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Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT): Benefits, Risks, and a Generation of Misinformation
by Dr. Lori | Episode 022
Menopause Brain Fog or Dementia? How to Tell the Difference
by Dr. Lori | Episode 021
Painful Sex After Menopause or Cancer Treatment: Low Desire, Orgasms and Pelvic Floor Health
by Dr. Lori | Episode 020
Postpartum Depression, Anxiety & Psychosis: The Hormone Connection
by Dr. Lori | Episode 019
Brain Health for Women: Why Alzheimer’s Risk Isn’t Just Genetics
by Dr. Lori | Episode 018
SAVE Act Part 2: Who Controls Your Vote?
by Dr. Lori | Episode 017
The Power of Play for Adults: Why You Need Recess More Than a Vacation
by Dr. Lori | Episode 016
What If I Don't Want To Be The Caregiver?
by Dr. Lori | Episode 015
People Pleasing Is Not Really About Pleasing People — Why We Say Yes When We Mean No
by Dr. Lori | Episode 014
Can We Trust Each Other Again? DEI, Belonging, and Staying Curious in a Divided World
by Dr. Lori | Episode 013
The SAVE Act and Women's Names: Voting Rights, Marriage, and the Law
by Dr. Lori | Episode 012
Women Are Better Investors - Money, Psychology & the Conversations We've Been Avoiding
by Dr. Lori | Episode 011
Prostate Cancer Explained: What Every Man Needs to Know
by Dr. Lori | Episode 009
Why Women Can't Accept A Compliment
by Dr. Lori | Episode 010
The SAVE Act and Women's Names: Voting Rights, Marriage, and the Law
by Dr. Lori | Episode 008
There Is No Small Talk In A Cancer Waiting Room
by Dr. Lori | Episode 007
The Voices in Your Head: Whose Are They Really?
by Dr. Lori | Episode 006
Alzheimer’s Caregiving, Ambiguous Loss, and the Slow Grief of Dementia
by Dr. Lori | Episode 005
The Caregivers We Overlook
by Dr. Lori | Episode 004
A Belief That Chose You: Propaganda, Cognitive Dissonance, and Thinking for Yourself
by Dr. Lori | Episode 003
The Day I Became Real
by Dr. Lori | Episode 002
Real Conversations in a World Full of Noise
by Dr. Lori | Episode 001
Becoming Real with Dr. Lori
“The world does not need more noise.
It needs more truth.”
WHY THIS PODCAST EXISTS
Fake is everywhere. Curated lives. Performative confidence. Superficial solutions. And honestly — it is exhausting.
It leaves people disconnected from themselves, from each other, and from what is actually true in their lives. That disconnection has consequences. It touches our mental health, our physical health, our relationships, and our spiritual lives.
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT
Becoming Real is about the hard parts of being human — and the courage it takes to stop performing and start living more honestly.
It is rooted in a holistic, integrated view of health, because mind and body are not separate. What we carry emotionally shows up physically. What happens in the body shapes how we feel, cope, relate, and live. Real healing asks us to look at the whole picture.
Real conversations. No filter. Solo episodes in under 25 minutes, or settle in for a longer conversation with a guest.
The Becoming Real Impact Award
Honoring Compassion In Action.
Influencers get attention.
Big names get the spotlight.
But every day, in real communities, there are people doing the work that often goes unseen.
They are feeding people who are hungry. Checking on neighbors. Sitting with the lonely. Supporting families in crisis. Standing beside the grieving. Protecting the vulnerable. Building bridges where the world keeps trying to divide us. Advocating for people who are too often ignored.
They are simply doing what love, conscience, courage, and compassion ask them to do.
The Becoming Real Impact Award honors individuals and organizations whose compassion has become action.
This award celebrates helpers, caregivers, volunteers, quiet leaders, community builders, advocates, activists, and everyday people making life more humane for others.
Because a more humane community is built by people who see suffering and refuse to look away. They move closer, help carry what is too heavy, and remind us that compassion is not just something we feel — it is something we do.
Each month, we recognize one person or organization creating meaningful change.
This is for the people who remind us what it means to be human.
The ones who show up.
The ones who care deeply.
The ones who make the world softer, safer, and more just — often without anyone noticing.
Now, we notice.
Nominate someone making a real impact
Do you know a person, group, nonprofit, volunteer, caregiver, advocate, or everyday community member who deserves to be recognized?
Nominate them for The Becoming Real Impact Award.
Because impact does not have to be loud to be powerful.
I’m Dr. Lori Stevic-Rust, a board-certified clinical health psychologist, and for over forty years I have sat with real people through some of the hardest, most tender, and most defining moments of their lives.
Every now and then, a patient says something that stays with me: “I hear your voice in my head when I’m trying to sort something out, and it helps.”
I love that.
So, maybe that is what this podcast can be.
Some therapeutic guidance and healing in your ear.
A place for real conversations. Real support. Real reflection. And a growing community built around what helps us become more honest with ourselves and each other.
Pull up a chair.