The MindHealth360 Show

In this interview, psychotherapist, author and founder of Khiron Clinics, Benjamin Fry, tells us how he recovered from his life-threatening mental breakdown by healing his nervous system. He explains that many common mental health issues can be understood in terms of nervous system dysregulation, and how all relationships are determined by the health of our nervous system. He also tells us the best ways and therapies to heal our nervous system and therefore our mental health and personal relationships.

Dr. Margaret Christensen, obgyn, leader of the “Toxic Mould Summit” and founder of Carpathia Collaborative, a pioneering integrative health centre in Dallas, Texas, shows us that mental health symptoms are caused by neuroinflammation brought on by physiological and psychological stressors such as toxins, infections, mould, allergens, and of course trauma and abuse. She gives us an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms behind the 5 key triggers of neuroinflammation, and the 4 key solutions to healing it.

Dr. Anna Cabeca overcame personal tragedy and early menopause to achieve balanced hormones, ideal weight, happiness and peace by adapting the ketogenic diet, including intermittent fasting, and making it alkaline. Whether you are a man or a woman, by following her keto-green approach, you will balance your hormones, reduce depression and anxiety, and improve mood, energy, memory and cognition.

Despite being a successful banker, Dr. Christina Bjorndal suffered years of debilitating bipolar depression and eating disorders, miraculously surviving a suicide attempt which left her in a coma. She recovered thanks to orthomolecular medicine, became a naturopath, and opened a successful clinic. Here she shares vital information about the key macro-systems that influence our mental health, and how to optimise them through nutrition, gut repair, detoxification,  lifestyle habits, and mental attitudes.

Paediatric neuroendocrinologist, Professor Robert Lustig, shows how our hormones and neurotransmitters drive our moods and behaviour, and shares the biochemical keys to happiness and how to achieve them (with the 4 Cs). He also demonstrates that by conflating pleasure with happiness for commercial gain, our modern societies prime us for addiction and depression, since they are biochemically inversely correlated; and how our children (and ourselves) are at risk of frying our brains.

Functional medicine psychiatrist Dr. Achina Stein, author of “What If It’s NOT Depression: Your Guide to Finding Answers and Solutions” tells us that depression is a symptom of an underlying issue, rather than a disorder; explores the main causes of depression and other mental health issues using her SHIFT acronym (stress, hormones, infection, foods, toxins), and discusses the thorny issue of “evidence” in functional medicine psychiatry.

Yulli Tamayo Myerson, founding President of the British Society of Myofunctional Therapy, Buteyko Breathing Practitioner and Myofunctional Therapist, shows us how specific breathing techniques can help us improve our resilience to allergies and viruses such as Covid-19, while also helping us improve our cognition, concentration, anxiety, and mood. She also shows us how proper jaw alignment and tongue position, starting in childhood, are essential to regulating our nervous and hormonal systems for optimal mental health

Dr. Neil Nathan draws on his 40 years of clinical practice to tell us how he systematically gets to the root cause of his patients’ mental health issues. He shows us that depression, anxiety, poor attention and memory, etc...can result from inflammation-causing mould and other toxins, and Lyme and other infections, which can contribute to imbalances in the hormonal, nervous, gastro-intestinal, detoxification and methylation systems. He also tells us how to address these root causes in order to heal.