The Brain Love Podcast

Dr. Delvena
  • 4.9 (79)
  • Mental Health
  • Weekly

On Mother's Day in 2020, I created my podcast to help people in the community to better understand themselves, others, and a range of topics to support mental health, wellbeing, and ability to thrive as your true self. I share my experience and knowledge with you and have intimate conversations with a range of professionals on topics including depression, anxiety, dating and relationships, sex and masturbation, racism, alternative health, medications, and more. The discussions are "up close and " and often make listeners feel like they're right there in the room.

  1. Nov 2

    Why We Keep Choosing the Wrong People - Chemistry Is Not Compatibility,

    IT'S CUFFING SEASON! What if the person who gives you butterflies is not actually the person who brings you peace? On this episode of The Brain Love Podcast, Dr. Delvena Thomas, Board Certified Psychiatrist, sits down with Jena Jake—Compatibility Strategist and creator of the Love Smarter Method—for an honest conversation: 🎙️ “Chemistry Is Not Compatibility: Why We Keep Choosing the Wrong People—and How to Love Smarter” We explore: ❤️ Why intense chemistry can sometimes disguise incompatibility🔁 How unresolved wounds influence whom we choose🧠 What happens in the brain when attraction overrides judgment🚩 The red flags we rationalize when the connection feels exciting💚 The green flags that may feel unfamiliar—or even “boring”🪞 How to rebuild self-trust after heartbreak or divorce✨ Why healthy love should not require abandoning yourself🎯 How to choose compatibility instead of repeatedly chasing chemistry It is not enough to ask, “Do I like this person?” We must also ask, “Who do I become when I’m with this person?” The strongest chemistry does not always create the healthiest relationship. Sometimes loving smarter means slowing down long enough to determine whether your values, emotional needs, communication styles, and visions for the future truly align. 🎧 Watch or listen to “Chemistry Is Not Compatibility,” featuring Jena Jake, available now on all podcast platforms. Are You Ready to Take the Couch?®️ #TheBrainLovePodcast #DrDelvena #BrainLove #JenaJake #LoveSmarter #ChemistryIsNotCompatibility #RelationshipPatterns #HealthyRelationships #SelfTrust #DatingAdvice #EmotionalWellness #MentalHealth #PersonalGrowth

  2. Oct 26

    The Tired Brain: Building Cognitive Endurance in an Age of Overload

    SEASON 7 EPI 7 Are you physically tired—or is your brain simply overloaded? We live in a world of constant notifications, endless information, chronic stress, and increasing pressure to remain productive. Our attention is repeatedly interrupted, our minds rarely get a chance to recover, and many of us are experiencing a deeper form of exhaustion: cognitive fatigue. On this episode of The Brain Love Podcast, Dr. Delvena Thomas, DO, Board Certified Psychiatrist and host, sits down with Dr. Ramon Velazquez, PhD, Neuroscientist, for an important conversation: 🧠 The Tired Brain: Building Cognitive Endurance in an Age of Overload They discuss: 🔔 How constant interruptions affect attention and mental performance🧠 What cognitive endurance is—and why we need it😮‍💨 The difference between ordinary tiredness, burnout, and brain fatigue📱 How information overload and screen habits affect the brain🎯 Strategies for strengthening focus and mental resilience💤 Why sleep, recovery, nutrition, and stress management matter⚡ The difference between a temporary energy boost and sustainable brain performance🌱 Practical ways to protect long-term cognitive health You train your body for endurance—but are you training your brain? 🎧 Watch or listen to “The Tired Brain: Building Cognitive Endurance in an Age of Overload,” featuring Dr. Ramon Velazquez, PhD, available on all podcast platforms. Are You Ready to Take the Couch?®️ #TheTiredBrain #TheBrainLovePodcast #DrDelvena #BrainLove #DrRamonVelazquez #Neuroscience #CognitiveEndurance #BrainHealth #MentalFatigue #Burnout #Focus #StressManagement #MentalWellness

  3. Sep 14

    IT MAKES SENSE The Hidden Why Behind Your Patterns Anxiety • Perfectionism • People-Pleasing • Burnout

    SEASON 7 EPI 6 Why do we keep repeating behaviors we desperately want to change? On this episode of The Brain Love Podcast, psychiatrist Dr. Delvena sits down with Stacey Uhrig, Non-Clinical Trauma Care Practitioner, to explore the hidden patterns behind anxiety, perfectionism, people-pleasing, hypervigilance, over-functioning, and burnout. Stacey's philosophy is simple: behavior always makes sense. We explore how behaviors that create problems in adulthood may have begun as adaptations, why setting boundaries can trigger guilt, why some people feel uncomfortable with peace, and why being “the strong one” can eventually become exhausting. We also challenge some popular mental-health language: Is every difficult experience trauma? And at what point does understanding the origin of our behavior need to become accountability and change? The goal isn't to ask only: “What's wrong with me?” Maybe a better question is: “Why did I learn to respond this way—and do I still need this response today?” 🎙️ IT MAKES SENSE: The Hidden Why Behind Your Patterns Learn more about Stacey at Flip Your Mindset Www.flipyourmindset.comand follow @staceyuhrig on Instagram. The Brain Love Podcast with Dr. Delvena Are You Ready to Take the Couch?®

  4. Sep 7

    Songs I Wrote Instead of Texting You: Music, Mental Health & Choosing to Stay

    SEASON 7 EPI 5 Are You Ready to Take the Couch?®️ SEPTEMBER IS SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH. What happens when pain finds somewhere to go? My guest on The Brain Love Podcast, singer-songwriter, recording artist, mental health advocate, and award-winning speaker Zack King, turned some of his most difficult experiences with anxiety, depression, and isolation into music, purpose, and connection. After leaving Minnesota during COVID and betting on himself and his music career, Zack began using his story—and his songs—to help others feel less alone. We talk about: 🎵 Why music can reach places ordinary conversation sometimes can't 🧠 Anxiety, depression, loneliness, and the artist's brain ❤️ His song “Over & Over” and its message of suicide prevention 🌱 “We're Alright” and finding hope without pretending everything is perfect 🎤 The myth of the “tortured artist” 📱 Social media, rejection, and separating your worth from the numbers 🤝 Why he created The Rebellion, a mental health and music community 💭 And the question: Can music help save a life? One of my favorite takeaways from this conversation: Your pain needs somewhere safe to go. Maybe that's music. Maybe it's therapy. Prayer. Journaling. Exercise. Treatment. Or simply calling someone and finally saying, “I'm not okay.” Sometimes surviving today gives you the opportunity to discover what comes next. 🎧 Listen to the full episode of The Brain Love Podcast. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, call or text 988. Veterans and service members can call 988 and press 1. Are You Ready to Take the Couch?® #TheBrainLovePodcast #DrDelvena #ZachKing #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #SuicidePrevention #MusicAndMentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #Hope #Resilience #BrainLove #ChooseToStay #988Lifeline #MentalHealthMatters

  5. Aug 31

    Behind the Mask: When Talk Therapy Isn’t Enough with Jay Godfrey, Co-Founder and CEO of Nushama

    SEASON 7 EPI 4 Are You Ready to Take the Couch?®️ What happens when someone attends therapy but never feels safe enough to reveal who they truly are? In this episode of The Brain Love Podcast, board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Delvena Thomas welcomes Jay Godfrey, former investment banker and Co-Founder and CEO of Nushama, a psychedelic wellness center with locations in New York and Florida. Jay describes how people sometimes “wear a mask” in therapy—presenting as though they are doing well, withholding their deepest struggles, or avoiding vulnerability. Dr. Delvena and Jay examine how this can prevent traditional talk therapy from reaching the root of a person’s pain. Their conversation explores Jay’s personal journey from investment banking into the evolving world of psychedelic-assisted wellness, along with medically supervised ketamine treatment for depression, anxiety, PTSD, and related conditions. The discussion also addresses: • Why people may hide their true feelings in therapy• The difference between gaining insight and experiencing meaningful change• What patients should know about ketamine-assisted treatment• The importance of medical screening, supervision, and therapeutic integration• Who may—or may not—be an appropriate candidate• Ethical concerns surrounding the commercialization of psychedelic medicine• Affordability, access, and disparities in mental healthcare• The potential future of psilocybin-assisted treatment• Why no treatment can eliminate the need for honesty and vulnerability This episode is for anyone who has participated in therapy while still feeling unseen, guarded, or stuck—and for anyone curious about how emerging treatments may influence the future of mental healthcare. This episode is for anyone who has participated in therapy while still feeling unseen, guarded, or stuck—and for anyone curious about how emerging treatments may influence the future of mental healthcare. Please note: This conversation is for educational purposes only and does not constitute individualized medical advice. Ketamine and other psychedelic-assisted treatments are not appropriate for everyone. Anyone considering treatment should receive a comprehensive evaluation from qualified medical and mental health professionals. Learn more about Jay Godfrey and Nushama at https://nushama.com. Subscribe to The Brain Love Podcast and join Dr. Delvena for more honest conversations about mental health, healing, and human behavior. Are You Ready to Take the Couch?®️ #TheBrainLovePodcast #DrDelvena #JayGodfrey #Nushama #KetamineTreatment #PsychedelicTherapy #MentalHealth #Therapy #Vulnerability #Depression #Anxiety #PTSD

  6. Aug 24

    The Big O, Part 2

    The Big O — Part 2 is HERE! 🎙️🔥 Season 7, Epi 3 Dr. Delvena and Jenn are back for Part 2, taking the conversation even deeper with more unfiltered questions, real talk, laughs, and grown-folks conversation. Nothing is off limits when Jenn brings the questions to the couch! 🎧 Listen now on all podcast platforms. Are You Ready to Take the Couch?® #TheBigO #TheBrainLovePodcast #TakeTheCouch #drdelvena #orgasms #womenshealth

  7. Aug 17

    The Big O

    SEASON 7 EPI 2 In the PSYCHIATRY space you really should be able to discuss all things with your patients and encourage them to PROCESS these topics with you. I always share with people that I discuss ALL THINGS BRAIN. Tonight’s audio podcast episode is about a sensitive matter. My guest on the couch is a professional, is sensual and fabulous and has never had an orgasm.Join us on the ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE COUCH®️?? SOMETHING BIG IS COMING TO THE COUCH! The Brain Love Podcast is turning up the volume — and this conversation is definitely NOT for the timid. I’m sitting down with JENN, host of the unapologetically titled podcast “I Have a Muthafuckin Question!” — and trust me, she has QUESTIONS.  No rehearsed answers.No pretending. No judgment. Just TWO BIG personalities having ONE BIG conversation.We’re talking life, love, relationships, mental health, womanhood, the things we think but don’t always say out loud… and whatever else happens once the microphones come on.And y’all already know… once you Take the Couch®, you never quite know where the conversation is going to go!  COMING SOON TO YOUTUBE but dropping on audio platforms TONIGHT at 8 pm.Who’s ready for THE BIG “O”? #TheBrainLovePodcast #TheBigO #AreYouReadytoTakeTheCouch #MentalHealthMatters #RealConversations #WomenWhoPodcast #PodcastLife #BrainLove #drdelvena

  8. Aug 3

    New Seasons, Hard Truths & Healthy Minds

    SEASON 7 EPI 1 What do the stories dominating our timelines reveal about grief, relationships, major life transitions, and the way we treat one another? In this return episode of The Brain Love Podcast, Dr. Delvena takes us beyond the headlines to explore the mental-health lessons within today’s trending conversations. She reflects on the heartbreaking death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, the dangers of online speculation and harassment, the public debate surrounding Scottie Pippen’s rumored age-gap relationship. Dr. Delvena also shares highlights from her past 30 days—including her work in youth suicide prevention, military mental health, faith, leadership, and the importance of responding to children’s behavioral challenges with early intervention instead of damaging labels. This episode challenges us to pause before commenting, verify before sharing, check on the people around us, and remember that every headline involves real human beings. It is a timely conversation about compassion, accountability, identity, emotional safety, protecting our peace, and having the courage to embrace a new season. Are you ready to take the couch? Follow @DrDelvena and @TheBrainLovePodcast, and share this episode with someone who could use a little Brain Love today. #TheBrainLovePodcast #DrDelvena #BrainLove #Me

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On Mother's Day in 2020, I created my podcast to help people in the community to better understand themselves, others, and a range of topics to support mental health, wellbeing, and ability to thrive as your true self. I share my experience and knowledge with you and have intimate conversations with a range of professionals on topics including depression, anxiety, dating and relationships, sex and masturbation, racism, alternative health, medications, and more. The discussions are "up close and " and often make listeners feel like they're right there in the room.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Delvena
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    259
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Dr. Delvena
  • Show Website
    The Brain Love Podcast