Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on August 15 and 16, 2026 on AM740 and FM 96.7 in Toronto. Topics covered on the show track the lifestyle articles and themes published in The Tonic Newsletter and on the Tonic Website. This week we’ll discuss the causes of your hair loss with naturopath Dr. Colleen Hartwick ND, how to get out of estrangement with authors Leslie and Lindsey Glass, all religions are more alike than not, with psychiatrist and author Dr. Ed Siegel, and why people choose to stay in an abusive relationship with author Nicole Kranz.

We specifically discuss:

The Causes of Your Hair Loss

  • Is hair loss one condition?
  • The pattern and location of your hair loss
  • Genetic pattern hair loss in men and women
  • The drivers of pattern hair loss
  • Scalp health
  • Telogen effluvium
  • Stress and hair loss
  • GLP-1 agonists and hair thinning
  • Reversible contributors to hair loss

 

How to Get Out of Estrangement

  • The work and process of reconciliation
  • Heal yourself first and apart
  • Understanding your own role in the estrangement
  • Listening and understanding the opposing perspective
  • Is the time apart necessary in order to move forward?
  • Changes that foster a better relationship
  • How do you know if you’re ready for reconciliation?
  • First steps toward reconciliation

All Religions Are More Alike than Not

  • The common threads in religions
  • Limitation of the human brain prevents understanding of God
  • The “business” of religions
  • Laconic synthesis of understanding that religions are actually alike
  • What flows from understanding that religions are alike?
  • How should we act if we understand our limitations?

Why People Choose to Stay in an Abusive Relationship

  • Why to victims look to an abuser for comfort?
  • How do victims become isolated?
  • Are abusers capable of love?
  • The warning signs
  • Why choose the abusive relationship rather than no relationship?
  • Why is it difficult to leave an abusive relationship?
  • Realization and fear
  • Why “Why don’t you leave?” is the wrong question to ask?
  • How can survivors build trust in themselves?

 

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