Dr. Dani BrainLove

10/09/2026

We’re hiring! 🧠💜

What if your next role could be about more than clinical care? What if you could help change the way people experience proactive brain health and support older adults & families navigating cognitive concerns and Alzheimer’s?

At BrainLove, we’re building a different kind of brain health care, one that brings together cutting-edge science, proactive care, and human connection.

We’re looking for a Brain Health Medical Assistant to join our growing team in Phoenix, Arizona. This is an opportunity to work directly with Dr. Dani and make a meaningful difference in the lives of older adults and their families.

You’ll play an important role in providing exceptional clinical care, coordinating patient needs, and helping us build the systems that make every patient and family feel seen, supported, and cared for. You’ll also have opportunities to grow into clinical research as we expand our work in brain health and Alzheimer’s studies.

We’re looking for someone who is clinically skilled, proactive, detail-oriented, and loves working with older adults. Someone who understands that great care goes beyond completing a checklist, it’s about following through, anticipating needs, and making sure no one feels left behind.

10/07/2026

The next How Do We Live With This? BrainLove Family virtual gathering is Thursday, November 12th. We’re talking about something many families feel deeply but don’t always know how to name: How the holidays can feel different when someone you love is living with Alzheimer’s or other progressive cognitive condition. Traditions may change. Family roles can shift. And the space between the holidays we remember and the holidays we’re experiencing now can bring up so many emotions, grief, sadness, guilt, tenderness, and everything in between.

So how do we live with that? How do we decide what to hold onto, what to change, what to release, and what new traditions might look like? That’s what we’ll explore together during our November How Do We Live With This? gathering.

Join us for a conversation, guided by Dr. Dani. Share, listen, and connect with people who may be navigating some of the same changes.

Free to participate. Registration is required.

📅 Thursday, November 12
⏰ 9-10:15 AZ/MT
💻 Zoom

To register: email us at [email protected] or call (480) 470-8222

10/01/2026

As I reflect on BrainLove's first year, I want to share gratitude for Dr. Una and the EntreMD Business School (EBS) community. This pic of Dr. Una and me is at the EBS Vision Retreat almost a year ago.

Building BrainLove has required me to grow in ways I never expected not just as a physician, but as a founder, leader, and business owner. EBS has helped me build a different kind of medical practice that is rooted in my values, designed around the care I believe patients and families deserve, and sustainable enough to keep growing.

Most importantly, Dr. Una and the EBS community have pushed me to think bigger, trust myself more, and stop waiting for permission.

So much of what BrainLove is becoming has been shaped by the courage and confidence I’ve gained here. I highly recommend EBS for anyone who wants to change medicine by paving their own way.

Deeply and forever grateful. ❤️

09/30/2026

It was a privilege to be part of “Demystifying Alzheimer’s: Untangling the Unknown” on September 19th in Mesa, AZ.

A heartfelt thank you to Elaine Poker-Yount and the Successful Aging AZ team for the invitation to present and for creating a space where families, care partners, and professionals could come together to better understand Alzheimer’s and the many ways it can impact everyday life.

Dr. Dani Cabral presented “The Courage to Know – Facing Cognitive Change Together,” sharing an important message about what becomes possible when we have the courage to seek answers.

As an Alzheimer’s specialist neurologist and psychiatrist, Dr. Dani highlighted how understanding changes in the brain can strengthen relationships, support proactive planning, and open the door to growth and transformation.

Conversations like these matter. An Alzheimer’s diagnosis can bring uncertainty, but having the right information, support, and understanding can help families navigate the journey with greater empathy, confidence, and connection.

Thank you again, Elaine, for bringing us together and for the opportunity to be part of such a meaningful day at Leisure World in Mesa, Arizona. 💜

09/29/2026

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER!

For family members and care partners navigating progressive cognitive change, Alzheimer’s, Lewy Body, and related conditions, join me for How Do We Live With This? a new, free virtual monthly gathering for thoughtful conversation, practical insight, and shared experience.

October Topic:
When Caregiving Dims the Spark in You, Me, and Us

We’ll explore how caregiving can reshape identity, energy, and connection and how we can continue nourishing the parts of ourselves that make us feel most alive.

Thursday, October 1 | 9:00–10:15 AM AZ/PDT | Zoom
Free and open to the public.

This is your last chance to register!
📧 Email [email protected]
📞 Call (480) 470-8222

Come share, listen, and be part of the conversation. See you there!

09/23/2026

I’m so excited to be at the Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium Scientific Meeting today in Tucson, AZ presenting our abstract poster, Development and Initial Implementation of a Precision Brain Health Pathway for Cognitively Unimpaired Adults in the Alzheimer's Blood Biomarker Era. Our ultimate goal is to move clinicians from telling a patient, “Here is your Alzheimer’s risk information,” to “Here is how we responsibly help you understand it, act on it, and live well with it.”

Gratitude to our collaborators : Katherine Hunt Brendish, PhD, Amber Mahan, PsyD, and Mia Joslin,MS. 🙏🙏🙏🧠💜

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09/04/2026

For family members and care partners navigating progressive cognitive change, Alzheimer’s, Lewy Body, and related conditions, I'm launching a new, free virtual monthly gathering called How Do We Live With This?.

Each month, we’ll take on a different real-life topic with thoughtful conversation, practical insight, shared experience, and occasional guest speakers. Participation is encouraged!

Our first topic is one I don’t think we talk about enough:

When Caregiving Dims the Spark in You, Me, and Us
We’ll explore how masculine and feminine roles, strengths, and identities can become depleted in caregiving relationships.

A woman may be extraordinarily capable of managing, organizing, anticipating, and carrying the mental load while slowly losing access to softness, spontaneity, pleasure, or the experience of being cared for.

A man may be deeply loving and excellent at caregiving while becoming increasingly disconnected from agency, vitality, purpose, play, adventure, sexuality, or freedom.

Competence does not equal nourishment.

We’ll talk about how caregiving can reshape identity, energy, and connection and how we can continue nourishing the parts of ourselves that make us feel most alive.

Thursday, October 1 | 9:00–10:15 AM AZ/PDT | Zoom
Free and open to the public.
To register: Email [email protected] or call (480) 470-8222.
See you there!

08/31/2026

One of the most fascinating areas of psychedelic research is neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to form new connections and reorganize itself.

In this clip, Dr. Dani Cabral and biomedical research analyst James Hosobe explore the idea that psychedelics may temporarily “shake up” the brain from rigid patterns of thinking and behavior.

James Hosobe uses a powerful analogy: a snow globe.

When the snow settles, everything stays in the same place. But shake it up, and suddenly there’s movement, possibility, and a chance for things to reorganize.

For conditions like depression and PTSD, where repetitive thought and behavioral patterns can become deeply ingrained, researchers are exploring whether psychedelics might create a temporary window of increased neuroplasticity, a period when new patterns and behaviors may be easier to learn.

But there’s an important distinction: potential is not proof. The science is still evolving, and much more research is needed to understand who may benefit, how these treatments should be administered, and what the long-term effects may be.

Watch the full BrainLove conversation to explore what we know, what we’re still learning, and where the future of psychedelic medicine may be headed. https://youtu.be/SqlA3nFrELg?si=uaKQzmRZZZKmgRZ4

08/28/2026

Can we actually prevent Alzheimer’s or at least change our odds?

Dr. Dani Cabral, Ivy League-trained neurologist and psychiatrist, recently joined Robert Todd Hurst, MD, FACC, FASE of Healthspan MD for an insightful conversation about one of the most important topics in brain health: how we can take action today to protect our brains for the years ahead.

And the message is hopeful.

Alzheimer's risk isn’t simply determined by age or genetics. There are meaningful steps we can take to support both brain health AND heart health and what’s good for one is often good for the other.

In this episode, they explore:

🧠 The latest science on Alzheimer’s prevention and why there’s reason for hope
❤️ The powerful connection between cardiovascular and brain health
🧬 What the APOE gene really means (and what genetic testing can and can’t tell you)
🩸 What to know about the emerging world of Alzheimer’s blood tests
🤝 Why social connection is an important part of protecting cognitive and overall health
🌱 How lifestyle changes can meaningfully influence your long-term risk

The goal isn’t to predict your future.

It’s to recognize what you can influence and start there.

If you’re thinking about your brain health before symptoms appear, this conversation is worth a listen.

Listen to the full episode and discover what proactive brain health can look like.

Dr. Dani Cabral, an Ivy League-trained neurologist and psychiatrist...

08/25/2026

A call to my fellow Geriatric Millennials, Gen Xers, and young Boomers who are thinking seriously about their brain health.

As a brain aging specialist, I’ve found myself pushing back more and more when my colleagues say, “It won’t change management.” In medicine, that usually means: even if we learn that someone has increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease, there may not yet be a specific medication we would start or a standard medical treatment we would change. So why test? Why look? Why know?

But I think that definition of “management” is far too narrow. Because if the only things that count as action are prescriptions and procedures, then yes, there may appear to be very little to do before memory loss begins. Exercise. Eat well. Stay socially and cognitively active. Control your blood pressure. Come back if something changes.

Since founding BrainLove, and having the freedom to think differently about this, I’ve become increasingly convinced that this seriously underestimates both what we can do and what people are capable of understanding. People are smarter, more curious, and more willing to engage with uncertainty than we often give them credit for. They can understand that science is still evolving, that risk is almost never destiny, and that some answers will be imperfect. And they can still say: I want to know what we know. I want an expert to help me understand what actually matters, and I want to make thoughtful decisions about the next 10, 20, or 30 years of my life.

That is why I am excited to announce the BrainLove Proactive Brain Health Program!

We look beyond a generic “brain healthy lifestyle” and consider cardiometabolic health, sleep, stress, genetics, cognitive performance, brain structure and integrity, medications, mindset, and, when appropriate, emerging Alzheimer’s biomarkers.

Then comes the most fascinating and most challenging part: putting all of it together, communicating it in a way that can be understood and used, and determining what kind of structure and support a person needs to make meaningful changes sustainable. Large prevention studies like U.S. POINTER are reinforcing that knowing what to do is not the same as having the support to actually do it.

BrainLove is not offering a generic longevity protocol, a stack of supplements without good evidence, or an isolated Alzheimer’s blood test without considering pre-test probability, context, and limitations. We are piloting an expert physician-led team program around different questions: What actually matters for this particular person? What deserves attention now? What can safely be left alone? What should we monitor over time? And what might change as the science changes?

If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Learn more about the BrainLove Proactive Brain Health Program or schedule a discovery call to see whether it’s the right fit a https://brainlove.health/services/