The ZDoggMD Show

Our collective shift towards left brain dominance may be the end of us all. A live discussion of the ramifications of increasing reductionism in healthcare, COVID, and beyond. Learn more about McGilchrist's The Master and His Emissary. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/left-right-brain/ Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A deep dive down the rabbit hole of our astonishing, non-conceptual experience of what IS. John Astin is a health psychologist, meditation teacher, musician, and the author of four books on spiritual practice, including This Extraordinary Moment. His guided meditations can be found on Sam Harris's Waking Up app. He has a Ph.D. in health psychology and is an adjunct professor of clinical and counseling psychology at Santa Clara and Notre Dame de Namur Universities. Find his books, teachings, and more on his website. Here's our prior interview with John. Here are all our videos on consciousness, meditation, and awakening. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/john-astin-2/ Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 1:52 What are we? How consciousness identifies with its contents 6:33 The thought/conceptual world vs. the experiential world 11:25 Concepts can’t capture raw experience, quantum physics vs gross reality 16:24 The conceptual world and the spiritual “journey”, the nature of impermanence 23:37 How “long” is NOW? 28:06 What is living truth relative to the thought world, the pragmatic benefit of realization 34:43 Integrating absolute realization into daily life 41:09 Mind reduces infinity to finite and a sense of lack, non-duality 44:47 Coming off retreat and “reintegrating”, the “commentary” of thought consciousness 52:31 What IS anxiety experientially? 57:04 Conceptual thought world removes “magic” from experience 59:30 The power of attention and discernment in inquiring into experience 1:06:20 The apparent spiritual “journey” 1:10:38 Awakening and realization over time 1:12:52 We are wired to seek enjoyment 1:19:48 The radiant beauty of everything regardless of mental labels, what is art? 1:29:37 The miracle of what IS 1:40:17 A guided meditation/inquiry on presence: intro 1:42:19 Guided meditation on presence Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A must-watch deep dive into some science! Vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit is less than impressed with evidence to support the Omicron BA.4/5 "bivalent" booster shots now rolling out for everyone 12 and older. We also talk polio and monkeypox and flu 👍 Video: https://zdoggmd.com/paul-offit-10/ Topics & Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 1:10 A brief history of the Covid vaccines, groups that benefit from boosting 5:12 Incubation periods and vaccination "goals," preventing infection vs. severe disease 10:54 Bivalent vaccine, the FDA's EUA approach, crucial dosing issues (ancestral strain vs. bivalent) 17:15 BA.4/5 booster immunogenicity data (or lack thereof), mouse data & vax safety profile 21:40 Why Paul himself would pass on the new booster, incubation periods, why Covid zero is a fantasy 24:28 Paul's "perfect" bivalent vaccine 25:37 Yearly targeted boosters, myocarditis and the Thai children's study 28:39 BA.4/5: MIS-C, boosters & long Covid, data from JAMA's Italian study 31:28 Comparing BA.4/5 & the yearly flu vax, timing of the yearly flu shot 38:45 Polio's resurgence, injected inactivated vs. live oral polio vaccines, the role of sanitation 48:05 Monkeypox and a history of smallpox vaccines 56:43 Reflection w/Dr. Offit: what he's gotten right, what he's gotten wrong and where to go from here 1:01:57 Final thoughts Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should California discipline doctors who "disseminate misinformation or disinformation related to COVID-19?" Here's one California physician's take. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/misinfo-bill/ And here's the interview with Dr. Paul Offit I referenced. Read the full text of AB2098 here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seriously y'all, you can't make this s**t up 😂 When Dr. Leana Wen changed her hard core Covidian tune, the Twitter mob went into full attack mode. All to cancel her from speaking at a panel on "the backlash against public health" Oh, the irony! Here's an excellent related op-ed with links and a discussion I had with Dr. Vinay Prasad on The VPZD Show about this. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/leana-wen/ Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three pervasive distortions are at the root of tremendous suffering for children AND adults. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/3-great-untruths/ Read Haidt & Lukianoff's book The Coddling of the American Mind. Watch my related video on The Social Dilemma. Watch my interview on existential risk with Daniel Schmachtenberger. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens if you drop the mental labels, constructs and THOUGHTS about reality, and just look directly at your immediate experience? Strap yourself in because psychologist John Astin helps us see what's right in front of us, now and always 🤯 John Astin is a meditation teacher, musician, and the author of four books on spiritual practice, including Searching for Rain in a Monsoon. He has a Ph.D. in health psychology and is an adjunct professor of clinical and counseling psychology at Santa Clara and Notre Dame de Namur Universities. Find his books, teachings, and more on his website. Here's the interview with Donald Hoffman that we referenced and check out all our videos on consciousness, meditation, and awakening. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/john-astin/ Topics & Timecodes 0:00 Introduction 9:01 The role of psychedelics, self transcendence & wonder 13:25 Awakening to non-dual reality 18:10 The miracle of our present experience 25:00 How words and concepts can’t capture experience 28:35 Conceptual vs. Experiential perspective: an exercise 34:10 Analogy to the vase illusion image: parts and whole coexist 49:28 The inconceivability of any experience, including emotions like worry and anxiety 58:29 The fractal/holographic nature of reality, the oneness of experience 1:01:28 Awakening as a sense of homecoming 1:05:15 The paradox of suffering and our frame of reference 1:09:50 “Relative” medicine vs. “Ultimate” medicine, clarifying the nature of pain 1:17:18 The impermanence of experiential phenomenon 1:26:40 The paradox of striving/seeking, allowing experience to be 1:29:00 Drifting reality and what is attention, the groundless nature of experience 1:33:28 The paradox of meditation and effort, the role of teachers 1:43:06 The dreamlike quality of waking experience 1:45:20 Zoom as an abstraction vs. in person experience 1:48:50 What is meditation? What is common to all experience: one taste 1:55:05 What is consciousness? Reality is “just this”; what is “presence” 2:04:55 All views are partial, the Alt-Middle, Integral perspective, thoughts are just thoughts 2:07:43 McGilcrist and left brain vs right brain, Jill Bolte Taylor 2:10:40 Wrapping up, links, and the book This Extraordinary Moment Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why did Dr. Offit vote NO on Omicron-specific boosters at the FDA advisory meeting? What's up with vaccine for the youngest kids? AND MUCH MORE... All our videos with Dr. Paul Offit here. And check out Paul's recent op-ed on variant-specific boosting in Stat News. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/paul-offit-9/ Topics & Timecodes: ​ 00:00 Intro, Omicron-specific vaccine, brief COVID history, what is a bivalent vaccine ​ 06:56 The FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee, political agendas & the seemingly declining burden of proof 13:15 Booster vs. 3rd dose, understanding age stratified risk, potential for vaccine escape 16:52 My dad's COVID story, risk calculation, the problem with broad stroke policies 20:50 What happens to old COVID variants, predictions for the upcoming winter surge 23:07 Viral infection patterns, specifically in children, MIS-C 28:52 Severe disease, death and long COVID in children, vaccine uptake in children 33:53 Kids under 5 & the COVID vax, community vs. individual benefit 38:45 COVID vax mandates & their effect on childhood immunizations, public health messaging 43:58 Recognizing & overcoming bias, Dr. Offit's emotional experience upon approval of the rotavirus vax 47:59 Paul shares his COVID experience, long COVID as a biopsychosocial condition, final thoughts Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A pandemic post-mortem that looks ahead to how a post-COVID awakening might unfold, with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller. Find more from David and his guests here, check out the recent live show we did together. Here's the Culture Wars 2.0 piece we referenced. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/covid-culture-wars/ Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 4:40 Health 3.0 & a broken healthcare system going into the pandemic 7:50 Rebel Wisdom’s central curation function 11:00 Zoom vs. in person and the effect on connection 23:53 Internet subcultures “leaking” into the real world, Jan. 6th 26:15 The Post-Secular Religiosity of everything, including COVID 31:15 The rise of conspiracy narratives during COVID 37:05 Questioning our own thinking, personal growth 44:10 Hermeneutics of suspicion & a culture of bullshit 56:00 Conspiracies thrive in gaps in the mainstream narrative 57:30 Pre/trans fallacy & the COVID antithesis space 1:05:00 Paradox of being outside the institutions: audience capture 1:09:48 Tech platforms’ warping effect on creators 1:13:40 Jordan Peterson’s tragic arc 1:17:54 The return of the “repressed” 1:24:00 Return of psychedelic medicine 1:29:44 Limitations of psychedelics 1:34:13 Meditation & Awakening, pitfalls 1:38:58 Ayahuasca 1:44:12 Culture War 2.0 & Memetic Tribes 1:53:15 Post Pandemic Awakening & Personal Growth Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just getting infants and toddlers fed seems harder than ever given formula shortages and lack of support for moms. Lactation consultant and educator Mirine Richey, MPH, IBCLC helps us unwind all the knots. Learn more about her work at Florida State. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/formula-crisis/ Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro, the role of the lactation consultant 05:25 Infant nutrition, diversity among lactation specialists, physical breastfeeding vs. feeding breastmilk 08:17 Social determinants, challenges for low socioeconomic and the highly educated, maternal advantages & benefits of breastfeeding 14:50 Infant advantages & benefits of breastfeeding 19:34 Breastmilk vs. formula cost (both monetary and social) 23:11 Debriefing past trauma & why it's often uncomfortable to talk about breastfeeding, more neonatal benefits 27:53 Composition of human milk, immune properties, HIV considerations, positioning for bottle feeding 31:39 Tongue-tied babies, breast-shaped bottles, maternal mental health & the effect of stress on infants, breastmilk is best 41:21 Formula composition, cow milk vs. goat milk based, clever marketing, soy based formulas 50:29 The simplicity of supplementing with formula & it's effect on milk supply, the formula industrial complex, clever marketing 59:43 Baby friendly hospitals, informed consent, alternatives to breastfeeding, donor milk, synthetic milk 1:05:25 Milk production for multiples, pumping pros & cons, mastitis, temperament & personality in infants & beyond 1:14:58 The formula crisis, causes & possible solutions 1:18:40 Final thoughts, tying it all together, finding a lactation consultant Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most of our lives are spent lost in the thought stream. But the senses can be our gateway to unfiltered reality right here and now. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/sense-gates/ Get Dr. Angelo DiLullo's book on awakening, Awake: It's Your Turn, here. Check out Angelo's YouTube channel with excellent pointer videos here. Sign up for Angelo's email list for future meditation retreats and updates here. And watch ALL of our videos on awakening with my fellow Dr. D here. Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 1:49 Awakening as a process beyond conceptual knowing 4:00 What to do when thought intervenes on unfiltered reality 7:01 The paradox of the personal and impersonal 8:50 The paradox of practice vs. non-practice 11:12 Investigating the sense gates: sound and hearing 21:10 The non-dual experience of hearing (JUST hearing) 26:10 The prerequisite role of Self-inquiry in awakening 27:52 Investigating the sight gate: gazing into infinity 33:40 Attuning to subtlety and refining perception 36:52 The importance of “just stopping” 40:11 The end of suffering and living truth investigating itself Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We dive into your questions about consciousness, personal growth, and more with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller. We discuss all the things including manspark™️, responsible heterodoxy, the hero’s journey, health 3.0, psychedelics, meditation & the ego, Enneagrams, free will and much more. Also, check out Rebel Wisdom's YouTube channel and watch our previous episodes with David here. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/david-fuller-live/ Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Holecek is an author, teacher, and a renowned expert on meditation, lucid dreaming, and dream yoga. We dive into how increasing your awareness during sleep can have profound benefits for your life. In fact, it might just help wake us up from the "dream" of the waking state itself... Check out Andrew's website with many resources including his podcast and books and his "Night Club" lucid dreaming and meditation community. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can we awaken to life as a continuous flow state? What is no-self & the Unborn? Can suffering be a fierce grace that wakes you up to the natural flow of redemptive love? Trigger Warning: we go DEEP on this one 😂. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/awakening-flow/ Get Dr. Angelo DiLullo's book on awakening, Awake: It's Your Turn, here. Check out Angelo's YouTube channel with excellent pointer videos here. Sign up for Angelo's email list for future meditation retreats and updates here. And watch ALL of our videos on awakening with my fellow Dr. D here. Topics covered: flow states in awakening, the Unborn and no-self, improv comedy and flow, why this pointing can destabilize some people, the singularity of non-dual experience, the hero's spiritual journey, suffering and fierce grace, surrendered intention and bodhisattvas, authenticity and letting go of belief, emotion work, redemptive love, and of course COVID and glory holes 😂 Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The complex ethical, medical, and psychological issues relating to women's health & abortion are nuanced and often non-intuitive. An OB/Gyn doc joins me to help us better understand. Dr. Alexandre (Alex) West is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Connecticut. Here's a link with support services for people with peripartum mood and anxiety disorders, pregnancy loss, and pregnancy termination for medical reasons. Here's another link for emotional support following pregnancy termination. And here's information on birth control, miscarriage management and abortion. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/abortion-facts/ Topics & Timecodes 00:00 Intro 03:13 Scope of obstetrics, abortion as a part of the entire reproductive journey, legislator qualifications (or lack thereof) 07:46 Factors leading to unwanted pregnancy, nuances of birth control including eligibility, access & effectiveness 11:41 Ethical considerations including autonomy (personal control), maleficence (helping) & non-maleficence (not doing harm) 19:00 How pregnancy "weeks" are calculated, fetal cardiac activity, PCOS 24:27 Ethics of maternal autonomy vs. fetal autonomy 28:49 Ectopic pregnancy 35:33 The moral matrix, Alt-Middle perspective, mental health, postpartum depression & legislation as a barrier 40:59 Nuance surrounding the definition of "life-threatening," medical decision-making & potential provider legal implications 45:31 The morning after pill, medication & procedural termination options, Mifepristone & Mifepristol 52:40 Tools, team & trust, teratogenic pregnancies, diabetes & cancer in pregnancy 1:01:44 Preventing unwanted pregnancies, need for education, birth control access, managing baseline health conditions, social determinants of health 1:07:21 Mindfulness, trauma, ACOG's policy on abortion, the physician/patient relationship, final thoughts Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's what you need to know about the current monkeypox outbreak, including how it spreads, how to diagnose and treat, and whether YOU should worry about this in the first place. Here's a good summary in Science. Here's the WHO's information. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/monkeypox/ Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We now have all the necessary tools to end the COVID "emergency" phase. Here's how (and why) we can live with this coronavirus. Here's an extended Twitter thread outlining the key points we discussed (easy for sharing). And here's every show we've done with UCSF Professor and infectious disease specialist Dr. Monica Gandhi. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/living-with-covid/ Topics & Timecodes 00:00 Intro, mask mandates, individual control & benefits of one-way masking 05:22 Long COVID, innate vs adaptive immunity, seroprevalence among varying age groups 10:27 Vaccine protection against severe COVID, natural immunity, media catastrophizing, animal reservoirs & endemicity 15:23 Hepatitis outbreak in children, did pandemic sheltering weaken our kids’ immune responses, masking children & the precautionary principle 20:00 Creating an endpoint, the purpose of non-pharmaceutical interventions, hospitalizations with COVID vs. for COVID, death rate as a key metric 23:53 Hybrid immunity, Omicron as the great equalizer, CDC messaging & it’s role in terrifying the vaccinated & convincing the unvaccinated that vaccines don’t work 31:49 Covaxin vs Sinovac, India vs. China, downstream effects of lockdowns, excess deaths 40:32 Age-based risk stratification, immune response in children, what a “mild” case of Omicron looks like, Paxlovid & other therapeutics 46:10 Omicron mutations & why they point to approaching endemicity, public & mental health strategies 49:38 The value of holistic treatment, right brain vs. left brain, reductionism, importance of recognizing the many tools we have to combat COVID 59:32 What’s next for Monica, why docs suck at talking about risk, final thoughts Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A longtime hospitalist colleague and mentor shares hospital hacks that improve life for our patients, our colleagues, and ourselves 🔥 Dr. John Cunniff, MD, MBA is a 22 year veteran hospital doctor with the Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group in practice at Stanford and other local hospitals in the Silicon Valley. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/hospital-hacks/ Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What has our short-sighted COVID approach cost us? Dr. Makary returns to discuss all the other stuff we're damaging or neglecting. Check out Marty's research site on redesigning healthcare here. And watch all our episodes together here. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/covid-myopia/ Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy #nursesweek to all those on the hero's journey 🙏 It's Nurses Week and you know what that means: cold pizza, heroes work here signs and tacky gifts. How about giving nurses what they REALLY need: safe staffing ratios, fair pay, freedom from workplace violence, mental health support and RESPECT. And that means leaders LEADING. To all the nurses: I get it, I hear you and I support you. It turns out we're all on a journey to find our path, our true calling. Whether that means leaving your current role, lobbying for change or introspecting to reframe how you look at the world, the time is now. It's YOUR journey, make it happen. Check out all my nurse advocacy (and parody) videos here. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/nurses-week-2022/ Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We had Doc Vader frozen in carbonite for good reason, but today MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU cuz he's offfff the chain, uncensored, and LIVE 😂. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/doc-vader-live-5-4-22/ Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why isn't everyone awakened and able to realize unfiltered reality? Turns out the mind tosses up apparent roadblocks to enlightenment. Here's how to recognize and overcome them. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/awakening-barriers/ Get Dr. Angelo DiLullo's book on awakening, Awake: It's Your Turn, here. Check out Angelo's YouTube channel with excellent pointer videos here. Sign up for Angelo's email list for future meditation retreats and updates here. And watch ALL of our videos on awakening with my fellow Dr. D here. Topics & Timecodes 00:00 Intro 01:38 Unfiltered reality is ALWAYS present, just seemingly obscured 04:59 Barrier 1: not knowing awakening is possible 17:12 Fear disguising itself as acquisition of knowledge 22:00 Barrier 2: doubt and the standing wave of identity/thought 44:35 Barrier 3: realizing what is a thought and what isn’t 55:49 Advice for overcoming sticky beliefs Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live Q+A originally on Facebook. We talked: nurse practitioners, women vs. men, should you leave your job, helicopter parenting and safetyism, un-masked prom COVID catastrophizing, and more! Video: https://zdoggmd.com/live-4-21-22/ Here's my previous episodes on Nurse Practitioners, following your path and the Turntable Health story. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Teen mental health has taken a dive over the last decade and the pandemic hasn't helped. I discuss 4 reasons why, and what we can do about it. Here's that Atlantic article mentioned and my previous episode on social media & teenage girls. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/teen-mental-health/ Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should YOU do a silent meditation retreat? Dr. Angelo DiLullo & I recently held a 6-day retreat with 30 healthcare folks from our audience, and here's what happened 🤯 Video: https://zdoggmd.com/meditation-retreat/ Get Dr. Angelo DiLullo's book on awakening, Awake: It's Your Turn, here. Check out Angelo's YouTube channel with excellent pointer videos here. Sign up for Angelo's email list for future meditation retreats and updates here. And watch ALL of our videos on awakening with my fellow Dr. D here. Topics & Timecodes 00:00 Intro 01:50 What happens when we are silent and meditate, the nature of thought 06:15 Non-verbal connection/communication on retreat 09:51 Strong emotional, empathic openings and experiences 14:04 The group dynamic on silent retreat 15:36 The journey inward, removal of distraction 20:21 Emotion, suffering, and the opening of the heart 24:25 Psychedelics compared with retreat 26:22 Eating in silence with others 29:32 Support on retreat & group activities 34:52 Meditative concentration (joriki) 37:24 How to sign up for retreat 38:11 The Zen tradition, koans, mu 39:26 Angelo’s retreat specifics, pain, guided meditation Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and abuse of an impaired adult...for a medication error. It was a tragic error that many nurses have told me could have happened to many of them: crappy tech, poor systems, understaffing, and human error leading to the death of a vulnerable patient. And now we have the conviction of a nurse on criminal charges for such a mistake. Here are my thoughts on why this is a TERRIBLE precedent for anyone working in healthcare. Additionally, read statements from the American Nurses Association (ANA) and American Association of Critical Care Nurses (ACCN) regarding the criminal conviction. Here are my prior episodes discussing Vaught's case. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/nurse-convicted/ Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys are back in town 😂 and we talk COVID policy failures, fact-checking fallacies, criminalizing nurse Radonda Vaught's fatal med error, Twitter "experts," safetyism, fixing healthcare efficacy and costs, and MUCH more.Video: https://zdoggmd.com/prasad-makary/ Here's all our shows with Marty Makary. Here's The VPZD Podcast. Topics & Timecodes 00:00 Fact-checking the facts, COVID policy failures, RCT's & parachute studies 08:11 Masking, vaccinating and boosting kids 22:28 Nurse RaDonda Vaught facing criminal conviction after a fatal med error 31:55 4th dose, Twitter giving rise to questionably qualified leaders, virtue signaling 45:30 Adolescent mental health, extreme safetyism, antifragility, mandates 1:25:42 Getting back to fixing healthcare, the burden of medical debt, healthcare's hidden costs 1:33:01 Solutions like eliminating middlemen, price transparency & direct primary care 1:40:00 Long COVID further inflating cost, reductionism, NIH funding, finding the synthesis position 1:52:27 USA vs. European COVID strategies, mandatory boosters to keep medical license Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The US Senate just voted to make Daylight Savings Time (DST) permanent. Sleep doctors think this is unsafe, and here's why.Check out the position paper from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). And check out this interview I did with pediatrician Dr. Blair Duddy on why teens need later school start times and more sleep. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/daylight-savings/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Awakening from the dream of separation and suffering may be as simple as looking for WHO is trying to wake up. Who ARE you? Using self-inquiry (like meditation on steroids) to unlock your true identity. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/self-inquiry/ Get Dr. Angelo DiLullo's book on awakening, Awake: It's Your Turn, here. Check out Angelo's YouTube channel with excellent pointer videos here. Sign up for Angelo's email list for future meditation retreats and updates here. And watch ALL of our videos on awakening with my fellow Dr. D here. Topics & Timecodes 00:00 Intro 00:37 Meditation Vs. inquiry, what’s the purpose of inquiry 05:10 Who are you? 08:41 Hitting the fear barrier, the doubt barrier, the thought trap 16:50 Inquiry and the identity shift of awakening, dissolution of ego 19:53 Resistance & shadow 24:27 Obstructing beliefs/thoughts common to the process 27:35 Self-inquiry vs. surrendered inquiry into the nature of reality post awakening, non-duality 32:10 Surrendering to unfiltered, self-less reality 36:12 Why the smartest people have the most trouble with this 38:20 Investigating the imagined self, the science of no-self 41:39 Can the experience of unfiltered reality be destabilizing , the goal of liberation Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Swedish study is causing anxiety among many that mRNA vaccines can insert into our DNA. Here's what's REALLY going on.Here's the study. Here's a good outline of reverse transcriptase and integrase. And here's another piece on viral genome integration. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/pfizer-dna/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I finally deleted my Twitter account, here's why. Also, Putin, Boosters, and more, LIVE. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/live-2-27-22/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You don’t have to be a writer or “creative” type to channel authenticity and spontaneity in your life and work. A fascinating conversation with book & television writer Johnny B. Truant.Watch our prior show on changing your life story, get Johnny's book The Story Solution here, and check out his multimedia story studio. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/creativity/ Topics & Timecodes 00:00 Intro, how story is excavated vs created 04:19 Working with a partner, why planning too much sucks, mistakes evolve the storyline, why I don't edit videos 12:34 The role of faith in the creative process, working with Tom Hinueber, why spontaneity shouldn't be labeled as lazy 18:03 Left brain vs right brain, creating structure without over-planning, opening a hole in the universe 20:15 Channeling creative flow, pulling past experience into current endeavors, silencing the noise to tap into a deeper flow 25:50 Meditation & improv, medicine & feeling into the patient story, articulating the ineffable 33:27 Factors contributing to writer's block, achieving a state of alert presence, mental illness, substance use & reality 38:09 False memories, The Mandela Effect, objective reality, Alt-Middle & holding strong views loosely, January 6th 49:13 Inhabiting different perspectives, flexibility in belief, role of social media in creating silos, corpus callosum analogy & synthesis between sides 54:58 The arbitrary nature of reality, forming identity around belief & questioning these beliefs, limitations of science, theories of reality 1:07:15 Awakening after trauma, grieving the loss of identity, reality as a simulation, meta-storytelling 1:18:38 Glimpses into unfiltered reality & the unpredictable nature of mini-awakenings 1:25:00 Psychedelics as a double-edged sword, meditation as a more predictable method, repackaging experience as a story 1:28:15 What parameters define "real"? Emotion, sensation & how we label perceptual filters, surrendering to unpleasant sensations 1:34:35 My trip to the dentist, surrendering without judgement, suffering is optional, Return On Luck (ROL) 1:41:14 The stories we tell ourselves, the delusion of separation, my retreat experience 1:46:08 Stories as a trojan horse, disarming people with humor, why resonating with story matters 1:50:27 Using stories to reach others, empathy vs. compassion, identity development in teens & pre-teens Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A deep dive discussion of the effects of race in healthcare and beyond.Dr. Ian Tong is a Black physician, a clinical assistant professor at Stanford, and the Chief Medical Officer of Included Health. We explore stereotype threat, biological weathering, equity vs. equality, structural racism in America, bias in healthcare and medical admissions, the effects of zip code & social determinants of health, and MUCH more. Here's his STAT op ed. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/ian-tong/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to get back to living life. A discussion, LIVE.Join our Supporter Tribe on Locals here. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/sunday-live-2-13-22/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daniel Schmachtenberger studies existential risk. Here's how we might thread an Alt-Middle way to a civilization whose tech, healthcare, social structures, and built environment promote well being rather than divisional apocalypse. Video, topic list and timecodes, and transcript: https://zdoggmd.com/daniel-schmachtenberger Here's more about Daniel and details on his Consilience Project. Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Storywriting expert and author of over 100 books Johnny B. Truant teaches us how we can use story to completely reinvent our lives.Get his book The Story Solution here. Check out his multimedia story studio. And watch a related video I did on The Great Resignation during COVID. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/the-story-solution/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you had a profound glimpse of awakening/enlightenment but you're afraid to dive deeper (or you don't know how)? Here's a direct guide to further exploring your true nature. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/awakening-doubt/ Get Dr. Angelo DiLullo's book on awakening, Awake: It's Your Turn, here. Check out Angelo's YouTube channel with excellent pointer videos here. Sign up for Angelo's email list for future meditation retreats and updates here. And watch ALL of our videos on awakening with my fellow Dr. D here. Topics & Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:16 Could you have had an awakening and not know what it was? What is awakening, presence/consciousness, the role of distorting thought reflections. 8:14 Lacking a context in which to place “awakening” experiences or foretastes 9:48 The role of faith, doubt mass, and determination in enlightenment/awakening/realization. Distinguishing faith from “belief.” 17:11 The deep dissatisfaction and suffering (dukkah) that can light a fire to seek authentic, living truth 25:25 Can people with “good” lives and success wake up? The role of brutal honesty and authenticity in self-realization 26:15 Medical professionals, “successful” people and the threat to identity that awakening might represent, the role of surrender and authenticity 28:06 If you start down the path, DON’T STOP (here’s why), dealing with frustration and roadblocks 34:03 The crucial importance of the present moment (rather than thought or stories ABOUT presence), the mind’s time-based hypnosis 37:00 The difference between “experience” and “realization” and the loosening of thought-based identity structures 47:00 Non-duality (no subject-object distinction, just experiencing itself) 49:45 Suffering is the entry point, the role of retreat and surrender Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A deep dive into actually FEELING emotion as part of the process of awakening. Video, transcript and more: https://zdoggmd.com/awakening-emotion/ Get Dr. Angelo DiLullo's book on awakening, Awake: It's Your Turn, here. Check out Angelo's YouTube channel with excellent pointer videos here. Sign up for Angelo's email list for future meditation retreats and updates here. And watch ALL of our videos with my fellow Dr. D here. Topics & Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 02:26 Consciousness as a movie screen vs. the story of our lives displayed on the screen 09:24 Why the sense of separation returning can make things feel worse after an experience of expansive presence 14:58 Awakening and repressed emotion, the shedding of inauthenticity 20:18 How and when to investigate the source of emotions 22:38 Untangling thought from emotion, dealing with habitual fixations, thought storms 27:55 Resistance to emotion vs. surrender and acceptance 33:00 The effect of meditation retreat on emotion 35:48 The standing wave of thought identification and the pandemic of emotional repression 42:03 Zubin’s post retreat experience of thought and emotion 44:40 The effect since our first shows on awakening, the way out of suffering 48:14 Wrapping up Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 2 of our Pain Points series with the OTHER Dr. Z! In this episode we dive deep into what "mild" Omicron infection means, why depression is biopsychosocial ALWAYS, how to manage imposter syndrome & insomnia, and why benzodiazepine medications are often a disaster. Video, transcript and more: https://zdoggmd.com/pain-points-2/ See all our episodes with Dr. Rachel Z here. Grab her outstanding Pain Management Workbook here. Find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Topics & Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 03:51 Rachel got the Big O (Omicron) & post-infection immunity 08:31 Why a mild case still sucks, the anxiety contagion, public health communication 14:20 Placebo vs nocebo, why words make a difference in suffering 22:25 Long COVID vs long tail symptoms, cognitive distortions 27:15 "Bug chasing" & why it's a bad idea 31:07 Depression, reductionism & the biomedical model of health 38:15 The psych bubble, role of thoughts, emotions & coping behaviors 48:27 The social bubble, role of relationships, isolation, & other factors 51:47 Depression's complex nature & treatment tools 58:14 What is imposter syndrome & why it's so common 1:05:20 4 steps to overcoming imposter syndrome 1:16:31 The dark side of benzodiazepines & why they're not a magic cure 1:20:01 Alcohol, THC, medications & insomnia 1:28:09 Sunlight, stimulants & what to do if you can't sleep 1:38:42 Napping, melatonin & treatment of underlying factors 1:41:28 Final thoughts, submitting your questions for future episodes Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boosters for the young and healthy? Is Pharma dictating public health policy? What's up with VAERS? Did Robert Malone invent the mRNA technology? AND MORE. Video, transcript and more: https://zdoggmd.com/paul-offit-8Check out our other shows with Dr. Paul Offit here. Topics & Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 01:07 Boosters, the CDC, vaccine advisory committee & 3rd dose drama 05:25 Offit's son, The Atlantic article​, booster coverage & mandates 08:34 4th dose, vaccine politicization, childhood vaccines & the anti-vax movement 16:40 mRNA spacing considerations, tribal loyalty 20:25 Pregnancy & COVID-19 vaccines 23:07 Vaccine safety reporting, VAERS pros & cons, PRISM, Vaccine Safety Datalink 26:58 Drug safety, Pharma dictating public health, vaccine effectiveness 30:40 Walenski and CDC, bureaucratic transparency & swine flu lessons learned 36:34 Yearly COVID-19 vax, Omicron parties, chicken pox tragedies & the role of natural immunity 41:53 COVID-19 testing, policy (who it helps, who it hurts) 44:00 What Robert Malone did (and didn't do) with mRNA technology, what it takes to build a vaccine 51:10 Spike protein misinformation & real-life correlation with mass vaccination 56:25 Myocarditis in adults vs. kids, polio in children 1:03:00 The Army's "super vaccine", discussion of gain of function research 1:06:13 Final thoughts Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Peter Attia (host of The Drive), Dr. Marty Makary (Johns Hopkins professor), Dr. Monica Gandhi and I team up to drop some mad COVID science.Check out full show notes and Peter's podcast, The Drive here. Topics & Timecodes:Severity of infection from Omicron—reviewing the data [5:15]; Factors contributing to the relative mildness of Omicron infections [8:30]; Is SARS-CoV-2 evolving to cause less severe disease? [13:00]; Potential of Covaxin—an inactivated virus-based COVID-19 vaccine [17:45]; How B cells and T cells work together to defend against viruses [22:00]; Comparing the COVID-19 vaccines, and the rationale for the time between doses [25:30]; Reviewing the purpose and effectiveness of boosters for reducing severity and transmission [32:30]; Debating vaccine mandates, and putting COVID’s mortality risk in perspective [41:00]; Why the topic of COVID has become so polarized [1:03:15]; Reviewing the data on masks for protecting oneself and protecting others [1:06:30]; The inconsistent logic used for mask mandates [1:16:00]; Long COVID and the potential for vaccines to reduce risk [1:21:45]; Risks for children and policies for schools [1:27:30]; Reviewing the outcomes from Sweden, where the government didn’t impose lockdowns [1:31:00]; Draconian measures implemented in Canada [1:28:15]; Antiviral treatments for COVID and a common-sense approach [1:42:15]; Importance of ending tribalism and having rational discussions with humility [1:47:30]; Treating infection with monoclonal antibodies and convalescent sera [2:01:45]; Reviewing claims made by the controversial Dr. Robert Malone [2:11:15]; A potential exit strategy from the current situation [2:30:30]; Change needed at the NIH [2:40:00] Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lots to talk about this week, so LET'S DO THIS 🔥. Originally streamed LIVE to Youtube: zdoggmd.com/covid-update-1-14-22 Topics & Timecodes:00:00 Intro 00:38 Tribalism, the hive mind & social media 04:44 Alt-Middle & holding beliefs loosely 06:53 Vax on vax violence, friendly fire & today's Twitter storm 15:10 My conversation with Karen Ernst, healthy discourse, seeing the human behind the handle 21:38 New CDC mask guidance, why good people disagree 23:43 Emotions & self reflection 26:25 Fair criticism & acknowledging struggles among public health leaders ​ 29:05 Myocarditis, boosters & college students; safetyism​ & the liberal education hive mind 31:45 Vaccine mandates, the Supreme Court & the role of moral values 39:37 Social media themes as a religion 44:07 Politicization of public health, guns 47:08 Red church vs blue church, the value of covid testing 53:53 Final thoughts, assuming good intent & establishing a meditative practice Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lately there's been an awakening on the part of hardcore Covidians: Omicron done changed the game, so is it finally time to chill? Here's my take.Check out the Atlantic op-ed I reference here. And here's a story from San Francisco that illustrates the power of vaccination to stop severe disease and the power of dumb public policy to create hospital staffing shortages nonetheless. Video, transcript and more: https://zdoggmd.com/vax-n-chill/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could the Omicron wave be the beginning of the end of this? What the science so far means for mandates, schools, and more. Video, transcript and more: https://zdoggmd.com/omicold/ Here's a piece I did previously about shifting from pandemic to endemic illness. Here's the podcast I mentioned that I did with Dr. Peter Attia and Dr. Marty Makary on this. Topics & Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:53 Hospitalization vs.Cases 03:13 Vaccination, Reinfections & Mitigation Measures 09:32 Therapeutics 11:17 Omicron & Kids 11:55 Rogan, Malone & Mass Formation Psychosis 13:10 Real World Outcomes, Mandates & Policy Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Peter Attia (host of The Drive), Dr. Marty Makary (Johns Hopkins professor) and I team up to try some serious sense-making in the Age of Omicron.Check out full show notes and Peter's podcast, The Drive here. Topics & Timecodes: Comparing omicron to delta and other mutations [4:15] Measuring immunity and protection from severe disease—circulating antibodies, B cells, and T cells [13:15] Policy questions: what is the end game and how does the world go back to 2019? [18:45] A policy-minded framework for viewing COVID and the problem of groupthink [24:00] The difference between science and advocacy [39:00] Natural immunity from COVID after infection [46:00] The unfortunate erosion of trust in science despite impressive progress [57:15] Do the current mandates and policies make sense in light of existing data? [1:02:30] Risks associated with vaccines, and the risk of being labeled an anti-vaxxer when questioning them [1:18:15] Data on incidence of myocarditis after vaccination with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines [1:26:15] Outstanding questions about myocarditis as a side effect of mRNA vaccination and the benefit of boosters [1:35:00] The risk-reward of boosters and recommendations being ignored by policy makers in the US [1:40:30] Sowing distrust: Lack of honesty and humility from top officials and policy makers [1:43:30] Thoughts on testing: does it make sense to be pushing widespread testing for COVID? [1:52:15] What is the end point to all of this? [1:58:45] Downstream consequences of lockdowns and draconian policy measures [2:05:30] The polarized nature of COVID—tribalism, skeptics, and demonization of ideas [2:10:30] Looking back at past pandemics for perspective and the potential for another pandemic in the future [2:20:00] What parents can do if their kids are subject to unreasonable policies [2:25:00] Voices of reason in this space [2:28:45] Strong convictions, loosely held: the value in questioning your own beliefs [2:32:15] Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a s**tshow of a year, so let's have some fun, review the year, and do some sense-making, LIVE 🥳Video: https://zdoggmd.com/new-years-2022/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A little year end mind-bender: psychologist Dr. Rachel Zoffness interviews ME about all the personal things 🙀Video version is available exclusively on Locals (so my parents can’t watch 😂), you can watch there for free (just follow the prompts to create a free account). Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new series called Pain Points with UCSF pain and health psychologist Dr. Rachel Zoffness where we answer YOUR questions 👍 In this episode: detecting homicidal intent in children, what's up with Long COVID, does cannabis help with pain, emotional intelligence, choosing a therapist, and more. See all our episodes with Dr. Rachel Z here. Grab her outstanding Pain Management Workbook here. Find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. And check out her website here. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/pain-points-1/ Topics & Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 01:49 Moderna booster blues 03:38 Disclaimers 05:09 Biomedical vs. biopsychosocial factors 08:55 School shooters: what makes a kid a killer? 13:06 Passive vs. active ideation 16:07 Role of parents & teachers 20:54 Characteristics for screening, red flags; Role of classmates 31:48 The bully vs. the bullied; Epidemic of anxiety/depression in teens 41:32 Teaching kids emotional intelligence (EQ) 44:27 Tea kettling; Teens & the prefrontal cortex development 55:18 Marijuana & pain management 1:00:52 Cannabis research; the power of placebo 1:15:36 Biopsychosocial components of pain, COVID and beyond 1:18:03 Long COVID; stigma & effects on health 1:27:54 Endurance pacing; setting goals 1:31:40 Choosing a therapist; benefits of therapy 1:39:07 Therapy for all Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Rogan interview with hydroxychloroquine advocate Dr. Peter McCullough is generating a LOT of buzz and considerable confusion.So here's an examination of each one of Dr. McCullough's claims along with ways we all might better evaluate science and health information. Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/peter-mccullough/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A little Sunday live easy listening: Q+A and Zen Roundz 🙏Video: zdoggmd.com/covid-update-12-12 Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices