A deep dive discussion of the effects of race in healthcare and beyond.Dr. Ian Tong is a Black physician, a clinical assistant professor at Stanford, and the Chief Medical Officer of Included Health. We explore stereotype threat, biological weathering, equity vs. equality, structural racism in America, bias in healthcare and medical admissions, the effects of zip code & social determinants of health, and MUCH more. Here's his STAT op ed.Video: https://zdoggmd.com/ian-tong/Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmdSupport us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmdMore about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to get back to living life. A discussion, LIVE.Join our Supporter Tribe on Locals here.Video: https://zdoggmd.com/sunday-live-2-13-22/Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmdSupport us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmdMore about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daniel Schmachtenberger studies existential risk. Here's how we might thread an Alt-Middle way to a civilization whose tech, healthcare, social structures, and built environment promote well being rather than divisional apocalypse.Video, topic list and timecodes, and transcript: https://zdoggmd.com/daniel-schmachtenberger Here's more about Daniel and details on his Consilience Project. Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmdSupport us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmdMore about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Storywriting expert and author of over 100 books Johnny B. Truant teaches us how we can use story to completely reinvent our lives.Get his book The Story Solution here. Check out his multimedia story studio. And watch a related video I did on The Great Resignation during COVID.Video: https://zdoggmd.com/the-story-solution/Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmdSupport us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmdMore about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you had a profound glimpse of awakening/enlightenment but you're afraid to dive deeper (or you don't know how)? Here's a direct guide to further exploring your true nature.Video: https://zdoggmd.com/awakening-doubt/Get Dr. Angelo DiLullo's book on awakening, Awake: It's Your Turn, here. Check out Angelo's YouTube channel with excellent pointer videos here. Sign up for Angelo's email list for future meditation retreats and updates here. And watch ALL of our videos on awakening with my fellow Dr. D here. Topics & Timecodes:00:00 Intro00:16 Could you have had an awakening and not know what it was? What is awakening, presence/consciousness, the role of distorting thought reflections.8:14 Lacking a context in which to place “awakening” experiences or foretastes9:48 The role of faith, doubt mass, and determination in enlightenment/awakening/realization. Distinguishing faith from “belief.”17:11 The deep dissatisfaction and suffering (dukkah) that can light a fire to seek authentic, living truth25:25 Can people with “good” lives and success wake up? The role of brutal honesty and authenticity in self-realization26:15 Medical professionals, “successful” people and the threat to identity that awakening might represent, the role of surrender and authenticity28:06 If you start down the path, DON’T STOP (here’s why), dealing with frustration and roadblocks34:03 The crucial importance of the present moment (rather than thought or stories ABOUT presence), the mind’s time-based hypnosis37:00 The difference between “experience” and “realization” and the loosening of thought-based identity structures47:00 Non-duality (no subject-object distinction, just experiencing itself)49:45 Suffering is the entry point, the role of retreat and surrenderVideo archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmdSupport us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmdMore about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A deep dive into actually FEELING emotion as part of the process of awakening.Video, transcript and more: https://zdoggmd.com/awakening-emotion/Get Dr. Angelo DiLullo's book on awakening, Awake: It's Your Turn, here. Check out Angelo's YouTube channel with excellent pointer videos here. Sign up for Angelo's email list for future meditation retreats and updates here. And watch ALL of our videos with my fellow Dr. D here.Topics & Timecodes: 00:00 Intro02:26 Consciousness as a movie screen vs. the story of our lives displayed on the screen09:24 Why the sense of separation returning can make things feel worse after an experience of expansive presence14:58 Awakening and repressed emotion, the shedding of inauthenticity20:18 How and when to investigate the source of emotions22:38 Untangling thought from emotion, dealing with habitual fixations, thought storms27:55 Resistance to emotion vs. surrender and acceptance33:00 The effect of meditation retreat on emotion35:48 The standing wave of thought identification and the pandemic of emotional repression42:03 Zubin’s post retreat experience of thought and emotion44:40 The effect since our first shows on awakening, the way out of suffering48:14 Wrapping upVideo archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmdSupport us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmdMore about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 2 of our Pain Points series with the OTHER Dr. Z!In this episode we dive deep into what "mild" Omicron infection means, why depression is biopsychosocial ALWAYS, how to manage imposter syndrome & insomnia, and why benzodiazepine medications are often a disaster.Video, transcript and more: https://zdoggmd.com/pain-points-2/See all our episodes with Dr. Rachel Z here. Grab her outstanding Pain Management Workbook here. Find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.Topics & Timecodes:00:00 Intro03:51 Rachel got the Big O (Omicron) & post-infection immunity08:31 Why a mild case still sucks, the anxiety contagion, public health communication14:20 Placebo vs nocebo, why words make a difference in suffering22:25 Long COVID vs long tail symptoms, cognitive distortions27:15 "Bug chasing" & why it's a bad idea31:07 Depression, reductionism & the biomedical model of health38:15 The psych bubble, role of thoughts, emotions & coping behaviors48:27 The social bubble, role of relationships, isolation, & other factors51:47 Depression's complex nature & treatment tools58:14 What is imposter syndrome & why it's so common1:05:20 4 steps to overcoming imposter syndrome1:16:31 The dark side of benzodiazepines & why they're not a magic cure1:20:01 Alcohol, THC, medications & insomnia1:28:09 Sunlight, stimulants & what to do if you can't sleep1:38:42 Napping, melatonin & treatment of underlying factors1:41:28 Final thoughts, submitting your questions for future episodesVideo archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmdSupport us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmdMore about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boosters for the young and healthy? Is Pharma dictating public health policy? What's up with VAERS? Did Robert Malone invent the mRNA technology? AND MORE. Video, transcript and more: https://zdoggmd.com/paul-offit-8Check out our other shows with Dr. Paul Offit here.Topics & Timecodes:00:00 Intro 01:07 Boosters, the CDC, vaccine advisory committee & 3rd dose drama 05:25 Offit's son, The Atlantic article​, booster coverage & mandates 08:34 4th dose, vaccine politicization, childhood vaccines & the anti-vax movement 16:40 mRNA spacing considerations, tribal loyalty 20:25 Pregnancy & COVID-19 vaccines 23:07 Vaccine safety reporting, VAERS pros & cons, PRISM, Vaccine Safety Datalink 26:58 Drug safety, Pharma dictating public health, vaccine effectiveness 30:40 Walenski and CDC, bureaucratic transparency & swine flu lessons learned 36:34 Yearly COVID-19 vax, Omicron parties, chicken pox tragedies & the role of natural immunity 41:53 COVID-19 testing, policy (who it helps, who it hurts) 44:00 What Robert Malone did (and didn't do) with mRNA technology, what it takes to build a vaccine 51:10 Spike protein misinformation & real-life correlation with mass vaccination 56:25 Myocarditis in adults vs. kids, polio in children 1:03:00 The Army's "super vaccine", discussion of gain of function research 1:06:13 Final thoughtsVideo archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmdSupport us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmdMore about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Peter Attia (host of The Drive), Dr. Marty Makary (Johns Hopkins professor), Dr. Monica Gandhi and I team up to drop some mad COVID science.Check out full show notes and Peter's podcast, The Drive here.  Topics & Timecodes:Severity of infection from Omicron—reviewing the data [5:15];Factors contributing to the relative mildness of Omicron infections [8:30];Is SARS-CoV-2 evolving to cause less severe disease? [13:00];Potential of Covaxin—an inactivated virus-based COVID-19 vaccine [17:45];How B cells and T cells work together to defend against viruses [22:00];Comparing the COVID-19 vaccines, and the rationale for the time between doses [25:30];Reviewing the purpose and effectiveness of boosters for reducing severity and transmission [32:30];Debating vaccine mandates, and putting COVID’s mortality risk in perspective [41:00];Why the topic of COVID has become so polarized [1:03:15];Reviewing the data on masks for protecting oneself and protecting others [1:06:30];The inconsistent logic used for mask mandates [1:16:00];Long COVID and the potential for vaccines to reduce risk [1:21:45];Risks for children and policies for schools [1:27:30];Reviewing the outcomes from Sweden, where the government didn’t impose lockdowns [1:31:00];Draconian measures implemented in Canada [1:28:15];Antiviral treatments for COVID and a common-sense approach [1:42:15];Importance of ending tribalism and having rational discussions with humility [1:47:30];Treating infection with monoclonal antibodies and convalescent sera [2:01:45];Reviewing claims made by the controversial Dr. Robert Malone [2:11:15];A potential exit strategy from the current situation [2:30:30];Change needed at the NIH [2:40:00]Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmdSupport us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmdMore about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lots to talk about this week, so LET'S DO THIS 🔥. Originally streamed LIVE to Youtube: zdoggmd.com/covid-update-1-14-22 Topics & Timecodes:00:00 Intro 00:38 Tribalism, the hive mind & social media 04:44 Alt-Middle & holding beliefs loosely 06:53 Vax on vax violence, friendly fire & today's Twitter storm 15:10 My conversation with Karen Ernst, healthy discourse, seeing the human behind the handle 21:38 New CDC mask guidance, why good people disagree 23:43 Emotions & self reflection 26:25 Fair criticism & acknowledging struggles among public health leaders ​29:05 Myocarditis, boosters & college students; safetyism​ & the liberal education hive mind 31:45 Vaccine mandates, the Supreme Court & the role of moral values 39:37 Social media themes as a religion 44:07 Politicization of public health, guns 47:08 Red church vs blue church, the value of covid testing 53:53 Final thoughts, assuming good intent & establishing a meditative practiceVideo archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmdSupport us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmdMore about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices