Dr. Kim Lannon wants us to be more aware of the effects that shorter days and the changing environment have on our state of mind as we head into fall, particularly here in the Northeast. That additional awareness can help you balance those changes by paying more attention to the foundations of your mindset, sleep, diet, and exercise. Kim gives us a primer on the mechanics of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and how to effectively combat them without relying on prescriptions.

Today's episode is power based! Dr. Kim Lannon talks about power and the emotional corruption that is almost always a consequence. And we aren't just talking of, say political power. This is about power in a relationship, power in a family, power in the schoolyard, power at the office, power on a team or from a coach, the power of "influencers" or "stars", or in one particular case, the power in an HOA. We deal with power constantly throughout our days, sometimes we even wield power. Today, Dr. Kim tells us about what happens when power corrupts and what to do about it. 

Dr. Kim Lannon presents a wide-ranging episode touching on several topics, beginning with your prescription's potential role in your current state of mind. Sometimes pharmaceuticals are ignored as a possible contributor to the challenges and stressors we face on a day-to-day basis, either with their own side effects or in the way they affect the diet, hydration, exercise, and sleep foundations of your life. This episode also discusses how men and women approach challenges and trauma and how to create and cultivate motivation instead of "finding" motivation.

Dr. Kim Lannon gives us her thoughts on medically assisted recovery treatments, specifically speaking to all the recent studies about psilocybin as a potentially useful tool in psychedelic therapy for addiction, depression, PTSD, and other mental health issues. There are a lot of parts to this whole discussion and this episode is a good place to start.

Dr. Kim Lannon tells us about 9 things we need to unlearn to live happier and healthier lives after a lengthy discussion about critical thinking, our misconceptions and why we don't challenge them enough, and the societal mental health problems embodied in Alex Jones' treatment of the parents at Sandy Hook.

Dr. Kim Lannon welcomes back Michelle Micalizzi of Micalizzi Enterprises in this special live episode from the Maine Coast.  They talk about life after trauma, whatever that trauma is in your life. It's easy to feel a lack of control after trauma, fear changes, and build your life around it, but it's essential to find your control, find the opportunity in change, and build the life you want. In other words, change your damn tire.

Dr. Kim Lannon gives us the primer on setting boundaries in our lives, talking about why they are important, why we let people trample them, and how to establish and maintain them effectively. We are often programmed to let people cross our boundaries at will, but that often leads to unnecessary anxiety. We sometimes unknowingly train people that this is acceptable. Learn how to teach them that it's not.

It sometimes seems our days are filled with difficult people, and often women find that to be true more than most because all too often the male-female dynamic gives permission to some men to be difficult, if not oppressive, to women. People with personality disorders and character failings almost always add difficulty and disorder to our days. Using an example of the all-too-common dynamics of interaction with the head of a homeowners association board Dr. Kim Lannon gives us the basics of the problems we find with difficult people and offers some ways to respond that are more effective and also help us lead happier and healthier lives. 

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about a recently released study that tells us that eating ultraprocessed foods for more than 20% of your daily calorie intake every day could set you on the road to cognitive decline. Learn more about the findings and how they may apply to your diet.

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about how easily a thoughtless response to their anxiety, fear, emotion or depression, can invalidate people, especially kids. Invalidation can lead to emotional isolation which can, in turn, lead to kids filling their "sandbox" with people who have shared experiences. Often what this does is perpetuate the isolation. In this episode, we learn what not to say when someone opens up to us.