Food can bring people together—just try think about one major event or holiday that is not marked by a shared meal. However, for many people, food can also be crutch, something that holds them back and prevents them from living the life they want. In this podcast, I talk with certified eating psychology coach Jessi Jean about compulsive eating habits and self-sabotaging behaviors, emotional binging, the different kinds of eating disorders, why diets often don’t work, and how to find freedom with food.  

For more info on Jessi:  

-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessijeannn/ 

-Website: https://risewithmeco.com/ 

-Podcast: The Dear Body Podcast » https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dear-body-podcast/id1460137502 

-Free Morning Routine Challenge: http://www.risewithmemorningroutine.com/optin36649556  

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-to-overcome-emotional-compulsive-eating-tips-on-how-to-deal-with-an-eating-disorder-and-find-freedom-with-food-with-certified-eating-psychology-coach-jessi-jean

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Podcast Highlights

1:45 Why you need to give yourself permission to reinvent yourself

5:11 Why what we are trying to hide from others will eventually explode

9:50 Healing your relationship with food is a multidimensional process

15:26 True behavior change is identity-shifting

17:55 Food and addiction

25:00 What is binge eating?

31:00 How to find freedom with food

39:34 What is the difference between binge eating and behaviors like bulimia and anorexia? Plus how to deal & heal

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Dealing with money can be incredibly stressful—even just talking about it can give some people anxiety. This is even more true amid a global pandemic, where so much is unknown and uncertain, and where many people are not even sure where their next paycheck will come from. In this podcast, I speak with personal finance expert and bestselling author Rachel Cruze about managing money to reduce stress and anxiety, how to get out of debt, how to manage your money during crisis like COVID-19, how to have difficult conversations about money with your partner, how to improve your financial and mental health and so much more!  

For more info on Rachel and to get her books visit: rachelcruze.com 

Pre-order her new book here: https://www.rachelcruze.com/store/product/know-yourself-know-your-money-book  

Follow her on social media: 

-Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachelcruze 

-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelcruze/ 

-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachelramseycruze 

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

Read the show blog here:  https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/title-1

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Podcast Highlights

2:39 Why we all need to know how money works

4:37 What are the most important things we need to learn when it comes to money?

13:27 How should you manage your money in extreme situations or emergencies?

20:15 How to talk about money in a relationship

Additional resources: 

-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips and strategies, exclusive offers and more! Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747 (*Only available for U.S numbers at this time)  

-Get my new brain detox app SWITCH on sale now! Get 50% off a 3 month subscription. Just look for Switch on Your Brain in the App Store or Google Play or visit: https://theswitch.app  

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources, tips, and tools to help you improve and heal your mental health!  

Follow me on social media for daily mental self-care tips! 

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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 

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We all have those times in our lives when a little spring cleaning is necessary. Things build up, we keep stuff that we don’t need and before you know it, we have a cupboard or garage full of clutter that we make sure our house guests don’t see. But what happens when our desire to keep things turns toxic? What happens when the clutter takes over our lives, and our mind? In this podcast, I speak with social worker and bestselling author Elaine Birchall about the relationship between hoarding and mental health, practical strategies to regain control over the clutter, how to help someone who is hoarding, and so much more!

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-hoarding-can-be-a-sign-of-a-mental-health-issue-tips-on-how-to-conquer-the-clutter-and-help-a-hoarder-with-social-worker-elaine-birchall

For more info on Elaine and to get her book: http://hoarding.ca/about-us/  

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Podcast Highlights

3:30 How hoarding and mental health are connected

6:56 The relationship between self-esteem and hoarding

7:20 What is hoarding?

16:49 How to regain control if you are hoarding

24:04 Why do people hoard?

27:30 How do you help someone who is hoarding?

36:22 What is the difference between adaptive and maladaptive hoarding?

41:53 Grief and hoarding

44:05 Tips for a compulsive shopper

Additional resources: 

-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips and strategies, exclusive offers and more! Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747 (*Only available for U.S numbers at this time)  

-Get my new brain detox app SWITCH on sale now! Get 50% off a 3 month subscription. Just look for Switch on Your Brain in the App Store or Google Play or visit: https://theswitch.app  

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources, tips, and tools to help you improve and heal your mental health!  

Follow me on social media for daily mental self-care tips! 

-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  

If you enjoyed this episode please leave a 5 review on iTunes, Google Play, or wherever you are listening! And don't forget to subscribe and share this podcast with friends and family! I love seeing your posts on social media!

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If you have been following me for a while, you will know how much I love my infrared sauna from Sunlighten! It is an integral part of my mental and physical health regimen, my favorite place to do brain research and detox my mind, and something I cannot live without. In this podcast, Connie, the founder of Sunlighten Saunas, joins me to discuss why infrared heat is so good for us and why it makes us feel so good, the difference between infrared and conventional saunas, the best way to use an infrared sauna, common mistakes we make when using infrared saunas, infrared saunas and children, the incredible science behind Sunlighten’s saunas, and so much more.

For more info on Sunlighten visit here and if you are interested in purchasing your own sauna mention my name at checkout to get a discount! 

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-to-use-heat-light-sweat-to-improve-your-mental-health-interview-with-connie-zack-sunlighten-sauna-founder

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Podcast Highlights

5:14 The science behind infrared saunas

10:46 What are the health benefits of infrared saunas?

15:30 Immunity and infrared saunas

18:04 Infrared saunas and mental health

27:19 How long should you stay in an infrared sauna?

29:13 Are infrared saunas safe for children?

33:00 Infrared saunas and pain relief

33:40 Common mistakes people make when using an infrared sauna

35:30 The anti-aging properties of infrared saunas

40:30 What makes Sunlighten unique?

Additional resources:

-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips and strategies, exclusive offers and more! Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747 (*Only available for U.S numbers at this time)

-Get my new brain detox app SWITCH on sale now! Get 50% off a 3 month subscription. Just look for Switch on Your Brain in the App Store or Google Play or visit: https://theswitch.app

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources, tips, and tools to help you improve and heal your mental health!

Follow me on social media for daily mental self-care tips!

-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

If you enjoyed this episode please leave a 5 review on iTunes, Google Play, or wherever you are listening! And don't forget to subscribe and share this podcast with friends and family! I love seeing your posts on social media!

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Yes, sometimes our emotions can drive us crazy. But did you know that they are also an incredible source of data, a way to learn how to be in the world? In this podcast, I speak with author, speaker and Harvard-trained psychologist Dr. Susan David about how our emotions are an important source of data, the difference between emotional fragility and emotional agility, how to sit with uncomfortable thoughts and emotions, ways we can become more emotionally resilient, and how to help children learn to process and manage their emotions.

For more in on Dr. Susan and to get her book visit: https://www.susandavid.com  

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Podcast Highlights

2:18 What is internal psychology and why is it important?

4:00 The problem with positivity

7:18 How emotions help us understand our values

11:08 Emotions are data, not directives

22:00 Children and emotions

36:03 When do emotions start getting toxic?

38:38 How can you start practicing emotional agility?

Read the show blog here: https://anchor.fm/cleaningupthementalmess/episodes/How-to-Go-from-Emotionally-Fragile-to-Emotionally-Agile-with-Harvard-Psychologist-Dr--Susan-David-eij0fr

Additional resources: 

 -Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips and strategies, exclusive offers and more! Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747 (*Only available for U.S numbers at this time)    

-Get my new brain detox app SWITCH on sale now! Get 50% off a 3 month subscription. Just look for Switch on Your Brain in the App Store or Google Play or visit: https://theswitch.app 

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources, tips, and tools to help you improve and heal your mental health!     

Follow me on social media for daily mental self-care tips! 

 -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    

If you enjoyed this episode please leave a 5 review on iTunes, Google Play, or wherever you are listening! And don't forget to subscribe and share this podcast with friends and family! I love seeing your posts on social media!

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Bad is bad, right? Well…not always. In this podcast I speak with acclaimed science writer John Tierney and pioneering research psychologist Roy F. Baumeister about their new book, The Power of Bad, how we can harness our negativity bias for good, why bad is the best teacher, how to avoid anticipating the worst and how to handle negativity on social media and in our relationships.

For more info on Roy and John follow them on social media:

@JohnTierneyNYC

@RoyFBaumeister

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Highlights

5:05 Why the mind reacts more strongly to bad things

8:17 What is the power of bad?

11:10, 18:00 How can we use the bad for good?

15:42 How is “bad” parenting good?

20:30 How to handle negativity on social media

21:46 What the bad can teach us

22:35, 45:00 Dealing with the bad in a relationship

24:40 How to give constructive criticism

29:15 What is catastrophizing?

37:46 The low bad diet

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2020 has definitely been one for the books, and it isn’t even over yet. Amid a global pandemic, so much is uncertain and unknown. What will the future look like? What will tomorrow look like? What will the world be like after all of this is over? It is not surprising that so many people are struggling with anxiety, grief, depression, anger and loneliness—we have all experienced low moments over the past few months. Thankfully, there is a way we can calm the mental chaos we are experiencing and take back control. In this week’s podcast and blog, I speak with Harvard-trained psychologist and health coach Dr. Sasha Heinz about why we struggle to get a handle on our anxiety, how to go from knowing what to do to doing it, how we can unsubscribe from our thoughts, how to handle pandemic fears and frustrations and what we can do now to create our own future, even when facing the unknown.      

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

For more info on Dr. Sasha see here: https://drsashaheinz.com  

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Podcast Highlights

2:00 The intention-action gap, and how to overcome it

7:18 How to get unstuck & control the mental chaos

24:11 The different components of wellbeing

27:30 Why we need to think about our thinking

32:50 How to deal with grief and negative emotions

36:40 The difference between clean pain and dirty pain

40:35 How to unsubscribe from your own thoughts

Additional resources:   

-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips and strategies, exclusive offers and more! Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747 (*Only available for U.S numbers at this time)   

 -Get my new brain detox app SWITCH on sale now! Get 50% off a 3 month subscription. Just look for Switch on Your Brain in the App Store or Google Play or visit: https://theswitch.app    

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources, tips, and tools to help you improve and heal your mental health!     

Follow me on social media for daily mental self-care tips!  

-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   

 If you enjoyed this episode please leave a 5 review on iTunes, Google Play, or wherever you are listening! And don't forget to subscribe and share this podcast with friends and family! I love seeing your posts on social media!

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Being a parent can be challenging, especially when it comes to teaching your child how to handle the hard stuff in life. There is a thin line between being overprotective and being overcritical, and often there are situations where doing or saying the right thing seems impossible. In this week’s podcast, I speak with child psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Tina Payne Bryson about why we need to let our children experience negative emotions like anxiety and irritation, how to help anxious children, how to show up when your child is struggling, common parenting mistakes we all make and how we can avoid them and more!

Podcast Highlights

2:19 What is the science behind the “why” of parenting?

3:16 What is interpersonal neurobiology and why is it important as a parent?

6:00 What are some of the major issues parents face today, and what can they do about them?

46:00 Why the mind is so important when it comes to parenting

47:00 Rethinking discipline & why punishment is not the answer

For more info on Dr. Tina and to get her books click here

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-to-help-your-anxious-child-tip-for-raising-mentally-strong-children-interview-with-child-psychologist-dr-tina-bryson

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For many of us, a brain injury comes from something big: a car accident, a major fall or a sports injury. We don’t realize how common brain injuries actual are and how they can affect both our mental and physical wellbeing. In this podcast, I interviewed neuropathic physician Dr. Kabran Chapek about the relationship between head injuries, anxiety and other mental disorders, how to heal traumatic brain injuries and concussions, PTSD and brain injuries, natural treatment options, the importance of a holistic approach to brain injuries, and how it is never too late to heal the brain.

Highlights

12:01 Why we need to address mild and moderate brain injuries

13:40 What is a traumatic brain injury?

20:21 What happens in the brain injury right after an injury?

31:00 Hormone imbalance and TBI

34:15 TBIs and PTSD among veterans

36:30 A holistic approach to healing brain injuries

46:13 Healing & preventing concussions

For more info on Dr. Chapek visit: www.AmenClinics.com

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-anxiety-could-be-a-sign-of-an-untreated-head-injury-tips-on-how-to-heal-concussions-and-traumatic-brain-injuries-with-dr-kabran-chapek

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-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips and strategies, exclusive offers and more! Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747 (*Only available for U.S numbers at this time)

-Get my new brain detox app SWITCH: https://theswitch.app

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The unknown and uncertain can be frightening, especially when it comes to the darker side of human nature. In this podcast, I speak with licensed marriage and family therapist and Indoctrination podcast host Rachel Bernstein about the appeal of cults, how to help someone who gets involved in a cult, the difference between cult leaders, narcissists, sociopaths and psychopaths, if it’s possible for a psychopath to heal, how to recover from emotional abuse, and how to find freedom and safety in a relationship. 

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Podcast Highlights 

3:34 How Rachel helps people who get involved in cults 

8:21 Why do people join cults? 

15:28 How to spot a cult 

21:36 The different kinds of cults 

26:30 How do you recognize emotional manipulation and abuse? 

33:10 What is the difference between a narcissist and being selfish? 

36:11 How do we protect ourselves from abusive relationships? 

42:00 How to help someone recover from an abusive relationship? 

46:36 What is the difference between sociopaths and psychopaths?   

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/why-people-join-cults-the-difference-between-sociopaths-psychopaths-tips-on-healing-from-abusive-relationships-with-therapist-rachel-bernstein  

For more info on Rachel and to listen to her podcast visit:  

Twitter: @_indoctrination Instagram: @indoctrinationpodcast 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/indoctrinationpodcast/ 

RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/indoctrination-Gb1JeZ/episodes   

Additional resources: 

-Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips and strategies, exclusive offers and more! Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747 (*Only available for U.S numbers at this time)  

-Get my new brain detox app SWITCH on sale now! Get 50% off a 3 month subscription. Just look for Switch on Your Brain in the App Store or Google Play or visit: https://theswitch.app  

-Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources, tips, and tools to help you improve and heal your mental health!   

Follow me on social media for daily mental self-care tips! 

-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  

If you enjoyed this episode please leave a 5 review on iTunes, Google Play, or wherever you are listening! And don't forget to subscribe and share this podcast with friends and family! I love seeing your posts on social media!

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