Dr. Leaf's Blog

How We Can Use Technology & Temperature to Solve Sleeping Problems, Plus More Tips & Tricks to Improve Sleep Fitness and Quality

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Nov 20, 2019

Not getting a good night’s rest can dramatically impact our mental and physical health, which is why in this week’s podcast I sat down with Matteo from 8Sleep to discuss how advances in technology and data-g...

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How to Recognize the Early Signs of Depression, How to Recover, and How to Help Someone Who is Struggling with Depression

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Nov 13, 2019

I am sure you know at least one person (or maybe you are that person) who is going through a rough time and feeling a down. This is normal—we are not designed to be happy all the time, and sadness is part an...

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3 Mental Self-Care Habits of the Happiest People

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Nov 06, 2019

We live in a world where it is easy to think that happiness is something external: a product, a pill or a lifestyle—it is all out there and ready for consumption. Yet, as I discuss on this week’s podcast, th...

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My Secret to Keeping My Brain and Body Toxin-Free + How I Manage My Mental Health and Avoid Burnout

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Oct 30, 2019

In this week’s blog and podcast, I share one of my best-kept secrets secrets to keeping my brain and body healthy and toxin-free: infrared saunas! In this blog, I will cover everything from the different typ...

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Is Swearing Good for Your Mental Health?

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Oct 23, 2019

Yes, I know what you are thinking! Why am I discussing something that is “bad”? Didn’t our parents threaten to “wash our mouths out with soap” whenever we said a bad word? But…is swearing really that bad? Li...

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A Cup of Tea a Day to Keep the Anxiety Away!

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Oct 16, 2019

How Tea Can Boost Mental and Brain Health, How Many Cups You Should Be Drinking a Day, How to Find the Best Quality Tea and More (With Special Guest Simon Cheng, CEO of Pique Tea)   Tea is one of the most nu...

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What We Should All Know About the Mental Health Legal System, How It Is Failing, And What We Can Do About It

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Oct 09, 2019

In this week’s podcast and blog, I interview Judge Shelyna Brown and attorney and former prosecutor Lori Volkman (who was a guest on my podcast several weeks ago) on the current state of the mental health le...

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Why Do We Keep Making Wrong Decisions? + Tips to Help You Become an Expert Decision Maker

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Oct 02, 2019

I am sure you have asked yourself many times why you keep making the same bad choice over and over again. I know I have! Recently, this happened to me; my schedule was so busy, and my husband and I had littl...

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The Secret to Better Sleep 

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Sep 25, 2019

We hear so much about how sleep is important, and the dangers of not getting enough sleep, that this can actually make us fear all the damage that we are doing to our bodies when we can’t sleep, which impact...

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Why the Self-Help Industry is Contributing to the Loneliness Epidemic & What We Can Do About It

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Sep 11, 2019

The self-help industry appears, from its name alone, to be a good thing: who doesn’t want to help themselves? Who doesn’t want to be more independent and self-sufficient? However, as I discuss in this week’s...

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How to Boost Your Gut Microbiome Health to Boost Your Mental Health + Tips to Improve Your Digestion

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Sep 04, 2019

We all know what we eat affects our mood, and vice versa. Just think of popular phrases like “sick to my stomach” and “I have butterflies in my stomach”: intuitively, we know that our gut and brain are close...

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How to Deal with a Panic Attack in the Moment + Tips to Prevent Panic Attacks in the Future

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Aug 28, 2019

We have all experienced moments where we feel so overwhelmed that we begin to shut down. Sometimes it feels like our brain and body just forget how to work. These kinds of situations can be very frightening,...

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