Why You Can’t Remember Anything Anymore. Episode 506
Why You Can’t Remember Anything Anymore
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You walk into a room and forget why you went there. You start a sentence and lose the word halfway through. And somewhere in the back of your mind, there is that quiet fear: Is something wrong with me?
Here is what I want you to hear. You are not losing your mind. You are losing your bandwidth. Your brain is carrying more than it was designed to hold, and the forgetfulness you are noticing is not declining. It is overloaded. In this episode, I break down what is really happening in your brain, why memory loss and brain fog show up during stressful seasons, and how to reclaim your mental clarity again.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
- Why your brain’s “short-term memory” has a hard limit (and why you’re blowing past it every single day)
- How chronic stress physically disrupts your brain’s ability to form and retrieve memories
- The invisible mental load that runs in the background, even when you feel totally fine
- Why women in perimenopause suddenly feel foggy, and why nobody connected the dots for you
- Three practical things you can do this week to start creating margin for your brain
- Why eating six prunes a day might actually protect your bones (yes, really)
Timestamps:
(0:00) – Introduction: You’re not losing your mind, you’re losing your bandwidth
(4:15) – Your brain’s “post-it note” is full: the short-term memory limit explained
(5:33) – How stress hormones physically disrupt memory formation
(6:38) – The invisible mental load and decision fatigue that burns through your brain before noon
(8:27) – The hormone piece nobody is talking about: estrogen, perimenopause, and brain fog
(9:50) – Why this isn’t a willpower problem, it’s biology
(10:58) – The overview: what’s actually driving your forgetfulness
(12:18) – A faith reframe: you were never designed to be the family search engine
(13:52) – Sabbath as a neurological reset, not just spiritual advice
(14:52) – Practical tip #1: Stop making your brain hold what paper can hold
(16:46) – Practical tip #2: Eliminate one area of daily decisions
(18:15) – Practical tip #3: Give your brain actual silence
(20:06) – Alli’s recommendation: six prunes a day for bone density (the Penn State research)
(22:16) – Closing encouragement: the fog is feedback, not failure
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Links to great things we discussed:
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- Join the Uplift Community
- Follow Alli on Instagram
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