Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on March 4 and 5, 2023 on AM740 and FM 96.7 in Toronto. Topics covered on the show track the lifestyle articles and themes published in Tonic Magazine. This week we’ll discuss how to support public safety personnel and their familes with occupational therapist Dr. Heidi Cramm, how inflation is affecting our mental health with Dr. Frank Elgar PHD, how your gut health impacts your skin health with beauty expert Vee Mistry and the big deal about acceptance with mindfulness expert Tracy Soghrati

We specifically discuss:

Supporting Public Safety Personnel

  • What are PSP’s?
  • PSPNET Families
  • The uniqueness of PSPNET Families
  • Why is dealing with PSP’s families’s stresses important to address now?
  • How does PSPNET support PSP families?
  • The unique tools available
  • The development of the PSPNET families program
  • Feedback from PSPNET families

 

How Inflation Affects Our Mental Health

  • How inflation impacts individuals
  • Lower income individuals impacted more
  • The health impacts of financial stress
  • The social impacts tied to rising inflation
  • The impact on children and youths
  • The solutions: Basic income?
  • The value proposition of addressing relative poverty and health outcomes
  • Does the problem flow both ways: Does poor health reinforce poverty?

 

Gut Health and Your Skin

  • The “gut-skin” axis
  • Skin is an organ of elimination
  • Ayurvedic concepts of beauty
  • Is what we put on our skin impact our gut?
  • The “toxins” we eat/drink
  • Helpful hints to improve your skin health
  • Water
  • Caffeine
  • “Warmer” foods
  • Spicy foods
  • Dairy

 

Acceptance

  • What does ‘acceptance’ mean?
  • Touching the present moment
  • Anxious fantasies
  • Positive emotion priming
  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • The 6 components of inflexibility
  • A tangible example

 

To learn more about show sponsor, PSPNET Families go here

To learn more about Heidi Cramm go here

To learn more about Frank Elgar go here

To learn more about Vee Mistry go here

To learn more about Tracy Soghrati go here.

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