ZAMEK CZYTA\ Author's meeting with Dr. Asia Wojsiat

TypeLiterature

LocationSala Wielka

Hour

18

Datum 5.11.2026

Price

7 PLN

“For a healthy mind. How to take care of the brain in a world of excess” — author's meeting with Dr. Asia Wojsiat

hosted by: Joanna Zapała

Duration: 90 min/age 18+

We're tired, but we can't rest. We have access to almost everything, and it is increasingly difficult for us to focus, saturate and really be where we are. Our brains operate today in a thicket of notifications, pressure, noise, rush, and endless promises that we can become an even better version of ourselves.

What does this excess do to our memory, attention, emotions, and reward circuitry? Why do we keep reaching for new stimuli? And how do you get your balance back without turning taking care of yourself into the next task to check off?

After the bestseller “This is how the brain works”, Dr. Asia Wojsiat goes one step further. Combining neuroscience, psychosomatics and lifestyle medicine, he shows that the brain is not a device that needs to be reset, but a living ecosystem co-created by the body, experiences, relationships, and environment.

She explains how chronic stress changes the way we think and feel, why dopamine keeps us wanting more, and how sleep, movement, breathing, meditation, nature, closeness, creativity, reading and play help us regain flexibility. It also looks at memory, beliefs, consciousness and the sense of self, showing that the mind is not something separate from biology, but constantly emerges from our way of life.

“For a healthy mind” is not a collection of neurotricks or a self-improvement program. It is a map of returning to what is biologically important, based on research, personal experience and attention to human complexity. No moralizing, the promise of full control and the pressure of perfection.

Because the brain, tired of excess, does not need further commands. He needs conditions in which he can regulate himself again, create, be close and stay in touch with life. {publisher's description]

Dr. ASIA WOJSIAT (born 1987) — neurobiologist, biochemist, academic lecturer and popularizer of science. Doctor of biological sciences in the discipline of biochemistry, with a specialty in neurochemistry; she obtained her degree at the Marcel Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. She also completed postgraduate studies in psychosomatics and somatopsychology at SWPS University, sports dietetics at the Warsaw AWF and conducting and monitoring clinical trials at the Leon Koźmiński Academy. She is the author of the bestselling book “This is how the brain works. How to take care of its functioning wisely” and the creator of the podcast “Intentionally”. She teaches at SWPS University, works as a research consultant and shares her knowledge with a community centered around the profile of @drjoanwojsiat. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Polish Psychedelic Society and the Foundation Board of the Polish Mindfulness Institute. In his educational activities, he combines neuroscience, psychosomatics, health psychology, mindfulness and lifestyle medicine. She is interested in the human being as a whole: the brain, body, emotions, relationships and the environment in which he lives.

She is the program director of the publishing house Dobrostany.

JOANNA ZAPAŁA — psychologist, specialist in the field of clinical psychology, certified psychotherapist of the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP). Certified psycho-oncologist and psycho-oncology supervisor. Founder and president of the board of the Center for Integral Psychotherapy in Poznań. Subject Manager of Postgraduate Studies “Psychosomatics and Somatopsychology”, “Clinical Psychooncology” at SWPS University. Head of specialization in clinical psychology at the Karol Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznań.

On a green background, the cover of Dr. Asi Wojsiat's book. It has a minimalist theme. A person moves with a flashlight and illuminates straight and wavy lines with it. They resemble the structures of the brain. The colors are muted green-beige.