Dec 16, 2025
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👉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 solutions@reulay.com
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
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
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