Dr. Caroline Leaf: Nervous System Warning Signals, Understanding The Adolescent Mental Health Crisis + Regulating Your Brain With The Neurocycle
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In this episode, I am joined by my good friend, best-selling author and neuroscientist, Dr. Caroline Leaf. With today's children facing a mental health crisis like never before with skyrocketing rates of anxiety and depression, Dr. Leaf is here to show us a way out in her latest book, "How to Help Your Child Clean Up Their Mental Mess". From the top warning signals of mental health problems to overcoming past trauma and current pain through understanding the neurocycle, she shows us how we can guide our children toward long-term, sustainable emotional healing. By teaching us how to help ourselves, Dr. Leaf gives us the roadmap we've been waiting for to lead the next generation to a healthier, happier place.
Dr. Caroline Leaf is a communication pathologist, audiologist, and clinical and cognitive neuroscientist specializing in psychneurobiology and metacognitive neuropsychology. Her passion is to help people see the power of the mind to change the brain, control chaotic thinking, and find mental peace.
Since the early 1980s, Dr. Leaf has researched the mind-brain connection, the nature of mental health, and the formation of memory. As a highly sought-after expert on mental health, she is the host of the top-rated podcast, Cleaning Up the Mental Mess. Dr. Leaf is also the author of several bestselling books, including Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess, Switch On Your Brain, Think and Eat Yourself Smart, The Perfect You, Think, Learn, Succeed, and many more. She has a Master’s and PhD in Communication Pathology and a BSc Logopaedics. Dr Leaf does ongoing research and clinical trials in the field of psychoneurobiology in order to improve mental health interventions.
A few of my favorite things we cover this episode:
- Understanding the current mental health crisis.
- Looking at a child as a whole person, not just their symptoms.
- Top mental health warning signs.
- Defining the neurocycle and how it can help you heal.
Links to things we talked about in this episode:
- How To Help Your Child Clean Up Their Mental Mess: A Guide To Building Resilience and Managing Mental Health
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Dr. Will Cole, DNM, IFMCP, DC is a leading functional medicine expert who consults people around the globe, starting one of the first functional medicine telehealth centers in the world. Named one of the top 50 functional and integrative doctors in the nation, Dr. Will Cole provides a functional medicine approach for thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, hormonal imbalances, digestive disorders, and brain problems. He is the host of the popular The Art Of Being Well podcast and the New York Times bestselling author of Intuitive Fasting, Ketotarian, The Inflammation Spectrum and the brand new book Gut Feelings: Healing the Shame-Fueled Relationship Between What You Eat and How You Feel.
