What if our lack of understanding about our inner mamma selves was what was holding us back from living more fulfilled lives. Loretta Breuning, PhD was frustrated as a professor and a mom, about how we were studying, teaching and applying learnings on motivation and happiness, and so she retired early from academia to study the mammalian brain and see if we might better optimise our natural wiring - what she found has seen her produce 10 books, translated into 16 languages and today we explore:

Tribe: Myths and misunderstandings

Safety in numbers? Well, for some, yes, for others, it can mean death.

Happiness: If we get it for free, or chase someone else’s version? No good!

Motivation and reward: What is the ease of access to each other and technology doing here?

So fascinating. It gave me a great deal to reflect on and challenged some of my previously held understandings.

I hope you love the show and discuss it with a friend - or me on socials!

Alexx

Want to learn more about Loretta’s work?

Website: https://InnerMammalInstitute.org

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We think we’re so sure about what we know about science - did you know, though, that there are 48 catalogued forms of bias? There exists, and I was excited to learn this, a catalogue of bias that is constantly tweaked and updated. Which leads me to today’s show with Dr Lewis Ehrlich - one of our most popular guests over the years. When I saw Lewis had been accepted into a one-of-a-kind postgraduate program in Evidence-Based Medicine and Healthcare at Oxford University last year, I was already excited about this conversation I knew we’d have for the show once he completed it!

What’s brilliant about this program is that you come together with people from outside your medical field - neurosurgeons, Oncologists, Orthopaedic Surgeons, Cardiologists, Public Health PhDs, and general practitioners- to conduct, analyse, critique, and improve scientific literature. It was a tremendous honour to be accepted into and learn at this historic University.

We explore science in today’s show, both generally and as it relates to Lewis’s field of practice, dentistry. You’ll hear about:

• Bias and how we both form them and become more aware of them in our own lives as we explore topics
• Nuance - it’s all about who you are and what you need, and our system isn’t built for that
• The need to leave our black and white frameworks in medical practice, while also not throwing everything we know out the window
• The fine line between curiosity and analysis, and suspicion and mistrust
• Fluoride as an example - not always essential, not always ‘bad’ either if you consider all relevant factors in a ‘to fluoridate or not’ debate
• New frontiers in dental health
• What we know for sure helps us keep excellent oral health overall.

Enjoy the show. Alexx

Want to learn more about this week’s guest?

Instagram: @doctor.lewis ; @sydneyholisticdental

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Are you happy with how your gut feels?

What if some of the most common things we thought were ‘right’ about gut health are wrong, now that we have more research findings and peer reviews in the bank?

Chances are you want to improve your gut health, and so: Let’s do it!

This show with @drbradleech is a must-listen. We cover:

• The No 1 gut health no no: And it isn’t “food!”
• Testing relevance and research improvements
• Supplementation - benefits and pitfalls
• How treatment approaches shift as research improves.
• Terminology myths we need to stop perpetuating
• Practitioner finding: How will I know someone is “good”?
• DIY gut health improvement - can we do it safely?

Dr Brad Leech is a PhD Clinical Nutritionist and Herbalist renowned for his expertise in addressing chronic autoimmune conditions and complex gastrointestinal disorders. He provides complete and personalised care to his patients using functional nutrition, integrative medicine and holistic wellness.

And much more - Jump in and take a listen!

Your host,

Alexx

Want to connect with Brad’s work?

Website

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