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Dr. K on Being a Healthy Gamer

Friday, April 29, 2022

About this Episode

Expert of gaming psychiatry and co-founder of Healthy Gamer, Dr. K, joins Sonja and Bley to discuss the positive and negative impact gaming can have on mental health and how games like Tetris can help with trauma. He also shares how he’s built a healthier relationship around gaming in his own life.

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Sonja Reid
host

Sonja Reid

With a Guinness World Records 2017 title of Most Popular Female Video Game Livestreamer and a Forbes “30 Under 30” honor, Canada’s own Sonja Reid AKA OMGitsfirefoxx quickly evolved from programming video games to making a career playing them & beyond. As a veteran Twitch streamer and gamer, she’s also had the experience in working with brands such as Google, T- Mobile, Syfy, Netflix, and more. Host of Team Coco’s gaming podcast, “Good Game Nice Try,” she’s crafted and refined her skills in hosting, interviewing, creative video content production with brands, event social coverage, and more - delivering quirky and fun content across her platforms to her collective millions of followers!

Aaron Bleyaert
host

Aaron Bleyaert

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