Your Brain Could Be Weakening Your Bones

Updated: December 1, 2025

See how your thoughts, emotions, and stress levels can impact your bone health.

Think your bones are only affected by calcium and exercise? Think again.

Because what’s happening in your mind could be quietly draining your bone strength, day after day, without you even realizing it.

In this eye-opening interview, Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum reveals the powerful (and surprising) link between your brain, stress, and bone health. For over 30 years, she’s taught people how thoughts, emotions, and even breathing patterns can trigger inflammation, accelerate aging, and weaken bones.

And more importantly,  how to flip that switch back.

In this must-watch video:

  • The common thought pattern that drains minerals from your bones. Plus, the simple habit that can quickly shift your brain into healing mode.
  • The fascinating “garden hose” experiment that proves stress lives in your cells, not just your mind.
  • Scared of lifting heavy weights? See the mindset block that keeps women weak, and how Dr. Sandra overcame it at 75.
  • The nutrition-mood connection you’ve never heard of. See how what you eat affects your nervous system, sleep, and even bone density.
  • Want stronger bones? Change your language! Learn how swapping just one word can support better bone health.

These aren’t abstract ideas. They’re backed by decades of research and thousands of real-world transformations. Watch now to see how your thoughts shape your bones, and how to make that connection work for you.

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This article features advice based on cutting-edge research from our industry experts to give you the best possible information to support your bone-building journey.

Lara Pizzorno
MDiv, MA, LMT - Best-selling author of Healthy Bones Healthy You! and Your Bones; Editor of Longevity Medicine Review, and Senior Medical Editor for Integrative Medicine Advisors.,
Dr. Liz Lipski
PhD, CNS, FACN, IFMP, BCHN, LDN - Professor and Director of Academic Development, Nutrition programs in Clinical Nutrition at Maryland University of Integrative Health.,
Dr. Emma Gasinski
PT, DPT, RYT - Physical therapist and certified yoga teacher with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professionals,
Dr. Lawrence (Larry) A. May
MD, FACP, Harvard Medical School Graduate, Physician, Author, Public Speaker - Doctor of Internal Medicine at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center and author of several articles and books, including the widely utilized and best selling medical textbook Primary Care Medicine,