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In: Genie & Moody Mike

GENiE, is a double helix character used to explain genetics. Moody Mike is a character that looks like your stomach and is used to explain the moody microbiome.

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Psychobiotics and Your Microbiome – It’s a Gut Feeling

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 5
Convert Your Microbiome to a “Team Player” to Alleviate Depression, Anxiety and Bipolar Disorder

How your microbiome can be an underachiever—and what you can consider doing to make it work for you as an overachieving teammate!

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 4
Ninety Trillion Bugs Cry Out, “Feed Me. Feed Me.” Why Should You Care?

A Gut Feeling: Is Your Microbiome Making You Moody?

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

A look at what factors keep your microbiome happy and healthy—and what factors might be hurting its chances to thrive.

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

Various bacteria found in your microbiome can exert epigenetic effects on your DNA, through a complex set of “messages from bugs.”

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 1
Your Microbiome – An “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”?

In our new series, “Your Mighty Moody Microbiome,” you will learn how the DNA in these microorganisms is an extremely important “manufacturing plant” that also helps regulate the DNA in your body’s cells, and how you can use that information to improve your emotional health.

Treatment Resistance and the Biopsychosocial Model

According to the biopsychosocial model, mental health and wellness exists at the intersection between our biology, our psychology, and our environment.

Your Ultimate Brain Health Gene Chart

Can Genetic Testing Help My Child?

How a Simple Cheek Swab Provides the Answer

How Genetic Testing Can Ease the Stress of Medicating Your Child

DNA Battle of the Sexes
Weaponized Genetic Testing and Depression in a Married Couple

We should be careful NOT to conceptualize mental illness as synonymous with “personality flaws”—and how toxic it can be to a love relationship when the biologic basis of mental illness is “weaponized.”