Mental & Emotional Health

As many of you have heard me discuss, longevity is a balance of lifespan (living longer) and healthspan (living better). I want to take a moment to focus specifically on one of the key elements of living better: emotional health.

While this is a bit of a nebulous concept, to me it encompasses happiness, emotional resilience and distress tolerance, mindfulness, stillness, and fulfillment, among others. It touches on our sense of individual purpose, as well as our ability to engage in meaningful and supportive relationships with those we love.

Below is a collection of past articles and podcasts discussing the topic of mental and emotional health. My hope is this past content can serve as helpful resources to dive deeper into this topic.

Mental & Emotional Health

Guest Episode

Mental health beyond neurotransmitters: the role of hormones in psychiatry, why symptom reduction isn't enough, and the future of psychedelic therapies

Ep. #404 with Linus Abrams, M.D.

Risks

AMA

Environmental pollution and longevity: air pollution, noise, light, EMFs, and practical strategies to mitigate health risks

Ep. #400 (AMA #87)

Ask Me Anything (AMA)

AMA

Applying the tools of longevity in the real world: disease prevention, DEXA scans, artificial sweeteners, injury recovery, stability training, habit formation, protein intake and mTOR activation, and more

Ep. #385 (AMA #82)

Longevity

AMA

Longevity optimization through strength benchmarks, VO₂ max targets, nutrition principles, brain health, supplements, GLP-1 RAs, wearables, and more

Ep. #382 (AMA #80)

Mental & Emotional Health

Guest Episode

Special episode: Understanding true happiness and the tools to cultivate a meaningful life—insights from past interviews with Arthur Brooks

Ep. #377 with Arthur Brooks, Ph.D.

Medications & supplements

Guest Episode

Women’s sexual health: desire, arousal, orgasm, and perimenopause

Ep. #371 with Sally Greenwald, M.D., M.P.H.

Mental & Emotional Health

Free Article

Deceptive data on dieting and depression

Longevity

Podcast Summary

Peter’s takeaways on navigating HRT, rejuvenating the face, understanding the biology of aging, optimizing fertility, and learning to live well from the dying

Ep. #358

Other tactics, tools, & treatments

Guest Episode

What the dying can teach us about living well: lessons on life and reflections on mortality

Ep. #355 with BJ Miller, M.D. and Bridget Sumser, L.C.S.W.

Other tactics, tools, & treatments

Guest Episode

Female fertility: optimizing reproductive health, diagnosing and treating infertility and PCOS, and understanding the IVF process

Ep. #352 with Paula Amato, M.D.

Other tactics, tools, & treatments

Guest Episode

Male fertility: optimizing reproductive health, diagnosing and treating infertility, and navigating testosterone replacement therapy

Ep. #351 with Paul Turek, M.D.

Medications & supplements

Guest Episode

Women’s sexual health, menopause, and hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

Ep. #348 with Rachel Rubin, M.D.

Other tactics, tools, & treatments

Podcast Summary

Peter’s takeaways on mastering sleep, dealing with chronic pain, developing breakthrough cancer drugs, transforming healthcare with AI, advancing radiation therapy, and healing trauma

Ep. #347

Longevity

Guest Episode

Chronic pain: pathways, treatment, and the path to physical and psychological recovery

Ep. #345 with Sean Mackey, M.D., Ph.D.

Medications & supplements

Free Article

An emerging role for creatine supplementation in the treatment of depression

Longevity

Podcast Episode

Aging well: Peter shares strategies for improving longevity with residents at a senior living center

Ep. #342

Mental & Emotional Health

Guest Episode

Unpacking trauma: How early wounds shape behavior and the path toward healing

Ep. #339 with Jeff English

Longevity

Podcast Summary

Peter’s takeaways on aerobic exercise and VO2 max, insulin resistance, rising healthcare costs, treating children with autism and ADHD, and strength training

Ep. #338

Longevity

AMA

Fasting, well-balanced diets, alcohol, exercise for busy people, wearables, emotional health, assessing cardiovascular health, and more

Ep. #336 (AMA #68)

Mental & Emotional Health

Guest Episode

Autism, ADHD, and Anxiety: Understanding the rise in autism and a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment of each condition in children | Trenna Sutcliffe, M.D.

Ep. #330 with Trenna Sutcliffe, M.D.

Mental & Emotional Health

Free Article

When caution becomes concerning: the relationship between health anxiety and mortality

Risks

Podcast Summary

Peter’s key takeaways on bone health, calorie restriction, gene editing and more

Ep. #325

Mental & Emotional Health

Free Article

Evaluating exercise as an equivalent to medication for the treatment of depression and anxiety

Mental & Emotional Health

Guest Episode

Dopamine and addiction: navigating pleasure, pain, and the path to recovery

Ep. #321 with Anna Lembke, M.D.