Positive Psychology: Love, Kindness & Empathy
This episode explores three character strengths from positive psychology: love, kindness, and social intelligence, and how they contribute to a more fulfilling life. Dr. Alice Lee and Emily discuss unconditional love, the ripple effect of kindness, empathy, and the importance of understanding others without judgment. Drawing on their personal experiences with chronic illness and psychiatric medication withdrawal, they reflect on how difficult experiences can deepen compassion, strengthen self-awareness, and teach us to practice greater love and kindness toward ourselves and others.
Read More →Bravery, Perseverance, and Authenticity: Keys to Creating the Good Life
This episode explores four character strengths from positive psychology: bravery, persistence, integrity, and vitality. Through personal experiences and reflections, Dr. Alice Lee and Emily discuss how facing fears, persevering through challenges, living authentically, and staying engaged with life can support healing, build confidence, and help create a more fulfilling life—even when illness or other difficulties make the journey challenging.
Read More →Life-changing Power of Curiosity, Open-Mindedness, Love of Learning & Wisdom
This episode explores four character strengths from positive psychology: curiosity, open-mindedness, love of learning, and perspective. Through personal experiences and reflections, Dr. Alice Lee and Emily discuss how these qualities can help us question assumptions, learn from our experiences, understand different viewpoints, and develop greater wisdom, compassion, and a more fulfilling life.
Read More →Positive Psychology and Creativity: How Character Strength Shapes Mental Health and the Good Life
This episode explores creativity as a character strength and its role in positive psychology, mental health, and the “good life.” It looks at how creativity goes beyond artistic ability, influencing problem-solving, resilience, coping, and everyday life, while encouraging listeners to recognize, nurture, and value their own creative potential.
Read More →Hormone Imbalance and Mental Health: The Hidden Connection Explained
This episode examines the often-overlooked relationship between hormonal health and mental health. It discusses how estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, cortisol, inflammation, gut health, and hormone metabolism may influence symptoms ranging from anxiety and depression to mania and psychosis, while emphasizing the importance of looking beyond psychiatric symptoms to underlying physical and hormonal factors.
Read More →Loneliness and Mental Health: How to Build Real Connection
This article explores the impact of loneliness on mental and physical well-being, highlighting why meaningful social connections are essential for long-term health. Through personal reflections and practical insights, it encourages readers to rebuild their social networks and embrace small steps toward deeper connection and emotional resilience.
Read More →Medication Withdrawal Through Holistic Psychiatry: Interview by Dr. Lori Hops
In this podcast interview, Dr. Lori Hops speaks with Dr. Alice Lee about her holistic approach to psychiatric medication withdrawal. They discuss how integrative psychiatry, functional medicine, energy medicine, lifestyle support, and inner wisdom can work together to support safer medication tapering and whole-person healing.
Read More →The Conditional Love Condition
This article examines how the childhood belief that love must be earned can lead to lifelong patterns of people-pleasing, perfectionism, and emotional emptiness. Through patient examples and Empower Energy Technique, it offers a holistic approach to releasing conditional-love beliefs and reconnecting with unconditional love, self-acceptance, and inner strength.
Read More →Restoring Your Life After Coming Off Psychiatric Medications
Explore an honest and thoughtful conversation about conventional and holistic treatment failures in psychiatry. Discover how failed approaches, medication challenges, withdrawal struggles, and treatment resistance can become powerful opportunities for deeper understanding, persistence, and true healing.
Read More →Discussing Conventional and Holistic Treatment Failures
Coming off psychiatric medications is only one part of the healing journey. This article looks at what comes next — rebuilding identity, confidence, relationships, habits, and purpose after years of treatment, while learning to move forward with patience, self-compassion, and a renewed sense of freedom.
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