Becoming Real with Dr. Lori

Pregnancy and postpartum can change far more than a woman’s body. Hormonal shifts can also intersect with anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, OCD and, in rare cases, postpartum psychosis. But how do we know when...

When I released the first SAVE Act episode with attorney Pat Schraff, I thought it was a one and done. We talked about names — what women have historically had taken from them, and what happens when your birth...

It started with an offhand comment from my daughter: grown-ups need recess. We laughed — and then I couldn't stop thinking about it. Because somewhere between the playground and now, the bell just quietly stopped...

What if the person who needs care is the parent who abused you, the mother you have not spoken to in years or the spouse you were preparing to leave before the diagnosis? We talk about caregiving as an act of love. But...

Why do you say yes when part of you already knows you mean no? People pleasing can look like kindness, generosity, and being easy to get along with. But underneath it, there is often something else happening: the...

Can we trust each other again? In this episode of Becoming Real, Dr. Lori talks with Dr. Debbie Plummer, national thought leader on social trust, DEI, and belonging. Together, they explore what it means to stay curious...

The SAVE Act is being framed as a bill about election integrity and proof of citizenship. But for many women, especially married, divorced, remarried, or older women, “just bring proof” is not always simple. In this...

Most of us picked up whatever we know about money from watching our parents, winging it in our 20s, and hoping for the best. We were taught just enough to get by — but not nearly enough to get ahead. The real...

Someone tells you that you look beautiful today. What do you do? If you're like most women, you immediately tell them about the sale rack, the dry shampoo, and the bad lighting. Studies show that only 22% of compliments...

<p>The advice on prostate cancer screening has swung back and forth for years. Test, don't test, wait, ask your doctor. And all that contradiction leaves a lot of men doing the one thing they shouldn't...

<p>He had no symptoms. He was healthy, in good shape, and the only reason anyone tested him at all was a routine physical he needed to renew a racing license.</p><p></p><p>This week my husband Jay sits down with me to...

<p>There is no small talk in a cancer waiting room.</p><p></p><p>I learned that sitting in one for thirty-three days in a row, waiting through my husband's radiation treatments for prostate cancer. I went in thinking I...

<p>You have voices in your head that talk to you all day long. But here's what most of us never stop to ask: whose voice is it, really?</p><p></p><p>In this episode, Dr. Lori Stevic-Rust — clinical health psychologist...

<p>In this episode of Becoming Real with Dr. Lori, Dr. Lori talks with Dr. Melodie Yates about the emotional reality of Alzheimer’s caregiving and the slow grief of dementia.</p><p></p><p>After spending 16 years caring...

<p>What if the people holding your life together don't even know they're doing it?</p><p></p><p>In this episode of Becoming Real with Dr. Lori, psychologist Dr. Lori Stevic-Rust explores the quiet, often invisible...