The Dr. Leaf Show

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Podcast 435: How Hard Is It to Stop Antidepressants, and Are There Better Alternatives? Nov 17, 2022

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk to clinical researcher and fellow at University College London Dr. Mark Horowitz on his own experience on psychiatric medication, the many myths surrounding antidepressants, safely withdrawing from psychiatric drugs, and so much more!

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

3:55 Why Mark is passionate about mental health

6:10 Psychiatric withdrawal is often misunderstood or overlooked

8:00 Mark’s own experiences with psychiatric medication & withdrawal

14:45 How survivor-run sites are helping people suffering from psychiatric drug withdrawal

17:26 There is very little guidance on ho two stop psychiatric medication safely

22:00 Why the withdrawal process is so hard for so many people

23:00 Why it is important to withdraw from psychiatric medication gradually & under the guidance of a medical professional

28:00 How psychiatric medications affect the brain & body

32:38 Why some people mistake drug withdrawal for a return of their condition

33:28 What withdrawal symptoms from psychiatric medications like antidepressants can look like

41:20 The power of awareness & acceptance + how our experiences can shape us & help us grow

45:00 Research on how common withdrawal effects from medications are

47:16, 54:13 How to safely withdraw from psychiatric medications

58:53 Why we should be careful when it comes to drugs like esketamine

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Podcast 434: How Attachment Styles Affect Relationships & Other Advice from Two Relationship Therapists Nov 14, 2022

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk to licensed therapist and life coach John Kim about his amazing new book It’s Not Me, It’s You, simple tips to improve your relationships, how to manage feelings of resentment, the importance of love languages and attachment styles, how to break the blame cycle, and so much more.

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

6:08 Working on your relationship while raising kids

10:50 Careers, relationships & children

12:05 Why John & his partner Vanessa wrote It’s Not Me, It’s You

14:16The “lightning in a bottle” myth

20:25Rocky times do not mean that a relationship is a failure

21:30 The importance of compromise & communication

21:43 Try to understand before trying to be understood

25:11 How childhood protective habits & attachment styles can affect relationships

29:58 How to find beauty in the contrast & improve understanding

35:28 Relationships are not easy but they are worth it!

41:18 How to manage arguments: don’t wait to long.

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Podcast 433: Essential Techniques for Self-Healing with Alex Elle Nov 10, 2022

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk to wellness educator, certified breathwork coach and Restorative Writing teacher Alex Elle about the importance of journaling, her new book How We Heal, why we need to model our experiences as adults so that we can teach our children to handle life’s challenges, focusing on our own journey instead of trying to change other people, and so much more!

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Get Alex's book here: https://www.alexelle.com/buythebook

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

4:13 We are our own greatest teacher

4:30 The power of trusting ourselves

6:14 Healing to tap into joy

6:48 Healing is a communal act

9:17 Affirmations without actions are just words

13:13 It is okay to not have all the answers

13:55 Healing isn’t a one-time event

15:15 Why we need to befriend our fear

19:02 Only you have the answers

21:40 Modeling the healing journey for our children

29:38, 34:20 We shouldn’t try to change people, only ourselves

35:20 It is more important to like ourselves than to have other people like us

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

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Podcast 432: Can Keeping Secrets Be Good For Your Mental Health? Nov 07, 2022

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk to professor and a leading expert on the psychology of secrets Michael Slapian about what it means to keep a secret, how keeping secrets affects our mental health, how to manage the mental conflict keeping a secret brings, and so much more!

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

3:02 Michael’s groundbreaking work on secrecy

8:20 Everyone has secrets!

9:50 The different kinds of secrets people keep

11:18, 15:16 How keeping secrets can affect our mental health

15:46 How a secret can affect our relationships

17:40 The cross-cultural nature of secrets

18:25 Why it can be hard to keep a secret

19:50 How to figure out which secrets are harmful to us

24:50 Confessing & confiding secrets

28:13 Secrets & managing our mental wellbeing

32:40 How culture affects secret-keeping

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Podcast 431: Spermidine: What It Is & How It Can Help Your Mental & Brain Health Nov 01, 2022

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk to Dr. Elizabeth Yurth founder and chief medical officer of the Boulder Longevity Institute about cellular medicine, how we can heal our mental and physical health, the importance of cell renewal, why Dr. Elizabeth is a fan of the supplement Spermadine and so much more!

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Read the blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/spermidine-what-it-is-how-it-can-help-your-mental-brain-health

Learn More about Elizabeth Yurth, MD:

-Bio and Background: www.dryurth.com

-Dr. Yurth's clinic, the Boulder Longevity Institute www.boulderlongevity.com

-Dr. Yurth's education site, the Human Optimization Academy: https://bli.academy/

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

5:35, 9:38 What cellular medicine is & why it is so important

7:45 Where even functional medicine falls short

11:05, 28:45, 47:00 What spermidine is & why it is such an amazing molecule

14:00, 16:15 Spermidine & mental health

16:36 Autophagy, stress & how the body reacts to inflammation and damage

22:00 How to improve autophagy

33:10 How bad experiences can affect our health & how spermidine is a tool that can help support better healing

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Podcast 430: What a recent brush with death taught me about life Oct 31, 2022

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk to good friend, podcast host and performance coach Craig Siegel about what it means to reckon with our mortality, what near death experiences can teach us, ways to make every moment meaningful, redefining success, and so much more!

For more info on Craig visit: https://www.cultivatelastingsymphony.com/

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

5:34 Craig’s amazing work

8:28 Changing the definition of success

11:30 Why we need to share our gifts with the world

12:10 The power of knowing your identity

16:31 What Craig’s near death experience taught him

32:50 We are here to create & expand

36:35 Helping children manage their mental health

44:50 Why we need to become aware of our emotions & manage how we feel

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Podcast 429: The Best Mental Health Advice from the U.S Surgeon General Oct 27, 2022

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast (episode #429) and blog, I talk to Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Vivek Murthy about the role workplaces play in their employee’s mental and physical health, how to help organizations support the wellbeing of their workers, the opportunity for growth in a workplace, and so much more! Dr. Vivek H. Murthy was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in March 2021 to serve as the 21st Surgeon General of the United States. As the Nation's Doctor, the Surgeon General's mission is to help lay the foundation for a healthier country, relying on the best scientific information available to provide clear, consistent, and equitable guidance and resources for the public. And as the Vice Admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Dr. Murthy commands a uniformed service of over 6,000 dedicated public health officers, serving the most underserved and vulnerable populations domestically and abroad.

Read about the workplace initiative here: https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/workplace-well-being/index.html

And the press release here: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/10/20/us-surgeon-general-releases-new-framework-mental-health-well-being-workplace.html

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

4:20 Dr. Vivek’s amazing work

7:20 The power of social connection

11:40 Loneliness & health

13:32, 22:00 Why we need to change the way we deal with mental health in the workplace

19:00 We all need relationships!

35:20 The power of connecting with people’s stories

36:50 We are so much more than what we do for a living

38:00 Why workplaces need to support mental health

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Podcast 428: The Pros & Cons of Mental Health Labels Oct 24, 2022

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk about why we need to change the way we think about mental health. This podcast is part 8 of my series on the different parts of the mind and brain. As mentioned in my previous podcasts on this topic, The Difference Between the Nonconscious, Subconscious & Conscious Mind (part 1), How to Tap Into the Nonconscious Mind to Unwire Trauma & Toxic Thinking Habits (part 2), How to Listen to & Learn from Your Mental & Physical Warning Signals (part 3), The Difference Between Thoughts & Memories (part 4), What is the Mind? (part 5), How to Make Intrusive Thoughts Work for You, Not Against You(part 6), and Neuroplasticity: What It Is & How to Harness Its Power for Your Benefit (part 7), when you consciously engage the nonconscious mind through deliberate, intentional, strategic, and proactive deep thinking, you draw your thoughts, with their embedded memories, through the subconscious mind and into the conscious mind. When these thoughts arrive in the conscious mind, they’re in a malleable state, which means you can change them and reconceptualize them—you can change the way they impact your life.

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Podcast 427: Managing menopause and your mental health Oct 20, 2022

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk to Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz about menopause, women’s mental health, why aging is a blessing, her new book Menopause Bootcamp, and so much more! In her work, Dr. Suzanne goes beyond conventional medical treatment to looks at the different stages of a woman’s life holistically. She calls menopause the “puberty of midlife”—it is a normal bodily function, not a curse or disease, as it is often portrayed as in our society.

Get her book here: https://thedrsuzanne.com/themenopausebootcamp/

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

3:45 Dr. Suzanne’s work

6:30 De-pathologizing menopause

10:20 Menopause can be a time of joy & growth!

14:15 What menopause is

21:00, 41:05 Different ways to manage menopause

36:10 The importance of being proactive & gaining knowledge

45:00 How our mind can affect our hormones

51:30 The importance of choosing curiosity instead of fear

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Podcast 426: Neuroplasticity: what it is & how to harness its power for your benefit Oct 17, 2022

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk about neuroplasticity and the brain’s ability to respond to the mind. This podcast is part 7 of my series on the different parts of the mind and brain.

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Read the blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/neuroplasticity-what-it-is-how-to-harness-its-power-for-your-benefit

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

2:05 What neuroplasticity is & why it is so important

4:20, 7:35 Traumatic brain injuries & neuroplasticity

10:58 The mind can change the brain!

13:00 The relationship between neuroplasticity & learning

14:45 How negative experiences can affect the brain

15:30 Why we need to deconstruct & reconstruct our thoughts

19:30 The power of reconceptualization

19:46 Neuroplasticity also affects the body!

20:50 Why your past doesn’t have to be your destiny!

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