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My Daily Mental and Physical Self-Care Routine & How I Manage My Mental Health When Traveling

Dr. Caroline Leaf

My Daily Mental and Physical Self-Care Routine & How I Manage My Mental Health When Traveling

In this week's blog and podcast, I talk about my daily routine, how I stay mentally and physically healthy while traveling and working odd hours, and how jet lag can affect mental health and tips to deal with jet lag. Why my daily routine? So many of you have asked me how I incorporate brain building and detoxing in

How to Reduce Inflammation, Fix Your Gut, and Improve Mental & Brain Health

Dr. Caroline Leaf

How to Reduce Inflammation, Fix Your Gut, and Improve Mental & Brain Health

BY DR. WILL COLE Your brain is one of the most brilliant parts of your body. Everything from our hormones to our digestion is controlled and impacted by how well our brain functions. But sadly, our modern diets, stress levels, and environmental exposures have all wreaked havoc on our brain health with some devastating

4 Steps To Reconceptualize a Toxic Thinking Habit Into a Healthy New Neural Network

Dr. Caroline Leaf

4 Steps To Reconceptualize a Toxic Thinking Habit Into a Healthy New Neural Network

This week’s blog and podcast is a follow up to one I did recently on depression with my daughter Dominique. I received a lot of amazing feedback and questions from all of you, especially on the reconceptualizing process and what this looks like. So, this week I am going to discuss what reconceptualizing is, how it work

How EMDR Therapy Can Help with PTSD, Trauma, Panic Attacks, and Anxiety

Dr. Caroline Leaf

How EMDR Therapy Can Help with PTSD, Trauma, Panic Attacks, and Anxiety

BY DR. MARK MAYFIELD For many of us, asking for help is a difficult task. We don’t want to seem needy or weak. Add trauma to that “ask for help,” and the process of reaching out can almost be crippling. Why? First, it can be scary to admit you need help. Second, it puts you in a vulnerable place, and—if if you’ve exper

How to Protect Your Mental Health in this Current Political Climate

Dr. Caroline Leaf

How to Protect Your Mental Health in this Current Political Climate

In the current political climate, many people are stressed out and may even be dreading Thanksgiving with relatives or friends who do not agree with their political views. Even a simple comment can go awry! It is like we are all stepping on eggshells and no conversation is safe. In this week's blog and podcast, I am

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

Dr. Caroline Leaf

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

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-gathering can help us sleep and feel better, and how sleeping well is not only possible but also achievable. 8Slee

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

Dr. Caroline Leaf

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

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 and parcel of everyday life: it is very normal for our feelings to ebb and flow. But what happens when the sadness

3 Mental Self-Care Habits of the Happiest People

Dr. Caroline Leaf

3 Mental Self-Care Habits of the Happiest People

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, the happiest people are not those with lots of nice things or lots of likes on social media; these, of course, can

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

Dr. Caroline Leaf

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

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 types of saunas, how they benefit our mental and physical health, how to best use a sauna and so much more! I sat do

Is Swearing Good for Your Mental Health?

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Is Swearing Good for Your Mental Health?

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? Like any researcher, I decided I needed to find out if this truly was the case, and what I discovered fascinated me

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

Dr. Caroline Leaf

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

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 nutrient dense drinks on this planet, and filled with compounds and chemicals that are natural mental health and ha

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

Dr. Caroline Leaf

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

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 legal system, how it's failing to help those suffering with mental distress, and what we can do about it. This info