ReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human Potential

You don't bring a forklift to the gym. So why are we still grading students on tasks AI can do better? At 15 his school showed him the door because he wasn't learning. Not because he wasn't smart - because the system couldn't reach him. Years later, a move to Paris at 19 changed everything: new people, new conversations, and the sudden realization that he loved learning when it happened through di...

60% of Gen Z now identifies as neurodivergent. But what if most of them aren't, and the real crisis is that modern life has made everyone's brain act like it is? Lisa, founder of Neurominds, was diagnosed with ADHD and autism at 31 after 17 years navigating corporate HR. What followed wasn't relief — it was six months of grief, outdated medical narratives, and a painful unmasking process that cost...

What if the most capable kid in the room is also the one struggling the most - and nobody sees it? Gifted doesn't mean easy. It means extreme developmental gaps that nobody is trained to recognize. A child who can master physics but can't spell their own name. A teenager who aces every test but falls apart in college. An adult who can talk their way through any meeting but can't organize a single...

You meditate, you do yoga, you try to relax, but the tension never fully leaves. Why? Because most stress isn't in your mind. It's locked in your muscles, your jaw, your breathing patterns, stored there since childhood. And no amount of sitting still will release what the body armored over decades. In this episode of the ReeThink Podcast, Stefan Becker, creator of the Sonar Body System and practit...

In this episode of the ReeThink Podcast, Rudi sits down with Lucia Hegenbartova – former tech executive turned executive coach, breathwork teacher and consciousness explorer – for one of the most expansive conversations yet on the show. Lucia spent 15 years building enterprise SaaS startups, several of which became global market leaders and one a unicorn. Then, after a traumatic personal experienc...

In this episode of the ReeThink Podcast, Rudi talks with Johan Matton , co‑founder of Pulse Mindfulness , about why the future of wellness is less about tracking and more about training your nervous system in real life . Johan spent 12 years in New York’s high‑pressure film industry making content for brands like Spotify, Nike and Microsoft before leaving it all behind to build the Pulse Ring – an...

🎙️ Episode 24 - Human as Sensor: Eye‑Tracking, Cognitive Load & Human‑AI In this episode of the ReeThink Podcast, Rudi talks with Aladar Tepelea (CEO) and Dr. Christian Kusmitsch (CTO) , co‑founders of Mindset Technologies, about how our eyes, body signals and context can turn humans into high‑resolution sensors for the next wave of human‑AI systems. Christian is a neuroscientist in psychophys...

🎙️ Episode 23 - Rewiring Executive Function: Metabolism, Sleep & Cognition With Dermot Rock In this episode of the ReeThink Podcast, Rudi talks with Irish founder and former soldier Dermot Rock , creator of Cogn8, about how much of your “intelligence” is fixed – and how much is physiology you can change. After a parachute accident, years of seizures and brain fog, and a startup that failed at...

🎙️ Episode 22 - Neurotech, Psychedelics & the Future of Mental Health: re. Mind Capital’s Joao on What’s Coming Next In this episode of ReeThink, Rudi Adigbli sits down with Joao Barbosa Da Silva (MD, Imperial College London), Investor and Managing Partner at re.mind Capital , a $130M venture fund dedicated to neuroscience and behavioral health. From psychedelics to neurotechnology, Joao share...

🎙️ Episode 21 - From OCD to FineMind: Community Mental Health in Uganda and Beyond with Pavel Reppo In this episode of ReeThink, Rudi Adigbli sits down with Pavel Reppo , co‑founder of FineMind, to explore what community‑driven mental health can look like when you start with lived experience instead of theory. Pavel shares his lifelong journey with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), from hand‑wa...

🎙️ Episode 20 - AI, Mental Health & Human Motives: Skip Rizzo on Ethics, Risk and Real Care In this episode of ReeThink, host Rudi Adigbli sits down with VR and clinical psychology pioneer Skip Rizzo to explore how AI and executive function intersect with mental health, ethics and the economics of care. Together they examine where AI can truly support humans, where it becomes dangerous, and wh...

🎙️ Episode 19 - Can Tech Help Us Focus Again? Opal’s Kenneth Schlenker on Attention, Phones & Mental Health Smartphones and social media have turned into industrial‑grade attention machines, and most of us never got the manual. In this episode of the ReeThink Podcast, Rudi Adigbli sits down with Opal founder and CEO Kenneth Schlenker to explore how the attention economy, persuasive design and...

🎙️ Episode 18 - Bloom’s Taxonomy, AI Pressure & Flow: Training the Brain Beyond Algorithms In this episode, Rudi Adigbli builds on Episode 17 to ask: what thinking still matters in the age of AI? Mapping Bloom’s Taxonomy, from Remember to Create, onto Large Language Models, he explores AI research showing that while algorithms excel at analysis, they often fail at complex, multi-step creative...

🎙️ Episode 17 - AI, Brain Plasticity & The Moving Mind: How to Rewire Your Life in the Age of Algorithms In this solo deep dive, host Rudi Adigbli distills the most important lessons from the first 16 episodes of ReeThink Podcast. This episode is your guided tour through AI, brain plasticity, movement, music, the vagus nerve, and team synchrony, and how to turn them into a practical “mental gy...

🎙️ Episode 16 - The Biological Highway: Why Movement is the Ultimate Brain Hack with Max Taubenheim, Movement Expert Most people treat the gym as a way to change their appearance. But what if your movement practice was actually a high-precision tool for neuromodulation and cognitive performance ? In our first-ever in-person episode, host Rudi Adigbli sits down with Zurich-based movement coach Max...

🎙️ Episode 15 - NeuroWell: How Brain Science Can Fix a Broken Education System with Lisa A. Riegel In this episode of the ReeThink Podcast , we explore how neuroscience, executive function, and learning science can transform education at a moment when AI is reshaping how humans learn, think, and work . Host Rudi Adigbli sits down with Lisa A. Riegel, PhD , educator, leadership coach, and author of...

🎙️ Episode 14 - AI & Team Flow: How Neural Synchrony Unlocks Peak Performance with Michael Mannino & Erwin Valencia ( Syneurgy ) Can AI measure the "vibe" of your team? In an age of distraction and looming AI competition, the ultimate competitive advantage isn't just individual skill, it’s Team Flow . Join host Rudi Adigbli and the founders of Synergy , Michael Mannino and Erwin Valencia,...

🎙️ Episode 13 - Sound, Music, and Frequency as a Neuroplasticity Tool with Alex Doman In this episode, we explore how frequency, entrainment, and neuro-responsive music reshape cognition, stress regulation, sleep, and human performance. From the ReeThink Podcast - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets, and Human Potential Host Rudi Adigbli sits down with Alex Doman ,...

🎙️ Episode 12 - AI vs. Delirium: Saving Brains & Billions in Healthcare with John Klepper (PIPRA) In this episode of the ReeThink Podcast , host Rudi Adigbli speaks with John Klepper , co-founder of PIPRA , about how AI in healthcare is being used to predict delirium before surgery, saving hospitals millions and protecting long-term brain health. You’ll learn why delirium affects 1 in 4 patien...

🎙️ Episode 11 - VR & AI for Mental Health: Rewiring Trauma & Finding Flow with Nanea Reeves (TRIPP) What happens when a pioneer from the video game industry realizes that the same technology used to generate fear could be used to generate peace? In this essential episode, host Rudi Adigbli speaks with Nanea Reeves , CEO of the immersive mental wellness company TRIPP . Nanea shares her powe...

🎙️ Episode 10 - The Clinical Reality: VR, AI, and the Future of Mental Health (with Skip Rizzo, PhD, USC Institute for Creative Technologies) What happens when a clinical psychologist decides to use a Nintendo Game Boy and SimCity for brain injury rehabilitation? In this essential episode, host Rudi Adigbli speaks with pioneer Dr. Skip Rizzo , Director of the Medical VR Lab at USC’s Institute for...

🎙️ Episode 9 - Digital Therapeutics: The Future of Mental Health with Hannes, CEO of HelloBetter How does a digital mental health program prove it works and get covered by national healthcare systems? In this crucial episode, host Rudi Adigbli speaks with Hannes , CEO and co-founder of HelloBetter , a leading European digital therapeutics company. Hannes shares his journey from EdTech to MedTech a...

🎙️ Episode 8 - Neuroendocrinology, Gamma Waves, and the Race to End Cognitive Decline with Mai Nguyen, PhD, CEO of OptoCeutics The brain is the least understood organ, yet its health determines our longevity and potential. In this deep-dive episode, host Rudi Adigbli speaks with Dr. Mai Nguyen , CEO and co-founder of OptoCeutics, who holds a PhD in Neuroendocrinology. Dr. Nguyen shares her unique...

🎙️ Episode 7 - The Science of Learning: Productive Failure, AI, and Mastering the Holy Grail of Transfer with Prof. Dr. Manu Kapur Why do we cram for an exam only to forget everything a week later? And why is applying knowledge in a new context - transfer - so incredibly difficult? In this essential episode, host Rudi Adigbli speaks with Professor Manu Kapur (Learning Sciences & Higher Educati...

🎙️ Episode 6 — Trauma and Relationships and their connection to mental health with Chris McLaren In this incredibly vulnerable and essential episode of the ReeThink Podcast , host Rudi Adigbli speaks with his friend and guest, Chris McLaren , about his personal journey to overcome Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) and find sustainable mental health. Chris, a PhD in mechanical engineering and neurofe...