts for a Gratitude Practice that Protects Your Brain Against Alzheimer's
Feeling grateful isn’t just a positive emotion—it’s one of the most powerful tools you have to build cognitive reserve and protect your brain from Alzheimer’s.In this episode, we're breaking down the science-backed benefits of gratitude ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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28:14
Does The Brain Eat Itself During Menopause? The Truth About Estrogen, MHT, and Brain Health
Have you heard that your brain “eats itself” during menopause if you don’t take hormones? That viral soundbite has a lot of women scared—and confused. 😟In today’s episode of Happy and Healthy with Amy Lang, we bring clarity to the conve...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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30:29
Embracing Aging with Allison McCune Davis
What if 60 wasn’t the beginning of the end—but the start of something better? Join me and Allison McCune Davis, author of 60 Is A Good Start, as we unpack the emotional, physical, and mindset transformations that come with aging and ho...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:00:26
How to Navigate Alzheimer’s Grief Before and After Loss
Watching a parent fade away due to Alzheimer’s is heartbreaking, confusing, and deeply exhausting.In this episode, grief and trauma specialist Jill McMahon joins me to talk about the emotional and neurological cost of caregiving and how ...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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1:02:02
The Truth About Protein, Processed Foods, and Menopause with Dietitian Luca Pasquariello
Are you overwhelmed by conflicting nutrition advice? In this episode, I sit down with dietitian Luca Pasquariello to unpack what a truly healthy eating pattern looks like—especially for women 40+ focused on brain health and Alzheimer’s preventi...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:02:16
How to Prevent Cognitive Decline: What the U.S. POINTER Study Reveals
Does aging mean inevitable cognitive decline? In this episode, Amy unpacks two of the largest lifestyle intervention studies on brain health and breaks down what really works when it comes to preventing dementia, i...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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36:08
Why ADHD in Women Often Goes Undiagnosed with Tracy Otsuka
If you’ve ever thought, “What’s wrong with me?” while juggling a million thoughts, forgetting simple tasks, or burning out from doing all the things — you are not alone.In today’s episode, with ADHD expert, podcast host, and aut...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:12:44
From Burnout to Balance: The Power of Feminine Energy with Dr. Zerri Gross
If burnout has become your baseline, this conversation is your invitation to something better. Dr. Zerri Gross shares her journey from military discipline to feminine flow. In this powerful episode, I sit down with Dr. Zerri Gross, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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53:04
Zinnia: A Powerful New Tool for Dementia Caregivers with CEO Bill Uniowski
If you’ve ever watched someone you love slip further into dementia, you know how heartbreaking—and exhausting—caregiving can be.In this episode, I’m joined by Bill Uniowski, co-founder and CEO of Zinnia, a revolutionary streaming platfor...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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54:22