Dr. Leaf's Blog

How to Manage Fear, Anxiety and Panic During a Pandemic (Or Any Acute Event), Specifically Related to the Current Coronavirus (COVID-19)

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Mar 13, 2020

The world is currently riveted in fear of what is known as COVID-19, a new type of coronavirus that has put a lot of people at risk of getting ill or potentially dying. I understand that this situation can b...

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How to Become Stress-Resilient, Failure-Proof, Thick-Skinned, and AWESOME + Tips On How to Help Your Children Develop Their Stress Tolerance and Become More Resilient with Bestselling Author Neil Pasricha

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Mar 11, 2020

Life can be tough. You will fail at certain things. You will be stressed. Bad things will happen to you. People will disappoint you. But did you know that, despite all these things, life can be awesome? Yes,...

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Interview with Melissa Urban (Whole30 Co-Founder) on Addiction Recovery, Healing from Sexual Abuse, Dealing with Divorce, and Why She Started Whole30 + Tips for Working Moms & How to Help Someone Who is Struggling with Depression!

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Mar 06, 2020

I am sure most of you have heard of Whole30, the international community that focuses on real, whole foods and mental and physical fitness. In this week’s podcast and blog, I interviewed the incredible creat...

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The Anti-Anxiety Diet, How to Balance Your Hormones and Heal from Adrenal Fatigue, Nature’s Prozac and More with RD Ali Miller

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Mar 04, 2020

There is so much to be anxious about these days, including what to eat. But did you know that there is a way of eating that can actually help reduce the level of anxiety you experience on a day-to-day basis?...

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Why “Faking It Till You Make It” is Fake News + Tips to Help You Boost your Self-Confidence, Overcome Imposter Syndrome, and Silence Your Inner Critic

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Feb 26, 2020

I am sure you have heard the phrase “Rome wasn’t built in a day”. But what does that even mean? For many of us, change is one big thing, a moment, an event, a decision—it is Rome as we imagine it, an immense...

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How to Recover from Disordered Eating + Tips on Overcoming Guilt, Shame, and Perfectionism with Therapist Megan Bruneau

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Feb 23, 2020

We have all experienced shame before: the feeling that we are not enough, the feeling that we do not live up to certain standards or ideals. But what happens when this shame spirals out of control? What happ...

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What to Eat & What Not to Eat for Optimal Mental and Brain Health According to a Nutritional Psychiatrist

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Feb 19, 2020

How you think affects how you eat, because the food you eat is determined by your specific choices and desires. But did you know that what you eat also affects how you think?  In this week’s blog and podcast...

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Strategies for Managing Day-To-Day Anxiety + Myths About Happiness, And Tips to Help You Get More Reading Done with Happiness Expert Gretchen Rubin

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Feb 16, 2020

We all want to be happier, but how? What is happiness? And is it something we should be looking for? In this week’s blog and podcast, I talk with NY Times bestselling author and happiness expert Gretchen Rub...

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How to Reverse the Disease of Aging, the #1 Danger in the American Diet, and How to Help Children Develop Healthy Habits from Young with Dr. Steven Gundry

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Feb 13, 2020

We have all heard the phrase “you are what you eat”, but how true is this? How does what you eat and your lifestyle choices affect how you function on a day-to-day basis, and how you age? In this week’s podc...

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How to Spot and Avoid Dangerous Wellness Fads

By Dr. Will Cole on Feb 11, 2020

Trends come and go. Whether it is fashion or tv, chances are what is popular now won’t be popular long-term. And the same goes for health. From wellness retreats to self-care, we have turned being healthy...

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How to Cure Seasonal Affective Disorder + Dangerous Wellness Trends & Simple Tips to Quickly Boost Mental and Physical Health from Functional Medicine Expert Dr. Lipman

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Feb 10, 2020

With so many advances in medicine over the past several decades, it is easy to think that we will find a cure for everything, and that there is nothing we cannot achieve when it comes to the human body. Yet,...

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How to Become Indistractable: Learn How to Harness Technology and Other Distractions to Improve Mental and Brain Health

By Dr. Caroline Leaf on Feb 05, 2020

Let’s face it: distractions are a part of life; whether you are interrupted by your children or a news flash or social media. But what happens when distractions take over your life, affecting your ability to...

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