Keith Ferrazzi
Founder & CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight | #1 NYT Bestselling Author of Never Eat Alone | Executive Team Coach to Anthropic, GM & the World Bank | Creator of "Teamship"
Max Lugavere
Health & Science Journalist | New York Times Bestselling Author of Genius Foods | Host of The Genius Life Podcast | Filmmaker, Little Empty Boxes
Max Lugavere is one of the most recognizable voices in health and wellness, a health and science journalist, New York Times bestselling author of the "Genius" trilogy, and host of the top-ranked podcast The Genius Life. After his mother's dementia diagnosis, he devoted himself to translating brain-health science for everyday audiences. On stage, he turns complex research into practical, motivating steps anyone can take.
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Max Lugavere biography
Max Lugavere has become one of the most recognizable voices in health and wellness by turning a personal tragedy into a mission to help people protect their brains. A health and science journalist, New York Times bestselling author, and filmmaker, he brings clarity to a noisy wellness world, translating complex research on nutrition, brain health, and healthy aging into practical strategies that general audiences can actually use. His journey began when his mother was diagnosed with a form of dementia in her late fifties, prompting him to put his media career on hold and spend a decade learning everything he could about the science of cognitive decline.
Healthcare speaker Max Lugavere is the author of the bestselling “Genius” trilogy, Genius Foods, The Genius Life, and Genius Kitchen, beginning with the New York Times bestseller Genius Foods, co-written with physician Paul Grewal. He hosts The Genius Life, one of the top-ranked health podcasts in the United States with tens of millions of downloads, and reaches a large audience across media that includes The Today Show, PBS, and many of the world’s most popular podcasts. His central, broadly resonant message is that everyday choices about food, movement, and sleep have a profound effect on how the brain ages.
Little Empty Boxes and the Science of Brain Health
In 2024, Lugavere made his feature directorial debut with Little Empty Boxes, a deeply personal documentary a decade in the making that chronicles his mother’s battle with dementia while exploring what science understands about the disease and the role of lifestyle in cognitive health. Both moving and informative, the film reflects the core of his work: making the emerging science of brain health accessible, and helping families understand a condition that now affects tens of millions of people worldwide. It is a subject he approaches as a storyteller and journalist, translating research rather than replacing medical advice.
As a speaker, Max Lugavere is engaging, relatable, and genuinely motivating, pairing rigorous curiosity with a communicator’s gift for making science stick. He speaks on brain health and cognitive longevity, the links between nutrition, lifestyle, and how we age, dementia awareness and prevention, and building sustainable healthy habits. Audiences leave with a clearer understanding of how daily choices shape long-term health, and with practical, approachable steps they can act on right away.
Max Lugavere Speaking Videos
Dementia is preventable through lifestyle. Start now. | Max Lugavere | TEDxVeniceBeach
Keynote Talk CPH-HW 2025 | Max Lugavere | The Alzheimer’s Prevention Gap
Max Lugavere Keynote Topics
Drawing on his bestselling book, Lugavere explores the growing body of research connecting what we eat to how we think, focus, and feel. He translates the science of nutrition and brain health into clear, practical guidance, which foods support cognitive function, which everyday habits help protect the brain over time, and how small dietary changes can influence energy, mood, and mental clarity. An accessible, motivating talk for any audience interested in feeling and performing better.
As populations age and dementia affects tens of millions worldwide, Lugavere makes the case that brain health deserves the same attention we give to the heart. He shares what science increasingly understands about protecting cognitive function across a lifetime, the roles of diet, exercise, sleep, and stress, and why prevention and everyday lifestyle choices matter long before symptoms ever appear. A hopeful, empowering look at aging well.
Lugavere shares the deeply personal journey behind his documentary and his life's work: his mother's battle with dementia and his decade-long search to understand it. Part storytelling, part science, this moving talk raises awareness of a condition that touches millions of families, offers perspective for caregivers, and channels a painful experience into a message of purpose, resilience, and hope.
Knowing what to do for our health is rarely the problem; doing it consistently is. Lugavere offers a practical, realistic framework for turning good intentions about food, movement, and sleep into sustainable everyday habits. He cuts through wellness noise and fads to focus on what genuinely moves the needle, helping audiences make manageable changes that compound into lasting improvements in energy, focus, and long-term health.
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FAQs on Booking Max Lugavere
Why Max Lugavere?
Booking Max Lugavere brings audiences a compelling, relatable voice on one of the topics people care about most: their health and their minds. A New York Times bestselling author, filmmaker, and host of one of the country's top health podcasts, he has a rare talent for making complex science clear, practical, and genuinely motivating. His message is grounded in a powerful personal story, his mother's battle with dementia, which gives his work real emotional weight, and his focus on everyday food, movement, and sleep resonates with virtually any audience. Engaging and down-to-earth, he is ideal for events on health and wellness, corporate wellbeing, longevity, and healthy high performance. To bring Max Lugavere to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is Max Lugavere?
Max Lugavere is an American health and science journalist, New York Times bestselling author, filmmaker, and podcast host known for his focus on brain health and nutrition. He is the author of the "Genius" trilogy, Genius Foods, The Genius Life, and Genius Kitchen, and hosts The Genius Life, one of the top-ranked health podcasts in the United States. He began focusing on brain health after his mother was diagnosed with a form of dementia, and in 2024 he co-directed the documentary Little Empty Boxes about her experience. He is a widely followed communicator who translates research on nutrition and healthy aging for general audiences.
What is Little Empty Boxes about?
Little Empty Boxes is a 2024 documentary co-directed by Max Lugavere, a decade in the making, that chronicles his mother Kathy's battle with dementia. Part intimate family portrait and part investigation, the film follows Lugavere as he moves home to care for his mother and consults health experts to understand the disease and the role that diet and lifestyle may play in cognitive decline. Deeply personal and widely praised as moving, it aims to raise awareness of a condition that affects tens of millions of people and their families worldwide, and it is now available to stream on major platforms.
What topics does Max Lugavere speak on?
Max Lugavere speaks on brain health and cognitive longevity, nutrition and healthy aging, dementia awareness and prevention, and building sustainable healthy habits. His keynotes suit events on health and wellness, corporate wellbeing, longevity, and healthy performance. To book Max Lugavere as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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