The world is loud. Drop The Shades is the pause. Hosted by anesthesiologist Joseph Elisha, M.D., this podcast explores how to lower the noise, regulate your nervous system, and create calm in the middle of chaos. Through science, story, and simple daily practices, Joseph teaches listeners how to step out of overwhelm, regain clarity, and move through life with steadiness and intention.
Pain can either define you or refine you and this conversation shows exactly how to transform it into strength.
In this deeply moving episode of Drop The Shades, host Joseph Elisha sits down with coach, clinical hypnotherapist, and NLP practitioner Mike Oglesbee to unpack trauma, anxiety, suicidal ideation, estrangement, self-love, and the hidden gifts inside suffering. Mike shares his raw personal journey from a troubled childhood and years of inner turmoil to building a life devoted to helping others heal.
Together, they explore how childhood trauma shapes adulthood, why anxiety is rooted in fear and control, how hypnotherapy works on the subconscious mind, and what it truly means to set boundaries from a place of self-love. This is a conversation about healing, surrender, resilience, and becoming the person you were always meant to be.
Key themes in this episode:
How trauma can stunt emotional growth
Why anxiety is future-based thinking
The role of self-love and boundaries in healing
Turning suffering into purpose and meaning
Rewiring the subconscious through hypnotherapy and NLP
If you’ve ever struggled with anxiety, identity, trauma, or finding meaning in difficult experiences, this episode will leave you feeling seen, challenged, and inspired.
29 May 2026
She Healed From the Inside Out | #11
What if the key to your energy, mental clarity, recovery, and even emotional health starts in your gut?
On this episode of Drop The Shades, Joseph Elisha sits down with nutrition coach, integrative wellness consultant, and ultra endurance athlete Lauren Callahan to unpack the surprising connection between gut health, mental health, performance, and personal growth. After struggling for years to complete a marathon despite doing “everything right,” Lauren discovered that healing her gut completely transformed both her physical and emotional well-being.
From fiber-first nutrition and fermented foods to ultra marathons, meditation, recovery, and bioactive peptides, this conversation dives deep into what it really means to optimize your health from the inside out.
In this episode:
Why fiber may be more important than protein for most people
The gut health connection to anxiety, mood, sleep, and clarity
How Lauren went from failed marathons to Ironmans and 100-mile races
Practical ways busy families can eat healthier without overwhelm
The mindset shift from limitation to possibility
If you’ve ever wondered how much better your body and mind could actually feel, this episode will challenge the way you think about health, performance, and everyday living.
21 May 2026
Your Brain Is Lying to You | #10
What if most of the thoughts in your head simply are not true?
In this reflective solo episode of Drop The Shades, host Joseph Elisha explores the quiet but powerful realization that our minds are master storytellers and not always reliable narrators. From late night cosmic worries to everyday anxieties about work, family, and the future, Joseph unpacks how our brains constantly create stories designed for survival rather than truth.
By learning to question those stories, we can step out of the noise and reconnect with the only place life actually happens: the present moment.
Key themes in this episode:
- Why your thoughts are not the same as facts
- The three biggest lies your brain tells you
- How worry and mental time travel keep you stuck
If you have ever felt trapped in your own head, this conversation is a reminder that you are not your thoughts. When you learn to observe the stories instead of believing them, something powerful happens. You return to the present, to your breath, and to the quiet space where clarity and peace begin.
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