The Dr. Leaf Show

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk about managing feelings of disappointment before they negatively affect our mental wellbeing. Disappointment is the feeling we get when an expectation that we have isn’t met. It is an emotional signal, a messenger, telling us that something is out of balance in our lives—what we want doesn’t reflect our reality. 

For the blog and show notes: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/the-surprising-benefits-of-disappointment 

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: 

2:25 What disappointment is 

3:00 Disappointment is not necessarily “bad” 

3:20 Disappointment is a signal that we can learn from 

3:50 Why we should not be afraid of disappointment 

6:10 Why we need to embrace, not suppress, how we feel 

6:50 The different ways disappointment affects us 

7:10, 14:00 How to use mind management to reconceptualize disappointment 

13:00 What can happen if we don’t manage our disappointment 18:15 How to turn disappointment into a learning experience 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: 

-Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com 

-Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app 

-Get a free Cleaning up Your Mental Mess workbook when you subscribe to my weekly email at drleaf.com! 

-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips. Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747 

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this podcast, I talk to speaker, author, mathematician, and dog trainer Grisha Stewart about dog training and empowerment, pets and mental health, why dogs struggle mentally, how we can help our pets and ourselves, and so much more! As human beings, we need to understand our pets’ behavior and work on our communication with them. It is important to understand that animals like dogs think and choose as well, in their own unique ways.

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For the blog, see https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/pet-s-struggle-with-anxiety-depression-too-here-s-how-to-help-them.

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

3:45 Dogs can help us be better humans

4:12 Dogs have mental health issues too!

5:30 Why Grisha became a dog trainer

6:35 There is always a reason behind your dog’s behavior!

7:30 How we can understand our dogs & ourselves better

8:20 The dominance myth

10:55 Why dogs become aggressive

18:05 Dogs & boundaries

21:30 The importance of kindness & why dogs need to feel empowered

23:10 There is no such thing as a needy dog, only unmet needs

27:32 Pets & mental health

30:30 Why we shouldn’t label our pets

37:44 Pets & the COVID pandemic

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com

-Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app

-Get a free Cleaning up Your Mental Mess workbook when you subscribe to my weekly email at drleaf.com!

-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips. Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747

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

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

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

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

*DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog are for educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. We always encourage each person to make the decision that seems best for their situation with the guidance of a medical professional.

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this epsideo I discuss how to rebuild confidence when doing an identity check, the 10 second pause breathing practice and how to do it, how our beliefs shape our identity, why positivity is so important to your brain health, how jealousy and envy can cause brain damage, and so much more!

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com

-Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app

-Get a free Cleaning up Your Mental Mess workbook when you subscribe to my weekly email at drleaf.com!

-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips. Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747

-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

*DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. We always encourage each person to make the decision that seems best for their situation with the guidance of a medical professional.

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk to holistic psychiatrist,  Dr. Ellen Vora about the importance of taking a functional medicine approach to mental health, addressing imbalances at the root, taking a whole person approach to wellbeing, her amazing new book The Anatomy of Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming the Body’s Fear Response, exploring what anxiety tells us, why women are often accused of being more anxious than men, anxiety and hormonal changes, and so much more!

Read the blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/the-anatomy-of-anxiety-understanding-overcoming-the-body-s-fear-response

Get Dr. Vora's book here: https://ellenvora.com/book/

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

4:00 Dr. Vora’s new book The Anatomy of Anxiety

4:40 Anxiety is not just in your head

6:00 Why you should stop believing this mental healthcare myth

8:10 Why there is more to mental health than our genes

13:00 There are things we can do right now to improve our mental health!

15:04 How our modern environment can impact our mental health

15:30 Psychotropic medications & mental health

18:00 Anxiety as a signal

19:44 The difference between false anxiety & true anxiety

28:00 Mental health & addressing the whole person

29:20 Women & mental health

40:20 Simple ways to start managing anxiety

42:15 Mental health is physical health

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com

-Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app

-Get a free Cleaning up Your Mental Mess workbook when you subscribe to my weekly email at drleaf.com!

-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips. Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747

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

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*DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. We always encourage each person to make the decision that seems best for their situation with the guidance of a medical professional.

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this session from my 2021 Mental Health retreat I share some tips and strategies to help children manage their mental health and minds! 

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

-Signs of childhood depression

-How to educate children about mental health

-How to use the Neurocycle with children 

-How to help your child become emotionally resilient & intelligent 

-How the current school system is not helping children manage their minds correctly AND what we can do about this 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com

-Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app

-Get a free Cleaning up Your Mental Mess workbook when you subscribe to my weekly email at drleaf.com!

-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips. Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747

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

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*DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. We always encourage each person to make the decision that seems best for their situation with the guidance of a medical professional.

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk about what anxiety is, and ways to manage it and prevent it from taking over your day-to-day life. There is a lot to be anxious and worried about these days. From the uncertainty of a global pandemic to turbulent elections, worldwide protests and acts of violence, and political infighting, it does at times seem like we are living through the Apocalypse!

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/the-anti-anxiety-toolkit 

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

2:40, 4:50, 10:00 What anxiety is & why it is not uncommon

4:00, 11:00, Why it is important to learn how to manage our anxiety

11:40 Anxiety as a warning signal

12:00 How anxiety can affect us

14:45 How we manage anxiety is impacted by how we view anxiety

18:30 Why we all need an anxiety-reducing toolbox!

22:00 Why we need to get curious about the “why” behind our anxiety

25:05 Healthy distractions can help manage anxiety in the moment!

28:15 Why we should try not to go to bed anxious

34:30 Have an anxiety game plan

38:00, 43:00 Using mind management to manage anxiety

38:40 Surround yourselves with people that help, not hurt, your mental health

42:00 It’s okay to say no & put up boundaries for your mental health

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com

-Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app

-Get a free Cleaning up Your Mental Mess workbook when you subscribe to my weekly email at drleaf.com!

-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips. Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747

-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

*DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. We always encourage each person to make the decision that seems best for their situation with the guidance of a medical professional.

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk to Dr. Shamini Jain, a clinical psychologist, neuroscientist and social entrepreneur, about the science behind the mind-brain-body connection, the biofield and healing trauma, why we need to understand the placebo effect, how to avoid moralizing self-help, and so much more!

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-understanding-the-biofield-could-hold-the-key-to-healing-trauma

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

2:52 Dr. Jain’s incredible new book Healing Ourselves

3:20 What motivates Dr. Jain

4:00 How we are all deeply interconnected

6:05, 9:50 The ability to heal ourselves is not just a “miracle”

11:25 What the biofield is & why it is important

12:45 How we can learn from older traditions

15:15 Why we need to go beyond dualism & Eastern versus Western medicine to look at the WHOLE person

18:00 The placebo effect & healing

22:18 Ways to use the placebo effect to heal

26:30, 34:30 How to avoid moralizing self-help & toxic positivity

35:00 What true spiritual activism is & the power of community

37:50 The science behind the biofield

48:42 The power of spiritual connection

51:00 How we can start healing ourselves

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com

-Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app

-Get a free Cleaning up Your Mental Mess workbook when you subscribe to my weekly email at drleaf.com!

-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips. Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747

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

*DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. We always encourage each person to make the decision that seems best for their situation with the guidance of a medical professional.

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this podcast and blog, I talk about how to get out of a shame spiral. In our society today, it can be hard to feel any degree of self-worth. We are bombarded with the shame of not living up to our own expectations, or the expectations of others. We cannot live up to the photoshopped and retouched images that seem to tell us that to be happy, we must look, dress or act in a certain way, or get straight As and go to an Ivy League university. We are not able to compete with celebrities and influencers—we are just one social media ‘like’ in a sea of admirers, wishing to be someone or do something.

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-to-find-freedom-from-the-shame-spiral

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

1:25 How low self-esteem & shame are connected

1:40 What shame is

2:15 The difference between shame & guilt

3:30, 9:05 The shame spiral

6:20 Shame & the mind-brain connection

9:30 How easy it is to feel shame

12:25, 18:27, 28:00 How to exit the shame spiral

24:15 Don’t let negative thoughts just wander through your mind!

26:00 How to “edit” you shame thoughts

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com

-Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app

-Get a free Cleaning up Your Mental Mess workbook when you subscribe to my weekly email at drleaf.com!

-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips. Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747

-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

*DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. We always encourage each person to make the decision that seems best for their situation with the guidance of a medical professional.

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk to psychiatrist, researcher, professor and best-selling author Dr. Joanna Moncreiff about critical psychiatry,  the difference between a drug-centered and disease-centered approach in the field of mental health, the history of psychiatry, withdrawal from psychotropic drugs, the dangers of medicalizing misery, the myth of the chemical imbalance, the potential downsides of using psychedelics to treat mental health, and so much more!

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/debunking-the-myth-of-the-chemical-imbalance-with-dr-joanna-moncrieff

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

3:11 What critical psychiatry means & why Joanna calls herself a critical psychiatrist

6:30 The difference between a drug-centered & disease-centered approach to psychiatry

14:05 Research bias & common misconceptions in mental healthcare

16:00 Mental disorders are not associated with specific or identified brain abnormalities or processes

16:40 The failures of psychiatric drug trials

18:00 The power of the placebo effect & people’s expectations

19:45 The issues surrounding psychiatric drug withdrawal research

29:00 Withdrawing from psychiatric drugs

35:00 Joanna’s NIH clinic for withdrawal

38:20 Methods to withdrawal from psychiatric drugs

52:30 WHO studies on schizophrenia outcomes in different countries around the world

55:30 Why we need to re-evaluate at how we understand mental health

58:40 Psychedelics & mental health

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

-Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com

-Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app

-Get a free Cleaning up Your Mental Mess workbook when you subscribe to my weekly email at drleaf.com!

-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips. Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747

-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

*DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. We always encourage each person to make the decision that seems best for their situation with the guidance of a medical professional.

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