TOPIC
Brain & Mental Health
This collection focuses on brain and mental health—how mood, cognition, sleep, and stress connect to inflammation, hormones, metabolism, and nervous system signaling, and why symptoms often appear long before they fit neatly into a diagnosis. These episodes also explore emerging technology and treatment approaches in neurology, including neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s, highlighting what’s promising, what’s misunderstood, and how brain care is evolving beyond the typical exam room.
ALL ePISODES
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48
Disrupting Healthcare Dogmas with Dr. Efrat LaMandre
In this episode, we dive deep into the evolving role of nurse practitioners, the physician shortage, and how inclusivity and compassion can transform care. Dr. E shares her thoughts on medical gaslighting, value-based care, and expanding your clinical toolbox to meet patients where they are. We also tackle the impact of AI, social determinants of health, and the future of functional, individualized healthcare.
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350
Your Child's ADHD Might Actually Be Brain Inflammation from Toxic Mold
Pejman explains the brain's immune cells (microglia) in plain English and why, when they're activated, everything can start to feel like a threat. That's when you see fear-based behavior, rigidity, big reactions, and changes that don't match your child's baseline.
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349
Brain Decline Starts 20 Years Before Alzheimer's and Most Doctors Are Not Looking For It
In this episode of Medical Disruptors, I sit down with neurologist Dr. Ken Sharlin to talk about what comes before the diagnosis gets permanent. Why decline isn’t inevitable. And why the real leverage points aren’t “more meds” or “more supplements”—it’s the inputs that shape inflammation, metabolism, and nervous system stability.
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EPISODE #
348
Why Most Depression Treatments Fail and What to Do Instead
Dr. Nammi breaks down what she calls Psychiatry 2.0, a root-cause approach to depression and anxiety that starts where conventional psychiatry refuses to look. The gut. Environmental toxins. Mold. Heavy metals. Nervous system dysregulation. These are not fringe concepts. They are the missing data your doctor was never trained to collect.
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342
How to Build Real Energy Without Burning Yourself Out (video)
Always exhausted? Fatigue isn’t laziness. Dr. E explains the real patterns behind low energy—stress, sleep, blood sugar, and cortisol—and a clear framework to rebuild lasting energy.
EPISODE #
338
Why Anxiety and Depression Start in Your Gut (video)
Anxiety and depression aren’t just “in your head.” Dr. E explains how gut inflammation disrupts serotonin and the gut–brain axis—and why healing the microbiome can stabilize mood when meds fall short.
EPISODE #
334
Your Brain Can Change But Your Mind Controls It (Here's Why That Matters) (video)
Your brain isn’t in charge, your mind is. Dr. Caroline Leaf explains how directed neuroplasticity lets your awareness rewire the brain, reclaim power from labels, and change anxiety, depression, and pain patterns.
EPISODE #
318
Why Eating at Night Destroys Your Metabolism (Even Healthy Foods) (video)
It’s not just what you eat—it’s when. Eating at night disrupts circadian rhythm, insulin, and fat burning. Learn why late meals wreck metabolism and how timing restores balance.
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