The MindHealth360 Show

Behavioural Neuroscientist and co-director of the Healthy Brain Programme in Colorado, Dr. Ilene Naomi Rusk is a specialist in functional brain health. In this captivating interview, she explains what neuroplasticity is and how to use it to rewire your brain for the prevention and treatment of cognitive decline. She shows how neurological and psychological health are interrelated, and outlines ways to fortify your brain, optimise your cognition and sustainably heal other mental health symptoms by addressing both biochemical (genetic, environmental) and psychospiritual (psychological, emotional) imbalances.

Classically trained board certified psychiatrist and integrative physician Dr. Mary Ackerley is a summa cum laude graduate from Harvard University, having completed her residency in psychiatry and neurology at Johns Hopkins. In this rich and stimulating interview, she reveals the incredible ways integrative medicine can heal psychiatric symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and cognitive decline, by addressing their most common root causes – biotoxin illness, poor diet and neuroinflammation – to leave you feeling better than ever before.

Dr. Kat Toups, known as the Godmother of functional medicine psychiatry, author of the upcoming book Dementia Demystified is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. In this rich and complex interview, she tells us that psychiatric care for dementia cannot be found in a pill, and shows how dementia and cognitive decline can be prevented and reversed by attending to the factors that affect brain function—including diet, exercise, toxins, infections, hormone deficiencies, stress and inflammation.

Richie Bostock, AKA ‘The Breath Guy’, author of Exhale: How to Use Breathwork to Find Calm, Supercharge your Health and Perform at Your Best, is one of the world's leading practitioners of breathwork. In this fascinating interview, Richie explains how to breathe to regulate our nervous system, feel calmer and recover from panic attacks, depression and anxiety, and how we can use breathwork to heal trauma and reach higher states of consciousness.

Dr. Felice Gersh, author of “PCOS SOS: a gynecologist's lifeline to naturally restore your rhythms, hormones and happiness”, is a multi-award winning physician and renowned expert in OB-GYN (obstetrics and gynecology) and integrative medicine. In this rich and stimulating interview she tells us how to optimise our hormones, circadian rhythms and lifestyle for better mental health, and explains why an integrative approach is so much more effective in improving mental and physical health compared to conventional medicine.

Dr. Neil Nathan is a board-certified family physician, founding diplomate of the American Board of Holistic Medicine, and expert in pain management and chronic illness. Dr. Jill Crista is a naturopathic doctor and world renowned expert in neuroinflammatory conditions. In this hugely insightful interview, they discuss the widespread and devastating role mould can play in mental health, causing neuroinflammation, hormone imbalances, cognitive decline, severe anxiety and depression, and outline ways to heal from mould toxicity.

In this fascinating interview with Dr. Emeran Mayer, gastroenterologist and Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, find out about the factors that impact our gut microbiome, and how our gut plays an essential role in neurodegenerative diseases, neurodevelopment disorders, anxiety and mood, and how we can improve our gut microbiome for better mental health.

In this interview, addiction therapist Mandy Saligari, co-founder and clinical director of Charter, talks about our increased use of devices during lockdowns. Discover the subtle differences between tech addiction and escalated dependence on tech, and find out about the benefits of allowing our kids more tech freedom during this unprecedented time of social disconnect.

No Going Back? COVID-19 has changed the future of home-working and home-learning. In this interview with media-psychologist Dr. Don Grant, learn healthy ways to cope with our increased dependence on technology due to social restrictions and lockdowns. Discover some useful ways to set screen boundaries, normalise the abnormal, find human connection and optimise our mental health in an increasingly digital world.

In this fascinating interview with Emma Beswick, founder of Lifecode Gx, learn about how our genes impact our mental health via key biochemical pathways. Discover some of the genetic variants that are particularly important for mental health, and some of the key nutrients and lifestyle habits that can support your genetic expression for optimal mental health.