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Taking birth control pills can be a drag. It's so easy to forget, take it at the wrong time, and realize days later you messed up. And then re-upping your prescription can only be done in most case s in a short 7-day window. So Dr. Sophia Yen created an innovative approach to birth control: shipping it to you each month until YOU want it to stop. 

Dr. Sophia Yen is Board Certified in Adolescent Medicine with 20+ years of experience in medicine. She graduated from MIT, UCSF Medical School, and UC Berkeley with an MPH in Maternal Child Health. She serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Stanford Medical School. Dr. Yen co-founded Pandia Health and enjoys educating the public and other physicians about birth control, acne, weight management, and other adolescent health issues. 

Dr. Yen is a true badass and this interview only solidifies that - she talks about how she founded her company Pandia Health, destigmatizing birth control (and whatever it's used to help), the battle to get men interested in this business, and her crusade to help all people with uteri take control of their health.

Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D., is among the top one percent most-cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. She is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, with appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. She is also Chief Science Officer for the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Harvard University.

In addition to her latest book Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain, Dr. Barrett has published over 240 peer-reviewed, scientific papers appearing in Science, Nature Neuroscience, and other top journals in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, as well as six academic volumes published by Guilford Press. She has also given a popular TED talk with nearly 6 million views.

Her list of accomplishments goes on and on, but we'll let this episode speak for the rest of them. She joins Dr. Peeke for an incredibly engaging conversation on how our brains work: the plasticity of our brains as resiliency, how the brain changes after dealing with trauma, how our brains work with other brains to feel empathy, and MUCH much more. 

There is A LOT going on these days, so we are going to talk about something you might not have been focusing on lately: your sex life.

There is no one better to talk to than Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus on this topic. She is the founder and director of Maze Women’s Sexual Health, the largest independent women’s sexual health center in the country. For 20 years, she has developed and overseen the treatment of thousands of women ages 18–81. She is also a Licensed Clinical Social worker with a master’s in public health, a master’s degree in social work, a master’s degree in Jewish studies, and a Ph.D. in Human Sexuality.

In her new book Sex Points, Bat Sheva grounds her practical, useful advice in the core belief that “good sex is possible for everyone, at every age, in every situation,” and that solutions exist for nearly every problem. From there, she shares her easy, proven system to help and empower women to make that part of their lives healthy, robust, and fulfilling, no matter what difficulty they’re having.

Listen as these ladies talk about the most common questions people ask when they are frustrated: What's normal? What's broken, and how do I fix it?!

Not only has Dr. Pam been recently voted on to the board of directors of the American College of Sports Medicine, but she's also an avid senior Olympic triathlete and an advocate for getting & staying fit. So anyone else who speaks that language needs to be on the show!

Dr. Daniel Fulham O’Neill is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, sports medicine doctor, and sports psychologist. At the intersection of physical health and sports, he has built over 30+ years of a successful medical practice and revolutionary education platform that is transforming today’s approach to children’s fitness. His research, presentations, and books have consistently challenged the status quo, inspiring educators nationwide to discover and nurture the athlete in every child.

He joins us today to talk about his newest book Survival of the Fit: How Physical Education Ensures Academic Achievement and a Healthy Life.

Listen as these two talk all things sports medicine, how obesity is affecting our kids (in more ways than you think), how letting kids be kids will ultimately lead to health and wellness, and keeping gym class fun & positive. 

Marcia Meier is an award-winning writer, developmental book editor, writing coach, and publisher of Weeping Willow Books, and her latest book focuses on a traumatic event from her past, and how it has shaped the course of her life.

Face, A Memoir follows Meier as she dives into her past. When she was 5 years old she was hit by a car and dragged 200 feet, losing her entire left cheek & eyelid, and almost died.

In this moving conversation, listen as Marcia and Dr. Peeke talk about acceptance, healing, big life changes at 50, therapy, and more. 

Today we're talking about something most of us don't think about day to day: our inner thermostat. Now, what does that mean?! Were talking about thermo-wellness, thermoregulation, our sense of temperature, and how it relates to emotions. It's not new science, but it is the focus of a new book Heartwarming: How Our Inner Thermostat Made Us Human. 

Well, Hans IJzerman Ph.D. is here to talk all about temperature regulation and its importance on interpersonal relationships. He is the author of Heartwarming: How Our Inner Thermostat Made Us Human, and an Associate Professor at Université Grenoble Alpes. 

Central heating and how it has changed our lives, hot blankets and loneliness, describing people as having "warm or cold" personalities, and should you sell your house in the summer or winter months? We'll talk about all of this and more in this fascinating episode.