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Today the fabulous Dr. Joanna Moncrieff is hanging out with us to help me create a conversation about all things psychiatric medications. If you’re on meds or are considering getting on meds, this episode is a must-listen. Dr. Moncrieff is a psychiatrist, researcher, professor, and best-selling author. She is a professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry at University College London and works as a consultant psychiatrist in the NHS in London. Dr. Moncrieff researches the rational use and understanding of psychiatric drugs and the history, politics, and philosophy of psychiatry more generally. Her books include The Bitterest Pills, The Myth of the Chemical Cure, and A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs. She is also co-founder of the Critical Psychiatry Network, which consists of a group of psychiatrists from around the world who are skeptical of the idea that mental disorders are simply brain diseases and of the dominance of the pharmaceutical industry. In today's episode, we talk about...  - What Dr. Moncrieff believes is the problem with drug treatment for mental health problems - How the chemical imbalance theory was turned into a marketing message - The downside to believing in the chemical imbalance theory - How antidepressants change your brain chemistry - The implications of using antidepressants longterm - How improvement after someone starts taking a psych med is due to a placebo effect - How antipsychotics help people who are acutely psychotic - How we should approach psychosis - What you need to know about stopping your mental health medications - Why stopping a benzodiazepine can leave you even more anxious than before you started the med ✨ If you found this episode helpful and you think someone else would find it valuable, spread a little bit of cyber love and share it on your Instagram stories. HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/   TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/dr-joanna-moncrieff/

Ready to get off the diet roller coaster? Jenna Hollenstein is hanging out with us today to discuss how mindfulness can deepen and sustain your intuitive eating practice.  Jenna is a nutrition therapist, meditation teacher, and author of five books. Her work combines intuitive eating, trauma-sensitive mindfulness, Polyvagal theory, and other embodied modalities. As someone who has struggled with yo-yo dieting and emotional and binge eating, I can't recommend this episode enough.  We talk about...  - What intuitive eating is - What it looks like to intuitively eat - Why it’s important to eat enough food   - What tends to drive binge behaviors - How to reach satisfaction through food - What happens when you restrict food - Why intuitive eating is not a diet - What makes diet culture so sneaky  - Why having a perfect body is not your job - How the thought of restriction can trigger chaotic thinking around food   ✨ If you found this episode helpful and you think someone else would find it valuable, spread a little bit of cyber love and share it on your Instagram stories.   HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/   TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/jenna-hollenstein/

Stuart Sandeman is hanging out with us inside Episode 132 to talk all things breathwork. Stuart is a globally recognized breathing expert, performance coach, and author. He is the founder of Breathpod, which helps individuals and groups reach their full potential through the power of breathing. We talk about...  - Why controlling your breath is important - The difference between reactive and proactive breath - How to use breath to manipulate your nervous system - How you can use breathwork to trigger a relaxation response - How you’re supposed to breathe when speaking - What the benefits of mouth taping are - Why it’s important to hold your breath during a breathing exercise - How congestion can tell you which nervous system state you’re in He also walks us through a few of his favorite breathing techniques. ✨ If you found this episode helpful and you think someone else would find it valuable, spread a little bit of cyber love and share it on your Instagram stories. HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/   TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/stuart-sandeman-2/  

Donna Jackson Nakazawa is hanging out with us to discuss how we can help girls thrive in an era of increased anxiety and depression.  Today’s conversation is more important than ever because in case you didn’t know, girls are more prone to depression and anxiety than ever before and Donna’s here to help you understand the science of why this is.  Donna is an award-winning science journalist, author, and internationally-recognized speaker whose work explores the intersection of neuroscience, immunology, and human emotion. Her mission is to translate emerging science in ways that help those with chronic conditions find healing. We're talking about.. - Why girl's mental health is worsening - How chronic stress impacts girl's brains differently than boys - Why it’s important to know the science - How losing the in-between years negatively impacts girl's mental health - How social media impacts adolescent girl's mental health - The role puberty plays in a girl's mental health - Why we’re seeing a sharp rise in self-harming behaviors in young girls - Why you need to develop a safe and stable relationship with your daughter - What you can do to help improve your daughter's mental health - Why you need to be regulated if you hope to help regulate your daughter If you know someone who'd benefit from hearing this conversation, please share it with them. 🥰 Also, if you haven't done so already, be sure to follow the podcast. I'm adding a bunch of bonus minisodes to the feed and I don't want you to miss them.    HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/   TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/donna-jackson-nakazawa/    

Did you know that on average, people keep as many as thirteen secrets at any given time? Today Michael Slepian is hanging out with us to discuss all things secrets. Michael studies the psychology of secrets and how keeping secrets affect variables that govern social and organizational life. He’s also a professor at Columbia Business School, author of The Secret Life of Secrets, and an elected fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology.  In today's episode, we talk about... - What a secret is - How secrets can become a burden - Why people keep secrets - Why someone might feel compelled to share their secret - Why some people are better secret keepers than others - Whether or not you should keep a secret - Why keeping secrets can feel hard - What you can do if you’re struggling with a secret - When secrecy starts to impact a kid's well-being  ___________________________________________ ✨ If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend. Your shares help grow this small but mighty community.  ✨ Also, if you haven't done so already, be sure to follow the podcast. I'm adding a bunch of bonus minisodes to the feed and I don't want you to miss them.  HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/   TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/michael-slepian/  

I don't know about you, but I feel like there's not enough time in the day to do all the things I want to do. If you feel like you're in the same canoe as me, this is an episode you'll definitely want to hit play on.  Inside today's minisode, I'm sharing my favorite practice on how to be more efficient with your time while also making it richer.   If you want to learn more about making your time richer, be sure to hit play on my conversation with Dr. Cassie Holmes inside Episode 124... https://courageouslyu.com/dr-cassie-holmes/ If you know someone who'd benefit from hearing this minisode, can you please share it with them? Your shares are the best form of thanks.  I hope you enjoy this minisode, my friend! 🤩

Today’s guest is here to share how her struggle with unbearable insomnia led to an accidental descent into prescription benzodiazepine dependence. Melissa Bond is a narrative journalist and poet. In the years of her dependence on benzodiazepines, Melissa blogged and became a regular contributor for Mad in America. ABC World News Tonight interviewed her for a piece in January 2014. Melissa is a respected writer on the perils of over-prescribing benzodiazepines and has been featured on PBS Story in the Public Square, Radio West, the podcasts Risk!, IGNTD, and Psychology Unplugged. The Salt Lake Tribune and the New York Post have both done features on her book Blood Orange Night, her memoir about becoming dependent upon and then withdrawing from benzodiazepines.  In this episode, we talk about... - Melissa's descent into prescription benzodiazepine dependence - What her insomnia looked like - How she knew her symptoms were more than momma exhaustion - What her withdrawal from benzodiazepines looked like - How her struggle impacted her marriage - What her mental health looks like today - Why you should never cold turkey your psych meds - What literature says about benzodiazepines - Why everyone needs to read Anatomy of an Epidemic - Why you need to know what stopping benzodiazepines can look like If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend. Your shares help grow this small but mighty community.  Also, if you haven't done so already, be sure to follow the podcast. I'm adding a bunch of bonus minisodes to the feed and I don't want you to miss them.    HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/   TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/melissa-bond/  

Do you struggle with driving anxiety? If you're nodding your head yes, this episode is for you, my friend! Inside this minisode, I'm sharing eight things that help reduce my anxiety when driving. Yup, even I experience anxiety when driving sometimes. If you loved these tips and you know someone who'd benefit from hearing them, please share this minisode with them. Your shares are the best form of thanks.

Dr. Robin Stern is the go-to gaslighting expert. She’s a licensed psychoanalyst, speaker, author, and co-founder and associate director for the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. She’s also an associate research scientist at the Child Study Center at Yale. In 2007, Dr. Robin Stern published the critically acclaimed, The Gaslight Effect: How to spot and survive the hidden manipulation others use to control your life. The second edition was released in 2018. Her work is frequently published in popular media outlets, such as Psychology Today, The Huffington Post, Time.com, The Washington Post, The Hill, and Harvard Business Review. We talk about... - What gaslighting is and what it is not - What the gaslight tango looks like - How the gaslight effect works - How you can decide which relationships can be saved and which you have to walk away from - Why gaslighters gaslight - How to know if you’re being gaslighted - What you can do to get out of the gaslight tango - What it looks like to be medically gaslighted And sooooo much more!  _______________________________________________ Episode goodies...  Ready for a clean cup of coffee without a side of anxiety? Click here to save 10% off your order when you use code courage at checkout. Like the show? Please leave me a review here. Even just one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram and tag me at courageously.u so I can send you a virtual hug.  HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/   TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/dr-robin-stern/  

Dr. Palmer is a Harvard Medical School Physician, researcher, author, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and consultant working at the interface of metabolism, metabolic disorders, and what we call mental disorders. In today's episode, we talk about... - Why Dr. Palmer believes mental health disorders are metabolic disorders of the brain  - What one of the biggest flaws in our current mental health field is - What role mitochondria and metabolism play in mental health - How our current approaches to mental health treatment are failing people - Why Dr. Palmer is so excited about the brain energy theory - What causes metabolic and mitochondrial dysfunction - How mental health disorders share one common pathway - The two things you can do today to begin restoring mitochondrial health   Like the show? Please leave the show a review here. Even just one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram and tag me at courageously.u so I can send you a virtual hug.    HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/   TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/dr-christopher-palmer/