Podcasts about Neurochemistry

In this episode of the Joe Cohen Show, host Joe Cohen discusses the power of biohacking and precision health with Sasha Powell, a nurse practitioner and integrative healthcare provider. Sasha shares her experience using DNA data to optimize her patients' health outcomes, focusing on areas like hormone and weight management, mental health, and overall well-being. They dive into the specifics of how genetic insights can personalize treatment plans, leading to better, faster results. Whether it's diagnosing mental health issues more accurately or managing physical health conditions like diabetes and inflammation, Sasha highlights the transformative impact of personalized medicine. Tune in to understand why integrating genetic information into healthcare is not just an innovation but a necessity.- Check out SelfDecode: https://selfdecode.com/- Join Joe's online community: https://thejoecohenshow.com/ Timestamp:(00:00) - Introduction to the Joe Cohen Show(00:16) - Meet Sasha Powell(00:56) - Using DNA for Personalized Health Solutions(01:24) - Weight and Hormone Management Strategies(03:11) - Blood Sugar Regulation and Diet Recommendations(07:25) - Mental Health and Genetic Insights(10:59) - The Role of Neurochemistry in Treatment Plans(13:48) - Personalized Supplement Recommendations(30:10) - The Importance of Methylation in Health(34:03) - Utilizing Self Decode for Comprehensive Health Management(38:31) - Optimizing Quality of Life(39:06) - Longevity Screener Insights(39:34) - Clinical Overview Report(40:30) - Health Overview Report(41:44) - Lab Data and Clinical Recommendations(45:15) - Family Planning and Genetic Risks(45:57) - Integrating Lab Tests and Genetic Data(48:44) - Using SelfDecode in Clinical Practice(58:56) - The Future of Healthcare with AI(01:04:26) - Organic Acids Test and Lab Considerations(01:08:08) - Concluding Thoughts and Recommendations

We're back SDC Fam. In this video I dive into helping you understand Frequency, what it is, what it means and how it's all connected to our journey of quitting drinking and raising our consciousness and evolving into the next iteration of who we are meant to become as human beings.I hope you receive the transmission and that it guides you to the next right step on your personal journey.If you want to finally start doing the work and get access to a comprehensive, step-by-step program that is holistic and helps you begin healing, growing and transforming yourself from the inside out, I encourage you to visit www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com and join the new SDC program.Thank you to everyone who has been listening and supporting along the way. I hope you find exactly what you need in this episode to kickstart your personal journey to freedom!The Stop Drinking Coach is a PROACTIVE sobriety coaching system that focuses on helping you optimize Mind, Body, Spirit & Neurochemistry to help you stop drinking alcohol through a neuroscientific and trauma informed lens. If you're ready to follow a proven system to help you stop and finally step into the next chapter of your life visit www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com, fill out an application and join my private community where you'll get access to a proven system, accountability, community, tools and resources to transform your life.--If you received value from my podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star review. There are millions of people suffering in silence and your small gesture will help this reach the person who needs it. If you think my podcast would help anyone you know, please share it with them.Thank you for listening.#stopdrinking #quitdrinking #sober #alcoholism #sobercurious--To work with me directly to quit drinking and transform your life, visit: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com and fill out an application for coaching.Connect with me:TikTok: @stopdrinkingcoachInstagram: @thestopdrinkingcoachWebsite: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.comEmail: Support@thestopdrinkingcoach.com

The Neurochemistry of Romantic Addiction Limerence, that intoxicating cocktail of dopamine and delusion, mirrors cocaine's grip on the brain. Functional MRI scans reveal CPTSD survivors exhibit 300% higher dopamine reactivity in romantic contexts—a biochemical echo of childhood neglect seeking salvation through intermittent rewards.

Neurochemistry as Spiritual Currency Pair bonding, once an evolutionary safeguard for biparental care (Young et al.), now mutates into transactional neurocapitalism. fMRI scans reveal casual sex fragments the nucleus accumbens' dopamine pathways, inviting “spirit barnacles”—energetic parasites that thrive on synaptic chaos.

Neurochemistry as Spiritual Currency Pair bonding, once an evolutionary safeguard for biparental care (Young et al.), now mutates into transactional neurocapitalism. fMRI scans reveal casual sex fragments the nucleus accumbens' dopamine pathways, inviting “spirit barnacles”—energetic parasites that thrive on synaptic chaos. 

Your calls with Canadian and U.S. and immigration lawyer, Melissa Babel. Hear why the Canada Research Chair in Neurochemistry of Dementia doesn't feel safe to send himself or his students to an upcoming conference in New York. 

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Ever wondered how hallucinogens like Salvia Divinorum affect the brain? In this episode, Neurofeedback legend Jay Gunkelman shares insights from a groundbreaking EEG study that captured 10-second, 1000-microvolt brain waves during a live altered state experiment. We also dive deep into the neurochemistry of consciousness, the science of near-death experiences, and why EEG analysis needs an upgrade. Plus, what does modern neuroscience say about autism, epileptiform content, and brain feedback loops?

ReferencesJ of Neurochemistry. 2019. 151, Issue6 December: 676-688Journal of Neuroinflammation. 2020. volume 17,Article number: 15Guerra, DJ.2025. Nascent Lectures :Neuroimmune Diaventome.Nash,J.1972. "I Can See Clearly Now"https://open.spotify.com/track/30SCXVFyQGOFMdKnbgJS18?si=1ff0a57c16e94956Pinder, M. 1967 "Dawn is a Feeling" on DOFP(lp) Moody Blueshttps://open.spotify.com/track/5ukhn8xpLGRoPPMxbMuDOu?si=0ec04906ebd94bbcSeeger&Davies.1958."Bells of Rhymmy" Byrds https://open.spotify.com/track/1mpv6hIbfG75txI9zJGcf4?si=832538f153134d02Mozart. WA. 1791. Requiem Mass in D minor. K.626Performed by the Academy of St Martin of the Fields w/ Neville Mariner conductinghttps://open.spotify.com/album/2mAq4V9WfnKBIMmKGLS653?si=PJ3mysXATBSti1vfSPSP3A

Wellness + Wisdom | Episode 720 Could ignoring your emotions be the hidden barrier keeping you stuck and disconnected from your true potential? Rick William, Emotional Intelligence Coach, joins Josh Trent on the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 720, to unpack why most of us were never taught how to process our feelings and how this unconscious avoidance can fuel anger and shape our relationships, and how intentionally facing your vulnerabilities, setting up internal boundaries, and curating simple daily practices can open the door to your most authentic self. "If we don't have the capacity to feel a sense of love and connection to ourselves and to one another, that's the neurochemistry of suffering. And that neurochemistry of suffering is what leads us to reach and grab for whatever it might be to. Whether it's too much food or too much sex." - Rick William

Hey SDC Fam, here's a short 20 minute snippet of our last weekly group coaching call held every Tuesday at 7pm cst. We dive deep into a variety of topics including sobriety, mindset, psychology, mental & emotional regulation, coping, spirituality, philosophy, parts-work, trauma and much more.If you've tried quitting on your own and have gone a few days, few weeks or few months, but always find yourself returning to the bottle, it's because you haven't begun the journey of healing and personal transformation which I believe is a crucial part of this journey if you want to find permanent freedom from alcohol.If you want to finally start doing the work and get access to a comprehensive, step-by-step program that is holistic and helps you begin healing, growing and transforming yourself from the inside out, I encourage you to visit www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com and join the new SDC program.Thank you to everyone who has been listening and supporting along the way. I hope you find exactly what you need in this episode to kickstart your personal journey to freedom!The Stop Drinking Coach is a PROACTIVE sobriety coaching system that focuses on helping you optimize Mind, Body, Spirit & Neurochemistry to help you stop drinking alcohol through a neuroscientific and trauma informed lens. If you're ready to follow a proven system to help you stop and finally step into the next chapter of your life visit www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com, fill out an application and join my private community where you'll get access to a proven system, accountability, community, tools and resources to transform your life.--If you received value from my podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star review. There are millions of people suffering in silence and your small gesture will help this reach the person who needs it. If you think my podcast would help anyone you know, please share it with them.Thank you for listening.#stopdrinking #quitdrinking #sober #alcoholism #sobercurious--To work with me directly to quit drinking and transform your life, visit: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com and fill out an application for coaching.Connect with me:TikTok: @stopdrinkingcoachInstagram: @thestopdrinkingcoachWebsite: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.comEmail: Support@thestopdrinkingcoach.com

Unlocking Flow State: How to Achieve Peak Performance on Demand

Hey SDC Fam, in this video I dive into helping you understand how our relationship with alcohol is simply a compensation pattern to deeper underlying and unresolved challenges that we have been avoiding and unwilling to face. If you've tried quitting on your own and have gone a few days, few weeks or few months, but always find yourself returning to the bottle, it's because you haven't begun the journey of healing and personal transformation which I believe is a crucial part of this journey if you want to find permanent freedom from alcohol. If you want to finally start doing the work and get access to a comprehensive, step-by-step program that is holistic and helps you begin healing, growing and transforming yourself from the inside out, I encourage you to visit www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com and join the new SDC program. Thank you to everyone who has been listening and supporting along the way. I hope you find exactly what you need in this episode to kickstart your personal journey to freedom! The Stop Drinking Coach is a PROACTIVE sobriety coaching system that focuses on helping you optimize Mind, Body, Spirit & Neurochemistry to help you stop drinking alcohol through a neuroscientific and trauma informed lens. If you're ready to follow a proven system to help you stop and finally step into the next chapter of your life visit www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com, fill out an application and join my private community where you'll get access to a proven system, accountability, community, tools and resources to transform your life. -- If you received value from my podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star review. There are millions of people suffering in silence and your small gesture will help this reach the person who needs it. If you think my podcast would help anyone you know, please share it with them. Thank you for listening. #stopdrinking #quitdrinking #sober #alcoholism #sobercurious -- To work with me directly to quit drinking and transform your life, visit: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com and fill out an application for coaching. Connect with me: TikTok: @stopdrinkingcoach Instagram: @thestopdrinkingcoach Website: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com Email: Support@thestopdrinkingcoach.com

In this thought-provoking episode, we delve into the intricate world of neurodegenerative diseases, unraveling the mysteries of conditions such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and ALS. Check out the preprint on Neurochemistry at ChemRxiv, pending in peer review: Design of Partial Agonists of ADAMTS Metalloproteinases as Therapeutics for Neurodegenerative Diseases | Biological and Medicinal Chemistry | ChemRxiv | Cambridge Open Engage -- Disclaimer: The views of the podcast reflect those of the guests and I. Please note these views and their sentiment do not constitute advice, suggestions or recommendations. Please see the relevant board-certified health professionals.

Welcome back SDC Fam! In today's episode I officially announce the launch of the new SDC Group program in January! I also introduce SDC's newest Coach, Julian Rosen! Julian was my coach when I was going through this program just 4 years ago and has been instrumental in my evolution in becoming the person who I am today. I can't think of a better person on earth to have part of the program helping you, teaching you and guiding you. I wouldn't be who I am today without him. I like to say whether you are on your first day alcohol free, 10 years alcohol free, don't struggle with alcohol, on the brink of divorce or struggling with any thought, feeling or trauma, you will walk away from Julian's calls feeling more hopeful, motivated, inspired and empowered. That is this mans gift. I hope to see you inside the community! Reminder that you can pay over time at checkout and access this incredible program and system for less than $100/mo! I've you been struggling to quit drinking, let 2025 will be the year you finally find freedom and put alcohol behind you! The SDC group program is going to be the most robust and comprehensive sobriety & life coaching program available! Thank you to everyone who has been listening and supporting along the way. I hope you find exactly what you need in this episode to kickstart your personal journey to freedom! The Stop Drinking Coach is a PROACTIVE sobriety coaching system that focuses on helping you optimize Mind, Body, Spirit & Neurochemistry to help you stop drinking alcohol through a neuroscientific and trauma informed lens. If you're ready to follow a proven system to help you stop and finally step into the next chapter of your life visit www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com, fill out an application and join my private community where you'll get access to a proven system, accountability, community, tools and resources to transform your life. -- If you received value from my podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star review. There are millions of people suffering in silence and your small gesture will help this reach the person who needs it. If you think my podcast would help anyone you know, please share it with them. Thank you for listening. #stopdrinking #quitdrinking #sober #alcoholism #sobercurious -- To work with me directly to quit drinking and transform your life, visit: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com and fill out an application for coaching. Connect with me: TikTok: @stopdrinkingcoach Instagram: @thestopdrinkingcoach Website: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com Email: Support@thestopdrinkingcoach.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bardia-rezaei5/support

High in fats and low in carbs, ketogenic diets were originally developed in the 1920s to treat children with epilepsy. Now, they've gained popularity for weight loss, and even improved cognitive function. But how much truth is there in the purported brain health benefits we see on social media? In this episode of ‘Your Brain On...', we separate the facts from the fads, and discuss: • What one might eat on a typical ketogenic diet • How ketogenic diets affect brain metabolism • The different ways your brain uses sources of energy — glucose vs. ketones • The latest data on ketogenic diet in Alzheimer's disease patients • What we know about how ketogenic diets and treatment of Alzheimer's • The outcome differences between ketogenic diets and ketone supplements in Alzheimer's • Other evidence-based nutritional approaches for brain health  For this episode, we welcome two world-renowned professionals in the field of nutrition and neuroscience: DR. MATTHEW TAYLOR, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, Dietetics and Nutrition, Kansas University Medical Center DR. RUSSELL SWERDLOW, MD, Gene and Marge Sweeney Professor of Neurology; Director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Kansas University Medical Center This is... Your Brain On Ketogenic Diets. ‘Your Brain On' is hosted by neurologists, scientists and public health advocates Ayesha and Dean Sherzai. ‘Your Brain On... Ketogenic Diets' • SEASON 4 • EPISODE 4   FOLLOW US Instagram: @thebraindocs Website: TheBrainDocs.com More info and episodes: TheBrainDocs.com/Podcast   REFERENCES 1. Wheless, James W. "History of the ketogenic diet." Epilepsia 49 (2008): 3-5. 2. Krolak-Salmon, Pierre, Russell H. Swerdlow, Thibault Mastain, Catherine Dive-Pouletty, Nick Pooley, and Masoumeh Kisomi. "Efficacy and Safety of Exogenous Ketones in People with Mild Neurocognitive Disorder and Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Literature Review." Nutrition Reviews (2024): nuae098. 3. Taylor, Matthew K., Debra K. Sullivan, Jonathan D. Mahnken, Jeffrey M. Burns, and Russell H. Swerdlow. "Feasibility and efficacy data from a ketogenic diet intervention in Alzheimer's disease." Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions 4 (2018): 28-36. 4. Taylor, Matthew K., Russell H. Swerdlow, and Debra K. Sullivan. "Dietary neuroketotherapeutics for Alzheimer's disease: an evidence update and the potential role for diet quality." Nutrients 11, no. 8 (2019): 1910. 5. Koppel, Scott J., and Russell H. Swerdlow. "Neuroketotherapeutics: a modern review of a century-old therapy." Neurochemistry international 117 (2018): 114-125. 6. O'Neill, Blair, and Paolo Raggi. "The ketogenic diet: Pros and cons." Atherosclerosis 292 (2020): 119-126. 7. Crosby, Lee, Brenda Davis, Shivam Joshi, Meghan Jardine, Jennifer Paul, Maggie Neola, and Neal D. Barnard. "Ketogenic diets and chronic disease: weighing the benefits against the risks." Frontiers in nutrition 8 (2021): 702802.

Imagine reaching a 5,400-meter summit in the Himalayas, finding a powerful sense of pride that goes beyond the climb itself. In this episode, Michael shares insights from his journey about cultivating self-worth and finding balance between internal and external validation. Michael explores the importance of self-compassion and how we can appreciate ourselves without relying solely on big achievements or outside approval. He suggests we aim for 70-80% of our validation to come from within, using practices like journaling, setting personal goals, and celebrating small wins. This helps build resilience, avoid burnout, and steer clear of perfectionism traps. Michael also emphasizes the role of neurotransmitters like serotonin and oxytocin in feeling pride and accomplishment. By focusing on inner growth, he argues we can foster lasting self-confidence, letting positive emotions guide us toward personal goals. For anyone interested in building self-worth through inner growth, this episode offers practical steps to boost confidence, resilience, and joy in everyday life.Episode Chapters: 00:00:00 - Practicing Self-Compassion for Emotional Resilience 00:02:09 - Cultivating Pride: Lessons from Nepal 00:05:50 - Harnessing the Power of Pride and Growth 00:10:16 - Balancing Internal and External Validation 00:14:45 - Embracing Self-Appreciation and Compassion 00:17:52 - Cultivating Self-Appreciation Through Reflection and Skill Development 00:20:20 - Balancing Goals and Self-Worth 00:23:22 - Avoiding Burnout: Balancing Achievements and Self-Worth 00:27:43 - Building Confidence Through Self-Appreciation 00:31:11 - Celebrating Effort, Seeking Feedback, and Reflecting on Growth 00:33:05 - Avoiding Burnout: Balancing Work and Joyful Activities 00:36:23 - The Neurochemistry of Pride and Accomplishment

In this episode I help you better understand how our feelings and emotions are data points and signals that carry a message and point to what we need to work on addressing in our life. By developing a better relationship with our emotions and not catastrophizing or avoiding them, we gain the necessary wisdom to make the changes in our life that will lead us to empowerment, success and freedom. I'm also excited to announce the launch of my group program launching the first week of January 2025! Everyone who has filled out an application will receive updates and details on the new program very soon. And if you haven't filled out an application yet, be sure you do so you can receive updates when it goes LIVE! I've you been struggling to quit drinking, let 2025 will be the year you finally find freedom and put alcohol behind you! The SDC group program is going to be the most robust and comprehensive sobriety & life coaching program available! Thank you to everyone who has been listening and supporting along the way. I hope you find exactly what you need in this episode to kickstart your personal journey to freedom! The Stop Drinking Coach is a PROACTIVE sobriety coaching system that focuses on helping you optimize Mind, Body, Spirit & Neurochemistry to help you stop drinking alcohol through a neuroscientific and trauma informed lens. If you're ready to follow a proven system to help you stop and finally step into the next chapter of your life visit www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com, fill out an application and join my private community where you'll get access to a proven system, accountability, community, tools and resources to transform your life. -- If you received value from my podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star review. There are millions of people suffering in silence and your small gesture will help this reach the person who needs it. If you think my podcast would help anyone you know, please share it with them. Thank you for listening. #stopdrinking #quitdrinking #sober #alcoholism #sobercurious -- To work with me directly to quit drinking and transform your life, visit: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com and fill out an application for coaching. Connect with me: TikTok: @stopdrinkingcoach Instagram: @thestopdrinkingcoach Website: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com Email: Support@thestopdrinkingcoach.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bardia-rezaei5/support

Ever wondered what really happens in your brain when you microdose? Want to know more before you dive in? Join Krista as she discovers the mystical world of microdosing with Muse – a company with a mission to help people use plant medicine for transformation. Ahead, dive into the incredible benefits of microdosing, from increased creativity, focus, and energy to reduced anxiety and depressive thoughts. Plus, uncover the science behind microdosing and how it promotes neuroplasticity, mindfulness, and emotional regulation. If you are feeling called to enter the subtle yet powerful realms of psilocybin microdosing, this episode should be the first step on your journey! Ready to take the next step? Go to @mymuselife, DM them, and mention Morning Microdose for 10% off your first order. We also talk about:Customized microdosing protocols Emotional impact + mental health benefits The difference between microdosing + macrodosing Mushrooms vs. traditional stimulants Realignment + personal transformation The role of psilocybin in spiritual growth Combining psilocybin with other supplements Protocol consistency + routine importance Krista's personal experiences microdosing Positive moments ("glimmers") in daily life Resources:Instagram: @mymuselifeGo to @mymuselife, DM them, and mention Morning Microdose for 10% off your first order. To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/Almost30. Learn More:almost30.com/learnalmost30.com/morningmicrodosealmost30.com/courses Join our community:facebook.com/Almost30podcast/groupsPodcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: almost30.com/disclaimer. Find more to love at almost30.com!Almost 30 is edited by Garett Symes and Isabella Vaccaro.

SDC I am back with another episode! It's been too long and it feels so good to be back! Sorry for the minor hiccups in audio quality as my settings had the wrong microphone selected - all future podcasts will return back to high quality! I'm also excited to announce the launch of my group program launching the first week of January 2025! Everyone who has filled out an application will receive updates and details on the new program very soon. And if you haven't filled out an application yet, be sure you do so you can receive updates when it goes LIVE! I've you been struggling to quit drinking, let 2025 will be the year you finally find freedom and put alcohol behind you! The SDC group program is going to be the most robust and comprehensive sobriety & life coaching program available! In today's episode I dig deep on why alcohol is not the problem, rather has been the solution to something much deeper that we haven't had the courage to face and resolve. Thank you to everyone who has been listening and supporting along the way. I hope you find exactly what you need in this episode to kickstart your personal journey to freedom! The Stop Drinking Coach is a PROACTIVE sobriety coaching system that focuses on helping you optimize Mind, Body, Spirit & Neurochemistry to help you stop drinking alcohol through a neuroscientific and trauma informed lens. If you're ready to follow a proven system to help you stop and finally step into the next chapter of your life visit www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com, fill out an application and join my private community where you'll get access to a proven system, accountability, community, tools and resources to transform your life. -- If you received value from my podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star review. There are millions of people suffering in silence and your small gesture will help this reach the person who needs it. If you think my podcast would help anyone you know, please share it with them. Thank you for listening. #stopdrinking #quitdrinking #sober #alcoholism #sobercurious -- To work with me directly to quit drinking and transform your life, visit: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com and fill out an application for coaching. Connect with me: TikTok: @stopdrinkingcoach Instagram: @thestopdrinkingcoach Website: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com Email: Support@thestopdrinkingcoach.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bardia-rezaei5/support

In this episode, Aaron Michael and Dr. Saida Desilet discuss practical tips for enhancing intimacy, overcoming common sexual challenges, and sustaining long-term passion.  Gain insights from their combined 50 years of experience in revolutionizing sex coaching, relationships, and intimacy.  Learn about natural methods to boost sexual health, the impact of neurochemistry, and the role of emotional openness in sexual satisfaction.  Whether you're single, in a relationship, or looking to optimize your intimate experiences, this episode provides invaluable knowledge on creating dynamic and fulfilling connections. - Visit https://embodiedlove.love/ - Follow Dr. Saida Desilets on Instagram - Follow Aaron Michael on Instagram - Check out SelfDecode: https://selfdecode.com/ - Join Joe's online community: https://thejoecohenshow.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:09 Common Mistakes in Sexual Relationships 02:48 Health and Its Impact on Sex Drive 05:00 The Role of Neurochemistry in Sexual Health 06:21 Substances and Their Effects on Sexual Function 15:03 Techniques for Enhancing Sexual Experience 26:58 Emotional Connection and Sexual Openness 34:41 Healing from Trauma and Self-Discovery 35:46 Exploring Mental Arousal and Touch 39:33 Understanding Erotic Fingerprints 40:13 Preventing Boredom in Long-Term Relationships 41:19 The Dynamics of Sexual Desire 58:20 The Role of Smell in Attraction 01:00:51 Navigating Threesomes and Sexual Exploration

*A disclaimer that there will be discussions of self harm in this episode* In 2003, Chris Nowinski found himself in a WWE wrestling ring, concussed and not remembering where he was or how he was supposed to finish the match. This would be a pivotal moment not just in his life but for an entire field of research on a neurodegenerative disease long known to exist but poorly defined and even censored: chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE. There's evidence that people knew about CTE — which went by names like “punch drunk” — starting in the 1920s, but it wasn't until the 2000s, when American football players began being diagnosed with CTE post-mortem, that the disease started gaining public traction. Many of those football players, including Andre Waters, had died by suicide. Chris, now a behavioral neuroscientist and the co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, pushed to get the brains of Waters and other athletes tested, and began spreading awareness and putting pressure on organizations like the NFL to acknowledge the devastation this disease can bring to athletes and their families.Today on the show we will cover what's known about CTE and how to prevent it, and how researchers are trying to find ways of diagnosing it in people who are still alive and working to find treatments.Here are some good CTE resources:https://concussionfoundation.org/CTE-resources/support https://www.bu.edu/cte/resources/resources-for-families/Send us your science stories/factoids/news for a chance to be featured on an upcoming Tiny Show and Tell Us episode and to be entered to win a Tiny Matters coffee mug! And, while you're at it, subscribe to our newsletter at bit.ly/tinymattersnewsletter.Links to the Tiny Show & Tell stories are here and here. All Tiny Matters transcripts and references are available here.

It's Wildcard Wednesday!(Still on sabbatical, so here's a classic episode for you, originally a Self-Brain Surgery Saturday operation!)Every week, we'll learn a specific neuroscience operation you can master to change your mind and change your life. Today, we learn the basics, and we start with Self-brain surgery tip #19:“There is almost nothing outside you that will help in any kind of lasting way, unless you are waiting for a donor organ.” - Anne Lamott in her book Almost EverythingReal help comes from within, from the Spirit inside us! See John 14:26-27Learning how your brain works helps you see how to manage it in a healthier way. Here's five self-brain surgery techniques to help you change your mind and change your life.Leave a voicemail with your question or comment!Five Ways You Can Support this show:Pray for us!Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!)Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts!You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day):Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!Other Helpful Links:Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:03) - Introduction and Recap of Appearance on 700 Club (03:28) - Introduction to Self-Brain Surgery Tip Number 19 (07:41) - The Importance of Mental Health in Patient Care (09:27) - Understanding the Role of Neurochemistry in Happiness (11:16) - The Cost of Depression and Related Disorders (14:01) - Neuroscience Validates the Power of Mind over Brain (17:05) - Recognizing and managing negative thoughts (19:18) - Thinking about thoughts and questioning their validity (22:11) - Overcoming a bad attitude and its impact on happiness (25:12) - Letting go of regrets and living in the past (27:00) - Severing Sick Synapses (29:06) - Drain Your Doubts and Fill Up Your Faith (36:04) - Introduction and Book Promotion

Join us on "How to Be Happier" as we delve into the awe-inspiring story of Leland Holgate Sr., whose journey from the brink of despair to becoming a beacon of hope embodies the power of the human spirit. Once a suicidal quadriplegic, Leland defied the odds by harnessing the transformative power of breathwork and the science of neurochemistry. Now, as a devoted holistic healer, he shares his profound insights and techniques to aid entrepreneurs in their quest for health and happiness. In this episode, discover Leland's unique approach to overcoming life's greatest challenges and how you, too, can tap into your innate healing abilities to lead a life of balance, fulfillment, and success.   Key takeaways to listen for: Leland's personal journey from injury to healing  How breathwork affects overcoming physical limitations Techniques for addressing and healing childhood trauma  Understanding and applying epigenetics through lifestyle choices  The role of an alkaline diet combined with targeted breathing exercises   Resources: Watch Surviving Death Joe Dispenza Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza | Kindle, Paperback, and Hardcover   About Leland Holgate Sr. Leland Holgate Sr. is a combat veteran who is studying to earn his double doctorate in neuroscience & psychology. Challenges in his life led him down the path of yoga, breathwork, and meditation.  Through natural means, he has healed himself from a neck injury, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.  Leland has also overcome PTSD, addiction, and so much more using the power of breath and meditation.   Connect with Leland  Website: The Willful Warrior Email: thewillfulwarrior@gmail.com   Connect With Us Schedule a call and find your level of happiness by taking your self-love quiz at www.BradChandler.com/contact.   Join How to be Happier - For Entrepreneurs | Private Facebook Group https://mc.bradchandler.com/grouppc_bradc.   Follow Brad on Social Media! Facebook Page: Brad Chandler Coaching Instagram: @bradchandlercoaching Twitter: @lbchandler1 TikTok: bradchandler6 YouTube Channel: Brad Chandler

This SIMPLE and Subtle shift in INTENTION and MINDSET will help you quit drinking If you want to transform your life, stop running from the pain of this journey and develop the courage to embrace and move through it. This is why working a structured program is so life-changing! It provides you the systems, tools, strategies and support to plug the gaps that lead to relapse. The Stop Drinking Coach is a PROACTIVE sobriety coaching system that focuses on helping you optimize Mind, Body, Spirit & Neurochemistry to help you stop drinking alcohol through a neuroscientific and trauma informed lens. If you're ready to follow a proven system to help you stop and finally step into the next chapter of your life visit www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com, fill out an application and join my private community where you'll get access to a proven system, accountability, community, tools and resources to transform your life. -- If you received value from my podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star review. There are millions of people suffering in silence and your small gesture will help this reach the person who needs it. If you think my podcast would help anyone you know, please share it with them. Thank you for listening. #stopdrinking #quitdrinking #sober #alcoholism #sobercurious -- To work with me directly to quit drinking and transform your life, visit: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com and fill out an application for coaching. Connect with me: TikTok: @stopdrinkingcoach Instagram: @thestopdrinkingcoach Website: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com Email: Support@thestopdrinkingcoach.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bardia-rezaei5/support

The pain underlying our drinking is a messenger. Whether it be pain from your past...pain from challenges you're experiencing in the present moment...or the pain from the neurochemical feeding cycle (craving, boredom, anxiety) as a result of years of drinking alcohol - your pain is a MESSENGER! It's there to teach you something. It's feedback to help you understand where you need make adjustments in your life so that you can heal, grow and evolve into a more conscious, mindful, strategic, empowered version of yourself. If you want to transform your life, stop running from the pain of this journey and develop the courage to embrace and move through it! This is why working a structured program is so life-changing! It provides you the systems, tools, strategies and support to plug the gaps. The Stop Drinking Coach is a PROACTIVE sobriety coaching system that focuses on helping you optimize Mind, Body, Spirit & Neurochemistry to help you stop drinking alcohol through a neuroscientific and trauma informed lens. If you're ready to follow a proven system to help you stop and finally step into the next chapter of your life visit www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com, fill out an application and join my private community where you'll get access to a proven system, accountability, community, tools and resources to transform your life. -- If you received value from my podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star review. There are millions of people suffering in silence and your small gesture will help this reach the person who needs it. If you think my podcast would help anyone you know, please share it with them. Thank you for listening. #stopdrinking #quitdrinking #sober #alcoholism #sobercurious -- To work with me directly to quit drinking and transform your life, visit: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com and fill out an application for coaching. Connect with me: TikTok: @stopdrinkingcoach Instagram: @thestopdrinkingcoach Website: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com Email: Support@thestopdrinkingcoach.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bardia-rezaei5/support

We kick this one off with a surprisingly scary yet funny story from Joe's travels to Milan, and then some extensive Q&A featuring modafinil recovery and nootropic protocols.

Everything you've been wanting...the presence, love, connection, family time, personal growth, success...etc is ON THE OTHER SIDE of moving through the discomfort. The discomfort is the compass. Lean in, see it as an opportunity to grow and you WILL! The Stop Drinking Coach is a PROACTIVE sobriety coaching system that focuses on helping you optimize Mind, Body, Spirit & Neurochemistry to help you stop drinking alcohol through a neuroscientific and trauma informed lens. If you're ready to follow a proven system to help you stop and finally step into the next chapter of your life visit www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com, fill out an application and join my private community where you'll get access to a proven system, accountability, community, tools and resources to transform your life. -- If you received value from my podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star review. There are millions of people suffering in silence and your small gesture will help this reach the person who needs it. If you think my podcast would help anyone you know, please share it with them. Thank you for listening. #stopdrinking #quitdrinking #sober #alcoholism #sobercurious -- To work with me directly to quit drinking and transform your life, visit: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com and fill out an application for coaching. Connect with me: TikTok: @stopdrinkingcoach Instagram: @thestopdrinkingcoach Website: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com Email: Support@thestopdrinkingcoach.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bardia-rezaei5/support

Explore the heart's invisible forces by understanding the biology behind love in our latest episode, where we decode the science of love through the lens of psychology and self-improvement.Learn about the hormonal effects on romantic behaviors, the significance of attachment hormones in humans, and how understanding the neurochemistry of love can lead to better decision-making in love.We'll discuss the evolutionary psychology of human bonding, the positive and negative effects of high vasopressin, and how hormonal contraception influences emotional attachment. This insightful episode is designed for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of love's biological foundations to enhance their emotional well-being and relationship dynamics.Stay tuned all season to join us for a journey into the heart of love's scientific secrets.- - -On the growth mindset podcast with Sam Webster Harris, we explore the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement. Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.Through a process of honest self-reflection of what is holding us back and what is driving us forward, we can lose the ego and build awareness of how to be our best.- - -Connect with Sam:Creativity Newsletter - Explosive ThinkingWatch the pod - YouTube (Growth Mindset)Twitter - @samjamharrisInstagram - @SamJam.zen- - -Show: Growth Mindset, psychology of self-improvementTitle: The Biology of Love - Hormones, Neuroscience and EmotionsChapters:00:00 What is love01:20 The 3 main components of love02:09 Pre-roll Advert02:15 The Biology of Love03:34 Lust and the role of sex hormones06:42 Attraction and reward pathways09:25 Attachment and bonding hormones11:37 Love's addictive power and irrationality12:47 Mid-roll12:51 Infatuation, dependency, and controlling behaviors13:56 Reckless and destructive tendencies15:15 How we lose rational thinking17:49 Choosing the right partner19:09 Cultivating healthy relationship habits19:48 Send OffTopics:Biology of love, attraction, and hormonesScience behind romantic connectionsImpact of oxytocin on relationshipsVasopressin and pair bondingGrowth mindset thinking in romanceMindsets behind healthy relationshipsNeurochemistry of loveHormonal effects on romantic behaviorsTestosterone and lust in loveOestrogen's role in attractionAttachment hormones in humansNeurological basis of loveConsequences of love hormone imbalancesChemical romance and emotional healthMy Chemical Romance - The science behind lust, attraction and attachmentOxytocin and trust in relationshipsNegative effects of high vasopressinHormones and decision making in loveScience of long-term attachmentBiological differences in love perceptionLove addiction and dopamineEvolutionary psychology of human bondingHormonal contraception and emotional attachment Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/growth-mindset-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Traumatic experiences are here to stay, and we shouldn't view them as a prison.” Professor of Neuroscience Rachel Yehuda on how psychedelics may help liberate us from our post-traumatic stress. In this compelling episode, Rachel Yehuda, a renowned expert in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma effects, challenges the common perceptions surrounding trauma exposure. She explores the distinction between stress and trauma, emphasizing the transformative power of traumatic experiences. Yehuda delves into the physiological and epigenetic changes triggered by trauma, shedding light on the complexities of memory and response. For myriad reasons, trauma is becoming a bigger part of everyday life in our society. Rachel Yehuda, who studies PTSD and the psychological effects of trauma, believes while many of us have become more educated on how traumatic events affect our mental health, we also might be inadvertently convincing ourselves that suffering from mental illness after trauma is inevitable. Yehuda believes trauma is survivable with the right tools and treatments. She is particularly interested in the potential of psychedelics, like MDMA, to facilitate post-traumatic growth and healing. She discusses potential of psychedelics in assisting psychotherapy, allowing individuals to delve deep into their trauma while remaining coherent. She also emphasizes that the success of these therapies depends on the setting, intention, and therapist's expertise. Go Deeper with Big Think: ►Become a Big Think Member Get exclusive access to full interviews, early access to new releases, Big Think merch and more. ►Get Big Think+ for Business Guide, inspire and accelerate leaders at all levels of your company with the biggest minds in business. About Rachel Yehuda: Rachel Yehuda, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, is the Director of the Traumatic Stress Studies Division at Icahn School of Medicine, and the Mental Health Patient Care Center Director at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Yehuda has authored more than 300 published papers, chapters, and books in the field of traumatic stress and the neurobiology of PTSD. Her current interests include the study of novel treatments for PTSD, the examination of risk and resilience factors, the study of psychological and biological predictors of treatment response in PTSD, genetic, epigenetic, and molecular biological studies of PTSD and the intergenerational transmission of trauma and PTSD. Her team's research on cortisol and brain function has revolutionized our understanding and treatment of PTSD worldwide. Dr. Yehuda has received many awards in recognition of her work including the Curt Richter Prize in Psychoneuroendocrinology, and the Laufer award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress. She was also awarded the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry (Munich, Germany) 2004 Guest Professorship in Psychiatry and Neuroscience, and the Marcus Tausk Professorship in Leiden University to honor her accomplishments in the endocrinology of PTSD. Dr. Yehuda received her PhD in Psychology and Neurochemistry and her MS in Biological Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and completed her postdoctoral training in Biological Psychiatry in the Psychiatry Department at Yale Medical School. She has an active federally funded clinical and research program that welcomes students and clinicians. disclaimer:- MDMA is currently an investigational drug. Research on psychedelics is being conducted in clinical trials. results have been promising, but it is not yet approved by the food and drug administration. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bigthink/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this thought-provoking podcast episode titled "Is Falling In Love Unhealthy?", Kaleah delves into the complexities of toxic relationships, the addictive nature of intense romantic chemistry, and the psychology behind why some individuals repeatedly attract partners who are narcissistic, addicted, or dysfunctional. Kaleah navigates through the intricate dynamics of love, exploring the initial rush of intense emotions, the neurochemistry behind it, and its differentiation from genuine, enduring love. Listeners are taken on a journey through the neurological processes that occur during the "falling in love" phase, elucidating how dopamine, noradrenaline, and norepinephrine play pivotal roles in creating feelings of euphoria and addiction akin to substance dependency. The narrative unfolds to explain the distinctions between lust, attraction, and attachment, shedding light on how familiarity, rooted in past experiences, can influence attraction and perpetuate dysfunctional relationship patterns. Drawing parallels between addictive behaviors and toxic relationships, the podcast highlights how unresolved attachment styles and childhood experiences can impact one's perceptions of love and intimacy. It dissects the transition from the intense initial stage of a relationship to the stable, nurturing phase that is often misinterpreted as mundane by individuals accustomed to chaotic dynamics. The host offers valuable insights on retraining oneself to find joy in simplicity and stability, emphasizing the importance of recognizing genuine love's enduring nature characterized by consistency, trust, and caring actions. Listeners are encouraged to introspect and prioritize self-love before embracing healthy relationships, thereby breaking free from the cycle of attraction to dysfunctional partners driven by intense chemistry. The episode concludes with a compelling message urging individuals to shift their perspectives, allowing themselves to embrace healthy, stable relationships by overcoming their addiction to intense chemical highs. It stresses the significance of healing, letting go of toxic relationship patterns, and cultivating a secure attachment style, ultimately paving the way for authentic and fulfilling connections. Listeners are left with a profound understanding that genuine love transcends the temporary highs of intense chemistry and that by embracing stability, consistency, and a deeper understanding of love, they can foster healthy and lasting relationships. Toxic Relationships, narcissism, NPD, narcissistic abuse, borderline personality disorder, Neurochemistry of Love, Dysfunctional Patterns, Addictive Romance, Dopamine and Love, Attachment Styles, Intense Chemistry, Genuine Love vs. Infatuation, Healing from Toxicity, Familiarity in Relationships, Emotional Dependency, Secure Attachment, Healthy Relationship Dynamics, Self-Love and Relationships, Breaking Toxic Cycles, Psychological Impact of Love, Releasing Toxic Attraction. Understanding Long-term Love, Rebuilding Relationship Patterns, Overcoming Romantic Addiction DONATE TO PANDORAS BOX RADIO https://buy.stripe.com/bIY3cC3bz5Ie0FO6oA For more information on Kaleah's work please visit: NarcissismFree.com (for counseling, coaching, hypnotherapy, books, and hypnosis audio downloads, as well as articles and information. Coaching with Kaleah Website www.kaleahlaroche.com Get a FREE Ebook "Unleashing Your Success: Unlock the Secrets to Achieving Extraordinary Results," Pandoras Box Radio Podcast: http://www.pandoras-box-radio.com Get Kaleah's Hypnosis downloads www.inner-transformation.com. Latest book: Path to Self Love, Soul Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse and Toxic Relationships. mybook.to/pathtoselflove   

In this episode, we delve into the multifaceted topic of alcohol and its impact on our lives. Laura chats with Karolina Rzadkowolska, a coach, speaker, and author of the bestselling book, Euphoric: Ditch Alcohol and Gain a Happier, More Confident You. We discuss:The emerging alcohol-free movementThe effects of alcohol on neurochemistry and habitsHow cutting out alcohol can positively impact your health, creativity, intuition, and businessHow societal constructs play a role in our relationship with alcoholReframing the role of alcohol in your lifeFollow Karolina:Get The Book and A Free Gift WebsiteInstagramFollow Laura on Instagram: @laurasmaurerSign up for my weekly newsletter where I share the tips and strategies I use to support my clients with their marketing and mindset as they create and build their thriving service-based businesses: https://laura-maurer.ck.page/4c6ad72ac5 Website: lauramaurer.com

The key to success in ANY area of life comes from focusing on the PROCESS, not just saying you want the outcome. You must commit to the pre-requisite conditions that are necessary for the outcome to occur. If you want to lose 25lbs, you have to focus on burning more calories than you're consuming, getting the right combination of macro nutrients and exercising daily. Similarly, if you want to stop drinking, you need to focus on doing things that optimize mind, body, spirit and neurochemistry to create a mental, emotional and physical enviornment within yourself that can enjoy living alcohol free. This episode helps you understand the critical importance of PROCESS. Share it with someone who you think it will help. The Stop Drinking Coach is a PROACTIVE sobriety coaching system that focuses on helping you optimize Mind, Body, Spirit & Neurochemistry to help you stop drinking alcohol through a neuroscientific and trauma informed lens. If you're ready to follow a proven system to help you stop and finally step into the next chapter of your life visit www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com, fill out an application and join my private community where you'll get access to a proven system, accountability, community, tools and resources to transform your life. -- If you received value from my podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star review. There are millions of people suffering in silence and your small gesture will help this reach the person who needs it. If you think my podcast would help anyone you know, please share it with them. Thank you for listening. #stopdrinking #quitdrinking #sober #alcoholism #sobercurious -- To work with me directly to quit drinking and transform your life, visit: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com and fill out an application for coaching. Connect with me: TikTok: @stopdrinkingcoach Instagram: @thestopdrinkingcoach Website: www.thestopdrinkingcoach.com Email: Support@thestopdrinkingcoach.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bardia-rezaei5/support

On this episode... we continue with how we can use sound to enhance our edging practice. Today - my personal favorite, solfeggio frequencies. Join us in Holistic Alpha Inner Circle, our private membership community: https://www.holisticalpha.com/innercircle. It's 100% guaranteed to help you kick ass in creating the life you desire.Here are the studies I referenced in this episode: The Neurochemistry of Music Pilot Aquaphotomic Study of the Effects of Audible Sound on Water Molecular Structure  Cells Rockin' In Their DNA Influence of various intensities of 528 Hz sound-wave in production of testosterone in rat's brain and analysis of behavioral changes 528hz Sensuality album on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/2v8QrnJgk7C2HiNmMCLcr0?si=hzLj5pHHTd2RA0671p5ZHQ New: You can now search all previous episodes of the show (and listen) at podcast.holisticalpha.com/episodesPlease rate the show!----MORE WAYS TO CONNECT:Text:801-742-1439Email:support@holisticalpha.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/stevenmathisInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/stevenlmathis/

Calling all thinkers and social drinkers!  Prepare to reassess your beliefs, confront societal norms, and redefine your relationship with alcohol. My guest, Molly Watts, and I take the lid off the alcohol industry, revealing the disturbing lack of health benefits associated with any level of drinking. Be prepared for a deep dive into the psychological aspects of alcohol consumption and the myths surrounding it that often go unchallenged. In this episode, we dissect the complex relationship between alcohol and anxiety. We shed light on how alcohol disrupts our brain's homeostasis and potentially induces anxiety in the middle of the night.  Through our conversation, we aim to equip you with crucial insights about habitual drinking, the importance of good sleep hygiene, and the implications of heavy drinking. Here's where you'll learn how to address the anxiety that comes with tackling your drinking habits, and why it's essential to confront it head-on. Finally, we emphasize the importance of a conscious plan for alcohol consumption. Together, Molly and I dive into strategies to manage your alcohol intake, addressing fears of missing out and emphasizing the role of self-care.  We also explore into Molly's program, ‘Making Peace with Alcohol,' which provides group coaching, coursework, and a supportive community. So, join us as we unravel the complexities of alcohol consumption and offer tangible strategies for healthier habits.  Trust me, you won't want to miss this enlightening exchange. Chapter Summaries: Challenging Beliefs and Habits (0:00:17)  Molly and I discuss questioning beliefs, normalizing alcohol use, and language's influence on thoughts and opinions. Exploring Alcohol Consumption and Its Impact (0:17:03)  We examine the prevalence of misinformation, low-risk limits, and the need for alcohol-free days to form a healthy relationship with alcohol. Anxiety and Alcohol (0:32:38)  Molly and I discuss alcohol's neurochemistry, its relationship to anxiety, its effects on homeostasis, and the anxiety of addressing drinking habits. Managing Alcohol Consumption (0:40:39)  Molly and I discussed alcohol consumption, self-care, neurochemistry, and FOMO. Alcohol Intake Control and Support (0:48:34)  Molly Watts and I discuss creating a conscious plan for alcohol consumption, her program Making Peace with Alcohol, and its group coaching, coursework, and community. About Molly Watts: Molly Watts is an author, podcaster, and life coach who helps daily habit drinkers change their drinking to create a peaceful relationship with alcohol.   As an adult child of an alcoholic, Molly developed a decades-long daily drinking habit that defied logic and caused endless anxiety. Worrying about alcohol, first with her mother and then as her own drinking habit seemed "unbreakable",  was exhausting.   Using science as her guide, Molly transformed her drinking and became what she now calls an alcohol minimalist. Most importantly, she is completely at peace with alcohol and helps other people do the same.  "Alcohol disrupts sleep patterns, compounding insomnia and disrupting sleep cycles, especially for women in menopause." - Elizabeth Sherman  Get full show notes and more information here: https://elizabethsherman.com/podcast/148  

Welcome to the podcast with Dr. Brendan McCarthy! Sugar is one of the most widely consumed ingredients and for a good reason. It makes things taste sweeter and more appealing to our tastebuds. Plus, sugar is added to many packaged foods and beverages, and we may be unaware we're consuming so much of it. With this constant exposure, it's no wonder why craving sweets is a common experience. But is it all due to personal habits and our culture's influence, or is something else going on? Dr. Brendan McCarthy founded Protea Medical Center in 2002. While he's been the chief medical officer, Protea has grown and evolved into a dynamic medical center serving the Valley and Central Arizona. A nationally recognized as an expert in hormone replacement therapy, Dr McCarthy s the only instructor in the nation who teaches BioHRT on live patients. Physicians travel to Arizona to take his course and integrate it into their own practices. Besides hormone replacement therapy, Dr. McCarthy has spoken nationally and locally before physicians on topics such as weight loss, infertility, nutritional therapy and more. Thank you for tuning in and don't forget to hit that SUBSCRIBE button! Let us know in the COMMENTS if you have any questions or what you may want Dr. McCarthy to talk about next! Check out Dr. Brendan McCarthy's Book! https://www.amazon.com/Jump-Off-Mood-Swing-Hormones/dp/0999649604 --More Links-- Instagram: www.instagram.com/drbrendanmccarthy TikTok: www.tiktok.com/drbrendanmccarthy Clinic Website: www.protealife.com Citations: Shabbir, Faisal, et al. "Effect of diet on serotonergic neurotransmission in depression." Neurochemistry international 62.3 (2013): 324-329. Mahar, Ian, et al. "Stress, serotonin, and hippocampal neurogenesis in relation to depression and antidepressant effects." Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 38 (2014): 173-192. Moroianu, Lavinia-Alexandra, et al. "Clinical study of serum serotonin as a screening marker for anxiety and depression in patients with type 2 diabetes." Medicina 58.5 (2022): 652. Choi, Wonsuk, et al. "Associations of serum serotonin levels with 12-week and 12-month remission in patients with depressive disorders." Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience 20.2 (2022): 248..

U.S. Navy veteran, Dr. Ruth Moore is an Integrative Health Practitioner in Functional Medicine in Ellsworth, Maine. She is trauma-response expert who treats stress-based health conditions and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine. She is also a published author, neuroscientist and clinical aromatherapist who has testified before Congress and played a role in creating health policy that helps her fellow veterans get access to appropriate healthcare from VA. Dr. Moore shares her own journey from experiencing MST, surviving suicide and homelessness to receiving her doctorate and the work she does now to help veterans in crisis. Special Guest: Dr. Ruth Moore.

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Every week, we'll learn a specific neuroscience operation you can master to change your mind and change your life. Today, we learn the basics, and we start with Self-brain surgery tip #19:“There is almost nothing outside you that will help in any kind of lasting way, unless you are waiting for a donor organ.” - Anne Lamott in her book Almost EverythingReal help comes from within, from the Spirit inside us! See John 14:26-27Learning how your brain works helps you see how to manage it in a healthier way. Here's five self-brain surgery techniques to help you change your mind and change your life. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! (00:03) - Introduction and Recap of Appearance on 700 Club (03:28) - Introduction to Self-Brain Surgery Tip Number 19 (07:41) - The Importance of Mental Health in Patient Care (09:27) - Understanding the Role of Neurochemistry in Happiness (11:16) - The Cost of Depression and Related Disorders (14:01) - Neuroscience Validates the Power of Mind over Brain (17:05) - Recognizing and managing negative thoughts (19:18) - Thinking about thoughts and questioning their validity (22:11) - Overcoming a bad attitude and its impact on happiness (25:12) - Letting go of regrets and living in the past (27:00) - Severing Sick Synapses (29:06) - Drain Your Doubts and Fill Up Your Faith (36:04) - Introduction and Book Promotion

This is an episode of the Frontier Psychiatrists Podcast. It's a conversation between my Fermata team member, Chelsey, and Myself. This conversation is about us, at work, trying to understand neuroscience together. We recorded this one! An edited version of the transcript follows.Owen Muir, M.D.: So we were chatting about the amygdala, and if you want to ask me any questions about it, I can answer them and edit it together. And that's a podcast. Chelsey Fasano, BA: There's a lot of discussion in the field right now about location neuroanatomy or chemistry neurobiology. And I'm always thinking about how the two crossover, so we're talking about the up-regulation or down-regulation of the amygdala.What are the neurochemical aspects of how the amygdala would be up- or down-regulated?Owen Muir, M.D.: Neurochemistry is a great way of selling drugs and selling explanations that are easy to understand.When we talk about neurochemistry, we're talking about a synapse between two nerves that are trying to communicate. There's a tiny little gap, and the way a nerve communicates with another nerve cell is a neurotransmitter is released from one and floats its way across a tiny little gap, and then hits a receptor on the other side, and that creates a change in that subsequent cell, which makes it either more likely or less likely to fire.What's happening next is within that cell. There are intracellular changes that lead to an increasing likelihood of reaching an action potential and itself firing and effectuating the next change in its neighbor cells. We focus narrowly on neurochemistry, because we can look at and modify it.We're getting obsessed with answerable questions— not with important questions. For example, we don't give people “hyper-glutamate,” the excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain. They'll have a seizure. Those excitatory impulses open ion channels that cause immediate depolarization and firing of neurons. Uncontrolled depolarization leads to seizure and death. GABAergic drugs do the opposite thing. So, anything binding to the GABA receptor opens a chloride channel. Chloride's negatively charged.And that changes the inside of the cell's voltage to negative, which means it's less likely to fire because you need more glycine and glutamate to increase the voltage. GABA is safe to agonize, because you're not going to get a seizure—but withdrawal is dangerous because now you're more likely to fire in the absence of the GABA drug.We're focusing on other compounds like serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine, which functionally regulate the internal cellular environment, making firing more or less likely. And we focused on it because it's safer. We got obsessed with what we knew we could do and not immediately kill somebody— as opposed to what might actually be effective or is happening naturally because, on their own, our cells are firing and releasing neurotransmitters and pulling them back up and regulating their voltage without us messing with it at all.For example, the chemistry argument at the amygdala level is part of the story. But when we're talking about what information the amygdala is kicking out, it's really how fast it is firing. That's my kind of argument. It's a rhythm answer. If we looked at the stage plot for AC/DC and saw they had a lot of cables and started worrying about which cable plugged into the guitar as opposed to they are going to play in time --and you can replace the strings, the guitar, the cables. You do not have a good AC/DC show if they play at a time, and if they're playing in time, even if the guitar cuts out like bass drums, Angus is still locked in, and it rocks.We've focused on what's focused-on-able, not what matters.Chelsey Fasano, BA: The primary neurotransmitters of the amygdala are precisely the ones you were talking about!Owen Muir, M.D.: The n methyl D aspartate receptor is a binding site that modulates glutamine.Chelsey Fasano, BA: So that makes sense as to why ketamine would strongly affect PTSD since it works primarily on NMDA and GABA. That would downregulate the amygdala, which would help to buffer against the overactivity associated with PTSD and subcortical areas.Owen Muir, M.D.: The firing rate functionally comes down because each nerve in the amygdala firing becomes less likely by some amount. Chelsey Fasano, BA: Is the feeling something to this whole hippie thing of vibration and vibe?Owen Muir, M.D.: It's true at the level of the neurons in the brain. Yes. I think wavelength is an accidental term. I don't know. But it's the literal truth.Chelsey Fasano, BA: We know that neural firing from some research that I've read affects motor movements and speech patterns, and so there probably is some truth to the fact that upregulation of specific circuits is going to cause speech pattern and motor movement differences that are going to be the bodily rhythmic reflection of the brain activity. We would pick up a vibe because we all sense those things about each other through our brains.Owen Muir, M.D.: We're building a model of the vibe. I propose that a firing pattern represents everything in the brain. It's click click of one nerve group, right? And in the other person's brain, it's click click.But in our brains, we build a model of our click. And then, we make a model with clicks in our neurons of the other person. We're constantly building models of other people's minds in our minds with our pattern of firing. Then, we pick up signals from their motor movements and behavior. We're resynchronizing our model. with their model, and we're constantly just getting it a little bit wrong and getting back into sync, and what humans love is feeling in sync.When we dance, we're dancing in time. Like the guy who dances badly, we find displeasure. When we dance together, we find it joyous. When we're dancing to the beat, we enjoy that because our brains all represent the beat simultaneously. We can look and see and feel with high bandwidth sensory cortex and high bandwidth motor cortex that we are together, and that lets us not bump into each other when we're dancing and emotionally not bump into each other's feelings when we're communicating.The dopamine system, for example, which profoundly regulates ventral striatal activity around motor gating, is also implicated in not just motor gating but also the gating of behavior. Some of that behavior is our feelings, how we react to the feelings, and how we talk, think, or sing.This is how we can do things like lie to each other politely and not get enraged. Because there are times when someone lies to you, and it's bad, and how dare you lie to me. There are times when someone says, thank you so much for calling. And we recognize that their thanks may not be sincere.And both of us are definitely on the same page about that, but the underlying intent we have modeled for the statement is beneficent.We're both on the same page about that metadata, which is, oh, the person's lying to me, but it's because they care and want me to feel good. And so I'm going to think this lie is kind in this context, and in other contexts, my internal model was that they shouldn't have lied as opposed to should have lied.So it's not the lie; it's the intent that we model and can reconnect to that allows human behavior and motion. To go well. If someone's a lousy dancer because they have Parkinson's, you're not going to love it, even if you don't know they have Parkinson's, and you may feel more positively inclined to them if you understand they have a reason for it.But it doesn't feel good. We feel good when we move together.Chelsey Fasano, BA: We've had some discussions about this previously about you not valuing agreeableness or not liking that quality of when people pretend to be polite, and I tend to be more like that.And I think when I do that. Often, when I attempt politeness or I attempt positivity, even in a situation where things feel pretty dire, and I don't think that way, what I'm doing, my intention, is I'm trying to slow down the dance. I'm trying to introduce something to the dyad that I'm a part of that is not necessarily totally authentic in that I'm not feeling it at that moment, but I want both me and the other person to handle it.I desire. So, I create the desired state in affect, hoping the dance will move in that direction. It often works. If you fake it till you make it, and you choose grace, and you choose to give someone calmer and more positivity than you might feel like they deserve, they often follow suit by giving it back to you.Owen Muir, M.D.: What mentalizing and Peter Fonagy would say about this is like the way to do that most successfully because some people will interpret it because their experience and trauma, for example, as a lie—an aversive lie— and that'll create mistrust, and they'll get agitated, right?Like, how dare you be polite to me, right? For those individuals and people who like politeness, you can do the same thing: mark your intentions. I'm going to be polite now. It's just that much—set it up. “I am behaving in a way because I hope it will be helpful.”You can tell me if that's different from how it comes across. You can do whatever you want, and you have the spoonful of acknowledging the rationale for your behavior that gives them the additional information that you're doing it within the intent of XYZ, as opposed to just being polite. They can assume you're scamming them with your politeness.Because they're people who've been harmed, scammed, and traumatized by polite people who wanted to abuse them. Thus, politeness for them may be a signal of risk. And so it's the ability to mark that I wonder if politeness is the right way to go, but I will try it out. That is the kind of permission slip to behave; however, you need to behave and also eat if it goes poorly… in a tolerable way.“Wow, my politeness came across badly there. I can see by the look on your face that politeness was the wrong approach,” Then suddenly, they feel understood and don't want to argue with you anymore.Chelsey Fasano, BA: We've talked before about having a mini version of the other person in your head, which, according to this conversation, the mini representation of the person that we have would be not only our conceptions of them and abstract representations but be a literal rhythmic firing of neurons, which explains sort of emotional contagion and how you can feel someone else's feelings.Owen Muir, M.D.: Mirror neurons are a metaphor for mirror patterns of circuits firingChelsey Fasano, BA: When we're looking at different schools of therapy, and some people are saying all of the feelings that you're feeling are definitely counter-transference are all coming from your past. It sounds like what you're saying is that's not accurate. What is happening is that we're getting rhythmic representations of the person that are combining with the conceptions that we previously had of what those rhythmic representations mean to create a sort of mini person inside of us that then informs both Our immediate affect as well as our ability to predict another person's behavior across time.Owen Muir, M.D.: a million percent correct. So it's yes. Therapy is neuromodulation using the sensory experience of another plus the representation they have of us and the representations we have of them, and the desync/resync on repeat —is what therapy is. If you've seen projective identification when you come across that term, the ability to invoke in another person Psychodynamically a behavior that's true because of my ability as a human to create a model of you and perturb that model and react to the perturbances. I see it in a way that's in keeping with my internal representation.It's a fish swim in schools. They're not sending a letter to all the other fish in advance, being like, okay, so in second 17 — turn left. They're modeling all of the other fish and then swimming in context with the model and then adjusting the model in each fish, so there's the constant adjustment of how much the school is moving because we're all building models of the school and checking them with each of the nodes in the network.In therapy, you have a dyad that's doing the same thing. I move left, and I expect you to move right, and you move right as far as you move right. And then that hits or doesn't hit the model I have, and then we move back to the center and do it repeatedly. That's the misunderstanding that is the neuromodulatory agent in psychotherapy. Still, it's brain rhythms in both people's brains firing and then checking, and error checking against the visual sensory interpretation as presented to consciousness and heavily edited by subcortical structures that make that dance happen. It's the getting it wrong, just like in meditation, -- we're attending, losing the attention, bringing it back to the flame. And bringing it back to the flame is why we meditate, not simply “staying on the flame.” It's supposed to be challenging.It's better if it's hard because it's a workout. -- Therapy is better if it's hard because it's a workout. But it's not just for attention regulation; it's a process of re-syncing to better inter-human and intra-personal things because when you do it in therapy, you get to do it out in the world when the therapist isn't there to help. So, being a therapist who's a little bit wrong all the time and then gets back to it is the honest answer. Ta-da! How's that?Chelsey Fasano, BA: Good.Owen Muir, M.D.: Let's see if it turns into anything. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thefrontierpsychiatrists.substack.com/subscribe

Ketamine is among the most unique pharmaceutical agents on the market. Join us on an exploration of the research on its neuropharmacology and use for depression, and discussion of risks and benefits. References: Article referenced in the beginning: Martinez-Marmol, et al. Hericerin derivatives activates a pan neurotrophic pathway in central hippocampal neurons converging to ERK1/2 signaling enhancing spacial memory. Journal of Neurochemistry. 2023(165);6: 791-808   Ballard E and Zarate C. The role of disassociation in ketamine's anti-depressant effects. Nature Communications. 2020: 6431 Bobo WV, et al. Ketamine for treatment resistant unipolar and bipolar major depression: Critical review and implications for clinical practice. Depression and Anxiety. 6 April 2016. Esketamine [package insert]. Janssen Neuroscience. July 2023. Fava M, et al. Double blind, placebo controlled dose ranging trial of intravenous ketamine as adjunctive therapy in treatment resistant depression (TRD). Molecular Psychiatry. 2020(25): 1592-1603 Gales A, Maxwell S. Ketamine: recent evidence and clinical uses. World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists. 12 June 2018. Johnston JN, et al. Ketamine in neuropsychiatric disorders: an update. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2023 Loo CK, et al. Placebo-controlled pilot trial testing dose titration and intravenous, intramuscular, and subcutaneous routes for ketamine in depression. Acta Psychiatria Scandinavica. 30 March 2016. Mandal S, et al. Efficacy of Ketamine therapy in the treatment of depression. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2019 Sept-Oct; 61(5). VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline. (2022). The Management of Major Depressive Disorder. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office

Isabelle and David reflect on going on 3 years of working on this podcast (note: this is now are 4th year working on it! WHAT?! WE LOVE YOU!) and how much the common way of interacting with inanimate objects is “did I break it?” And when we don't, the realization of: “it's more better!” Thinking about all the shiny neurodivergent folks gleaming around the planet, the power of your suggestions and ideas for shaping this podcast, and things we've learned as adults that changed the game (see: logos, gas station hacks, successfully getting everything for a recipe at the grocery store).——David and Isabelle reflect on this being their 3rd anniversary of recording the podcast. David describes how he used to walk to Isabelle and Bobby's place past a McDonald's every time to record, mulling over what they would talk about or what they could do. But this McDonald's had a lit awning but was also closed a bunch of the time, and was filled with the most awkward sidewalk and road configuration so you need to do a lot of things to find out they are closed. David would like to barter, somehow.  On Isabelle's end she remembers getting the table ready after putting their kid down for bed, and getting excited to have a guest over. Almost everything is improved by snacking, but also less ice, is better. The two ponder about what to talk about, or going meta with the podcast. David wants to go there because it has been so cool to see what happened since we started this. We started wanting to remove the paywall from good information about ADHD, reduce suffering. The letters and emails we've gotten, the reviews we've seen posted, David is constantly in awe and reminded that sometimes people hear something we've talked about and it makes them feel less alone or more seen. It's so cool that it's happening so much. And he's sitting with ADHD in that he doesn't respond. “This person is amazing, their heart is true, and man, I need to sit down and write an honest letter that matches the energy.” Isabelle is trying so hard to respond. David cries and wants to respond, and here is his verbal accommodation to responding. It's really incredible and rewarding in ways he wouldn't have thought. For Isabelle, it relates a delayed gratification time, having a roughly regular way of interacting with David is so rewarding.  For a long time in person, this was the lifeline to getting to see each other and it is delightful and brought me so much, and then she turns to Bobby and goes “have you listened to the podcast?” Because they actually use this in their every day life. Let's figure that out. In terms of the immediacy of what this means, every time she goes to listen and edits old episodes, it's delightful, and then she gets something from it. And then she sits and edits and gets better and faster and it's not her chosen profession, so she's picked up a lot as she's gone. And then she feels the growing load of never putting this out and it's fine as long as there's an episode up. And then we get a review, or a letter, or an email, and it's like holy flying pieces of flaming something. And then it's a conversation. You're listening on the other end of this. And she listens to the other end of this, she's just listener, too. It makes her think of the first “X-Men” movie and Professor X in his machine, Cerebro, and seeing all of the shiny people all around the world. And David names, we can struggle with premeditation, and not rehearsing, or scripting anything, but these are very real conversations that can feel scary and vulnerable because they're not here. There are certain topics and suggestions that lots of people have written in and we've been so excited to cover them and maybe do it. It's really helpful if people tell us “give us more information on x” and that gives us structure, or like help me with littles, and how do we sit here and deal with partners, how do you reclaim a life when you learn you're neurodivergent into your later adulthood?  What might be really great, and maybe do a conversation around them, there are no capital A answers, but there are lots of answers to these things. We should rope in more people so we have more ways of talking about it, both from parents and non-parents, and more of a Q&A roundtable - and maybe we make it an event, a virtual, zoom type things. David gets balloons no matter what. On Isabelle's scale of decorations, the top one is little paper accordions made of tissue paper, loves the opening of party decorations and then she closes them and they are flat. David has kept some of those up because why would you take them down. It's like a 3D animation, now it's flat and now it's slowly getting not flat. Am I going to break it? It's more better!  This sums up half of Isabelle's interactions with inanimate objects. Giant learning moments of things you didn't know until way late and it changed the game: David was in his late 20s when he learned how to spell kitchen, and he got it and it was funny, but he did learn how to spell that word. That's a hard word! Isabelle's kid is in that ‘teaching himself to read' kind of state, and describing the difference between “to,” “too,” and “two” —try explaining that to a kid. And David thinks the English language is needlessly insane and he hates it. And in case anyone doesn't know, Isabelle sits there and types out the show notes. The word she has never once spelled accurately—not to brag, but she was the 3rd place winner of the Polish National Alliance spelling bee (which is in English)—she never spells accommodate. There are too many consonants in “kitchen.” And there's so many words David can't spell that don't matter, but if you have to do it every day. Neurochemistry makes sense—he can spell amygdala - “Amy G Dala.” He realized excitement and enthusiasm is an accommodation for anxiety. You can choose to label the experience differently. David was prepping for an event and he was chomping at the bit to go on and then he started jumping up and down and shadowboxing and he's doing these moves and all of a sudden, all of that pent up anxiety was embodied into excitement in his body. That's something he's done again and again in life. Every once in a while, he will think of something he wants to cook, goes to the store, gets all that he needs, and then prepping things-and that's some sexiness right there. He feels so good when he does that. This makes Isabelle think of porn for housewives (so sexist)-novelty books—and you open this up and it is pictures of very generically handsome men and women of all stripes just doing various household tasks, the word bubbles are saying things like “I scheduled all the kids' doctor's appointments and picked up dinner” and it's just a task, and what David just described all those sequences, preparation, initiating and follow through — very sexy for an ADHD brain. And David has learned he has to have to have all the ingredients have to fit on the post it note and he can't do any other shopping and it can only be to get ingredients for that meal. And if he adds more, he'll get 35%-95% of it—has to be a targeted mission. That makes Isabelle think of how to try to make gf baking ten years before there were mixes, and the kinds of things she forced herself to eat, because she worked so hard on them. It totally blew Isabelle's mind that logos had more to them than just letters—she didn't learn this until this last year. And it makes fun to look at, and you realize how much work put people into it and you have to be very talented. Two things she learned within the last five years: how to remember which side of the car the gas tank is on? You can look at the little gas tank icon on your dash and there's an arrow next to it, and it points to the side of the car you have your gas tank on. Also, most gas stations have hoses that if you lift them up over your car and pull which reach to the other side. The gas dispensing is designed to be pulled so it can reach the other side of the car. There's a weird doodad on top because it's designed to go up and around. David did not know and he's terrified, because he has dumb person strength. If the door is locked, and he doesn't know it, he's breaking the lock — he's scared he's going to break the hose and gas is pouring everywhere and everyone is mocking him and then…he'd keep the hose. Isabelle knows this is true of Costco and other major chains because she has done it, but I guess use your discretion?David's Wonder Woman references:Lasso of truthInvisible Jet (not car)Logos having more to them than you realizedScene at gas station from Zoolander (Part at gas station starts at 1:47, but this whole sequence gives you context)Porn for Women (so sexist) Isabelle and David's Tips they learned way late in adulthood: How to spell KITCHENHow to spell ACCOMMODATEThe gas tank symbol on your dash has an arrow that points to the side of your car that the gas tank is onAlso, there is no wrong side to pull up to fuel up at a gas station, the hoses can go over the top of your car and be inserted to the other side -----Cover Art by: Sol VázquezTechnical Support by: Bobby Richards—————

In this episode, we delve into the complex reasons why women remain in abusive relationships. Societal norms that teach girls to comply with rigid expectations and suppress their natural instincts contribute to their difficulty in recognizing and setting boundaries. Unrealistic societal and self-imposed expectations of being successful in various aspects of life erode self-worth and make it challenging to leave toxic relationships. Cognitive dissonance occurs when victims rationalize their partners' behavior, making it difficult to acknowledge the reality of abuse.Neurochemistry plays a role, as the intertwining of bonding and stress hormones creates an association between love and stress. Victims may mistakenly believe that stress is an inherent part of love, perpetuating the abusive cycle. Social isolation is another factor, with abusers manipulating victims into cutting off connections with friends and family, leaving them feeling alone and dependent.The episode encourages listeners to reflect on their experiences and seek support from loved ones to break free from abusive relationships and foster healthier connections. By recognizing these complex reasons and building a supportive network, individuals can escape toxic dynamics and embrace happier, more empowering lives.You can find more resources and contact me on www.healtoxicrelationships.comYou can also find me on instagram @dr.sarahalsawySupport the showSet yourself up for relationship success. Whether you're surviving infidelity, solving relationship problems, improving your relationship, growing your self-worth and confidence amidst a trauma bond, here's the place to be.Helping you to feel relationship empowered and set you up for relationship success.LinkedIn Dr Sarah Alsawy-Davies Instagram @dr.sarahalsawy Website www.healtraumabonding.com

In this week's episode of "Pushing the Limits I had the privilege of interview world renown cancer researcher Professor Thomas Seyfried the author of over 150 peer reviewed publications and the author of the book "Cancer as a Metabolic Disease"   For 30 years Professor Seyfried has been in the trenches as a geneticist and biochemist studying cancer cells and working out the intricacies of how to stop them proliferating. He says there are two primary fuels that cancer cells use in their abhorrent metabolism, Glucose and Glutamine and that if we can cut the fuel supply of these two things to the cancer cells we have a powerful non toxic way of killing cancer cells. 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How can we pass up two of our favorite topics. Science and sex.  Cue the porn music and the nerd jingle.  Postcoital (dorky word for after sex) Neurochemistry.  Arousal and orgasms have been well researched and overly discussed.  Those tend to be everyone's bestie. But, there is a more mysterious and less-considered part of the cycle. Let's discuss. 

Could our brains make us less lonely? Sean Illing talks with psychiatrist and author Julie Holland, whose new book Good Chemistry takes on the crisis of disconnectedness we face today. They discuss the brain chemistry of attachment and human connection, how psychedelics can be used both in therapeutic contexts and to help us feel more connected to others, and the toll that this crisis of isolation can take on us — emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area Guest: Julie Holland, MD (@BellevueDoc), psychiatrist; medical advisor to MAPS; author References:  Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection from Soul to Psychedelics by Julie Holland (Harper; 2022) "Work and the Loneliness Epidemic" by Vivek Murthy (Harvard Business Review; Sept. 26, 2017) "Loneliness in U.S. Subsides From Pandemic High" by Dan Witters (Gallup; Apr. 4) The Red Book by Carl Jung (written from 1914–1930; pub. Norton; 2009) "People would rather be electrically shocked than left alone with their thoughts" by Nadia Whitehead (Science; July 3, 2014) "Mammalian central nervous system trace amines" by Mark D. Berry (Journal of Neurochemistry; vol. 90 (2), July 2004) "The connection between oxytocin and autism, explained" by Peter Hess (Spectrum; Jan. 6, 2022) Moody Bitches by Julie Holland (Penguin; 2016) "Youth Suicide Risk Increased Over Past Decade" by Farzana Akkas (Pew; Mar. 3) "MAPS predicts FDA approval for MDMA-assisted therapy in 2024" by Brian Buntz (Drug Discovery & Development ; Jan. 27) "Psychedelics May Be Part of U.S. Medicine Sooner Than You Think" by Jamie Ducharme (TIME; Feb. 8) Alex & Allyson Grey "Can magic mushrooms unlock depression?" by Dr. Rosalind Watts (Medium; Feb. 28, 2022) How Psychedelics Can Help Save the World by Stephen Gray; foreword by Julie Holland (Park Street Books; 2022) Enjoyed this episode? Rate The Gray Area ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of The Gray Area. Subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Support The Gray Area by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Producer: Erikk Geannikis Engineer: Patrick Boyd Editorial Director, Vox Talk: A.M. Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you ever considered using biohacking techniques to optimize your mental performance and well-being? In this episode, Sean shares his journey into biohacking, floatation therapy, and nootropics, all in the pursuit of mental optimization. He shares his experiences with various tools and techniques, including floatation tanks, nootropic stacks, and even psychedelics. But are these methods right for everyone? Tune in to find out and explore the exciting world of biohacking and mental optimization.   Sean McCormick is a certified life and performance coach with an impressive client base, including NFL and MLS players, CEOs, and television stars. He is also the host of the highly regarded Optimal Performance Podcast. As an expert in performance biohacking, Sean has tested, studied, and applied numerous health and performance approaches for both himself and his clients. This extensive experience has allowed him to develop a keen understanding of how to achieve optimal results with minimal effort.   Sean's approach to coaching is focused on helping people improve rapidly with the least amount of work required. His impressive track record speaks for itself, and his clients have achieved remarkable success under his guidance.   Key Highlights: [00:01 - 10:25] Opening Segment ●     Sean shares his background and how he started his journey into biohacking and mental optimization. ●     He also shares his experience of opening a floatation therapy center, which combined his interests in biohacking, recovery, meditation, and altered states of consciousness. ●     He quit his high-paying job and invested all his money, time, and passion into opening the floatation therapy center. ●     He explains how this led him to his current role, where he enjoys doing what he loves every day.   [10:26 - 14:34] Floatation Tanks for Well-being and Meditation ●     Sean recommends trying floating in a floatation tank to improve their well-being and jumpstart their meditation practice. ●     He suggested trying floating three times, as the first time can be strange and distracting. ●     The best floats are after a hard workout when endorphins and dopamine are high. ●     Float tanks can be a great way to release muscle soreness and pain.   [14:35 - 36:41] Nootropic Experience, Neurochemistry, and Resistance Training ●     Sean discusses his experience with nootropics and his journey of experimentation with various substances, starting with Alpha Brain, then trying Modafinil and Rams. ●     He expresses skepticism towards proprietary blends and the potential dangers of buying substances on the dark web. ●     He eventually found a nootropic he liked called Neuro Fuel, which is from a company called Natural Stacks and is open source, meaning they know exactly what's in it. ●     Everyone has different neurochemistry, and there is a test called the Braverman assessment that can help individuals understand which of the four main neurotransmitters they are either dominant or deficient in. ●     He also suggests trying different nootropic stacks and tracking the effects to find the right ones for each individual. ●     He discusses the effectiveness of using the X3 bar for variable resistance training.   Key Quotes: “What works for you is not gonna be what works for me, and what works for you now might not be what worked for you six months ago because your neurochemistry is changing.” -Sean McCormick   “Everybody's different. 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It is my great pleasure to present Dr. Nicole LePera, this week's incomparable guest on The Life Stylist Podcast. Nicole, known as The Holistic Psychologist, leads the SelfHealers Movement, an international community of people joining together to take healing into their own hands – which, after all, is what this show is all about, right? She's inspired millions through her social media presence, bringing ancient knowledge to a digital world. She's also the author of the New York Times bestseller, How to Do the Work, and a thoughtful new workbook to help people apply her tools in their lives.  It's called How to Meet Yourself: A Workbook for Self-Discovery, and it drops today! Now, this is one hell of an interview – I'm going to warn you – in the best way possible. We cover so much ground in the realm of psychology, mental and emotional wellbeing, that you'll be scribbling notes in no time.   DISCLAIMER: This podcast is presented for educational and exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for diagnosing or treating any illness. Those responsible for this show disclaim responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information presented by Luke or his guests. Please consult with your healthcare provider before using any products referenced. This podcast may contain paid endorsements for products or services.   00:04:19 — Who Is The The Holistic Psychologist? Reckoning with the numbers (5.5M followers) Luke tells a story of difficult change Disassembling the tools of distraction  Shame in the human condition  A hint at her next book release How to Meet Yourself: A Workbook for Self-Discovery Prioritizing our breathing and body  00:41:55 — Dysfunctional Family Dynamics  How early relationships shape us Sigmund Freud's compulsion to repeat Being a conscious observer of roles you play for yourself  Neil Strauss: When Love Is A Drug #68 Silence, introversion, and growing into yourself  Learning to not apologize for what we want Tolerating moments of misunderstanding 01:15:30 — Connection, Conflict & Awareness The energetic dance between minds and emotions Finding security in space  Dr. LePera on living and loving in a thruple  Podcast: SelfHealers Soundboard 01:39:34 — Learning From Relationships Past & Present Does anyone come through childhood unscathed? Signs of dysfunctional relationships Safety is home, home is safety  Neurochemistry of trauma addiction  Dr. LePera on codependency  Mirroring energies around us  The 5 New Love Languages  02:15:46 — The Role of Plant Medicines in Modern Healing What happens next? It's all about integration Luke's experience doing the hard work Dr. LePera shares a bad mushroom trip experience  Safety of a controlled environment Appreciating the work of Bruce Lipton, Joe Dispenza, and Wim Hoff Benefits of cold plunging  How to Meet Yourself: A Workbook for Self-Discovery More about this episode. Watch on YouTube.   THIS SHOW IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: HIGHER DOSE. You've heard all about HigherDOSE's portable Infrared Sauna Blanket, and now they've just launched a new line of Magnesium-based products. Detox Drops, High-Dration Powder, and Chill Chews are all brand new from HigherDOSE, designed to complement their high-tech devices and make for a powerful new addition to your daily health routine! 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Traumas, Leadership & Team: your success depends on them. Why? Because each one, if left unchecked, will limit your growth and could bring everything down. That's what Daniel and his guest Annie Yatch cover in this episode of Beyond Success. Welcome to this episode of the Beyond Success Podcast. This series of conversations with business experts and captains of industry, is here to serve you in your growth as an entrepreneur. No matter what level you're at, there are always areas of growth open to us. So please join us in the collective uplift by listening, learning, enjoying and sharing this podcast! When Annie's ex-husband was medically retired from the elite Navy Seals, they both realized the value in healing traumas for not just veterans, but entrepreneurs as well, in order to break down the mental barriers that we all put in the way of our growth. Annie is a charismatic force of nature with an uncanny ability to influence and empower elite business owners using world-class leadership principles. Connect with Annie here: Website - http://www.sealedmindset.com/ - www.sealteamleaders.com Email - annie@sealteamleaders.com To subscribe to my YouTube channel, please go here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMdAvGk6xa5fptmdULliJrg Want to manifest money now? Play the 'Money Game' to harness the power of micro-shifting to attract abundance immediately. Get your Ebook for $1. Buy NOW. Do you want inevitable & sustainable financial abundance, based on your own unique 'Money DNA'? Watch our brand new webinar Interested in working with Dan 1-2-1? In collaboration with other highly successful experts, he will help you reach financial freedom in 6 months or less: Apply Here *PLEASE RATE US AND SHARE* Join me on: Facebook Instagram Twitter Music Credit: "Freeling", Lauren Duski Timestamps of interest: 02:30 - Welcome Annie - trauma freedom coach 06:06 - What are some of the wildest transformations Annie has seen? 13:15 - Supporting people in coming to acceptance of their trauma 18:42 - Neurochemistry & your gut 22:50 - The physical work 26:10 - The best way to get in touch with Annie & what's next? #entrepreneur #business #motivation #success #entrepreneurship #love #inspiration #mindset #goals #smallbusiness #lifestyle #entrepreneurlife #motivationalquotes #marketing #money #life #quotes #bhfyp #businessowner #instagood #believe #instagram #startup #positivevibes #motivational #inspire #selflove #happiness #hustle #bhfyp

Coaching is about more than affirmations and good vibes. If you've ever wondered about the neurochemistry of thought work, this episode is for you. In it, I will interview Dr. Caroline Leaf, a cognitive neuroscientist and bestselling author who can speak directly to why cognitive coaching tools are so effective - and how they can transform your brain and life.   Tune in as we discuss how to use cognitive neuroscience to tackle internalized oppression and create the life (and world) you want to be in.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://unfuckyourbrain.com/229