CLEANING UP THE MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

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Dr. Caroline Leaf is a cognitive neuroscientist, bestselling author, mental health and mind expert. Whether you are struggling in your personal life or simply want to learn how to understand and use your mind to live your best life, this podcast will provide you with practical tips and tools to help you take back control over your mental, emotional, and physical health

Episodes

Sunday Mar 22, 2020

Episode 142: Strategies to Manage Your Money and Reduce Financial Anxiety During This Crisis + Tips on How to Save, Budget, and Plan for a Recession and a Layoff with Chris Hogan

Sunday Mar 22, 2020

Handling your finances can be challenging at the best of times, but what happens when you are in the midst of a pandemic? How do you keep your money safe when the world around you is in a state of flux? In this podcast, I speak with financial expert Chris Hogan on strategies to manage your finances and reduce money anxieties during this crisis, as well as helpful tips on how to save, budget, and plan for a recession or a layoff.

Podcast Time Highlights

-2:05 Is the economy being quarantined?

-2:32 The stock market is a living thing

-3:26 How to control the controllables

-4:08 Are the banks safe? -5:06 401Ks and the investment rollercoaster

-6:18 Why you shouldn’t have all your eggs in one basket

-6:41 What can we do if there is a recession?

-7:58 Why is everyone talking about interest rates?

-8:57 Is there any hope for small business owners?

-12:00 Debt is always a threat

-15:12 How can I support small business owners?

-16:14 What can you do if you have been laid off?

-19:57 How do you deal with market volatility?

-23:22 Should you refinance your mortgage?

-25:18 Who can you trust when it comes to financial advice?

Read the episode transcript and blog: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/strategies-to-manage-your-money-and-reduce-financial-anxiety-during-this-crisis-tips-on-how-to-save-budget-and-plan-for-a-recession-and-a-layoff

For more info on Chris visit: https://www.chrishogan360.com

Additional reading: https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/how-an-epidemic-can-affect-the-economy

Additional resources:

Get my new 21 day brain detox program here: https://theswitch.app

Register now for my 2020 Mental Health Summit Dec 3-5 in Dallas, TX! Early bird sale ends 3/31: https://www.drleafconference.com

With all the stress, anxiety, social distancing and isolation stemming from the coronavirus, the need to connect with each other is more critical than ever. Join our dedicated Facebook group to stay connected with others and share your challenges and best tips for dealing with our new normal: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1870578619744226/?ref=share

WHO website: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen

CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/cleaning-disinfection.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcommunity%2Fhome%2Fcleaning-disinfection.html

Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources, tips, and tools to help you improve and heal your mental health! And be sure to sign up for my weekly newsletter to get even more mental self-care tips delivered to your inbox weekly and to see my upcoming events (you can sign up at drleaf.com!)

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

-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! For podcast sponsorship inquiries, questions regarding the episode, or topic suggestions please email dominique@drleaf.com

Friday Mar 20, 2020

Episode #141: How Hidden Toxins in Your Home Could be Contributing to Anxiety + Simple Lifestyle Tweaks and Changes that Will Boost Your Mood & Improve Your Physical Well-Being with Max Lugavere

Friday Mar 20, 2020

Many of us are spending a lot more time at home these days (and dealing with a lot more stress!), so there is no better time to look at how we can make our living spaces happier and healthier. In this week’s blog and podcast, I speak with bestselling author, journalist, podcast host and filmmaker Max Lugavere on how we can get rid of toxins in our home that may be contributing to our anxiety, and how we can all make simple and easy changes to our lifestyle that can boost our mood and improve our wellbeing.

To get Max's new book The Genius Life visit: https://geniuslifebook.com

For more info on Max visit his website: https://www.maxlugavere.com

Podcast Time Highlights

-2:20 How Max went from pre-med to telling people’s stories

-7:54 Why nutrition is just one part of the health story

-12:35 Why exercise is medicine for the brain

-18:28 Why we should take more cold showers & the power of thermal exercise

-23:55 Environmental toxins and the game of chemical whack-a-mole

-30:40 How to de-stress and manage anxiety at home

-36:00 If the sun is like medicine, why do many people spend around 93 % of their time indoors?

-40:13 Why we all need more collagen

-43:25 What are genius foods?

-46:00 Why you should avoid diet fads

Read the transcript and blog on this episode: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-hidden-toxins-in-your-home-could-be-contributing-to-anxiety-simple-lifestyle-tweaks-and-changes-that-will-boost-your-mood-improve-your-physical-well-being-with-max-lugavere

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Additional resources: Get my new 21 day brain detox program here: https://theswitch.app

Register now for my 2020 Mental Health Summit Dec 3-5 in Dallas, TX! Early bird sale ends 3/31: https://www.drleafconference.com

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

Wednesday Mar 18, 2020

Episode #140: Panic attack audio guide

Wednesday Mar 18, 2020

This calming audio guide will help you pre-, during, and post-panic attack. It is taken from my new brain detox app SWITCH. In this app you will learn how to identify the root of whatever is causing you mental distress, how to eliminate the toxic thinking habit and patter, and rebuild a healthy new neural network. It's 5 step 21 day program that takes 15-30mins each day.

To download the app today visit: https://theswitch.app

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

-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

Dr. Leaf no longer runs a private practice or takes individual patients. If you are looking for a therapist we recommend BetterHelp, an online counseling platform that offers affordable and accessible mental health care tailored to your individual needs. Visit our sponsor here https://betterhelp.com/drleaf for more details and to find a therapist.

Monday Mar 16, 2020

Episode #139: How to correctly use movement and exercise to defeat depression and loneliness, reduce worry, and eliminate anxiety with Dr. Kelly McGonigal

Monday Mar 16, 2020

We all know that exercise is good for us, but did you know that movement changes us from the inside out, improving both our mental and physical health? In this episode I discuss the power of movement with bestselling author, research psychologist and lecturer at Stanford Dr. Kelly Mcgonigal, and how exercise can help defeat depression, anxiety, loneliness and shame, making us feel more connected with ourselves and with others.

PLUS Kelly shares some great tips on how to get more movement and exercise at home and in your daily routine so you don't even have to go to a gym!

Podcast Time Highlights

-2:39 What Kelly wants written on her tombstone

-4:25 How exercise helps heal depression and anxiety

-9:11 Your brain on exercise

-13:20 How exercise makes you a nicer person

-16:45 How movement connects us

-21:00 Why all movement is good movement

-25:00 How exercise helps us deal with toxic stress

-32:18 Hope molecules

-37:44 Exercise and the gut microbiome

-44:00 How movement can help you love yourself

-48:13 Exercise and imposter syndrome

Read the transcript and blog on this episode: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-to-correctly-use-movement-and-exercise-to-defeat-depression-and-loneliness-reduce-worry-and-eliminate-anxiety-with-dr-kelly-mcgonigal-the-extraordinary-link-between-mindful-movement-joy-and-human-connection

For more info on Dr. Kelly and to get her book visit: http://kellymcgonigal.com

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Additional resources:

Get my new 21 day brain detox program here: https://theswitch.app

Register now for my 2020 Mental Health Summit Dec 3-5 in Dallas, TX! Early bird sale ends 3/31: https://www.drleafconference.com

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

Saturday Mar 14, 2020

Episode #138: How to protect your mental & physical health during the Coronavirus pandemic + Tips to reduce anxiety, stress, and worry, PLUS what foods and herbs boost your immune system!

Saturday Mar 14, 2020

The world is currently riveted in fear of what is known as COVID-19, a new type of coronavirus that has put a lot of people at risk of getting ill or potentially dying. I understand that this situation can be frightening, and we should take all necessary precautions, following the WHO and CDC guidelines. We need to bring balance to the fear, because the fear can be more dangerous than the virus. In fact, fear-based stress and anxiety can and will weaken your immune system, the very thing that needs to be strong during a health crisis!

In this special podcast episode I cover tips, techniques, and simple strategies to help protect and boost your mental and physical health during this pandemic.

WHO website: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen

Additional resources:

Get my new 21 day brain detox program here: https://theswitch.app

Register now for my 2020 Mental Health Summit Dec 3-5 in Dallas, TX! Early bird sale ends 3/31: https://www.drleafconference.com

Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more resources, tips, and tools to help you improve and heal your mental health! And be sure to sign up for my weekly newsletter to get even more mental self-care tips delivered to your inbox weekly and to see my upcoming events (you can sign up at drleaf.com!)

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

While we make every effort to broadcast correct information, we are learning about the virus in real time. We welcome any comments, suggestions, or correction of errors. This podcast is not medical advice. If you are feeling unwell, contact a medical professional immediately. By listening to this podcast or reading this blog, you agree not to use this podcast or blog as medical advice to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others.

Thursday Mar 12, 2020

Episode #137: Simple Steps to Become Stress-Resilient & More Thick-Skinned + Tips On How to Help Your Children Develop Their Stress Tolerance with Bestselling Author Neil Pasricha

Thursday Mar 12, 2020

Life can be tough. You will fail at certain things. You will be stressed. Bad things will happen to you. People will disappoint you. But did you know that, despite all these things, life can be awesome? Yes, it is true! In this week’s blog and podcast, I talk with bestselling author and speaker Neil Pasricha about how we can all learn to be more stress-resilient and failure-proof, how life is still awesome even when things don’t go our way, and how we can teach our children to thrive in a world where change is inevitable.

Neil is no stranger to bad news. A number of years ago his first wife left him and his best friend committed suicide. To cope with his grief, he decided to start a blog called 1000 Awesome Things to cheer himself up, which focused on life’s simple pleasures. This blog soon became viral, was voted one of the best blogs in the world and led to Neil’s his first bestseller, The Book of Awesome, which focuses on how, despite the ups and downs of life, there is so much to be thankful for and amazed by every day.

Podcast Time Highlights:

-2:00 How Neil turned lemons into lemonade

-4:10 Why we don’t know how to fail

-10:45 How to tell yourself a different story

-16:51 Why the only way to get better is to get bad

-29:46 Why you should let your children fail

-39:11 Why you can’t have everything you want

-46:18 Why happiness, not success, comes first

-51:00 Why reading is good for your mental health

-56:55 Why multitasking is a myth

For more info on Neil and to get his books visit: https://www.neil.blog

And follow him on social media:

-Instagram: @neilpasricha

-Twitter: @NeilPasricha

-Facebook: @NeilPasricha

For additional resources to help you on your mental health healing journey:

Get my new 21 day brain detox program here: https://theswitch.app

Register now for my 2020 Mental Health Summit Dec 3-5 in Dallas, TX! Early bird sale ends 3/31: https://www.drleafconference.com

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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

Sunday Mar 08, 2020

Episode #136: Interview with Melissa Urban (Whole30 Co-Founder) on Addiction Recovery, Healing from Sexual Abuse, Dealing with Divorce, and Why She Started Whole30

Sunday Mar 08, 2020

In this podcast I interview the incredible creator and founder of Whole30 and bestselling author, Melissa Urban, on her health journey, dealing with trauma, how to recover from addiction, how to help someone who is battling with depression and much more!

Melissa didn’t just wake up on day and decide to found the Whole30 movement. Her journey to health was a long one: even though she grew up in a good home, she was sexually abused by a family member as a teenager. To suppress the trauma, she turned to drugs, and what started off as a distraction soon became an addiction. She tried to hold in her pain, and started self-destructing internally—trauma and pain cannot be suppressed, and will manifest in other areas of our lives if we do not embrace, acknowledge and deal with the hard stuff in life.

Podcast Time Highlights:

2:34 What inspired the Whole30 movement?

4:08, 43:00 How community lays the foundation for true success

6:00, 8:08 How Melissa overcame her drug addiction

19:08 How we are not defined by any one part of our story

20:42 How to heal from divorce

27:11 Why is mental health so important?

31:06 How to help someone who is depressed and suicidal

39:40 Is there such a thing as work-life balance?

41:31 Melissa’s spiritual journey

43:00 What is it like to run Whole30?

47:55 Melissa’s favorite foods and recipes

50:21 How to deal with negative criticism and feedback

53:42 Are there any wellness trends we should avoid?

Whole30 program: whole30.com

instagram, twitter, and facebook: @whole30

Whole30 books: whole30.com/books

Melissa's personal instagram: @melissau

Melissa's AMAZING podcast: whole30.com/podcast

For additional resources to help you on your mental health healing journey:

Get my new 21 day brain detox program here: https://theswitch.app

Register now for my 2020 Mental Health Summit Dec 3-5 in Dallas, TX! Early bird sale ends 3/31: https://www.drleafconference.com

Special offers from our sponsors:

-Blinkist (the best app to help you get more reading done and build your brain!): To get your free week on Blinkist AND 25% off your subscription see: https://www.blinkist.com/nc/partners/cleaning-up-the-mental-mess

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

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

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

Thursday Mar 05, 2020

Episode #135: The Anti-Anxiety Diet, how to heal hormonal imbalances and recover from adrenal fatigue, nature's prozac, what supplements you should be taking and more with RD Ali Miller

Thursday Mar 05, 2020

There is so much to be anxious about these days, including what to eat. But did you know that there is a way of eating that can actually help reduce the level of anxiety you experience on a day-to-day basis? In this week’s podcast, I discuss the anti-anxiety diet with RD Alie Miller, how you can balance your hormones and reset your adrenals, and how to heal the brain and body by changing what you eat! We also discuss the best way for women to do keto, and how probiotics are nature's prozac!

Allie is an integrative functional medicine practitioner and bestselling author. She focuses on functional medicine, that is looking at the body from a holistic standpoint and helping people achieve and maintain optimal mental and physical health. She is known as the “body’s detective”, and has made it her life’s work to find the root causes of the chronic conditions many people today battle with.

Podcast Time Highlights:

2:16 How Allie become the “body detective”

5:00 Why stress is the Achilles’ heel of whole body wellness

8:30 The epidemic of childhood obesity and behavioral issues

11:16 The anti-anxiety diet

14:47 Rebalancing neurotransmitters starts in the microbiome 2

1:50 Rebounding adrenal health

24:33 Hot flashes, PCOS and the truth about women and hormones

31:00 The best way to do keto

47:33 Probiotics are nature’s Prozac

53:56 Hormone replacement therapy: is it safe?

56:20 Are supplements bad for us?

For more on Ali and to get her books visit: www.alimillerRD.com

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Follow her on instagram and facebook: @alimillerrd

For additional resources to help you on your mental health healing journey:

Get my new 21 day brain detox program here: https://theswitch.app

Register now for my 2020 Mental Health Summit Dec 3-5 in Dallas, TX! Early bird sale ends 3/31: https://www.drleafconference.com

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

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Sunday Mar 01, 2020

Episode #134: Interview with Sex Therapist Emily Morse on Tips to Help Spice Up Your Sex Life, How to Talk to Children About Sex, and How to Recover from Sexual Trauma

Sunday Mar 01, 2020

Sex is a major part of life, whether we want to talk about it or not. It is also an important part of our mental health—good thinking means good sex, and vice versa. In fact, great sex is great for our brain health; it boosts our longevity, happiness, intelligence, or ability to form deep and meaningful connection, and our mental resilience, while, orgasms, whether they occur in a relationship or not, have many health benefits, include stress relief and better skin!

In this podcast I discuss why sex is such an important part of our mental and physical health, how to spice up your sex life and improve your relationship, how to recover from sexual trauma and how to become comfortable with your own sexuality with sex therapist Emily Morse, author, Doctor of Human Sexuality and host of the SiriusXM Radio show and podcast of the same name, Sex With Emily. Emily has made it her life’s work to help people have great sex. As she says, life is too short for bad sex, as it is such an important part of our daily life and our overall mental and physical wellbeing. Indeed, many people spend a large part of their day thinking about sex! This is why it is so important that people of all ages learn how to love themselves and get comfortable with their own sexual needs and desires, to not only improve their own sexual wellbeing but also their relationships.

For more info on Dr. Emily and her podcast (I highly recommend listening if you have more specific questions!) visit: http://sexwithemily.com

Podcast Time Highlights:

5:12 Why Emily loves talking about great sex

7:00 What makes sex bad?

8:00 How to recover and heal from a sexual trauma

15:20 The penetration myth

16:30 Why women are like slow-cookers, and men are like frying pans

17:18 Good communication is a lubricant

22:28 How to talk to your children about sex

26:54 Why our society is dominated by male sexual pleasure, and what you can do about it

28:02 Why great sex is great for the brain

28:30 Are we in a sex recession?

37:42 Why many women find sex painful

43:00 Dangerous sex myths

46:50 What to do when your partner cheats on you

50:00 Is porn good for us?

53:40 How sex connects us

For additional resources to help you on your mental health healing journey:

Get my new 21 day brain detox program here: https://theswitch.app

Register now for my 2020 Mental Health Summit Dec 3-5 in Dallas, TX! Early bird sale ends 3/31: https://www.drleafconference.com

Special offers from our sponsors:

Blinkist (the best app to help you get more reading done and build your brain!): To get your free week on Blinkist AND 25% off your subscription see: https://www.blinkist.com/nc/partners/cleaning-up-the-mental-mess

LOLA (my favorite go to company for the best quality tampons and pads!): To get 30% off your LOLA feminine products $5 Trial Set today visit https://www.mylola.com/ and enter DRLEAF at checkout.

Organifi (one of my favorite superfood companies!): Get 15% off your order of Organifi Pure today with code DRLEAF. Just visit organifi.com/drleaf and use code DRLEAF at checkout.

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

Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolinel...

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

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

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

In this podcast, we discuss the topic of pornography. Any sex act that supports human trafficking or the exploitation of men or women is wrong, and no one should seek to gain pleasure from watching those acts, even if they are doing so as a couple. Men and woman who want to use erotic, fictional sex scenes to arouse their desire for each other should use resources that do not exploit humans, such as reading an erotic romance novel aloud together or watching a TV show with romantic sex scenes like Outlander. As we mentioned in the podcast, watching sex acts can be harmful to any relationship when it becomes become addictive.

Thursday Feb 27, 2020

Episode #133: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome, Defeat Self-Doubt, Boost Your Self-Confidence, and Deal with Past Hurt and Rejection with master coach Kara Loewentheil

Thursday Feb 27, 2020

In this episode I interview master life coach Kara Loewentheil on how to overcome imposter syndrome, defeat self-doubt, boost your self-confidence, and deal with past hurt and rejection. Kara gives some great tips on how to "unf*ck your brain!"

Kara Loewentheil is a Master Certified Coach with a B.A. from Yale and J.D. from Harvard Law. In the last three years after pivoting from a legal career, she has grown her life coaching business from 0 to 7 figures. She's the host of the iTunes top-rated self-help podcast Unf*ck Your Brain which has been downloaded over 5M times, and she has been featured in outlets like Marie Claire, Mind Body Green, MSN.com, and The Huffington Post. Kara lives in New York City.

Learn more about Kara and her podcast at unfckyourbrain.com and find her on social media @karaloewentheil!

Podcast Time Highlights:

2:45 How Kara went from practicing law to deprogramming the patriarchy

5:40 How perfectionism stops us from reaching our goals

7:51 Shutting up your inner critic

11:55 Why faking it till you make it is fake news

15:00 How to make your thinking 10% less worse

20:00-22:51 How women are taught to have imposter syndrome about almost everything

34:20 Why forgiveness is necessary for your mental health

46:34 Are you results entitled?

51:55 Why we overestimate how change works, and underestimate the power of true change

For additional resources to help you on your mental health healing journey:

Get my new 21 day brain detox program here: https://theswitch.app

Register now for my 2020 Mental Health Summit Dec 3-5 in Dallas, TX! Early bird sale ends 3/31: https://www.drleafconference.com

Visit my website at www.drleaf.com for more resources, tips, and tools to help you improve and heal your mental health! And be sure to sign up for my weekly newsletter to get even more mental self-care tips delivered to your inbox weekly and to see my upcoming events (you can sign up at drleaf.com!)

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