Guest: Dr. Kat Toups

What if memory loss and cognitive decline aren’t the inevitable parts of aging we’ve been led to believe?

In this episode, our guest is psychiatrist and clinical researcher Dr. Kat Toups, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, who shares hopeful, research-based insights that are reshaping how we understand brain aging and Alzheimer’s disease.

For decades, most Alzheimer’s clinical trials have focused on single solutions—usually drugs—targeting one aspect of the disease. Despite massive investment, these approaches have delivered limited results. Dr. Toups explains why this one-size-fits-all model often falls short: Cognitive decline rarely has a single cause.

Drawing from recent proof-of-concept and randomized controlled trials, Dr. Toups shares with host Deborah Rozman compelling evidence that a personalized, precision-medicine approach—addressing multiple contributors at once— leads to meaningful improvements in memory, thinking speed, and overall brain function, even in people with mild cognitive impairment and early-stage dementia.

In her soon-to-be-published paper, titled Precision Medicine Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease: Successful Randomized Controlled Trial, Dr. Toups shares striking patient outcomes achieved through a whole-person approach that included nutrition, exercise, quality sleep, brain training, and stress management. For the stress reduction intervention, the study incorporated heart rhythm coherence biofeedback and a coherence training technique developed by HeartMath that participants practiced for 10 minutes per day. Dr. Toups selected this for ease of use and high consistency of practice among elderly participants—important factors for long-term adherence and achieving significant outcomes.

This episode also brings a deeply human perspective, as Dr. Toups shares her own recovery story from cognitive impairment. At the heart of this conversation is a message listeners rarely hear: Brain aging is not necessarily a one-way path. With this new protocol and early action, protecting—and even restoring—brain health appears far more possible than previously thought.

This episode offers clarity and hope for individuals and families navigating concerns about memory loss, Alzheimer’s, and brain health as we age.

About our guest:

Kat Toups, MD, DFAPA, IFMCP, is a distinguished functional medicine psychiatrist, clinical researcher, and thought leader in the field of cognitive health.

She collaborated with Dr. Dale Bredesen as the principal investigator on two successful multi-modal precision medicine clinical trials to reverse cognitive decline in patients with mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer’s disease. With decades of clinical and research experience, Dr. Toups combines psychiatry, functional medicine, and cutting-edge research to uncover and address the root causes of cognitive decline. Her innovative, personalized approach has made her a sought-after speaker, educator, and mentor in the Alzheimer’s and dementia prevention community.

AI can process data at lightning speed—but wisdom still lives in the heart. As artificial intelligence accelerates, many people are feeling both empowered and disoriented by it, unsure how to discern what’s real, what’s hype, and what it means for the future. Others wonder where human qualities and feelings, such as care, compassion, and heart intuition, fit in an AI-driven world.

In this timely and thought-provoking conversation, Add Heart host Deborah Rozman sits down with Nipun Mehta, founder of ServiceSpace, a global organization run entirely by volunteers, to explore why heart intelligence, intuition, and inner wisdom are essential in the age of artificial intelligence. Together, they address a question rarely explored in mainstream AI discussions: How do wisdom, spirituality, and ethical discernment sit at the same table as AI?

Nipun offers a grounded perspective—we don’t have to outsource our humanity. AI is a powerful tool, but it was never meant to replace human connection, moral clarity, creativity, or the intelligence of the heart.

This episode explores how we can use heart-based tools to help us navigate an evolving AI landscape that often creates misinformation and concern, along with the superpowers of analysis and creativity. By engaging our heart’s intelligent inner capacities, we can and must learn to use AI consciously and responsibly.

Nipun stresses the importance of human connection and accessing a deeper heart intelligence that’s not just individual, but is also a collective heart intelligence. He shares how combining our inner values and strengths with advancing technology can lead to a more heart-connected and intelligent world where all can thrive. Nipun draws from ServiceSpace’s decades of cultivating generosity and introduces Awaken AI, an initiative he describes as “Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern AI.”

The episode concludes with a brief, guided heart meditation led by Deborah, offering listeners space to integrate insight, clarity, and heart coherence.

About our guest:

Nipun Mehta is the founder of ServiceSpace, a global community working at the intersection of technology, volunteerism, and a gift culture. As a designer of large-scale social movements that are rooted in small acts of service and powered by micro moments of inner transformation, his work has uniquely catalyzed networks of community builders grounded in their localities and rooted in cultivating deeper connection—with themselves, others, and larger systems. Today, ServiceSpace reaches millions every month, is powered by thousands of volunteers, and blossoms into ever-expanding local and virtual service projects that aim to ignite a “whole greater than the sum of its parts.” Nipun was honored as an “unsung hero of compassion” by the Dalai Lama, not long before former US President Obama appointed him to a council for addressing poverty and inequality in the US. Standing at the crossroads of algorithmic intelligence, evolutionary insight, and collective social emergence, Nipun continues to illuminate new pathways for ancient wisdom to find creative expressions in a modern world.

Guest: Danielle LaPorte

Love isn’t just something you feel—it’s an energy you can work with. Your heart already contains everything you need to heal. The missing piece is learning you’re not the wound, you are the healer—you just need to learn how to direct your heart’s energy.

In this illuminating conversation, HeartMath’s Deborah Rozman sits down with Danielle LaPorte—bestselling author of The Desire Map and How to Be Loving, host of the With Love, Danielle podcast, and a member of Oprah’s SuperSoul 100.

Together, they explore love as a state of consciousness and a reservoir of healing energy. They break down how your heart’s energy can help shift emotional patterns, soothe burnout, interrupt looping stories, and re-regulate your nervous system. Instead of simply coping, they invite you to work with your heart’s energy as a powerful tool for emotional and energetic healing and transformation—in real time.

Everything changes when you realize you’re the healer.Danielle discusses how she uses the love energy of the heart to heal the wounds of unresolved thoughts and emotions. She explains and emphasises why having simple daily practices is essential for staying aligned with your integrity and “resetting” your inner world.

Danielle and Deborah help us understand how we can learn to distinguish between ego-driven striving versus heart-centered goals that are spiritually efficient, inclusive, and synced with your higher guidance.

Together they also unpack why heart–brain coherence and practical intuition are effective and grounded methods for accessing the power of love for healing, increasing clarity and resilience, and for spiritual growth.

Deborah closes this episode with a guided heart meditation—an invitation to access the healing power of love and heart energy to connect more with your heart’s guidance and direction for your life, your relationships, and add compassionate care to the global energetic field.

About our guest:

Danielle LaPorte’s spiritual direction has reached over 40 million people. Her bestselling books include How to Be Loving, White Hot Truth, The Desire Map, and The Fire Starter Sessions. Her next book, Bless & Release: The Physics of Letting Go, launches in spring 2026. Her podcast, With Love, Danielle, is one of the top 2% in the world.

As creator of masterclasses for conscious living and founder of The Centered App, Danielle’s teachings range from emotional intimacy and nervous system balancing to mindful business and the physics of letting go.

A member of Oprah’s Super Soul 100, Danielle is a former publicist and Washington, DC, think tank executive director. She now speaks about the power of heart intelligence.

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