It's our last episode of The Health & Happiness Podcast! We reflect on the last (nearly) 2 years and 92 episodes we have created. Thank you to everyone for tuning in and following along for this adventure! We hope we were able to provide some valuable content for you. :)

On this episode of The Health & Happiness Podcast, we're talking about decision fatigue. What is it, is it real, and how does it impact our lives? We're answering alllll the questions!

In this episode of The Health & Happiness Podcast, we're talking all about stretching. The research is definitely fairly inconclusive on this one but we find out what stretching can be good for, when stretching can have negative effects, and how to get started.

On this episode of The Health & Happiness Podcast, we're talking about the only constant in life -- change. Change is hard for all of us, even when it's good change, but I think we can all agree that life gets a lot easier when we can stop resisting change. How do we do that? Tune in to this episode to find out!

On this episode of The Health & Happiness Podcast, we're delving into the psychological concept of "acting as if" and how it can be applied to our lives. This strategy has more benefits than either of us realized!

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237809318_Expanding_the_Acting_As_If_Technique_An_AdlerianConstructive_Integration

https://cogbtherapy.com/cbt-blog/2013/8/26/act-as-if

https://www.mindfulnessmuse.com/psychology-research/psychology-research-change-your-life-act-as-if

https://ct.counseling.org/2013/04/reflecting-as-if/

https://positivepsychologynews.com/news/shannon-polly/2015062531882

On this episode of The Health & Happiness Podcast, we discuss the healthcare system. Does our healthcare system really promote health? As usual, we take a look at the research to try to answer this question.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8200063/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7345303/

https://bjgpopen.org/content/1/2/bjgpopen17X100809

https://journals.stfm.org/primer/2021/curles-2021-0043/

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/02/study-regular-exercise-can-prevent-death-from-covid-19-by-up-to-42

https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13104-019-4240-1/

https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/health-care-workers-prone-to-obesity/245974/

On this episode of The Health & Happiness Podcast we explore the hot topic of marijuana and its possible benefits for treating pain and epilepsy. As usual, we need more research on this topic, but were both interested to see some of the more recent research that's been coming out.

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000899.htm

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00464-022-09038-8

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3705744

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0222577

https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0167629617311852?token=60CC34978FDC3E15C65DA7F7B42F5E71EE650AA9E5CCB84435C3A2712386F905343839980D3DA1E0F476C1746275C5B4&originRegion=us-east-1&originCreation=20221009140127

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/jpm.2019.0374

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8792993/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735816300939

https://mghcoe.com/research-review-lets-study-the-risks-and-benefits-of-medical-cannabis/

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/article-abstract/2790261

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29511052/

On this episode of The Health & Happiness Podcast, we're taking a look at the science on maternal age and pregnancy. What complications arise based on age? Are there other factors involved? Unfortunately, there's a shockingly low amount of research on this topic, but we took a dive into what we could find to answer some of these questions.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4532312/

https://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20140203/babies-born-to-moms-over-35-may-have-lower-risk-for-certain-birth-defects

https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-019-2400-x

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/111/Supplement_1/1152/28574/Maternal-Obesity-and-Risk-for-Birth-Defects

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1047279720302878

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002937819310300

https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S1521693420300961?token=B43688DBA743DB7CB0CFCF87A6AB2E15CEEB716731B557A0371B4E6174562782AA8E9E6B3B66581E2798B577ED144208&originRegion=us-east-1&originCreation=20221001222502

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/dmcn.12017?src=getftr

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0887899416308360

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/what-percent-young-adults-obese/2021/12/03/b6010f98-5387-11ec-9267-17ae3bde2f26_story.html

On this episode of The Health & Happiness Podcast, we discuss high protein diets and their health benefits and potential risks. We take a look at the research to determine whether this new trend is all hype or based in science!

https://www.health.harvard.edu/nutrition/when-it-comes-to-protein-how-much-is-too-much

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7539343/

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/role-of-highprotein-diets-in-body-weight-management-and-health/2EDB24B612C8CD3FF17FD71B86E92C3A

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34098214/

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324915#tips-for-doing-it

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2021.705282/full

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/high-protein-diets/faq-20058207#:~:text=Some%20high%2Dprotein%20diets%20limit,your%20risk%20of%20heart%20disease

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22139564/#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20calcium%20in,bone%20mineral%20density%20or%20content.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258944/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41430-020-0618-3

https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-2019/how-much-protein-do-you-need.html

https://youtu.be/y7jKO2LXIvU

On this episode of The Health & Happiness Podcast, we discuss an alternate option to Talking Out Loud -- just in case you're not comfortable enough to talk to yourself out loud. :) We could go on and on about the benefits of writing, so make sure to check out this episode!

https://theconversation.com/writing-can-improve-mental-health-heres-how-162205

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentID=4552&ContentTypeID=1

https://www.rtor.org/2019/06/12/how-writing-can-improve-your-mental-health/

https://www.psycom.net/mental-health-wellbeing/the-healing-power-of-writing