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Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 18 Can an “Orchid’s” IBS be Solved by a Genetic Test and Happier Gut Bugs?

Reader, there are phrases in the English language that, when spoken, invoke a universal human...

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 13 Autistic Gut Bugs?

Reader, with Daylight Savings Time behind us, and long winter nights ahead, what better time is...

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 9 Zombie Gut Bugs – Can You Eat Your Way out of a “Microbiome Depression”?

Reader, I can’t remember a time when depression and mental health have been more central to our...

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 6 Leaky Gut ↔ Leaky Brain ↔ Leaky Emotions

My Dear Reader, imagine lying in your bed late into a weeknight. You have to go to work in the...

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 3 You’re Married to Your Ninety Trillion Bugs – “In Sickness and in Health”

Dear Reader, as a psychiatrist, it’s always fascinating to see which time-worn concepts from my...

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 2 How “Messages from Bugs” Affect Our Mental Health

Reader, have you ever found yourself so absorbed in your thoughts that you forget about the...

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 1

Your Microbiome – An “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”? My Dear Reader, are you a spiritual...

Treatment Resistance and the Biopsychosocial Model

Reader, with August around the corner, and the new school year, cooler weather, and everything...

The DNA of Emotional Health – Part 5 You Eat What You Are: How Genes in 32 Trillion Cells Can Sabotage Your Self-Esteem

“The gene provides an organizing principle for modern biology—and it tantalizes us with the...

The DNA of Emotional Health – Part 3 Biohacking OXTR: the “I Feel Comforted” Gene

Reader, what brings you emotional comfort? A feeling of inner peace? Perhaps it’s connecting...

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