mental health

E 179 Health Care Workers Mental Health Simon Maltais MD

The last two years have been intense for healthcare workers. With long hours, canceled vacation and strained home life, how do we manage mental health and what should we be aware of. Cardiac surgeon Simon Maltais, MD discusses his new book. What trends do you find causing the most mental anguish for physicians and staff?…

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E 178 Narcissism Explained with TikTok Fame Kelsey Phalen Straatmann

Narcissism and co-dependency are not healthy behaviors and KP_Straatmann of TIKTOK viral videos on these topics will explain it all for us. As a collegiate softball athlete she naturally became a personal trainer (9 years now). She was fascinated by the mental aspect of sports. When asked why she didn’t do sports psychology instead of…

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E 176 Emotional Eating Causes, Complications, Solutions Tricia Nelson Heal Your Hunger

Emotional eating can create the yo-yo effect of weight loss and weight gain. Many people overeat as a way to ignore pain, escape emotions, and punishment from the day. It’s not about will power, you need a community and an action plan. Listen to the podcast episode. At first a person may just realize they…

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E 170 Actionable Insight into Lifestyle Development with Shape and Foster

4k to 4M in one business, Calum McGuigan now focuses on video and community based lifestyle development focused on 6 aspects of health. He does this with a site and app called Shape and Foster. Scottish man, Calum McGuigan, moved to Canada to play Rugby, loved it so much he stayed, then started Fervent Events…

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E 164 Anxiety Woes for Parents and Children Jennifer Bronsnick, MSW

Why Are People Reaching Out More? Anxiety is increasing for kids and adults. The way we dealt with these emotions may not be helping in 2020. We discuss a range of ideas to help with Jennifer Bronsnick MSW. Many people dealt with anxiety, depression and hopelessness before the pandemic and of course they still are.The…

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E 162 Lessons on Suicide Frank King

What is suicide and how can we approach it? Frank King does it with humor and landed 5 TedX events helping us understand what we can do to help. What is generational suicide?It’s suggested that a 1/3rd of business entrepreneurs are depressed and suicidal. (Could be from long hours, little sleep and unmet expectations.Are entrepreneurs…

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E 147 Trauma and Acupuncture Sarah Alemi DAc

Can musculoskeletal pain and mental trauma both be treated by acupuncture at the same time? Sarah Alemi, DAc specializes in both and we talk new practice ownership struggles, acupuncture for veterans, herbs  and touch on marketing. Acupuncture as a second career (5 element with extra training in Tradition Chinese Medicine), albeit an early switch, was…

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E 136 Sustainable Recovery Over Addiction Timothy Harrington of Wide Wonder

Drug use can lead to addiction or dependence: why is the difference so key? Trust vs Fear when disciplining teenagers. How to remove the stigma so you don’t suffer in silence and get the mental health they need. Wide Wonder founder Timothy Harrington. Learning to not just get off drugs and alcohol but to stay…

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E 98 Trigeminal Neuralgia and other Facial Acupuncture Treatment – it’s Not Just Aesthetic Terry Fox LAc

Differences between cosmetic, facial and full body acupuncture treatments; East vs West medical term confusion, and he walks us through a treatment protocol with constitutional facial acupuncture. A powerful relationship story at the end. Terry Fox Lac A backstory that starts with a fibromyalgia mom that got shoulder rubs leads to massage therapy school that…

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