Episode 1050: Dr. Laney Knowlton on Relationships, Betrayal & the Sexuality Divide: A Clinical Sexologist’s Perspective

In this deeply insightful conversation, Dr. Laney Knowlton explores the shifting landscape of modern relationships, the disconnect between our tools for connection and our actual ability to connect, and the…

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Episode 1149: Bill Gifford – Hot Wired: How Heat Can Help You Live Longer

Hot Wired: How Heat Can Help You Live Longer

In this episode, Leigh sits down with journalist and author Bill Gifford to explore how heat exposure, through saunas, hot baths, and heat training, can improve longevity, sleep, cardiovascular health, and overall well-being. Drawing from science, personal experimentation, and global research, Bill explains why humans are biologically wired to benefit from heat and how modern lifestyles may be limiting this natural advantage.

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Episode 1149: Hot Wired How Heat Can Help You Live Longer with Bill Gifford

In this episode, Leigh sits down with journalist and author Bill Gifford to explore how heat exposure—through saunas, hot baths, and heat training—can improve longevity, sleep, cardiovascular health, and overall…

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Episode 1148: Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle on Stress, Technology & the Mental Health Crisis

In this conversation, I speak with Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle about the modern mental health crisis —why depression, anxiety, and burnout are exploding—and what we can practically do about it. Drawing…

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Episode 1148: Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle – Stress, Technology & the Mental Health Crisis

Stress, Technology & the Mental Health Crisis

In this conversation, I speak with Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle about the modern mental health crisis, why depression, anxiety, and burnout are exploding, and what we can practically do about it. Drawing on more than 35,000 hours of face-to-face clinical work, Mike explains:

Why today’s levels of stress, anxiety, depression, suicidality, and addiction are unlike anything he saw 20 years ago. 

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Episode 1147: Catherine Pittman – Anxiety Comes From the Amygdala

Anxiety Comes From the Amygdala

Anxiety isn’t a personal failure; it’s a brain-based survival response. In this episode of The Hidden Why Podcast, Leigh Martinuzzi sits down with clinical psychologist and neuroscientist Dr. Catherine Pittman, co-author of Rewire Your Anxious Brain, to explore what’s really happening in the brain when we experience anxiety, panic, and fear.

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Episode 1147: Catherine Pittman on Anxiety Comes From the Amygdala

Anxiety isn't a personal failure—it's a brain-based survival response. In this episode of The Hidden Why Podcast, Leigh Martinuzzi sits down with clinical psychologist and neuroscientist Dr. Catherine Pittman, co-author…

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Episode 1146: Carrie Schmitt on Creativity as a Healing Force

Creativity as a Healing Force

In this profound conversation with artist and author Carrie Schmitt, we explore how creativity isn’t just a skill or hobby—it’s a living, healing force that can transform lives. Carrie shares her personal journey of how painting saved her during a debilitating health crisis and how creativity became her most meaningful relationship. She challenges conventional views of creativity and offers insights into how anyone can reconnect with their innate creative spirit.

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Episode 1145: Erin Kerry – Living Beyond Labels

Living Beyond Labels

In this deeply insightful episode of The Hidden Why, host Leigh Martinuzzi sits down with Erin Kerry, functional nutritionist, integrative health coach, and author of Live Beyond Your Label. Erin shares her powerful personal journey from being diagnosed with PTSD, depression, and bipolar disorder as a teenager to living symptom free for nearly two decades through a holistic, root cause approach to healing.

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Episode 1144: Dr. Aimie Apigian – The Biology of Trauma & Healing

The Biology of Trauma & Healing

In this transformative episode, Leigh Martinuzzi is joined by Dr. Aimie Apigian, a double-board-certified physician and leading expert in trauma recovery, to explore the Biology of Trauma. From her beginnings as a general surgery resident to becoming a foster/adoptive parent and later facing her own personal health challenges, Dr. Aimie shares her powerful journey, and how it led her to redefine the trauma-healing process through a biological lens.

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