With a constant barrage of 24/7 news alerts, social media algorithms, and campaign commercials, the hosts explore how political stress creates an ongoing sense of emergency that wears on our minds, bodies, and relationships.

Tune in to discover actionable coping strategies, from redefining boundaries around media to using the "circle of control" and find out how best to navigate tense conversations around the dinner table.

Tune in to Discover:

• The "Running from a Tiger" Effect: How the 24/7 news cycle triggers chronic cortisol spikes and adrenal fatigue, leaving your nervous system stuck in prolonged fight-or-flight mode.
• The Trap of Poll Doomscrolling: Why obsessively tracking poll margins reduces complex futures into frightening, black-and-white binaries that feed powerlessness and insomnia.
• Boundaries as Intentionality: Practical methods to take charge of your information diet, including muting televised campaign ads, setting app cutoff timers, and creating screen-free morning routines.
• Moving from Anxiety to Action: How focusing on what is within your direct circle of control, such as local volunteering or helping neighbors get to the polls, translates core values into meaningful community impact.
• Navigating Holiday and Family Tension: Communication tools and exit strategies to manage political disagreements with loved ones while protecting personal peace and preserving relationships.

Resources

• Sagent Behavioral Health Therapy Services
• More About Anxiety
• Contact the podcast: Podcast@SagentBH.com

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Dr. Kohlhi shares expert clinical guidance to help parents distinguish between common, short-term "baby blues" and conditions requiring professional care, including postpartum depression (PPD), postpartum anxiety (PPA), postpartum OCD, and postpartum psychosis.

This conversation offers essential insight, destigmatizes intrusive thoughts, and outlines immediate action steps for families navigating perinatal mental health challenges.

Tune in to Discover:

• How the sudden hormonal drop 7 to 10 days after delivery causes temporary emotional shifts, and how to recognize when low mood, self-doubt, or guilt persist beyond two weeks.
• Why PPA often feels like an "engine that won't turn off," leading to exhaustion, physical tension, and an inability to sleep even when the baby is resting.
• The key differences between normal postpartum worry and sticky, distressing intrusive thoughts or compulsions that interfere with daily caregiving.
• The distinct signs of rapid-onset psychosis—including hallucinations, delusions, and loss of reality—and why loved ones must seek immediate ER care or call 911.
• How stabilization, medication, and up to a year of structured therapy help mothers fully heal, rebuild trust in themselves, and thrive in parenthood.

Resources

• Sagent Behavioral Health Perinatal & Maternal Mental Health Services
• Contact the podcast: Podcast@SagentBH.com

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Dr. Jasberg shares why she prefers the term "difficult-to-treat depression" over "treatment-resistant," emphasizing that a lack of improvement on first-line medications does not mean someone is broken or untreatable. From cognitive slowing and irritability to the brain's neurocircuitry, this conversation offers clinical validation, an honest look at what a daily TMS session feels like, and genuine hope for anyone who feels stuck.

Tune in to Discover:

• The Hidden Signs of Depression: Why depression frequently surfaces as severe brain fog, executive function slowing, appetite loss, and chronic irritability rather than overt sadness or crying spells.
• Neurotransmitters vs. Neurocircuits: Why simply adding more serotonin or dopamine via medication does not always relieve symptoms if underlying neural firing rates remain sluggish.
• Reframing "Treatment-Resistant Depression": Why Dr. Jasberg advocates for the term "difficult-to-treat depression" to remove patient self-blame and preserve hope for recovery.
• What TMS Actually Feels Like: The practical reality of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation—a non-invasive, 20-minute outpatient session that requires no anesthesia, causes no memory loss, and lets patients drive themselves home or back to work immediately.
• Brain Mapping & The Motor Threshold: How clinicians use precise magnetic pulses on the motor cortex (finding the area that controls the thumb) to accurately target the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
• The Synergy of TMS and Therapy: Why combining TMS with talk therapy works like "going to the gym on a steroid"—using magnetic stimulation to re-energize dormant brain regions while actively cementing healthy thought patterns and coping behaviors.
• Clinical Outcomes & Remission Rates: Neuromodulation data show a 70% to 80% response rate and over 60% full clinical remission for patients who haven't found success with medications.

Resources

• Sagent Behavioral Health Psychiatry & Medication Management
• Sagent Behavioral Health Depression Care & Services
• Contact the podcast: Podcast@SagentBH.com

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