Heal Thy Self with Dr. G

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Episode Description

Peptides are everywhere right now. But nobody's telling you the part that actually matters.

Your feed is full of peptide content — faster recovery, anti-aging, performance, healing. And some of it is real. But peptides aren't supplements. They are biological signals that tell your cells how to behave. And when you treat them all like one category, you're not just wasting money — you're gambling with your biology.

Dr. G breaks down the full peptide landscape so you can stop guessing and start making an actual informed decision.

In this episode, you'll learn:

 • The 3 tiers of peptides — from FDA-approved medicine to experimental compounds with zero human safety data — and exactly where the popular ones fall

 • Why the same peptide can be life-changing for one person and harmful for another (it's not placebo — it's physiology)

 • How to evaluate sourcing, purity, and contamination risk before injecting anything into your body

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:13 - Why Peptides Exploded Into Mainstream Wellness Culture

3:19 - What Peptides Actually Do Inside the Body

4:57 - The Cancer Question: Why Growth Signaling Demands Respect

6:22 - The Three Tiers of Peptides (And Which Has Real Human Data)

9:46 - Why the Same Peptide Works for One Person and Not Another

10:10 - The Four Variables That Determine Your Response

13:06 - How to Evaluate a Peptide Before You Put It in Your Body

14:00 - FDA Approved vs. Compounded vs. Research Use Only: What's the Difference

15:50 - Contamination Risk and What's Actually in That Vial

16:31 - The Minimum Safety Framework If You Choose to Use Peptides

17:41 - Final Word: Optimize Your Foundation Before Adding Peptide
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Episode Description

You keep ending up in the same relationship. The same patterns. The same pain. And no matter how much work you think you've done — it finds you again.

Rev. Dr. Lyanla Vanzant is a six-time New York Times #1 bestselling author, spiritual teacher, and one of the most powerful voices in personal healing of our generation. Host of Iyanla: Fix My Life on OWN and called by Oprah the most powerful spiritual healer on the planet — but today, she's just Auntie. Her new book Spiritual Hygiene is a practical guide to clearing the emotional residue that has quietly been running your life, and this conversation is one of the most honest, most grounded Dr. G has had about what it actually takes to heal from the inside out.

In this episode, you'll discover:

 • Why you keep attracting the same relationships — and what the pattern is actually telling you about what's unresolved inside you

 • What emotional constipation really is, how it builds up over a lifetime, and why it eventually ruptures in ways you don't expect

 • Why self-awareness — not forgiveness, not mantras, not more events — is the first real step to spiritual hygiene

If you've read the books, done the work, and still feel stuck — this is the episode that will show you why, and where to go next.

Find Lyanla: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iyanlavanzant/

Book: Spiritual Hygiene: A Practical Path for Clean Living, Inner Authority, and Divine Freedom

Timestamps:

0:00 - Why We Keep Attracting the Same Relationship Patterns

1:31 - Meet Rev. Dr. Iyanla Vanzant: Spiritual Teacher & Author of Spiritual Hygiene

2:42 - Hot Seat: Emotional Constipation, Grief vs. Mourning & Why Boundaries Feel Selfish

5:49 - What Is Spiritual Hygiene? The Daily Practice Most People Skip

7:28 - How Unprocessed Residue Shows Up in Your Life Without You Knowing

9:49 - The Trust Wound: How Childhood Betrayal Runs Your Relationships

14:18 - The Brain's Negativity Bias & Why We Seek Pleasure Instead of Joy

17:14 - Your Partner Isn't the Source of Your Love — They're the Mirror

25:50 - Inner Authority: How Cleaning Up Inside Shifts Everything Outside

27:58 - Emotional Constipation Explained & How It Sabotages Relationships

34:44 - The Emotional Illiteracy of Men & Why Breath Is the Way In

39:32 - When the Body Forces the Reckoning: Iyanla's Near-Death Story

44:32 - How Emotional Holding Becomes Physical Disease

47:49 - What's Inside Spiritual Hygiene: A Reading from the Book's Welcome

51:27 - What Makes Iyanla Feel Most Free & Where to Find the Book
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You reach for coffee when you're sleep deprived. But caffeine doesn't actually fix what sleep deprivation does to your brain — it just masks the fatigue signal while the underlying energy problem keeps getting worse.

Sleep deprivation is fundamentally a cellular energy crisis. Your brain's ability to generate and recycle ATP becomes impaired, and neural networks lose efficiency. A study in the Journal of Scientific Reports kept participants awake for 21 hours, then administered a high dose of creatine monohydrate. The results were striking — measurable improvements in processing speed and cognitive performance, confirmed by brain imaging showing a direct replenishment of the energy system sleep deprivation had drained.

In this episode, Dr. G breaks down:

 • The critical difference between how caffeine and creatine affect your brain under sleep deprivation

 • Why even moderate sleep loss — 5 to 6 hours — is quietly impacting your cognitive performance

 • The creatine brands Dr. G personally trusts for purity and third-party testing

This isn't about replacing your morning coffee. It's about understanding what your brain actually needs — and having the right tools for the right situation.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:07 - What Actually Happens to Your Brain When You Lose Sleep

3:00 - How Creatine Supports Brain Energy at the Cellular Level

5:19 - The Sleep Deprivation Study That Changed the Conversation

8:42 - Creatine vs. Caffeine: Two Very Different Mechanisms

11:30 - What Actually Counts as Poor Sleep (It's Not Just All-Nighters)

13:19 - When to Choose Creatine Over Coffee

14:32 - The Best Creatine Brands Worth Your Money

16:13 - Final Takeaway: What to Do When You Can't Get Enough Sleep
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Episode Description

One in three women will experience postpartum depression — and most of them never see it coming.

Dr. Sarah Oreck is a reproductive psychiatrist and perinatal mental health specialist, but she didn't arrive at this work from the outside looking in. She navigated IVF, fertility struggles, late-term pregnancy loss, and her own postpartum depression — and realized that if getting care was this hard for someone inside the medical system, most women didn't stand a chance. What she built from that reckoning is one of the clearest, most honest conversations Dr. G has had about what motherhood actually does to the mind, body, and identity of a woman.

In this episode, you'll discover:

 • Why postpartum depression affects far more women than we're told — and why rage, numbness, and panic are just as common as sadness

 • How IVF, birth trauma, miscarriage history, and partner support all quietly shape your postpartum mental health before the baby even arrives

 • Why the newborn phase feels so disconnected for so many mothers — and why that doesn't mean something is wrong with you

If you're trying to get pregnant, already pregnant, or supporting someone who is — this is the conversation no one is having loudly enough.

Find Dr. Sarah:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahoreckmd/

MVita Health: https://www.sarahoreckmd.com/

Timestamps:

0:00 - Is Postpartum Depression Actually 1 in 3 Women? The Truth No One Tells You

1:01 - Meet Dr. Sarah Oreck: Reproductive Psychiatrist & Perinatal Mental Health Specialist

2:25 - Hot Seat: The Biggest Lies Women Are Told About Postpartum Mental Health

5:08 - Dr. Sarah's Story: From Watching Her Mom Get Gaslit to Building MVita Health

8:11 - What Is PMDD and Why Do So Many Women Go Undiagnosed?

11:32 - Alcohol, Caffeine & Sugar: How They Make Your Hormonal Cycles Worse

16:28 - Pregnancy and the Identity Shift Nobody Warns You About

21:05 - Who Is Most at Risk for Postpartum Depression?

25:05 - When Postpartum Goes to the Extreme: Rage, Psychosis & Suicidal Thoughts

30:06 - How Birth Trauma and Miscarriage Increase Your Postpartum Risk

35:33 - Why You Might Not Feel Bonded to Your Baby (And Why That's Okay)

40:15 - Men Get Postpartum Depression Too — Here's What to Watch For

43:21 - Why We Were Never Meant to Do This Alone: The Case for Community

49:05 - First Steps to Protect Your Mental Health Before, During & After Baby
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44 fish oil companies were asked one simple question. Most of them went silent.

Fish oil is one of the most well-researched supplements on the market — but there's a side of the industry that never makes it onto the label. Fish oil oxidizes easily, bioaccumulates heavy metals, and can carry persistent organic pollutants like PCBs and dioxins. When the oil is rancid or contaminated, you're not just wasting money. You may be actively promoting the inflammation you're trying to fight.

Dr. Christian Gonzalez contacted 44 fish oil brands and asked for one thing: independent third-party testing on the finished product. Real documentation. Proof.

37 companies ignored the request entirely. One refused. One opted out. Only five brands provided full transparency — and some of the biggest names in the category were nowhere to be found.

In this episode, Dr. G covers:

 • How oxidation turns your fish oil from anti-inflammatory to pro-inflammatory

 • The heavy metals and contaminants you should always be testing for

 • Why potency on the label frequently doesn't match what's in the capsule

 • The five fish oil companies that earned a spot on the 2026 transparency list

If you take fish oil daily, this episode will completely change how you shop for it.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro 

1:37 - Why Fish Oil Quality Actually Matters (Oxidation, Contamination & Potency) 

3:52 - The 4 Standards Used to Evaluate Every Brand 

6:44 - Companies That Partially Responded But Didn't Make the Cut 

7:11 - Brands That Failed the Investigation (Full List) 

7:54 - Recommended Brand #1

8:50 - Recommended Brand #2

9:35 - Recommended Brand #3

10:14 - Recommended Brand #4 

11:16 - Recommended Brand #5 

11:48 - Final Verdict: What This All Means for You
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