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In our continuing holiday-based series of shows, Dr. Kim Lannon discusses ways to avoid the traps of "resolutions". Starting immediately with small and attainable wins is one way, and that often begins with awareness of what the challenges are, and the ways you have control over both creating them and dealing with them.

Dr. Kim Lannon describes how the very premise of "resolutions" in the new year is, very often, a recipe for failure. Real change should begin with defining a goal, or better still a series of smaller attainable goals, and deliberate thought about how to achieve them. In other words, you need a plan. 

Thanksgiving is in the books and now we face the major holiday of the year, which can be a test for many of us. Dr. Kim Lannon lays out some of the ways the year-end holidays can stress us and challenge our peace of mind, and then she gives us ways to help deal with those challenges. This is an overview of the topics we'll be dealing with as we close out the year. 

While Thanksgiving highlights, emphasizes, and sometimes even sets fire to the struggles we often experience in our relationship with food, it can also make us mindful of the best ways to deal with those struggles throughout the rest of the year. Dr. Kim Lannon wraps up her three-part series on dealing with the holidays by giving us a game plan for our food issues that will be useful on Thanksgivi...

We know that we are what we eat, but do you realize that you often feel how you eat? This is especially true during holiday meals, and in this episode, Dr. Kim Lannon gives us a game plan to help us to prevent being emotionally derailed at the holiday dinner table! 

Can you eat 10,000 calories in one sitting? You'd be surprised! In fact, you may already have. Dr. Kim Lannon talks about the pitfalls of Thanksgiving dinner and the potential effects that linger well beyond "one day a year." Learn how to deal with the temptations of our American dinner holiday, and enjoy yourself without the consequences, on this edition of Your Daily Game Face!

As we approach "falling back" an hour next week Dr. Kim Lannon gives some insights into SAD - Seasonal Affective Disorder and some tips on how to deal with it. Then we discuss HAD - Holiday Affective Disorder (not a real thing, or is it?) as we face those holiday get-togethers with our families and the ensuing conflicts, debates, and stress they often bring. Now is the time to start gearing up men...

Dr. Kim Lannon welcomes Ron Kolek of The New England Ghost Project to the show to discuss the paranormal and the role our experiences play in our culture and our mental outlook. It's an in-depth look at parapsychology on this Halloween edition of Your Daily Game Face!  

In preparation for next week's Halloween guest appearance of New England's own Van Helsing, Ron Kolek of New England Ghost Project, Dr. Kim Lannon talks about the paranormal and its psychological components. Are paranormal experiences real? What is "real"? And why are some of us drawn to the paranormal, while others push it away? What role does the paranormal play in our mental health? All of this...

Dr. Kim Lannon recaps her running of the October Boston Marathon and discusses the outlooks and perspectives that are necessary to be successful on Heartbreak Hill and how we can apply them in day-to-day life.   

Dr. Kim Lannon chats with former US Olympic hockey player and former Hartford Whaler David Jensen about his career and his struggles and how it all factors into his ongoing work with youth programs and veteran programs here in New England.

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about how the return of Tom Brady to Gillette works to highlight many of the ways sports teams can mirror family dynamics and the ripple effects that can come from conflict and dysfunction. Dr. Lannon also talks about principles at work when we lose our connections to those groups with which we self-identify change and how that can often lead to comfort and distraction behavio...

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about here remarkable weekend in Fort Lauderdale with The Tribute to American Heroes by The Human Baton and then talks about PTSD among veterans, and how their struggles with past trauma can help us deal with trauma of our own.

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about the challenges facing veterans and first responders in deal with their past traumas. The traumas are intense, of course, but many of the tools used with these men and women can help ease our own personal battles with the past trauma in our lives.

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about the importance of resiliency and relevance in your mental health and the problems that arise when you "focus on the failures" or focus too much on what others may be thinking about you. The key is to stop treating "failure" and lack of experience as catastrophic, or a definition of yourself-image, and find how learning, growing, and bouncing back relates to you and how y...

Dr. Kim Lannon talks live on remote from Big Sky Montana about how vital self-care is to your mental health, whether it involves a big vacation, a day off at the beach, driving the long way home, or taking just a minute to be present. 

Dr. Kim Lannon discusses altruism and people's relationship with it in various aspects of their lives including parenting and addiction. Does altruism even exist? Can people act without any self-interest? Dr. Lannon helps us find what role our selfless acts play in our lives.

Dr. Kim Lannon continues the discussion about Simon Biles and the spotlight she has brought to mental health, which leads to a far-ranging discussion of mental hygiene, the more common sources of threats to mental health, and their sources

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about Simone Biles' withdrawal from Olympic competition, explaining, from first-hand experience some of the pressures and challenges that led to Biles' decision. Dr. Lannon also talks about the lessons we should and perhaps shouldn't take away from this story and gives some insights into what we should help our kids draw from it.  

Asking why men court tragedy is often hyperbole, but too often, sadly, it isn't. After suffering the untimely loss of a family friend who died suddenly last week at the age of 46, Dr. Kim Lannon explores why men, generally speaking, aren't as ardent in maintaining their health as women are.

Your Daily Game Face takes a metaphorical walk in the woods this episode but only after Dr. Kim Lannon talks about her literal walk (race actually) in the woods (up Loon Mountain actually). This episode talks about her motivation to do such a thing and then follows that trail to the mindset of competition and motivation, cognitive dissonance, giving up power over your outcomes, and whether or not...

"Mindfulness", "Observer Position", be "in the moment" ... These are common phrases we hear everywhere these days and that's because behind them are important concepts for your mental health. They aren't easy concepts to grasp. They can seem to run counter to your current understanding of your world. But it's with putting the work on them because they can change everything for the better. (And the...

Most of us shift our personalities to fit our jobs, our home life, or when we visit our parents or in social situations. That's to be expected. but think of where you feel your best and are your most successful, and ask whether you bring that "you" everywhere. Athletes are sometimes outstanding on the field or the court or the track, but maybe not so much in "real life". How do we bring the skills...

People with an “external locus of control” generally believe that their successes or failures result from external factors beyond their control, such as luck, fate, circumstance, injustice, bias, or people who are unfair, prejudiced, or unskilled. One key to mental health is understanding that you have more control over the outcomes of events in your life. That control is there for the taking, and...

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about the Human Baton online competition which starts very soon! Make sure you join up! With many people returning to their workplace, for some the stress can result in bouts with afib. Dr. Lannon offers some ways to manage it. And we ask if you are empathetic. Or are you more sympathetic? Do you know the difference and do you know how diminished empathy can affect your mental...