Rewire & Thrive

If you've ever felt like life is just "blah," or if you've found yourself napping just to escape the day, I want you to know I've been exactly where you are. Five and a half years ago I was a board-certified ER physician with a successful career  and a brain that kept telling me to disappear. This is what changed. In this 7-minute Podcast I share the parts of my own depres...

If you wake up with dread, have 35 tabs open in your brain all day, or feel like you're just surviving instead of thriving, you're not alone. And more importantly, it's not a character flaw. In this Podcast, Dr. Dee Bonney breaks down the neuroscience of why we feel "numb" or burned out, and why traditional methods like SSRIs often fall short. You'll learn how chronic...

You've been calling it your personality. It's actually your biology and it's reversible. If you're a high-performing professional who still shows up every day but feels flat, emotionally shut down, or like you haven't felt like yourself in years  this podcast is for you. Dr. Dee Bonney, board-certified in emergency medicine with 25 years of ER experience, explains what emo...

Andrew Huberman's ketamine episode reached millions. He got the neuroscience right. But there's a layer of clinical reality  the part that only shows up after 800 patients and 5,000 infusions  that a podcast can't capture. This is that layer. In this Podcast I break down what the research says, what the lab can't measure, and what actually determines whether ketamine works for...

If you can come to central Indiana for treatment, and you want to see if you qualify for this therapy, please schedule a free consultation: https://consult.alphaomegawellness.co... Have you been on Lexapro, Zoloft, Prozac, Wellbutrin, or Effexor for years, only to realize they aren't working like they used to? You aren't crazy, and you aren't weak. It's a documented medical phe...

If you can travel to central Indiana for treatment, book a free consultation with my team at AlphaOmega Wellness: https://consult.alphaomegawellness.co... May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but as an ER doctor who has treated over 800 patients with severe depression, anxiety, and trauma, I need to tell you a hard truth: we've been getting it wrong for 50 years. When you are experiencing th...

Jasveen Sangha, the "Ketamine Queen," was just sentenced to 15 years in prison for her role in Matthew Perry's death. But the media is missing the most important part of the story. As an ER doctor who has supervised over 3,000 ketamine infusions, I am terrified by the chilling effect this case will have. Matthew Perry did not die in a medical clinic. He died because he was injected...

After 25 years as an ER physician, I've seen what happens when people are suffering and the standard treatments just don't work. In this video, I'm going to show you — on a whiteboard — exactly what's happening inside your brain when you're depressed, why antidepressants fail for so many people, and how ketamine does something no other treatment can. This isn't theory...

Many of Dr. Dee’s patients tried the standard depression and anxiety therapy for years, but never got the results they wanted. When we keep taking the same medicine over and over, or we keep seeing the same counselor for years on end, and we are not experiencing healing, it’s time to try something different. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a dif...

In this podcast episode Dr. Dee talks about how the Western approach to health issues, especially mental health, is to treat the symptoms but it fails to address the root cause what is going on in the body and brain. Most doctors continue to try different SSRIs and SNRIs to help relieve symptoms for their patients, but this does not address the underlying cause of these symptoms, which is brain he...

Dr. Dee Bonney is board-certified in emergency medicine. In this video he describes why he left the chaos of the ER to help people heal from depression, anxiety, and PTSD using IV ketamine therapy. He also discusses why this medicine works so well, and he shares insights about some plant medicines that can treat mental health issues even though they are not available in most states.

Is Ketamine Right For You? In this episode, we break down who can benefit most from ketamine therapy. Whether you're struggling with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD, or chronic pain, ketamine might be the alternative you've been looking for. Learn how it works, who it's for, and what to consider before starting treatment.

Why Ketamine Works When Pills Don’t In this episode, we explore how ketamine offers rapid relief for depression, anxiety, and other mental health challenges especially when traditional antidepressants fall short. Learn the science behind ketamine therapy and why it’s transforming mental healthcare.

We know that chronic stress causes inflammation in the brain as well as loss of neural connections. These changes, in some people, lead to depression and anxiety symptoms. In today's podcast, Dr. Dee interviews Bryan Brown, a firefighter in central Indiana. Bryan candidly shares his story about his mental health struggles, and how he had tried various treatments, some of which were helpful fo...

We have learned that gut health is so important to how our bodies function. When this organ is optimized mood can be improved, energy levels can rise, brain fog can decrease, and even skin rashes can improve! Dr. Dee shares 4 ways to start today to heal leaky gut. Consume a good diversity of food. Focus on all the colors of the rainbow, and be sure to get plenty of fiber and resistant starch.  Eli...

Anger can wreck relationships, reputations, and job security. Dr. Dee shares 4 steps you can take today to begin to get your anger under control. When this is managed well then every part of our lives can flourish. Here's how you start: Notice your emotional state. If you are in a state of high negative emotional arousal, then it’s time to pause the conversation.  Breathing can change the way...

In this podcast, Dr. Dee emphasizes the importance of getting adequate sleep.  So many times sleep gets relegated to an afterthought; it can easily have the least priority to us, but that can have significant health consequences. Four ways in which lack of sleep is impacting your health: 1. Sleep is important for the brain to detoxify from it's own waste products that are naturally produced....