Dr. Brian Hoeflinger is a board certified Neurosurgeon with over 25 years of experience. In this episode, we discuss brain surgery, the afterlife, dreams, grief, end of life decisions, and the loss of his son Brian. We’re also joined by Dr. Cindy Hoeflinger, a former forensic pathologist.Show Spo...
Dr. Brian Hoeflinger is a board certified Neurosurgeon with over 25 years of experience. In this episode, we discuss brain surgery, the afterlife, dreams, grief, end of life decisions, and the loss of his son Brian. We’re also joined by Dr. Cindy Hoeflinger, a former forensic pathologist.
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00:00 | Intro
12:19 | Panic attacks
23:43 | Flow State
32:35 | Brian’s Mother’s Brain Cancer
35:03 | How to Make Hard End of Life Decisions
46:05 | Ethical Scenario
49:22 | Training & Residency
55:31 | Brain Surgery (Step By Step)
01:22:02 | Compartmentalization
01:27:05 | Brain Aneurysms
01:31:24 | Staying Calm in Chaos
01:36:43 | Average Day in the Life of a Neurosurgeon
01:42:10 | The Wild Reason Brain Surgeons Keep Patients Awake During Surgery
01:46:56 | Brain Mysteries & Consciousness
01:55:27 | Dreams
01:58:27 | Top 3 Tips to Improve Brain Health
02:00:38 | Giving Families Bad News
02:13:59 | What Matters in the End
02:17:07 | Brian’s Death
02:35:00 | Grief
03:03:19 | Brian & Dalton Debate Why Bad Things Happen to Good People
03:14:05 | How to Be Less Afraid of Death
03:17:08 | Afterlife
03:19:03 | Near Death Experiences
03:28:08 | Cindy Hoeflinger
03:45:10 | How to Move On
03:57:16 | Parting Ways With The Life You Imagined
04:00:58 | Insane Forensic Pathology Story
04:08:21 | How to Do an Autopsy
04:13:23 | Outro