Your Daily Gameface

Due to popular demand, Dr. Kim Lannon discusses her views on the Karen Reed trial before she takes on the role of Summer in The Year of You.

Dr. Kim Lannon explains that we all experience trauma to some degree, even if we are not fully aware of it. She teaches us how to recognize it and begin the healing process.

Dr. Kim Lannon discusses how to confront our fear of failure, highlighting its origins and offering strategies to manage it.

Dr. Kim Lannon emphasizes the importance of self-advocacy, especially when it feels uncomfortable. She also explains how to do it effectively.

Dr. Kim Lannon offers an overview of alternative treatments and medicines, highlighting their benefits and important considerations when choosing courses and practitioners.

Dr. Kim Lannon discusses the importance of navigating your day with intention. She emphasizes the value of identifying and completing small tasks that may have been weighing on your mind. Whether it is enjoying a moment on the deck for yourself, making a phone call, or washing an area rug, each completed task can bring a sense of joy. Embrace the satisfaction that comes from getting things done, even the small things. Perhaps especially the small things!

Dr. Kim Lannon leads you into the May of You with a discussion about the role Intention plays in your mental health. What is today about for you?

Dr. Kim Lannon reflects on her twelfth Boston Marathon, discussing the valuable lessons learned from running the race and how to face adversity. She emphasizes that mental resilience is often the most crucial skill in life.

Dr. Kim Lannon discusses her final days of preparation before running the Boston Marathon, which, at this point, is less about physical training and more about mental tuning.

Dr. Kim Lannon discusses the benefits of personal training with Amy Salant Cronin from Fitness Together.(Note: There are some early audio issues, but they clear up later.)

Dr. Kim Lannon continues the Year of You by examining the effects of moving into Spring and offering tips on how to take advantage of the change of seasons.

Dr. Kim Lannon has had a lot of interactions this week about the loss of her furbaby. Here, she discusses what is helpful to say when talking with a grieving person and what is not.

Dr. Kim Lannon experienced the loss of a fur baby the night before this episode and discusses coping with early grief.

Dr. Kim Lannon provides a weekly checklist to enhance your outlook during the Year of You, focusing on improving your sleep, exercise, and mental well-being.

If you find yourself entangled with someone who is emotionally fractured, how do you escape? Dr. Kim Lannon offers effective advice and techniques.

Dr. Kim Lannon discusses how to identify individuals in your life who exhibit emotional immaturity and those who are emotionally fractured. Recognizing the issue and understanding the dynamics involved are important initial steps for a constructive response.

Dr. Kim Lannon helps you understand the part you play in your toxic relationships and tells you how to change things for the better.

Dr. Kim Lannon continues the Year of You by focusing the discussion of toxicity in our lives more specifically on Narcisissim

The Year of You continues as Dr. Kim Lannon talks about the many faces of toxicity in your life and lays out some effective ways to respond.

You believe you deserve love, in all likelihood anyway, at least you tell yourself that. But do you live and act as if you deserve love? The way you live and act often trains people how to treat you, and usually (but not always) it determines if you get the love you deserve. Dr. Kim Lannon offers some helpful changes for those who are not getting the love they feel deserve in The Year of You!

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about the importance of boundaries and speaking your truth. She explains that boundaries are essential for our mental and emotional health, and that they help us to protect ourselves from toxic people and situations. Dr. Lannon also emphasizes the importance of speaking our truth, even when it's difficult. She says that when we speak our truth, we are able to live more authentically and connect with others on a deeper level.

Dr. Kim Lannon designates 2025 as the "Year of You" and provides strategies to help you take control of your stressors and outcomes.

It is New Year's Resolution season, which Dr. Kim Lannon points out usually lasts about two weeks before each resolution is long forgotten. However, there are ways to make them successful, and it all comes down to your mental approach to your goal. The biggest win here is that properly aligning your mental approach to your New Year's Resolution will pay off in a more effective mental approach towards all of your life's goals.

Dr. Kim Lannon helps you get your game face on for all the upcoming holiday stress!

Dr. Kim Lannon speaks with Boston comedian Dave Russo about his perspective on life and mental health, the significance of team sports in fostering tenacity and resilience, and the emotional advantages and challenges of being an entertainer.

Do you struggle with the holiday season? Do you feel stress, grief, anxiety, or dread when the decorations come out? Dr. Kim Lannon says that boundaries are a huge help but maybe not how you usually think about them. Here's your handbook for the holidays from Your Daily Game Face.

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about how stress, anxiety, loneliness, depression, and grief can amplify during the holidays to the point where they can be overwhelming. And then she offers ways to help limit their effects on you.

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about the important role and benefits of complementary medicine, as opposed to alternative medicine, and explains the major role Reiki and the mind-body connection can play.

Dr. Kim Lannon talks with Kate Tortolini about her recovery center's ways of reaching out with help to those battling addiction.

One fundamental aspect of improving your mindset is learning to replace your reactions with responses. Reactions allow whatever you are dealing with to control your thoughts, feelings, and mindset. On the other hand, responses give you more control and power. Dr. Kim Lannon explains how to develop the skill of avoiding reacting and instead responding.

Dr. Kim Lannon discusses the thinking behind those who are choosing to "hunker down" in the path of Hurricane Milton and offers some tips on delivering information to someone who runs up against their "preferred outcome." Oh, and there's some great news about the rescue efforts surrounding a Argentinian tiger named Lucy and a Massachusetts beaver named Nibi!

We all try to take care of everybody and everything all the time. That's adulting, right? That's life. But it can be overwhelming, and once it is, it drains the joy out of life and makes you less capable of helping out. And the spiral begins. Dealing with, or better yet, avoiding compassion fatigue is crucial, and Dr. Kim Lannon tells us how.

Dr. Kim Lannon discusses how to handle times when it seems that "no good deed goes unpunished", how to effectively perform acts of kindness, and tune out the negativity. She also requests donations for The Wildcat Sanctuary (https://www.wildcatsanctuary.org/) to support the completion of their Catiotown Project as they approach their 25th Anniversary. She hopes to raise $2,500 as a surprise for the Sanctuary! Please donate via Venmo @Kim-Lannon and specify that the donation is for Catiotown. Thank you!

After "recovering" from a technically stumbling show opening, Dr. Kim Lannon explains the difference between sobriety and recovery and tells us how medically assisted treatments can often muddy the waters.

Narcissists constantly seek help, energy, and attention in relationships, often resorting to demanding behavior. If you find a narcissist demanding these things from you, it's crucial to understand your role in this dynamic and find ways to prevent feeling overwhelmed.

After Labor Day, many people find themselves in transition and faced with changes. The kids are heading back to school, or going to school for the first time. Maybe they are moving from middle school to high school, or high school to college. Changes in our lives often provoke mourning for old phases and grief about losing them. Dr. Kim Lannon talks about dealing with changes and the sadness they can bring.

As graduates face their first year in college, Dr. Kim Lannon, explains the importance of effectively advocating for yourself and your ideas. Often that impulse is suppressed in childhood, and that mentality can linger too long into adulthood.

The Olympics have been an incredible showcase of perseverance for American athletes. How have they developed that skill and what challenges did they face along the way? Dr. Kim Lannon tells us how to build and enhance that quality in ourselves.

We all encounter soul-sucking gaslighters on a daily basis, and it's draining. How can you take control and rise above it? Dr. Kim Lannon discusses the effects it can have on you and offers some effective responses.

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about the importance of backing up medically assisted weight loss treatments with the proper lifestyle changes for maximum and lasting results. She also lays out the real-world costs of extreme public policy stances and the anxiety experienced by those affected.

Dr. Kim Lannon emphasizes the importance of effectively responding to reality rather than denying it. She believes that denying reality often leads to more of the same or even worse outcomes. According to her, we can only make a positive impact on our reality by accepting it and then working to bring about change.

There are numerous sources of out-of-context information, and even misinformation, about medically assisted weight loss, and this can sometimes come from medical professionals. Dr. Kim Lannon provides important insights about the journey for those who are seeking long-term success.

There are lots of options to lose weight. Many are "quick fixes" designed to help you "shed pounds" with surgery and/or pharmaceuticals. Those tools have their place but they are never a complete answer. Dr. Kim Lannon talks about where the real and mission-critical battles are fought in weight loss and how to win them.

Join Dr. Kimberly Lannon in welcoming special guest, Tammy Thies from The Wildcat Sanctuary in Minnesota. They talk about the exotic little cat crisis And the need for people to have better education and understanding around Bengals, Asian leopard cats, savannah cats, Ocelots, Caracals, and much more about the hybrid cat boom in this country and what we can do about it responsibly. Don't miss this unique opportunity to join a live chat with Tammy and Dr. Lannon.

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about some effective responses when your kid (of any age) throws a tantrum and some ineffective responses.

Often in our 30s and 40s, we tend to prioritize being partners, spouses, and parents over our personal goals and passions, often becoming consumed by our careers. Unfortunately, this can inadvertently teach our children the importance of neglecting our personal purpose. This is why many people struggle to answer questions like "What is your why?" or "What is your passion?". Dr. Kim discusses the importance of defining your purpose and integrating it back into your life.

Dr. Kim Lannon addresses the timeless question of "Why do I always attract narcissistic relationships?" The answer is that you have a role in the dynamic. Understanding your part and why narcissists are drawn to you can help you break these patterns.

Dr. Kim Lannon discusses the potential causes and responses to hand tremors and other types of tremors. Genetics, stress, medications, and more can all play a role. Then, from her mailbag, Dr. Kim answers a listener's question about memories and stress, which eventually leads to a discussion about how memories are formed and how hypnosis works in retrieving them.

Dr. Kim Lannon struggled with missing the Boston Marathon due to "illness", but it turns out that she was facing something a little more severe than the flu. That realization provides some emotional closure and some lessons about being self-aware when it comes to your health.

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about apologies in this episode that comes in response to a listener's question. How do we interpret apologies? The real answer is that the best apologies don't require interpretation. But of course, there are a lot of dynamics to consider on both sides of the apology.

Dr. Kim Lannon chats with fellow Boston Marathon runner Chris DiOrio about the sources of his motivation to run the marathon, in the face of those who openly oppose his presence in the race as well as others running for charities. It's a discussion surrounding the idea that your intent can be valid even if others don't understand.