Parenting: The hardest and most important job you will ever do: We do not get a manual, often no guidance and lots of confusion. Straight Talk takes on this very important topic this week offering strategies, science and how to really make your kids thrive in the complex often stressful world we live in.

Sandra is joined by Co-Director of Anxiety Videos and Montreal Center for Anxiety and Depression's own Georgia Dow to review the latest research on being the best parent possible. A not to be missed Straight Talk!

Dr John Gray of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus fame joins Sandra for a lively hour discussing his book: Staying Focused in a Hyper World as well as how our hormonal states and wiring play such a huge role in our romantic relationships. Learn how to really understand better how our brain chemistry can work for you instead of against you in love and life!

So, you need to find a therapist. Maybe it’s for you: your life or your marriage is suffering. Maybe it’s for your child as you watch her struggle. No matter the reason, the task can feel daunting. There's the alphabet soup of PhDs, PsyDs, MDs, MSs, and MSWs, not to mention all the labels -- psychiatrist, psychologist, marriage & family therapist, family counselor, licensed professional counselor, social worker. Each one brings different training, experience, insights, and character to the table.

How can you find a therapist who is right for your needs? In this episode of Straight Talk, Sandra and her colleague, Georgia Dow, discuss the ins and outs of finding a good therapist who is both skilled as a professional and is also nonjudgmental, accepting, and patient.

A glance. A feeling. A shared bit of interest and a spark of energy. It often begins emotionally and sometimes develops into something physical. It can happen anywhere. With those you don’t expect it to: a close friend, a co-worker, another PTO parent. You guessed it, we’re talking about the slippery slope of an affair. The truth is most people do not walk down the aisle on their wedding day wondering when the affair will happen or how long it will take until they ‘cheat’. They have hopes and dreams, often idealistic, of a life together with the partner they have chosen who they love dearly.

So, what happens? And how do you guard against these threats to your relationship? Join Sandra and her guest Georgia Dow as they discuss this dangerous territory and help you prevent long term damage by staying off the slope. Because once you step on it, it’s a very slippery and fast ride.

Addiction. It’s everywhere. Did you know that it can range from drugs like alcohol and cocaine to behaviors like gambling and stealing? In our modern culture, people even wrestle with addictions to everyday things like technology and sugar. The word “addiction” is derived from a Latin term for “enslaved by” or “bound to.” Anyone who has struggled to overcome an addiction—or has tried to help someone else to do so—understands why. What happens when we become addicted? Addiction involves intense craving for something, loss of control over its use, and continuing involvement with it despite adverse consequences. It CHANGES THE BRAIN, first by subverting the way it registers pleasure and then by corrupting other normal drives such as learning and motivation.

Join us for this important episode of Straight Talk where Sandra and her colleague Melissa Hindley talk in depth about addiction and how to break its destructive influence in our lives.

You’ve probably heard it said that “children are so resilient.” Dr. Michael Ungar has devoted his life to understanding this component and helping nurture it in others. His extensive research confirms that resilience is not just something inside a person. When problems are larger, resilience is just as much something that is nurtured by families, schools and communities. An individual's ability to cope under adversity is seldom enough to sustain wellbeing without the support of caring others.

During his insightful interview, Sandra will talk with Dr. Ungar about strategies for teaching our children to be resilient and, therefore, live their best lives.

Do any of these sound familiar?

The spark is out of your relationship and you’re more like

roommates than partners.

You barely speak, and when you do it’s just enough to get

by.

Your relationship has become toxic.

You just aren’t happy anymore.

Being in a relationship is work. And if you don’t keep

working at it, it can go south.

Relationship experts, Sandra Reich and Georgia Dow come together

to discuss Couples in Crisis – Strategies and Solutions for putting the spice

back into your love life.

ies to combat depression as well as at-home treatments.

Sandra is on the 'hot seat' when Canadian Superstar Tracey Deer comes on to ask her the toughest questions about life challenges and Psychological issues.

Have a listen to the answers from a top Psychotherapist and Clinical Director of The Montreal Center for Anxiety and Depression who is known to her clients as the 'couple whisperer' and who has changed thousands of people's lives. Sandra will answer all about the tricks and strategies of living your very best life.

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Sandra is joined by Georgia Dow Co- Director of Anxiety-Videos to discuss one of the most common challenges patients complain of: lack of good sleep. Sandra and Georgia will give the latest research on how to get a really good night's sleep by setting yourself up to succeed. They will also review the many challenges that people face and how to cope accordingly. It promises to be a very helpful Straight Talk.

Do you love someone who has heart disease? The odds are that you do. Why? Because heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States for men and women. Can it be prevented? Reversed? Even abolished? Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn says “yes!” to all three. Dr. Esselstyn argues that conventional cardiology has failed patients by developing treatments that focus only on the symptoms of heart disease, not the cause. He wants to change that by looking at the ability of a whole-food, plant-based diet to reverse arteries clogged by atherosclerosis. Join us for this important episode where Sandra talks with Dr. Esselstyn about his 20-year study and how we can end the heart disease epidemic in this country forever by changing what we eat!