This episode continues the conversation about the intricate relationship between mental and physical well-being, emphasizing the mind-body connection as a pivotal aspect of mental health. Join hosts, Mike, Morgan, and Melissa, as they explore how gut health impacts mental states, primarily through nerve clusters and the vagus nerve. They discuss therapeutic practices such as EMDR, yoga, and mindfulness, which leverage this connection to facilitate healing, emotional regulation, and enhancing mental well-being through physical awareness.

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This episode addresses the intricate relationship between gut health and mental health, emphasizing the significant impact of gut microbiota on emotional well-being. Join hosts Mike, Moegan, and Melissa, as they explore how imbalances in gut function correlate with mental health and the role of nutrition in fostering a healthy microbiome. They also examine the impact of dietary choices on emotional stability, advocating for healthier eating habits as a supportive measure in mental health treatment.

Mentioned This Episode:

Nutritional Psychiatry: Your Brain on Food

Nutritional Psychiatry: The Gut-Brain Connection

Vagus Nerve

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Join Mike, Morgn, and Melissa as they continue their conversation exploring the intricate relationship between mental health and the holiday season. Emphasizing the challenges posed by seasonal affective disorder and the impact of festive environments on emotional well-being. the convergence of holiday stressors, which include familial interactions, financial pressures, and the pervasive influence of substance use during this time, can all notably add up.

Mentioned This Episode:

Website: Health Partners (Dealing with Depression During the Holidays)

Website: National Library of Medicine (Research on Seasonal Affective Disorder & SAD Lamps)

Website: Healthline (Vitamin D2 vs. D3: What’s the Difference?)

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This episode explores how holidays and family are intricately tied to mental health, highlighting the complexities that these occasions evoke. Join Mike, Morgan, and Melissa as they delve into the duality of holiday experiences. Joy and celebration may coexist with stress, grief, and expectations; therefor, understanding the disparity between societal expectations of joy during the holidays and personal experiences of loneliness can be distressing for many.

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Join Mike, Morgan, and Melissa for part two, as they round out their conversation on women's mental health. Emphasizing the need for specialized treatment approaches that consider gender differences, this episode centers on treatment and the unique dynamics encountered in therapeutic settings. Gender affects the motivations for seeking therapy, the dynamics between patient and therapist, as well as the differing approaches adopted by practitioners, as it becomes vitally important to recognize the influences of gender on mental health and treatment.

Mentioned This Episode:

EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

DBT: Dialectic Behavior Therapy

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On this episode, Join Mike and Morgan as they welcome their new co-host, Melissa Black, to explore the vital and often overlooked subject of women's mental health. As a myriad factors can contribute to the psychological well-being of women, it's critical to recognize the unique challenges women face throughout various stages of life, including puberty, pregnancy, and menopause. The discussion also highlights the evolution of societal attitudes and the increasing recognition of the need for specialized care given the historically skewed approach of mental health research and treatment.

Learn More About Topics Mentioned this Episode:

The Mother Wound

Misogyny

Perimenopause

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On this episode, Mike and Morgan conclude their discussion on family and the role therapy can play in shaping family dynamics. Structured family therapy aims to affirm the individual within the outline of the group, while helping to challenge the system as a whole. Family members might play specific or different roles within the group, so it can be vital to understand who is engaged and who is disengaged within the familial unit. Sometimes we need to establish healthy boundaries with out family, whether it is limits we may need set when we need space, as well as being a threshold we cross when we need to return to home.

Mentioned This Episode:

H. Charles Fishman & Salvador Minuchin: Family Therapy Techniques

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The theme of this episode explores the intricate relationship between family dynamics and mental health, highlighting the profound impact familial interactions have on an individual's psychological well-being. Join Mike and Morgan as they discuss family structures, be they nuclear, extended, or adoptive, and how they shape our emotional landscapes. From the significance of early childhood experiences, to exposure to various attachment styles of parents and siblings, or even the pervasive influence familial expectations can have on an individual's development and coping mechanisms, listen along for a nuanced discussion that acknowledges both the positive and negative attributes inherent in familial relationships.

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