The Dr. Leaf Show

Latest Episodes:

How to ask for help, deal with feelings of being burden, & how set boundaries with yourself and others + healing intergenerational trauma with Minaa B. Feb 08, 2021

Show notes

**Pre-order my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here & get access to exclusive pre-order bonuses like a workbook, bonus chapters and more: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com/

SHOW DESCRIPTION: When we think of mental health, we often do so on an individual level—mental health is a personal, private matter. But mental health is also a public health issue, as I discuss on this podcast with writer, speaker, therapist and wellness coach Minaa B. We talk about how justice and community work is vital mental health work, how to ask for help and overcome the guilt and shame of seeking help, how to recognize and set boundaries, how to stick to your boundaries, and more!

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-to-ask-for-help-deal-with-feelings-of-being-burden-how-set-boundaries-with-yourself-others-healing-intergenerational-trauma-with-minaa-b

For more info on Minna B. see: https://www.minaab.com

https://www.instagram.com/minaa_b/

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PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

1:47 Why Minaa B. does what she does, and why mental health work is more than just working on your own issues

3:00 Why social justice work is mental health work

14:15 How self-care and community care are related

25:10 Why racism is a public health issue

31:30 How to heal from intergenerational trauma

20:45 Why it is okay to be the problem

43:10 How to ask for help

52:00 Why boundaries are important when helping others

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources

Follow me on social media for daily mental health tips & strategies:

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The difference between rest & restoration, why resting alone is not sufficient + a 5 step Neurocycle on how to effectively and sustainably restore your mind & brain Feb 04, 2021

Show notes

**Pre-order my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here & get access to exclusive pre-order bonuses like a workbook, bonus chapters and more: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com/

SHOW DESCRIPTION: In the middle of a global pandemic, the idea of rest seems so…complicated. What is it? How do you do it? How do you find peace when things seem so crazy? In this podcast I talk about the difference between resting to restore versus just resting, why rest alone is often not enough, and how to use a Neurocycle to effectively and sustainably restore your mind & brain

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/rest-versus-restoration

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PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

1:50 The difference between rest and restoration

2:16 Why just resting is not enough

2:55 Why we can still feel exhausted even if we have a great self-care routine

4:29 Why we need to take the time to analyze our rest periods and see if they are working for us

6:10 Why it takes 63 days to build a new, sustainable habit

8:00, 21:00 How to use the Neurocycle technique to learn how to rest well and restore

14:20 What is rest?

14:44 What is restoration?

29:45 Steps to take to rest well and recover your strength

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources

Follow me on social media for daily mental health tips & strategies:

-Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/-

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-Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/drcarolineleaf

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How to harness the hidden power of our inner voice to live a healthier, more satisfying, and more productive life + tools to turn the inner chatter into confidence (with Dr. Ethan Kross) Feb 01, 2021

Show notes

**Pre-order my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here & get access to exclusive pre-order bonuses like a workbook, bonus chapters and more: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com/

SHOW DESCRIPTION: People often say we need to watch how we talk to others, but we also need to watch how we talk to ourselves. In this podcast I speak with award-winning psychologist and professor at the University of Michigan Dr. Ethan Kross about the hidden power of your inner voice, how to harness it to live a healthier and more satisfying life, how the silent conversations we have with ourselves impact our health, performance, decisions and relationships, and more!

For more info on Dr. Ethan and to get his book visit: www.ethankross.com

Twitter: @ethan_kross

Instagram: @ethankross

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/chatter

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PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS

3:12 Why Ethan wrote his amazing new book Chatter

8:22 Why introspection is a double-edged sword

10:38 How to recognize the different between negative self-talk & positive introspection

12:14 How to quit negative self-talk

29:30 How to help someone who hasn’t asked for help

35:40 The power of the default mode network in the brain & why allowing our minds to wander can be a good thing

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new brain detox app SWITCH on sale now! Just visit: https://theswitch.app

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources

Follow me on social media for daily mental health tips & strategies:

-Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/-

-Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf

-Twitter: @drcarolineleaf: https://twitter.com/DrCarolineLeaf

-Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/drcarolineleaf

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How to use the 5 step NeuroCycle to heal grief & reclaim the loss of self & identity + how grief changes your brain structure & physical body Jan 28, 2021

Show notes

**Pre-order my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here & get access to exclusive pre-order bonuses like a workbook, bonus chapters and more: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com/

SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I discuss the different types of grief, how to manage grief using the Neurocycle, what happens in the brain and body when we don’t deal with our grief, how grief can affect our emotional and physical health, how to help a loved one deal with their grief, and more!

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/a-neurocycle-for-healing-grief-how-to-reclaim-the-loss-of-self-identity

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PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

2:30 Why grief is unavoidable in life

3:25 How we can learn to manage grief

3:50 Why we never “get over” loss

4:12 The many types of grief

8:30 How to use mind management and the Neurocycle to manage grief

11:50 How deep breathing helps calm down the mind

21:35 The different stages of grief and how to deal with them

23:20 Why it is so hard to deal with the loss of a loved one, and what you can do to make the process easier

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new brain detox app SWITCH on sale now! Just visit: https://theswitch.app

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources

Follow me on social media for daily mental health tips & strategies:

-Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/-

-Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf

-Twitter: @drcarolineleaf: https://twitter.com/DrCarolineLeaf

-Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/drcarolineleaf

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How to optimize mental clarity, focus, memory, & mood by monitoring your glucose + how stress affects glucose levels, and how I used a Neurocycle to lower a stress-induced glucose spike! Jan 25, 2021

Show notes

**Pre-order my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here & get access to exclusive pre-order bonuses like a workbook, bonus chapters and more: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com/

SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I speak with Josh Clemente, one of Levels a company that developed a smart tracker that monitors your blood glucose in real time, so you can maximize your diet, exercise, mental health and overall wellbeing. Josh and I discuss the importance of tracking your glucose levels, how to know what changes to make based on the data, techniques to balance glucose levels and increase metabolic flexibility, how sleep affects glucose levels, how to use a glucose monitor to improve mental health and decrease the risk for neurodegenerative diseases, and so much more! Plus, I share how I used a Neurocycle to lower a stress-induced glucose spike!

Read the show blog: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-to-optimize-mental-clarity-focus-memory-mood-by-monitoring-your-glucose-how-stress-affects-glucose-levels-how-the-neurocycle-can-improve-metabolic-flexibility

Visit levels.link/drleaf to skip the 75,000+ person waitlist and join Levels today!

Follow Levels on social media for more tips and info: @levels on Instagram & Twitter

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PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

7:53 What is Levels, and how can it help you?

11:00 Why it is important to prevent major health issues by monitoring our health BEFORE we get sick

17:00 How toxic stress impacts our glucose levels and health

23:11 How controlling your glucose levels can give you more energy

28:46 How our glucose levels can affect memory and brain health, and its relationship to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s

33:50 How sleep is affected by irregular glucose levels, and how sleep affects our blood sugar

40:00 How “diseases of abundance” have affected our health as a species, and why self-regulation is so important when it comes to our health

43:53 Mental health, mood and glucose monitoring

45:00 The relationship between mind management, stress and metabolism

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new brain detox app SWITCH on sale now! Just visit: https://theswitch.app

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources

-Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/

-Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf

-Twitter: @drcarolineleaf: https://twitter.com/DrCarolineLeaf

-Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/drcarolineleaf

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The difference between being patient vs. enabling toxic behavior + how to become a super self-regulator Jan 21, 2021

Show notes

***Pre-order my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here & get access to exclusive pre-order bonuses like a workbook, bonus chapters and more: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com/

SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I discuss the difference between enabling and empowering someone. I also discuss how learning to self-regulate your emotions and thinking can help you enforce and enact effective boundaries, and how my 5 step NeuroCycle can help you become a super self-regulator!

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/the-difference-between-being-patient-vs-enabling-toxic-behavior-how-to-become-a-super-self-regulator

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PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

5:03 What is the difference between enabling and empowering?

9:40 What is empowerment, and how can you empower a loved one and help them on their healing journey?

10:00 Why compassion can lead to empowerment OR enablement, if we are not careful

10:53 Why emotions are complicated and can lead to “messy” relationships

11:33 How do you say “no”?

12:00 How to mind manage your relationships with the Neurocycle

13:30 How the Neurocycle can help you make wiser choices and recognize the difference between enabling and empowering

18:50 Why we need to listen to and learn from our emotions and feelings, even the uncomfortable ones!

33:39 Why you cannot fix other people’s problems for them

35:10 How to empower those you love

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new brain detox app SWITCH on sale now! Get 50% off a 3 month subscription. Just visit: https://theswitch.app

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources

-Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/

-Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf

-Twitter: @drcarolineleaf: https://twitter.com/DrCarolineLeaf

-Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/drcarolineleaf

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How I used my 5 step Neurocycle to manage my mental health during and after a family argument + my favorite breathing technique to help calm intense emotions Jan 18, 2021

Show notes

***Pre-order my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here & get access to exclusive pre-order bonuses like a workbook, bonus chapters and more: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com/

SHOW DESCRIPTION: Let’s face it, we all argue, so we may as well learn how to argue well, and learn how to turn arguments into experiences that improve, not harm, mental health & relationships! In this podcast I discuss the best ways to manage arguments and intense emotions like frustration and anger, based on my personal and professional experience, and I walk you through how to use my 5 step Neurocycle for dealing with arguments.

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-i-used-my-5-step-neurocycle-to-manage-my-mental-health-during-and-after-a-family-argument

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PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

1:40 How to argue better

5:30 How I handled a recent argument with my daughter

7:35 Why exercise and deep breathing are great tools to calm down the mind

10:15 How mind-management helped me turn the argument into a constructive experience

20:00 You too can learn how to clean up your mental mess!

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new brain detox app SWITCH on sale now! Get 50% off a 3 month subscription. Just visit: https://theswitch.app

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources

-Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/

-Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf

-Twitter: @drcarolineleaf: https://twitter.com/DrCarolineLeaf

-Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/drcarolineleaf

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How to biohack your body to improve your mood & mind, how fasting can make you more mentally & emotionally strong + why you need to drink more coffee for optimal mental health (with Dave Asprey) Jan 14, 2021

Show notes

***Pre-order my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here & get access to exclusive pre-order bonuses like a workbook, bonus chapters and more: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com/

SHOW DESCRIPTION: Did you know coffee is a superfood? That fasting doesn’t just mean drinking water? Or that you have the power to change and control your biology? In this podcast I speak with founder of Bulletproof and NY Times bestselling author Dave Asprey about common dangerous wellness myths, how coffee is amazing for your brain, what biohacking is and how it can help you, how to navigate the many wellness trends and find the ones that are best for you, how to fast correctly, the benefits of going without and putting your body under good stress, and more!

Read the show blog here:

Order Dave's new book here:

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PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

3:07 Why Dave loves coffee and biohacking

4:47 Is coffee good for us?

7:43 How coffee can improve our mental health

9:17 What is biohacking and how can it help us?

11:17 Can biohacking be dangerous?

13:17 How fasting can increase brain power

28:26 Tips to fast better

44:33 Why not all stress is bad for us

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new brain detox app SWITCH on sale now! Get 50% off a 3 month subscription. Just visit: https://theswitch.app

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources

-Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/

-Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf

-Twitter: @drcarolineleaf: https://twitter.com/DrCarolineLeaf

-Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/drcarolineleaf

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Are new years resolutions just another form of toxic positivity? + Why positive affirmations don't work in the long run Jan 11, 2021

Show notes

***Pre-order my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here & get access to exclusive pre-order bonuses like a workbook, bonus chapters and more: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com/

SHOW DESCRIPTION: New Year’s resolutions may seem great on the surface, but they can also be a form of toxic positivity. As I discuss in detail in this podcast when we fail to keep a resolution (which often happens!), we can feel really bad about it. We often experience shame because we often think that there must be something wrong with us, or we think that we always fail and are so bad at all this “life” stuff. But that’s not the case at all! So in this episode I share how to correctly rewire your brain to create sustainable habits, why positive affirmations are not sustainable solutions, why giving up on goals may actually be a good thing, and more!

Show blog: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/are-new-year-s-resolutions-just-another-form-of-toxic-positivity-why-positive-affirmations-dont-work-in-the-long-run

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BiOptimizers’s Leaky Gut Guardian, which is a great way to heal your gut and improve your immune health! Use code DRLEAF10 for 10% off any order at https://www.bioptimizers.com/drleaf

Jenni Kayne, my favorite online store with a a beautiful selection of clothes and home goods. Get 15% off your first order when you use code DRLEAF at checkout: https://www.jennikayne.com

PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

1:49 How New Year’s resolutions can be a form of toxic positivity

2:46 It is okay to change or even not make a New Year’s resolution!

4:12 Why it can be difficult to build a new mental habit and change your lifestyle

5:02 How much time it really takes to change your mind

14:52 Why shaming yourself for not keeping a resolution will damage your mental health

16:30 Why failure is good for us and how we can learn from our experiences

19:47 Keeping a resolution won’t make you happy all the time or take away all your issues

22:00 Why negative emotions and feelings are telling us something about ourselves

23:10 Why “bad” emotions are a normal part of life, and why it is okay to be unhappy

26:00 How to change your mind and keep your resolutions

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources

-Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/

-Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf

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How to heal from sexual abuse, childhood neglect, disordered eating & depression with Tana Amen Jan 07, 2021

Show notes

***Pre-order my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here & get access to exclusive pre-order bonuses like a workbook, bonus chapters and more: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com/

SHOW DESCRIPTION: We have stuff we have to deal with, even if everything looks “perfect” on the surface. But what happens when we can’t pretend that everything is all right anymore? Is true healing possible? In this podcast I speak with NY Times best-selling author, ICU trauma nurse and vice president of Amen Clinics Tana Amen about overcoming abuse, cancer and an eating disorder, finding the courage to face your past and find true healing, how to help others recover from trauma, and so much more!

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-to-heal-from-sexual-abuse-childhood-neglect-disordered-eating-depression-with-tana-amen

Get Tana's amazing book here: https://www.thomasnelson.com/p/relentless-courage-of-a-scared-child/

Follow Tana on social media:

https://www.instagram.com/tanaamen/?hl=en

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PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

1:49 Tana’s amazing new book, Relentless Courage

4:30 Why we often minimize or hide our pain to survive

6:33 Healing trauma takes time and effort

7:51 Why there is power in telling your story

9:52 What happened toTana, and how she overcame sexual abuse, trauma, an eating disorder and cancer

17:00 Why you never know if someone is struggling or what they are going through, even when their life looks “perfect”

28:45 When we struggle, we often learn and grow the most

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new brain detox app SWITCH on sale now! Get 50% off a 3 month subscription. Just visit: https://theswitch.app

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources

-Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/