# Richard Zwicky

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Reclaiming Focus in the Attention Economy

High on Healthy host Richard Zwicky speaks with podcast host and mental health advocate Emily LoMenzo Washcovick about navigating attention, technology, and neurodiversity. Drawing from her personal experience with a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis and her background working at tech companies like Ye…

Beyond the Achievement Trap: Finding Fulfillment in the Present Moment

In this episode of High and Healthy, host Richard Zwicky joins licensed professional counselors Beth Valdez and Helene Zupanc—co-authors of Sticky Note Mantras—to explore why high-achievers often struggle to enjoy their successes and feel trapped in a cycle of constant striving. They delve into th…

Finding Meaning and Authenticity in High Achievement

In this episode of High on Healthy, host Richard Zwicky interviews Dr. Theresa B. Skaar, a social psychologist and mindfulness-based stress reduction instructor, to explore the psychological toll of relentless accomplishment. The conversation focuses on how high achievers often tie their identity e…

Utilizing the Attention Economy to Drive Healthier Choices

Richard Zwicky speaks with Dr. Amy Bucher, the Chief Behavioral Officer at Lirio. They explore how the psychological mechanisms often utilized by social media to capture attention can instead be applied to improve healthcare outcomes, such as encouraging medication adherence, vaccinations, and canc…

Bridging Mind and Medicine: The Future of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

In this episode of High on Healthy, host Richard Zwicky sits down with Myriam Barthes, co-founder and CEO of Journey Clinical, to explore how integrating psychedelic medicine with structured psychotherapy creates scalable, meaningful mental health treatment. Barthes discusses the critical role of …

How Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Transforms Relationships

Richard Zwicky speaks with board-certified psychotherapist and physician Dr. Hans Watson about the intersection of psychedelic-assisted therapy, attachment styles, and intimate relationship dynamics. Dr. Watson dicusses how substances like MDMA and ketamine lower emotional defenses, enabling coupl…

Redefining Self-Improvement and Healing with Samantha DeCaro

Dr. Samantha DeCaro, Director of Clinical Outreach and Education at The Renfrew Center, sits down with host Richard Zwicky to explore the fine line between healthy self-improvement and destructive perfectionism. They go into how cultural messaging and social media often weaponize our insecurities—p…

Unlocking Unconscious Memory: Shale Maulana on Trauma, Dreams, and Regulation

In this episode of High on Healthy, host Richard Zwicky sits down with licensed therapist and holistic mental health practitioner Shale Maulana to explore how trauma, implicit memory, and the nervous system interact. Comparing conscious awareness to a "flashlight in a warehouse," Maulana explains …

Navigating AI: Trust, Critical Thinking, and Human Connection

In this interview on High on Healthy, host Richard Zwicky and futurist Daniel Burrus examine the dual-edged impact of artificial intelligence on mental health, behavior prediction, and society. They discuss the risks of over-relying on AI for personal counsel instead of human relationships, the ch…

Who Owns Your Attention? Gloria Mark on Rethinking Focus in the Digital Age

In this episode of High on Healthy, host Richard Zwicky speaks with Gloria Mark, professor of informatics at UC Irvine, about how digital technology and AI impact human attention spans, critical thinking, and social well-being. Mark explains that while our fundamental capacity for focus remains in…