Dr. Leaf's Blog
In this podcast (episode #287) and blog, I speak with Poppy Jamie, founder of Happy Not Perfect, a popular podcast and meditation app for anxiety. We discuss everything from understanding anxiety and the imp...
Read moreIn this podcast (episode #286) and blog, I am going to talk about anxiety. I get asked so many questions about anxiety, what it is, and how to manage it that I decided to dedicate a whole podcast to this top...
Read moreIn this podcast (episode #285) and blog, I speak to my dear friend and award-winning singer Michelle Williams about her new book, Checking In, and how to manage periods of intense depression. Michelle’s inc...
Read moreIn this podcast (episode #284) and blog, I talk about one of the most important yet overlooked and underutilized mental health tools: brain-building! Brain building is easy, effective and something everyone ...
Read moreIn this podcast (episode #283) and blog, I speak with Ashley Stahl, a counter-terrorism professional turned prominent career coach and blogger. As Ashley speaks about in her amazing book You Turn, we are co...
Read moreIn this podcast (episode #282) and blog, I talk about why crying is not a sign of weakness, the neuroscience behind crying, and how crying can be very beneficial both mentally and physically, especially when...
Read moreIn this podcast (episode #281) and blog, I speak with Harvard-trained nutritional psychiatrist Dr. Uma Naidoo about the relationship between our diet and mental health. Nutritional psychiatry is the use of...
Read moreIn this podcast (episode #280) and blog, I answer another question from a listener on toxic relationships and trauma bonds. Trauma bonds is a phrase that was first used by Patrick Carnes, who describes them ...
Read moreWarning: this blog and podcast contains references to suicide and may be distressing. In this podcast (episode #279) and blog, I speak with Jason Reid, founder of the Choose Life foundation and creator of Te...
Read moreIn this podcast (episode #277) and blog, I speak with artist, poet, storyteller and best-selling author Morgan Harper Nichols about how art and poetry can help us process life and all its challenges, and the...
Read moreIn this podcast (episode #275) and blog, I speak with clinical psychologist Dr. Becky Kennedy about rethinking the way we raise our children, the importance of saying sorry to our kids, why it is never too l...
Read moreIn this podcast (episode #273) and blog, I talk to psychiatrist, professor and author Dr. Judson Brewer about on how anxiety drives our lives, what we can do to break the habit loops that keep us anxious, te...
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