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. 

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about ways to identify the toxic relationships in your life and understand what you are dealing with, so you can respond effectively. More talk about paying attention to the sandbox you are playing in and why who is in that sandbox with you is vitally important to living a happier, healthier life.

Dr. Kim Lannons talks with her guest Amy Salant, the owner of Fitness Together in Andover Ma. Kim and Amy talk about Amy's unconventional path to personal training. And they discuss the challenges to your efforts toward weight loss and fitness, as well as the ample rewards to both your physical and mental health!

Several topics on this edition of Your Daily Game Face. Dr. Kim Lannon talks about a new hotline for mental health help, just call 988. Heart the details here. She also talks about Veterans and their potential reactions to fireworks on the 4th of July. But the main topic for today's show is how to deal with toxic people in your lives, especially the people you cannot simply separate yourself from, like family or other people you still need to interact with from time to time.