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When Your Child Suddenly Develops OCD, Anxiety or Tics

What if your child seemed completely normal—and then, within days, became a completely different person? Sudden OCD. Severe separation anxiety. Food restriction. Tics or

When Does a Thought Become a Delusion?

What separates an intrusive thought from a delusion? And at what point does your interpretation of reality become so rigid that contradictory evidence can no longer reach

The Lindsay Clancy Trial: What Doesn't Add Up?

The Lindsay Clancy trial raises a question bigger than guilt or innocence: What happens when psychiatry, self-reporting, medication, human perception, and the judicial sy

What Is Mental Illness Really?

What if mental illness isn’t where the problem actually begins? In the Season 3 premiere of Decoded, Elisabeth McKay challenges the dominant framework for understanding

Is Reality Even Real? Part 2 | Self-Deception, Consciousness & Objective Truth

If your perception isn't objective...How do you know what's actually real? In Part 2 of this Decoded series, Elisabeth McKay explores one of the most unsettling question

Is Reality Even Real? Your Brain Constructs the World You Experience

What if you've never actually experienced objective reality? In this episode of Decoded, Elisabeth McKay explores one of the most profound questions in neuroscience, phi

Who Killed God? The Spiritual Cost of Modern Progress

What happens when a civilization removes God—but keeps searching for meaning? In this episode of Decoded, Elisabeth McKay explores one of the most important cultural que

What Happened After a Year of Peptides

A year ago, Elisabeth McKay made a decision she never thought she’d make. After years of managing lupus symptoms, inflammation, migraines, hormonal dysfunction, and unex

The Dark Side of Psychedelic Therapy

Psychedelics have gone from fringe culture to mainstream mental health conversation. But what if the discussion is missing the most important question? Who should never b

Jealousy, Scarcity, and Toxic Relationships Explained

Jealousy is one of the most socially normalized forms of self-destruction. People romanticize it. Joke about it. Build identities around it. But jealousy has very little

DARVO, Gaslighting, and the Collapse of Discernment

DARVO has become one of the most overused and misunderstood psychological terms on the internet. In this episode, Elisabeth McKay breaks down the difference between actu

How Systems Control Society: Media Priming, Trauma & Collective Manipulation

What happens when an entire society is pushed into chaos—and then handed a “solution”? In this archived live lecture from 2022, Elisabeth breaks down the psychology of sy

Shadow Work, IFS, and the Rise of Identity Fragmentation

What if the very thing you believe is healing you… is actually fragmenting you further? In this episode of Decoded, Elisabeth McKay dismantles the modern obsession with

Stop Blaming Menopause with JJ Virgin

Menopause isn’t the problem.The narrative around it is. In this episode of Decoded, Bizzie Gold sits down with JJ Virgin to dismantle the cultural script that tells women

The Hidden Science of Faith: Frequency, Energy & Manifestation Explained

Faith isn’t just a belief. It’s a powerful signal and catalyst. In this episode of Decoded, Bizzie Gold breaks down the concept of faith as a measurable frequency—and why

The Psychology of Shame (And How It Traps You)

Shame is not what you think it is. And the data shows, it’s not making you a better person. In this episode of Decoded, Bizzie Gold dismantles one of the most widely acc

The Truth About Intrusive Thoughts and OCD

A thought enters your mind—and suddenly everything changes. It feels foreign. Disturbing. Out of alignment with who you believe you are. And the moment it appears, you s

Generational Trauma : It Doesn't End With You

Generational trauma isn’t passed down the way most people think. It’s not just genetics. And it’s also not just history. It's not something you’re stuck with forever eit

Why Modern Healthcare Keeps You Sick with Dr. Josh Axe

Natural health isn’t fringe anymore. But the system still isn’t built for people to get well. In this episode of Decoded, Bizzie Gold sits down with Dr. Josh Axe to brea

Toxic Positivity Doesn't Heal You ( It Pushes the Problem Deeper)

Affirmations. Gratitude journals. “Just choose to be happy.” What if the reason those tools aren’t working… is because they were never designed to? In this episode of Dec