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How to Use the Neurocycle to Break Cycles, Heal Generational Trauma & End Toxic Family Patterns + How the Neurocycle Influences Epigenetics & Changes Genes

Dr. Caroline Leaf

How to Use the Neurocycle to Break Cycles, Heal Generational Trauma & End Toxic Family Patterns + How the Neurocycle Influences Epigenetics & Changes Genes

In this podcast (episode #261) and blog, I talk about how to use the Neurocycle to break the toxic cycles we have in our lives, whether these come from our own past or are a pattern that is inherited as generational trauma. When it comes to the mind-brain connection, we don’t have to be beholden to the past. We can cha

Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess Chapter One: What Happens When We Don't Use Our Minds Correctly

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess Chapter One: What Happens When We Don't Use Our Minds Correctly

Sometimes it feels like we live in a world characterized by fear. People are fearful about their health, the economy, their jobs, the future, corruption, crime, and their feelings of powerlessness. The cost of this fear is toxic thoughts, toxic stress, anxiety, and depression, which in turn increase our vulnerability t

Sleep + Metabolic Flexibility

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Sleep + Metabolic Flexibility

By Dr. Will Cole Excerpted from Intuitive Fasting. Copyright © 2021 by Will Cole. Published by goop press/Rodale Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. Many people think of eight hours of high-quality sleep as a luxury and that they will “sleep when they’re dead.” Sleep is not a luxury, it is a mandate on your

How to Use Blood Tests & Biomarkers to Improve Your Mental Health + How to Not Let Data Rule Your Life

Dr. Caroline Leaf

How to Use Blood Tests & Biomarkers to Improve Your Mental Health + How to Not Let Data Rule Your Life

Words like “health”, “wellbeing” and “longevity” are often thrown around, but what do they actually mean, and what do they mean for you? In this podcast (episode #258) and blog, I speak with Dr. Gil Blander, director, founder and chief scientist at InsideTracker, about how InsideTracker can improve your mental and phys

Tools to Exercise Your Brain and Improve Cognitive Function

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Tools to Exercise Your Brain and Improve Cognitive Function

By Dr. Will Cole Your brain is one of the most complex organs in your body and is responsible for your movements, mood, and thoughts. Without your brain you wouldn’t be able to function on any level and when it isn’t working optimally, it shows. We often like to separate mental health from physical health but in realit

How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself & Relationships + How to Use Conflict to Deepen Relationships (with Human Connection Specialist Mark Groves)

Dr. Caroline Leaf

How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself & Relationships + How to Use Conflict to Deepen Relationships (with Human Connection Specialist Mark Groves)

Thank goodness, we got through another Valentine’s day, right? If this is you, then you are not alone. So many people struggle with this holiday, whether they are single or in a relationship. Yes, it is good to celebrate love, but what does love look like in a relationship? What exactly are we celebrating? In this podc

A Neurocycle for Healing & Improving Relationships + How to Channel Intense & Ugly Emotions in the Right Direction

Dr. Caroline Leaf

A Neurocycle for Healing & Improving Relationships + How to Channel Intense & Ugly Emotions in the Right Direction

Relationships can be incredibly challenging…especially these days! The current pandemic has forced many couples to live and work together in small spaces, which can make it a challenge to find the space needed to process individual and shared experiences and to navigate the home-work divide. Additionally, many couples

How to Ask for Help, Deal With Feelings of Being Burden & How Set Boundaries with Yourself & Others + Healing Intergenerational Trauma with Minaa B.

Dr. Caroline Leaf

How to Ask for Help, Deal With Feelings of Being Burden & How Set Boundaries with Yourself & Others + Healing Intergenerational Trauma with Minaa B.

When we think of mental health, we often do so on an individual level—mental health is a personal, private matter. But mental health is also a public health issue, as I discuss on my latest podcast (episode #254) and blog with writer, speaker, therapist and wellness coach Minaa B. We talk about how justice and communit

The Difference Between Rest & Restoration, Why Resting Alone Is Not Sufficient + A 5-Step Neurocycle On How to Effectively & Sustainably Restore Your Mind & Brain

Dr. Caroline Leaf

The Difference Between Rest & Restoration, Why Resting Alone Is Not Sufficient + A 5-Step Neurocycle On How to Effectively & Sustainably Restore Your Mind & Brain

In the middle of a global pandemic, the idea of rest seems so…complicated. What is it? How do you do it? How do you find peace when things seem so crazy? In this podcast (episode #253) and blog, I talk about the difference between resting to restore versus just resting, why rest alone is often not enough, and how to us

The Best Supplements for Your Brain According to Leading Functional Medicine Practitioner Dr. Will Cole

Dr. Caroline Leaf

The Best Supplements for Your Brain According to Leading Functional Medicine Practitioner Dr. Will Cole

We can’t overlook the importance of keeping our brain healthy. With mild problems like mild brain fog on one end, to anxiety and depression in the middle, and severe diseases like Alzheimer’s on the other - the spectrum of brain health problems can make daily life a struggle. In my telehealth functional medicine clin

How to Harness the Hidden Power of Your Inner Voice to Live A Healthier, More Satisfying & More Productive Life + Tools to Turn the Inner Chatter Into Confidence (with Dr. Ethan Kross)

Dr. Caroline Leaf

How to Harness the Hidden Power of Your Inner Voice to Live A Healthier, More Satisfying & More Productive Life + Tools to Turn the Inner Chatter Into Confidence (with Dr. Ethan Kross)

People often say we need to watch how we talk to others, but we also need to watch how we talk to ourselves. In this podcast (episode #252) and blog, I speak with award-winning psychologist and professor at the University of Michigan Dr. Ethan Kross about the hidden power of your inner voice, how to harness it to live

How to Use the 5-Step Neurocycle to Heal Grief & Reclaim the Loss of Self & Identity + How Grief Changes Your Brain Structure & Body

Dr. Caroline Leaf

How to Use the 5-Step Neurocycle to Heal Grief & Reclaim the Loss of Self & Identity + How Grief Changes Your Brain Structure & Body

In this podcast (episode #251) and blog, I discuss the different types of grief, how to manage grief using the Neurocycle, what happens in the brain and body when we don’t deal with our grief, how grief can affect our emotional and physical health, how to help a loved one deal with their grief, and more! Grief is unavo