Episodes
Thursday Apr 27, 2017
How to Daydream and Doodle to Improve your Productivity with Dr. Srini Pillay
Thursday Apr 27, 2017
Thursday Apr 27, 2017
Have you ever wondered why you’re tempted to doodle, daydream or fidget? My guest on today’s podcast explains why and how these actually can help you be more productive.
My guest is Dr. Srini Pillay, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist who is the former Director of the Outpatient Anxiety Disorders Program at McLean Hospital. After graduating as the top medical student in South Africa, he graduated from Harvard as the top award-winner during his psychiatric residency. After seventeen years of brain-imaging research at McLean Hospital, he is now widely sought out by the media as a mainstream psychiatry expert who can apply brain science to everyday psychological challenges to help deal with psychiatric issues especially as they relate to stress and anxiety. He is also well known in the self-development space. He has been featured on Oprah radio, CNN, Fox, The Boston Globe, the New York Times, and NPR.
Apart from his clinical practice, Srini also runs a world-renowned startup called NeuroBusiness Group that helps leaders apply brain science to further their personal and business goals. Current and past clients include The World Bank, IMF, UN, Coca-Cola, Pepsico, Lockheed Martin, Prudential and top tier consulting companies. As a doctor, musician, poet and consultant to biotechnology-based investment firms, Srini's approach to psychological challenges is biopsychosocial, research-based but informed mostly by his 25 years of clinical experience as a doctor. He was invited to the "Disasters and The World" group at a psychiatric think tank called “Group for Advancement of Psychiatry.” His current projects also involve intense work at the psychology and technology interface as well. Dr. Srini’s new book is “Tinker, Dabble, Doodle, Try: Unlock the Power of an Unfocused Mind” (Ballantine Books, 2017).
In today’s interview Dr. Srini explains how to be more productive and reduce stress using techniques that have been looked down upon such as doodling, daydreaming and taking naps. He shares some unconventional techniques and the research behind it that I think you’ll really enjoy.
Thursday Apr 20, 2017
Live Clean and Go Green with David Gottfried
Thursday Apr 20, 2017
Thursday Apr 20, 2017
Today we’re covering a topic we haven’t discussed before on The Spa Dr. podcast… As a naturopathic physician and The Spa Dr, I talk a lot about clean living. And it’s something I cover in my book Clean Skin From Within… how to have a clean body, clean mind, and clean skin. In addition to the health reasons for clean living, there’s another benefit… clean living is also essential for a healthy planet. So, I asked my guest today to talk about this other side of clean living so we can learn how to live greener, more sustainably for the health of our planet for generations to come.
My guest is David Gottfried. David Gottfried is known as the father of the global green building movement. He founded both the U.S. Green Building Council and World Green Building Councils. The GBC movement has likely reduced global warming and ecological footprint more than any other organizations in the world. David serves as the CEO of Regen360 which helps accelerate commerce and adoption of advanced greentech products and methodologies for leading global organizations, including Dreamworks, Starbucks, Genentech, Apple, Stanford University, and the State of California.
Reset360 also formulates and distributes hormone-balancing and anti-aging books, courses and products. The company’s products are guided by Dr. Sara Gottfried MD, a New York Times bestselling author. David has received numerous leadership awards, including being inducted into the Green Industry Hall of Fame, and he is author of the award winning bestseller Explosion Green. He lives in Berkeley California with his wife Sara and their two daughters.
In today’s interview, David shares why it’s so important to make changes today in your home and how you can start those changes right away to support a greener lifestyle today to protect the health of your family and planet for generations to come.