Growth Minds with Sean Kim

Dr. Steven Storage is a triple board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist at Amen Clinics, trained at UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Stanford, with access to nearly 300,000 brain scans — one of the largest neuroimaging databases in the world. He specializes in using SPECT brain imaging to uncover the root causes of conditions like ADHD, anxiety, and depression rather than relying on symptom-based diagnosis alone.In our conversation we discuss:
(0:00) Intro
(1:38) Why We Ignore Brain Health
(2:35) The Truth About Alcohol & Your Brain
(4:26) The Broken Mental Health Diagnosis System
(5:29) Misdiagnosed for Decades (Real Case)
(7:22) ADHD Misdiagnosis Is Rising Fast
(8:21) The 7 Types of ADHD (No One Talks About)
(10:36) Why ADHD Is Increasing
(11:59) Social Media Is Rewiring Your Brain
(13:27) Dopamine Addiction Explained
(15:23) Why You Feel Worse Without It
(16:44) Can You Reset Your Brain?
(21:38) What ADHD Looks Like on Brain Scans
(26:23) ADHD as a Superpower (Most Get This Wrong)
(46:03) The 3 Biggest Brain Health Mistakes
(1:08:45) You’re Not Stuck With Your Brain
Learn more about Dr. Steven Storage here:Amen Clinics: https://www.amenclinics.com/team/steven-storage-md/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevenstorage/Listen to this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/xmh1E90dtPE📸 Connect on IG: https://instagram.com/growthminds.podcast

Dr. Jon Kanevsky is a board-certified plastic surgeon and founder of Aura Aesthetica, known for his work in minimally invasive body contouring, fat transfer, breast explant surgery, and natural-looking aesthetic results. In this episode, he breaks down the science of beauty, attraction, facial symmetry, social media’s impact on body image, looksmaxing, Botox, breast implants, fat grafting, red light therapy, collagen, and the psychology behind plastic surgery. He also shares why true attractiveness goes beyond physical appearance — including confidence, health, mindset, relationships, and what he calls “aura.”In our conversation we discuss:
(0:00) Intro
(1:20) What Really Makes Someone Attractive?
(2:06) The Golden Ratio of Beauty
(3:23) Why Perfect Symmetry Looks Strange
(5:02) The Face Ratios That Shape Beauty
(6:50) How Beauty Standards Changed Over Time
(9:30) The Evolutionary Biology of Attraction
(15:16) Why Scent Changes Who We’re Attracted To
(17:41) The Science of “Aura”
(19:31) Why Imperfections Can Make You More Beautiful
(22:30) How Social Media Warps Beauty Standards
(31:57) Surgery, Confidence & Inner Work
(35:24) The Truth About Looksmaxing
(44:41) The Hidden Downsides of Plastic Surgery
(47:08) Why He Stopped Doing Breast Implants
(57:27) The Highest-ROI Ways to Look BetterLearn more about Dr. Jon Kanevsky here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjon.k/Aura Aesthetica: https://www.auraaesthetica.com/meet-dr-jonathan-kanevsky/Listen to this episode on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/AehwA-uFZJo📸 Connect on IG: https://instagram.com/growthminds.podcast

Barry Garapedian spent 39 years as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley — ranking in the top quarter of 1% in revenue nationally — before walking away from Wall Street entirely to spend his remaining years giving back everything he learned the hard way. He is the founder of MAG7 Consulting, a 15-year volunteer career coach at Pepperdine University, and the author of Winning the Game of Life: The Seven Lessons You Never Learn in School. In this conversation, Barry shares the frameworks, daily disciplines, and hard-earned lessons that took him nearly four decades to build — and that most men won't encounter until it's too late to fully apply them.In our conversation we discuss:
(0:00) Introduction — Barry Garapedian
(1:50) Why AQ Is the New Superpower in the Age of AI
(3:37) The Real Reason Top Students Can't Get Jobs
(6:42) How to Build People Skills Without Going to University
(7:32) The Profiles & Success Method That Builds Confidence Fast
(10:16) Practice Going First — The Confidence Drill That Works
(11:16) H2 vs G2 — The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything
(14:05) Introverts, Ambiverts & What Actually Gets You Ahead
(19:46) Win the Morning, Win the Day — Barry's Daily Routine
(22:07) The Lightning Strike — How to Make People Never Forget You
(32:08) The Family Constitution — How Barry Built a Legacy at Home
(43:07) Specialists vs Generalists — Who Wins in the Age of AI
(56:34) Why Meaning Matters More Than Money After 40
(1:00:05) The 7 Fs — The Only Framework for a Life Well Lived
(1:09:39) How Barry Stays Connected to 200 People Every WeekLearn more about Barry here:Website: https://barrygarapedian.com/MAG 7 Consulting: https://www.mag7consultants.com/about-usInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/barrygarapedian/Listen to this episode on Youtube:https://youtu.be/d5k9rV6kTLE📸 Connect on IG: https://instagram.com/growthminds.podcast

Dr. Alan Goldhamer is one of the world’s leading experts on medically supervised water-only fasting and the founder of TrueNorth Health Center, where he has supervised more than 25,000 fasts over the past four decades. In this episode, he breaks down why fasting is not starvation, how it can help reverse the effects of dietary excess, and why a whole-plant, SOS-free diet plays such a central role in long-term health. If you’re interested in longevity, metabolic health, and practical ways to reset the body, this conversation offers a clear look at the science and the real-world results behind therapeutic fasting.In our conversation we discuss:
(0:00) Intro(1:00) - Why visceral fat is basically a tumor living inside you
(6:02) - Fasting reversed HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE in 174 patients without medication
(17:14) - The 5 pounds of creatures living inside you right now
(19:42) - "We joke — by the time they're done fasting, there's nothing left to treat"
(20:39) - Why your taste for salt and sugar permanently changes after fasting
(32:20) - Short 3-5 day fasts make healthy people AWARE of how imbalanced they are
(40:36) - Why you should NOT be driving during a prolonged fast
(52:38) - His honest take on Ozempic and GLP-1s
(1:00:16) - The real reason carnivore diets work (it's not the meat)
(1:06:10) - How to create a "safe environment" at home that makes healthy eating easier
(1:13:19) - Why there's no money in fasting (and how Valter Longo changed that)
(1:15:07) - The mindset shift: subtraction, not addition, is what changes your life
(1:16:49) - The one thing you need to feel to finally make it stick
(1:17:40) - The final prescription: how to make your last 20 years your best
Learn more about Dr. Goldhamer here:
TrueNorth Health Foundation: https://www.truenorthhealthfoundation.org/node/30
"Can Fasting Save Your Life?": https://a.co/d/0e8GKz3q
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alangoldhamer/Listen to this episode on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/JZnyrgUCL_o📸 Connect on IG: https://instagram.com/growthminds.podcast

Alison Armstrong is a researcher, author, and founder of PAX Programs who has spent over 33 years studying men and women — not from theory, but from tens of thousands of hours of direct observation, interviews, and transformational programs that have reached millions of people worldwide. She is the creator of the widely acclaimed Understanding Men and Understanding Women curriculum and the author of The Queen's Code, which has become one of the most referenced books on gender dynamics and relationship communication in the personal development space. Her work reframes the way men and women see each other — not as adversaries, but as complementary beings operating from deeply different but equally valid instincts — and has earned endorsements from Alanis Morissette, Chris Williamson, and countless men and women who credit her with saving their relationships.

In our conversation we discuss:
(0:53) Do Men Need Respect More Than Love?
(7:35) The Mistake Women Make With Men
(13:33) Alison Armstrong’s Core Message
(23:13) Why Men Always Try to Fix It
(29:18) What Testosterone Really Does to Men
(36:39) Why Relationships Feel Harder Than Ever
(42:59) What Men Secretly Look for in Women
(47:53) Why Men Hide What They Feel
(53:55) The Survival Instinct Driving Relationships
(1:04:10) How Couples Actually Build Safety
(1:14:33) The Rage Monster That Destroys Love
(1:26:41) What Women Need That Men Miss
(1:39:35) What Grief Taught Her About Love
(1:48:27) Why Loving Yourself Feels So Hard
(1:52:28) Her Most Important Final Advice

Learn more about Alison here:
Website: https://www.alisonarmstrong.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealisonarmstrong/
"The Queen's Code": https://a.co/d/08IXRfRvListen to this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/g1_yhsSUNiI📸 Connect on IG: https://instagram.com/growthminds.podcast