#118: Train Your Brain. How the Brain Health Challenge Empowers People with MS - podcast episode cover

#118: Train Your Brain. How the Brain Health Challenge Empowers People with MS

Jun 18, 2025•41 min•Season 1Ep. 118
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đź”— Read the full blog: https://ms-perspektive.com/118-brain-health

In this inspiring episode, I’m joined once again by Dr. Sanja Gluscevic, who you may remember from episode #081. This time, we dive into something both powerful and practical: brain health—what it means, why it matters, and how you can start protecting yours today.

Sanja introduces us to the Brain Health Challenge 2025, a global awareness campaign encouraging people to prioritize their brain health in creative, accessible ways. From wearing a helmet as a symbol of brain protection to sharing personal brain-boosting strategies on social media, the challenge is making brain health visible and actionable—especially for people living with MS and other chronic conditions.

🔍 In this episode, we explore:
  • What brain health really means—and why it’s especially important for people with MS

  • How invisible symptoms like cognitive fatigue, anxiety, and brain fog impact everyday life

  • Sanja’s personal motivation for co-founding the Brain Health Challenge

  • Simple, evidence-based steps to improve your brain health (yes, even with MS!)

  • Real-life examples of how cognitive training can make a difference

  • How the challenge empowers people to take action and build community

Whether you're living with MS, caring for someone who is, or simply curious about how to protect your brain for the long haul—this episode will leave you informed and inspired.

📌 Join the challenge and protect what matters most:
👉 https://brainhealth-challenge.org/

Thanks for that great initiative to Sanja and everybody else involved.

See you soon and try to make the best out of your life,
Nele

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