Episode 181: Multiple Sclerosis and Mental Health with Dr. Meghan Beier

Episode 181: Multiple Sclerosis and Mental Health with Dr. Meghan Beier

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Hello, friends! This is a great interview with Dr. Meghan Beier, a rehabilitation neuropsychologist based in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Megan specializes in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and particularly focuses on mental health and thinking skills within the population of people living with MS. We talk about MS, chronic illness in general, and how this can impact your mental health and thinking abilities, as well as what you can do to help.

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October 24, 2019 0

Episode 180: All About Sleep 2.0

Episode 180: All About Sleep 2.0

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Hello, friends! There are several episodes of the podcast that I refer back to constantly. Episode 26, where I talk all about sleep is one of those. I talk about it in other podcast episodes, I talk about it with my patients, and I talk about it with people in my daily life. It turns out that at 180 episodes of the podcast so far, episode 26 is kind of hard to find. A lot of podcast players only keep the most recent 100 episodes. So, I’m re-doing it. This is not a re-release of that episode, but a re-recording of it with some new thoughts added in.

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October 17, 2019 0

Episode 175: LGBTQ Health Disparities with Dr. Perry Halkitis

Episode 175: LGBTQ Health Disparities with Dr. Perry Halkitis

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Hello, Friends. I have an interview today with Dr. Perry Halkitis who is a public health psychologist, researcher, educator, and advocate focusing on mental health and health disparities in the LGBTQ population. Perry has several books out, most recent of which is called “Out in Time: The Public Lives of Gay Men from Stonewall to the Queer Generation“. 

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September 12, 2019 0

Episode 171: Psilocybin Mushrooms for Mental Health with MycoMeditations

Episode 171: Psilocybin Mushrooms for Mental Health with MycoMeditations

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This is a special episode. I was approached by a company called MycoMeditations that wanted to sponsor the podcast. They actually were very persistent and approached me a few times about it because they were really interested in the opportunity to speak with you all. MycoMeditations is a company that hosts retreats in Jamaica that use the psilocybin mushroom, also known as the magic mushroom. It’s an often misunderstood substance that research has shown to be an effective way to reduce the impact of treatment-resistant mental illness such as depression and anxiety.

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August 15, 2019 0