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In this episode of The NeuroCollective Podcast, Dr. Michael and May Bagnell,IHP continue the Lighting the Way series with a deep dive into the Gut-Brain Axis, exploring how your microbiome shapes your mood, focus, and sleep, especially during the holiday season. They discuss why the gut functions as an ecosystem, how increased sugar, stress, and disrupted routines can suppress immunity and create dysbiosis, and why a healthy microbiome is essential for emotional regulation, dopamine-supported focus, and restorative sleep. You’ll learn about new 2025 research showing gut-to-brain communication occurring in under 100 milliseconds, the critical role of the hypothalamus in stress and hunger regulation, and how poor gut health can quickly lead to anxiety spikes, sleep disruption, mood instability, and attention challenges like ADHD. The episode also offers simple holiday strategies—such as prioritizing protein, choosing one indulgence, going for after-dinner walks, adding electrolytes, maintaining a consistent bedtime, and practicing mindful breathing—to help you protect your brain, calm your nervous system, and enjoy the season with less stress and more resilience. Dr. Michael and May also share how functional neurology tools, including gut-healing protocols, food sensitivity testing, brain-based exercises, and soon-to-come conversations about peptides like BPC-157, can help restore balance. This episode reminds you that small daily choices create big shifts in your health, and that when you support your microbiome, you support your entire brain and body. Remember—you can heal, and we can help.

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In this opening episode of our December series, Lighting the Way: The Breakthrough Brain Science That Brightens the Coming Year, Dr. Michael and May Bagnell, IHP broadcast from their peaceful outdoor garden—a fitting backdrop for today’s focus on calm, clarity, and creating a healthier way of living.

As we enter a busy season filled with commitments and expectations, we explore how intentional choices can help you build a peaceful, focused, and resilient nervous system. Before diving into advanced topics like peptides, genetics, and neuro-optimization, this episode brings us back to the foundation: your lifestyle.

You’ll learn how a major 2025 landmark trial—the POINTER Study funded by the Alzheimer’s Association—reveals that a structured multi-domain lifestyle intervention built on nutrition, movement, cognitive training, and health monitoring can significantly improve cognitive function and help prevent age-related decline.

Inside this episode, we break down:

• Why the nervous system must come first in every healing or optimization plan
• How simple choices like saying “no” can protect your peace during the holidays
• The importance of structured movement for longevity
• How to elevate daily nutrition by prioritizing protein, healthy fats, and minimizing fast-burning sugars
• The power of tools like continuous glucose monitoring, sleep tracking, and yearly labs
• Why cognitive training must go beyond puzzles into deeper areas such as executive function, impulse control, and brain network strengthening

Whether you are seeking healing or looking to optimize already good health, this conversation gives you clear direction on how to step into 2026 feeling prepared, grounded, and informed—not overwhelmed or uncertain.


You can heal, and we can help.

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In this second part of our Inside the Brain of Tomorrow series, Dr. Michael and May Bagnell,IHP take you deeper into the most transformative discoveries in neuroscience from 2025—and how these advancements are shaping practical, personalized brain health in 2026.

This episode unpacks powerful new tools in brain analysis, sleep-focused wearables, peptide therapy, bioregulators, and the introduction of AI-driven digital brain modeling into functional neurology.

Episode Highlights

• High-speed brain analysis through the eyes
  Breakthroughs in measuring eye movements now offer earlier detection for conditions such as Parkinson’s, cognitive decline, and neuroinflammatory disorders.
• Brain Mapping & Cognitive Network Insights
  How advanced qEEG brain maps reveal learning blocks, cognitive patterns, and neurological efficiency—and why Dr. Bagnell calls eye tracking + brain mapping the “two essentials” of modern brain evaluation.
• Wearables That Transform Sleep & Recovery
  Using data-driven tools to improve sleep cycles, detoxify the brain through the glymphatic system, and reduce risks of ADHD, anxiety, Alzheimer’s, and chronic inflammation.
• Peptides & Bioregulators: The Regeneration Revolution
  A deep dive into foundational peptides—BPC-157, TB500, and GHK-CU—and how they support
  inflammation reduction, gut-brain repair, tissue healing, anti-aging, and neurological recovery.
• Spermidine & Spermine: Cellular Age-Reversal Compounds
  Emerging research on polyamines that help clear toxic proteins linked to Alzheimer’s and brain aging.
• AI-Powered Digital Brain Modeling
  How AI + neuro-ontologic technology now helps map brain function, predict optimal rehab approaches, and personalize care using large datasets—technology already used in space research.
• Genetic Blueprinting for Brain & Body Health
  Why functional genomics is becoming essential for long-term wellness and how understanding your genetic blueprint can guide precision lifestyle and therapeutic decisions.

Why This Matters

Tomorrow’s neuroscience is no longer theoretical—it’s already here.
These breakthroughs give you the tools to:

• Prevent decline before symptoms show
• Optimize cognitive function
• Support long-term brain resilience
• Personalize your healing based on real data

If you’re curious about brain mapping, peptides, genetic testing, or AI-guided restoration, reach out—we’re here to guide you.

You can heal. We can help.