Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

Kids Were On Drugs Before Age 7

3 Jan 2026 · 0 min

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Josh Trent (speaker) argues that core beliefs form before age seven, describing early neurological development (brain hemispheres from conception to age seven) and asserting that young children are "essentially on drugs"—meaning their minds are extremely malleable. He emphasizes that early sensory input and experiences shape the tapestry of a child’s lifelong reality.

A core belief is like a hook. This hook gets formed way before we're seven. If you look at the neurology of what happens to the brain hemispheres from conception to seven little kids, we're essentially on drugs. And this is really beautiful because the mind is like a rose. The mind is very malleable. It's also very dangerous because whatever that child is told, whatever that child sees and whatever that child experiences are going to shape the fabric that makes the tapestry of the entire reality of this child that eventually becomes an adult, just like you and I.