Optimize Your Brain for Productivity
with Dr. Mary Rensel and Ali Hively

Photo Credit: ALAN DE LA CRUZ

Your Brain Can Do Better, A Lot Better

I would love to believe that drinking more coffee is the answer to all my health and productivity challenges. Since chugging caffeine isn’t the best answer, what can we do to reach our next level of performance?

In this week’s episode of The 5 AM Miracle Podcast I speak with Dr. Mary Rensel and Ali Hively, co-founders of the Brain Ops Group, about how we can optimize our brains for stress, resiliency, and performance.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode

1. Brain Ops Group [Speaking, workshops, and program to optimize brain health]
2. Dr. Mary Rensel [LinkedIn]
3. Ali Hively [LinkedIn]
4. Kijia [Ali’s health and fitness company]

Dr. Mary Rensel

Mary Rensel, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and Director of Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis and Wellness at the Mellen Center of the Cleveland Clinic. She has graduated from the Medical College of Ohio and completed her Neurology and Neuro-immunology fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic.

She is boarded in Neurology and Integrative Medicine and is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Rensel’s work has focused on Adult and Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis, Brain health and Integrative Medicine. Her work in academic medicine often intersects with wellness, advocacy, innovation and strategic initiatives. She serves on the International Pediatric MS Study Group and is on the steering committee of the National Network of Pediatric MS Centers. She is a “Best Doctor” of Cleveland since 2010 per the Cleveland Magazine.

Ali Hively

Ali Hively is the founder of Kijia, a company which empowers busy women to feel their best through building habits of nutrition, mindset and movement. She (Kijia) helps companies and individuals break through through their busy lives to manage stress, lose weight, gain energy and live their best life! Ali has created a signature lifestyle program to make positive change possible and long lasting.

Ali holds a Master’s Degree in education and curriculum. She has been in the health and fitness industry for over 15 years as a certified personal trainer, group fitness instructor and nutrition and wellness consultant, before starting her own company. Ali is the Director of Fitness for a tennis and racquet club where she teaches fitness classes, manages a team of instructors and runs wellness programs.