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The urge feels harmless at first: a tiny bump on the scalp, a rough edge on the skin, a moment of boredom. Then comes the pull or the pick, the trance-like focus, the fleeting relief—and the shame that follows. We invited certified clinical hypnotherapist and hair loss specialist Keisha Reynolds to help us unpack body-focused repetitive behaviors like trichotillomania and dermatillomania, and to share a roadmap that actually works.

Keisha explains how BFRBs differ from OCD: they’re deeply sensory and tied to the brain’s reward system, which means “just stop” doesn’t work. She walks us through proven supports including cognitive behavioral therapy, habit reversal training, stimulus control, and compassion practices. Then she opens her toolkit: personalized hypnotherapy scripts recorded for nightly listening, anchoring techniques that redirect urges in real time, and small environment shifts that prevent autopilot behaviors. We also explore the role of alpha and theta brain states in making suggestions stick, plus how faith-based language can strengthen commitment for those who want it.

As a certified hair loss specialist, Keisha connects the emotional and physical sides of recovery, explaining follicle health, growth phases, and realistic paths to regrowth after pulling. Her coaching background comes alive in a standout story: a client isolated in a toxic relationship rebuilds confidence, earns a promotion, reconnects with community, and sees the urge to pull lose its grip. The throughline is hope grounded in practical steps—tools you can use today, whether you’re navigating BFRBs yourself or supporting someone you love.

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Change doesn’t start with willpower; it starts with honesty. Joe opens up about the habits that held him back, from tobacco cravings to the quiet compromises that sneak in during hard seasons, and lays out a practical path to break negative cycles without losing your sanity. If you’ve ever wondered why you keep doing what you swore you wouldn’t, this conversation gives you the map—and the courage—to try again, smarter.

We walk through the habit loop—cue, routine, reward—and show how to swap routines while keeping the reward your brain wants. You’ll learn how to spot triggers in the wild, from post‑meal cravings to certain places, times, and moods. Joe shares how journaling reveals patterns you can’t see in the moment, and why measurable goals like “no habit within 60 minutes of meals” beat vague promises every time. We dig into accountability and community support, simple reminders that meet you at risky times, and how to celebrate small wins that fuel big change.

Environment design becomes your secret weapon: remove temptations, add friction to relapse, and stage your space for success with visible cues for better choices. We also unpack mindfulness tactics to ride out cravings—breathing, pausing, and asking what you want most, not first. When setbacks happen, you’ll have a plan to analyze the cue, adjust the routine, and move forward without quitting. It’s not about perfection; it’s about persistence, one clear step at a time.

If you’re ready to own your choices, replace unhelpful routines, and build habits that support your health, this episode offers tools you can use today. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs encouragement, and leave a review with one small goal you’re setting this week—we’ll cheer you on.

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Feeling stuck between wellness hype and real results? We sat down with Eddie Stone, founder and CEO of Touchstone Essentials, to cut through the noise and focus on what actually moves the needle: reducing daily toxic load and fueling the body with clean, verifiable nutrition. Eddie shares the wake-up calls that shaped his approach, from early labs that didn’t make sense to a family health crisis that spotlighted how hidden exposures can quietly chip away at our resilience.

We dig into practical detox and daily nutrition—why consistency beats extremes, how a well-crafted greens powder can deliver phytonutrients without the cleanup barrier, and where a zeolite-based detox fits in a simple routine. Eddie breaks down the sourcing and testing that separate trustworthy supplements from slick labels: farm visits, recognized organic certifications, identity checks on raw materials, and third-party labs for potency and purity. If you’ve wondered whether that “clean” product is actually clean, you’ll get a clear checklist to evaluate it.

We also explore targeted support for modern needs: fiber that helps with blood sugar and gut health, and botanical blends aimed at stimulating telomerase for telomere maintenance as part of a broader longevity plan. Throughout, we return to the pillars that matter—sleep, movement, stress management, and whole-food nutrition—and how supplements can fill gaps without pretending to be the foundation. The takeaway is empowering and doable: pick your main concern, start small, and judge progress by how you feel over weeks, not hours.

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What if a childhood built on criticism and distance teaches your nervous system to disappear? We sit with author and advocate Blair Sorell to uncover how schizoid personality disorder can form as a learned defense—and how clarity, therapy, and the right environment can turn fog into focus. Blair opens up about growing up between a terminally ill mother and an absent father, the slow drift from daydreaming to dysfunction, and the way school and work punish traits that once kept a child safe. Her story shows why labels can liberate when they finally explain the pain.

We dive into the hidden costs of misreading SPD: missed promotions, HR write-ups, social dread, and in the worst cases, homelessness when family scaffolding falls away. Blair shares practical, compassionate strategies—remote-friendly roles, life-skills scaffolding, and stepwise social exposure—that give room to recover without forcing anyone into a mold. She also draws a bright line between schizoid personality and schizophrenia, removing stigma by restoring nuance. The goal isn’t to make every introvert outgoing; it’s to make every person safe, housed, and healthy.

Threaded through it all is classic rock as an emotional lifeline. The Doors, Hendrix, and Lennon became proxies for feelings Blair couldn’t voice, proof that art can carry what speech can’t. That soundtrack helped her write a memoir during the pandemic, one chapter at a time, transforming isolation into momentum and memory into meaning. If you’ve ever been called lazy when you were really overwhelmed, or if you’re parenting a child who’s starting to pull away, this conversation offers language, tools, and hope.

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Sleepless nights don’t just steal your energy; they tax your memory, your mood, and the way every system in your body repairs itself. We sit down with Lori Oliver, a former executive who turned years of burnout into a mission to make better sleep achievable with simple, science-backed habits and a surprising piece of performance gear: a reengineered sleep mask designed for true blackout and cooling comfort.

We start with the fundamentals—why sleep governs cognition, decision-making, immune strength, and muscle recovery—and map how cortisol and melatonin should trade places across the day. From there, we dig into practical, low-friction changes that pay off fast: morning sunlight to set your circadian clock, evening light dimming to cue melatonin, device cutoffs that tame mental churn, and bedroom temperatures in the 64–67 degree range. Lori explains how her team rebuilt a century-old tool to solve two big blockers—light leaks and heat—with molded eye pockets for zero pressure and an ultrathin temperature-regulating layer. Tested with college and pro athletes and veterans navigating PTSD, the mask becomes both a functional blackout and a cue your brain learns to trust.

If you’re tired of chasing hacks and want a routine that travels, you’ll appreciate the Sleep Seven playbook—Lori’s free CBT‑I–inspired guide that turns better nights into a repeatable system. We talk behavior over pills, cues over quick fixes, and the small inputs that compound into clearer mornings and steadier days. Whether you’re a parent, a shift worker, or a high performer on the edge of burnout, these steps meet you where you are and help you take back the night, one consistent habit at a time.

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Resilience shouldn’t live on a poster. It should live in your day. We sat down with Dr. Kate Lund—psychologist, TEDx speaker, and host of The Optimized Mind—to turn big ideas about mental health into tools you’ll actually use. From childhood surgeries to two decades of clinical practice, Kate has learned that real strength starts with a steady baseline, not superhuman willpower.

We unpack the relaxation response, a five-minute practice that trains your nervous system to settle. No incense. No perfection. Just a repeatable way to downshift before a tough meeting, after school pickup, or when stress spikes at 9 p.m. Kate explains why rapport is the engine of therapy, how modalities differ across psychology and psychiatry, and what really changes outcomes for parents and professionals under strain. We dig into morning routines that feel human, not heroic—coffee in quiet, a short walk, a word you return to when life tilts—and why joy is a strategy, not a reward you earn after burnout.

Kate also shares a searing story from pediatric care: a young burn patient who lost eyesight and, through months of rehab, found a new normal and the voice to sing Amazing Grace. It’s a reminder that resilience is not about denying pain; it’s about moving toward meaning. If you’re navigating screens, stress, and constant demands, you’ll find permission to simplify, practices that stick, and a clear path to model calm for your kids.

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A tumor melting on camera, a radiology scan to match, and a paper that moved from submission to PubMed faster than we expected—this is the story of how careful documentation turned a personal win into shared evidence. We walk through the case report step by step: how we assembled photos, methods, results, and discussion without overstating what a single case can prove, and why that restraint makes it more valuable to patients and clinicians deciding what to try next.

The heart of our conversation is strategy and sequence. Facing an aggressive head and neck cancer, we chose chemo first and paired it with a low methionine approach and methioninase, aiming to weaken the tumor before considering radiation or extensive surgery. That choice wasn’t about rejecting standards; it was about minimizing irreversible harm while monitoring labs tightly to stay safe. We also dig into the science that sets methionine targeting apart from the hype around cysteine restriction and ferroptosis, highlighting early evidence that cysteine restriction can harm healthy cells as much as tumors—exactly the tradeoff we work to avoid.

We also pull back the curtain on PubMed: how journal credibility works, why impact factors don’t tell the whole story, and how to read beyond headlines to find methods and outcomes that actually apply to you. Along the way, we spotlight real patient wins from our community and the power of weekly check-ins, detailed bloodwork, and a diet that’s practical, sustainable, and supportive through treatment. This is a field note from the front lines of evidence-based hope: honest about limits, focused on safety, and relentless about results.

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Healing doesn’t arrive on command; it arrives when faith and effort finally meet. Joe sits down with longtime friend and frequent guest Richard McCuen for a candid, grounded conversation about moving from crisis to momentum—through chemo, scans, traumatic injury, VA delays, and the daily choices that turn belief into results. We talk about the difference between hoping for a miracle and building a life it can land in: sleep, nutrition, movement, community, and the hard work of acting on the guidance you ask for.

Richard walks us through his on-duty trauma, years of shoulder and neck complications, and the frustrating maze of delayed care. Instead of waiting, he built a practical plan: isolation movements, band work within safe angles, breath and posture training, and relentless research into his condition. That continues today alongside medical options, because both-and beats either-or. When a recent gallstone scare and cancer concern surfaced, scans and bloodwork shaped the next steps while his household doubled down on whole-food nutrition, chlorophyll-rich greens, fiber-first fruit, and cellular hydration.

We also dig into mindset and meaning. Self-talk isn’t fluff; it’s instruction to your nervous system. Surrender isn’t giving up; it’s acknowledging the next right step and taking it. Therapeutic horticulture, sunlight, and soil provide calm you can feel. And when life removes relationships or routines, it’s often making space for the ones that help you heal. Our promise isn’t a one-size cure. It’s a method: identify your system under stress, assemble your team, test low-risk interventions, measure honestly, and iterate.

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A single fridge door can tell the truth you’ve been avoiding. When our guest boxed up their home to break a cycle of compulsive shopping, a shelf of condiments sparked an unexpected reckoning with grief, a father’s dry alcoholism, and the way addiction quietly changes shape. What follows is a candid, practical journey from clutter to clarity—using 12-step tools not just to stop a behavior, but to understand the feelings that built it.

We swap stories about how recovery becomes a way of living: creating literal space so better things can enter, replacing numbing with writing and meditation, and choosing community over isolation. The conversation gets personal and grounded, from carnivore diet routines and motorcycle “moving meditations” to the stark honesty of recognizing transferable addictions like sympathy-seeking, overwork, or endless caffeine. The body weighs in too. Autoimmune flares and carpal tunnel become loud nudges to tune life toward purpose instead of pushing through pain.

Creativity sits at the center. As a painter, leatherworker, filmmaker, and playwright, our guest finds that making art calms the nervous system and brings pain down to a whisper. Their new immersive play about a recovery meeting invites audiences into a safer space where loss, divorce, and addiction can be named without shame—normalizing recovery language for anyone who needs a starting point. Along the way we share sponsor wisdom that sticks: if you want to use, have a milkshake; if that doesn’t work, have another. Then follow three rules—don’t use, go to meetings, be nice—especially to yourself.

If you’re carrying more than you can see, this story offers tools you can try today and a community you can return to tomorrow. Listen, share with someone who needs a gentle nudge, and leave a review so more people can find their way to this circle.

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What if your “knee problem” isn’t really a knee problem at all? We sit down with Dr. Kate Mihevc Edwards, a physical therapist and board-certified orthopedic specialist who practices running medicine, to unpack how true recovery starts when we see the runner as a whole human—body, brain, schedule, stress, and story. From overuse patterns and under-fueling to identity, grief, and fear after injury, Kate shows why collaborative care with sports dietitians, psychologists, and physicians outperforms quick fixes and one-size protocols.

Kate’s own near-fatal bout of ventricular tachycardia during half-Ironman training reshaped her perspective on healthcare. She explains why so many athletes feel dismissed, how rushed appointments miss critical details, and what changes when a clinician slows down, listens deeply, and connects dots across biomechanics, nutrition, hormones, sleep, and medications. You’ll hear a striking postpartum stress fracture case involving IVF, REDs, breastfeeding, and anti-inflammatories—an example of how detective-style intake and smart education can turn confusion into progress without shaming life choices.

We also dig into practical tools. Kate shares the Run Source app, featuring guidance from 50+ experts—PTs, MDs, dietitians, coaches, psychologists—plus interactive logic that asks the questions a seasoned clinician would. She introduces Interdisciplinary Case Miles, a new show where a physician, a dietitian, and a PT break down real cases so you can learn what to ask and how to advocate for yourself. If you’ve been stuck in the injury cycle, this conversation offers a clear path: clarify your why, fuel properly, manage load, respect your mind, and build a team that talks to each other.

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