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Dr. Kim Lannon talks about how the holiday season can trigger depression for many people, even though they can still function at a very high level. Learn about the signs that you may be dealing with depression and find out how to combat it on this episode of Your Daily Game Face!

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about taking a mindful approach to tackling all the holiday stressors to avoid triggering our addictive behaviors or spending too much.

In Part 2 of her Thanksgiving pre-game prep, Dr. Kim Lannon gives you some field tips and tools to help you deal with the stressors of Thanksgiving dinner, as we open the holiday season, which is often one of the more challenging parts of the year to our happiness and well-being.

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about preparing for a return to the field for the biggest rivalry game many of us will face, our family gathering for Thanksgiving. In this episode you will get tips and strategies to help you avoid or minimize the dramas and stresses these holidays often serve up. And you'll get some advice about avoiding the eating disaster these stresses often lead to.  

Dr. Kim Lannon continues her discussion on spiritual wellness with a focus on some of the things you may have been told, perhaps even by a therapist, that may not be good advice to follow.

Dr. Kim Lannon talks parapsychology as we wrap up the Halloween season for the year and links it to our spiritual wellness. Although it is often overlooked, neglected, or even dismissed, our spiritual well-being is a critical component of our mental health picture and our pursuit of a happier, healthier life! 

You most often hear about a "dual diagnosis" when talking about addiction but there is almost always a mental aspect to every physical diagnosis and more often than we realize, mental strains do actually precede and precipitate medical problems. And all too often the people treating medical symptoms don't give the mental aspects of a patient's condition enough time or emphasis. Dr. Kim Lannon tell...

There is no such thing as clinical laziness, but that doesn't stop the flood of people who "diagnose" their children, spouses, partners, roommates, co-workers, students, or strangers as "lazy". Laziness is often really procrastination and procrastination is often emotional management. Awareness of this dynamic can help you ease "laziness" in yourself or others. Dr. Kim Lannon talks about the cause...

The latest turn in the show's ongoing HOA saga provides a whiteboard for a discussion about the importance of self-advocacy and how its benefits go beyond whether it leads to a "win" or not. Dr. Kim Lannon talks about why it is often difficult to assert yourself and why it is important to do so anyway. Note: We had some early audio issues so feel free to skip ahead a little at the beginning or jus...

Dr. Kim Lannon continues her exploration of Seasonal Affective Disorder and how to manage it. As usual, discussing your best weapons against the blahs as the days get shorter comes down to diet and exercise. Learn how the changes of the seasons pressure your eating habits and sap your motivation, and then learn to stay in control of both.  

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about the underpinnings of alcoholism, and in fact all of the "isms", giving us the whys and hows. She also discusses the newer and non-clinical diagnosis of borderline bipolar disorder and how it manifests itself. Included is a discussion of how the Wizard of Oz represents mental health battles and the roles of your "wise" and "unwise" minds.  

Dr. Kim Lannon wants us to be more aware of the effects that shorter days and the changing environment have on our state of mind as we head into fall, particularly here in the Northeast. That additional awareness can help you balance those changes by paying more attention to the foundations of your mindset, sleep, diet, and exercise. Kim gives us a primer on the mechanics of Seasonal Affective Dis...

Today's episode is power based! Dr. Kim Lannon talks about power and the emotional corruption that is almost always a consequence. And we aren't just talking of, say political power. This is about power in a relationship, power in a family, power in the schoolyard, power at the office, power on a team or from a coach, the power of "influencers" or "stars", or in one particular case, the power in a...

Dr. Kim Lannon presents a wide-ranging episode touching on several topics, beginning with your prescription's potential role in your current state of mind. Sometimes pharmaceuticals are ignored as a possible contributor to the challenges and stressors we face on a day-to-day basis, either with their own side effects or in the way they affect the diet, hydration, exercise, and sleep foundations of...

Dr. Kim Lannon gives us her thoughts on medically assisted recovery treatments, specifically speaking to all the recent studies about psilocybin as a potentially useful tool in psychedelic therapy for addiction, depression, PTSD, and other mental health issues. There are a lot of parts to this whole discussion and this episode is a good place to start.

Dr. Kim Lannon tells us about 9 things we need to unlearn to live happier and healthier lives after a lengthy discussion about critical thinking, our misconceptions and why we don't challenge them enough, and the societal mental health problems embodied in Alex Jones' treatment of the parents at Sandy Hook.

Dr. Kim Lannon welcomes back Michelle Micalizzi of Micalizzi Enterprises in this special live episode from the Maine Coast.  They talk about life after trauma, whatever that trauma is in your life. It's easy to feel a lack of control after trauma, fear changes, and build your life around it, but it's essential to find your control, find the opportunity in change, and build the life you want....

Dr. Kim Lannon gives us the primer on setting boundaries in our lives, talking about why they are important, why we let people trample them, and how to establish and maintain them effectively. We are often programmed to let people cross our boundaries at will, but that often leads to unnecessary anxiety. We sometimes unknowingly train people that this is acceptable. Learn how to teach them that it...

It sometimes seems our days are filled with difficult people, and often women find that to be true more than most because all too often the male-female dynamic gives permission to some men to be difficult, if not oppressive, to women. People with personality disorders and character failings almost always add difficulty and disorder to our days. Using an example of the all-too-common dynamics of in...

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about a recently released study that tells us that eating ultraprocessed foods for more than 20% of your daily calorie intake every day could set you on the road to cognitive decline. Learn more about the findings and how they may apply to your diet.

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about how easily a thoughtless response to their anxiety, fear, emotion or depression, can invalidate people, especially kids. Invalidation can lead to emotional isolation which can, in turn, lead to kids filling their "sandbox" with people who have shared experiences. Often what this does is perpetuate the isolation. In this episode, we learn what not to say when someone open...

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about ways to identify the toxic relationships in your life and understand what you are dealing with, so you can respond effectively. More talk about paying attention to the sandbox you are playing in and why who is in that sandbox with you is vitally important to living a happier, healthier life.

Dr. Kim Lannons talks with her guest Amy Salant, the owner of Fitness Together in Andover Ma. Kim and Amy talk about Amy's unconventional path to personal training. And they discuss the challenges to your efforts toward weight loss and fitness, as well as the ample rewards to both your physical and mental health!

Several topics on this edition of Your Daily Game Face. Dr. Kim Lannon talks about a new hotline for mental health help, just call 988. Heart the details here. She also talks about Veterans and their potential reactions to fireworks on the 4th of July. But the main topic for today's show is how to deal with toxic people in your lives, especially the people you cannot simply separate yourself from,...

Dr. Kim Lannon talks about the Biopsychosocial model which tells us that our medical conditions are more than biological, psychological and social factors play a part as well, sometimes a large part. It's often unwise to rely solely on medicine, especially pharmaceutical treatment, to deal with your issues, and it's especially unwise to settle for the mindset that tells you the issue is totally ou...