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The DNA of Emotional Health – Part 8
Inflammaging – ”Unzip” Your DNA to Prevent
32 Trillion Cells from Screaming for Relief

One of the most common ways in which we forget (or deny) that our actions have consequences is in the process of aging… or for some, “inflammaging”.

PTSD – The Wounds that Just Won’t Heal

Second Opinion: Session Four

The DNA of Emotional Health – Part 6
Fatty Arteries Make Skinny, Shrinking Brains

One of the greatest sources of regret stems from arriving at a crucial, life-changing understanding when it’s too late to do anything about it.

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

The OXTR Gene with Two Variants Can Affect Your Psychological Wellbeing. Learn how biohacking OXTR variants can lead to very positive outcomes.

The DNA of Emotional Health – Part 2
Biohacking Your Genes by Altering Your Environment

Epigenetics, Fate, and the Certain Uncertainty of our Genetic Code

Graduation Blues: How DNA Almost Sabotaged a Promising Future

Analyze Your Genes to Overcome Existential Crises

“It’s Not Me, Dad, It’s My DNA”: How SLC6A4, CACNA1C, and ANK3 Genes Restored a Father’s Respect

Sometimes learning how our DNA affects our prospects can help ease the burden of unrealistic expectations… for all parties involved.

OMG!

How SLC6A4, CACNA1C, COMT, MTHFR, BDNF, ABCA7, CD33, CHRNA5/3, FTO, LRP1, PPARG, CHRNA5/3, FKBP5, HLADQB1, and CRP Genes Predicted Treatment Response

A story about a patient's perseverance—and one that I hope will encourage you to stick with therapy until you become whole, too.

Your Ultimate Mental Health Gene Chart

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.”