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Speaker 1: Conversations on life, style, beauty, and relationships. It's the Velvet's

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Speaker 1: Edge Podcast with Kelly Henderson. Okay, it's the beginning of

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Speaker 1: the year, and I feel like that is just the

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Speaker 1: time that everyone goes to resets, right, like resets in

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Speaker 1: every different area of our life. And I'm constantly talking

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Speaker 1: with you guys about the inner work, therapy, energy work,

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Speaker 1: all of those things. But that doesn't include the health

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Speaker 1: piece of this, which is also just a huge part.

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Speaker 1: Our bodies are the only way we're existing, obviously, And

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Speaker 1: so I am so excited today because I have doctor

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Speaker 1: Chitty Periq here and she is one of the leading

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Speaker 1: integrated medicine physicians in the country. She's the founder of

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Speaker 1: Integrated Health and well Being at wild Cornell Medicine, New

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Speaker 1: York Presbyterian Hospital, and her first book has just come out,

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Speaker 1: Intentional Health, Detoxified, Nourish and Rejuvenate your Body into Balance.

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Speaker 1: Doctor Perik, thank you so much for being here.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me.

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Speaker 1: We were just talking before the podcast and I asked

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Speaker 1: you how COVID has actually impacted your world, and you

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Speaker 1: said it even inspired you to write this book. So

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Speaker 1: can you talk a little bit about I know you

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Speaker 1: were on the front lines during the pandemic and then

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Speaker 1: you got COVID pretty early on, which then turned into

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean April twenty twenty was an interesting time.

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Speaker 2: So I was just trying to figure out what's going

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Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty five year old Yogi came up.

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Speaker 2: I have no explanation through this day how that happened.

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Speaker 2: That's what it inspired me to write the book. But

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Speaker 2: also the twenty eight day Reset is based on this

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Speaker 2: But health is a journey. It's a big spectrum, right,

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Speaker 2: when it comes to intentional health and setting an intention

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Speaker 2: meet my patients, I don't care about what you're eating

432
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Speaker 2: or anything like that the first visit. The only thing

433
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Speaker 2: I tell my patients to do in the first visit

434
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Speaker 2: is come up with a schedule. Tell me what time

435
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,639
Speaker 2: do you want to go to bed, wake up and

436
00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,359
Speaker 2: eat your three meals. And if you're exercising, tell me

437
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,719
Speaker 2: when do you want to exercise. And it doesn't have

438
00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,560
Speaker 2: to be perfect, right, if you're a night out, you

439
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,119
Speaker 2: don't have to become a morning person overnight. But the

440
00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,800
Speaker 2: first thing we work on is consistency. Even if you're

441
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,760
Speaker 2: a night out, it's fine, just do the same thing

442
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Speaker 2: more routinely.

443
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Speaker 1: Right.

444
00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,160
Speaker 2: If you want to go to bed at midnight, fine,

445
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Speaker 2: but stick to it.

446
00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,479
Speaker 3: Okay, Right, that's the first step.

447
00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,800
Speaker 2: And then over time we say, okay, how about we

448
00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,880
Speaker 2: dial back the bedtime by ten minutes this month, ten

449
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,639
Speaker 2: minutes this month. That's all we're doing, and before you know,

450
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:29,280
Speaker 2: over six months or so, you've made a lot of progress. Right,

451
00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:33,000
Speaker 2: So first step is routine. Don't try to drastically change

452
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,960
Speaker 2: your whole schedule around this, as long as you're doing

453
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,199
Speaker 2: the same thing every day, so it's very attainable, it's

454
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Speaker 2: very practical.

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Speaker 1: Well, yeah, and I like that you keep saying it

456
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Speaker 1: doesn't have to be perfect, because I mean, I know

457
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Speaker 1: my schedule is completely erratic. Every day is different, and

458
00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:50,800
Speaker 1: so sometimes I'm like listening to something like that, thinking, well,

459
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Speaker 1: I couldn't do that consistently. That's just not how my

460
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Speaker 1: life works. But I will say, if I have an

461
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Speaker 1: intention or a framework that I'm operating under, even when

462
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Speaker 1: my day is different or it looks different from the outside,

463
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Speaker 1: I can kind of have an idea at least of

464
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Speaker 1: something to do consistently for myself within that. And I

465
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Speaker 1: think a lot of people probably can if that makes

466
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Speaker 1: sense exactly.

467
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:13,960
Speaker 2: And you don't have to do for a head like

468
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,320
Speaker 2: you're not supposed to eat your lunch exactly at noon, right,

469
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Speaker 2: set yourself a window between twelve and two. I'll try

470
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Speaker 2: to get my lunch in, doesn't matter how crazy the

471
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,879
Speaker 2: day is. It also helps you prioritize self care, right,

472
00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,720
Speaker 2: because otherwise the work's never going to stop right now

473
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Speaker 2: this one. You're like, no, no, no, I don't want

474
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Speaker 2: to miss my window. This is the time I need

475
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Speaker 2: to eat and to nourish my body. So it's not

476
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Speaker 2: just about sticking two o'clock. It's actually about constantly being

477
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Speaker 2: intentional and mindful about your own well being and making

478
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Speaker 2: sure putting that first.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I love that. Okay, let's talk a little bit

480
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Speaker 1: about gut health because I have learned over the past

481
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Speaker 1: couple of years how integral this is to the whole

482
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Speaker 1: our entire health and our entire well being. So you

483
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Speaker 1: have a bunch of stuff in the book about this.

484
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Speaker 1: Can we talk a little bit about how important gut

485
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Speaker 1: health is.

486
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, gut health is really our entire universe, and are

487
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,639
Speaker 2: right here in Under our Belly book and we're just

488
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Speaker 2: batching the surface. Really, we're just learning about this. And

489
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,480
Speaker 2: it's interesting because in Eastern medicine, in Iribada and Chinese medicine,

490
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,959
Speaker 2: is said every disease starts in the gap. Yeah, so

491
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,760
Speaker 2: you know, in Iraveda, there's a saying that says food

492
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:26,560
Speaker 2: that is digested metabolized properly becomes nutrition, and food that

493
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:31,040
Speaker 2: is not digested properly becomes toxic and food cause of diseases.

494
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Speaker 3: Food is the same.

495
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Speaker 2: So that's why our digestion, our gut health, the bacteria

496
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,560
Speaker 2: nerd gut are so important for our aurall well being,

497
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Speaker 2: and we cannot ignore that.

498
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Speaker 3: Right.

499
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Speaker 2: It's not just about you know, popping a probiotic. That's

500
00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:50,160
Speaker 2: that's not what this is about. It's actually understanding our

501
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 2: individual digestion. So in the book, I give you tools

502
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,399
Speaker 2: to really understand how strong your digestion is. So if

503
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,280
Speaker 2: you ever go to an Arabatic doctor or if you

504
00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 2: go to an acupuncturist, there's no perfect diet. They won't

505
00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,919
Speaker 2: say this is a perfect diet, follow a keto paleo vegan,

506
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,240
Speaker 2: is no thing like that. They'll first assess how strong

507
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,480
Speaker 2: your digestion is. So they'll say, if you have a

508
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:13,800
Speaker 2: strong digestion, you can probably get away with eating a

509
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,640
Speaker 2: lot of different things, things that are heavy to digest.

510
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,879
Speaker 2: But a lot of us nowadays have slightly weaker digestion.

511
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:24,240
Speaker 2: So that doesn't mean that, you know, just because nuts

512
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 2: are good or kale salad is good for you, if

513
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,439
Speaker 2: you have a weak digestion, it's going to take a

514
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:32,000
Speaker 2: lot to digest those nuts, and that kale. Right, So, yes,

515
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,680
Speaker 2: those foods are good, but if I can't digest it. Remember,

516
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,880
Speaker 2: if I don't digest it becomes toxic and would cause

517
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 2: of disease. That can digest it becomes Nutrition's a whole

518
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 2: different way of looking at our gut, understanding our unique

519
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:48,359
Speaker 2: digestion and matching what we're eating based on what we

520
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:49,080
Speaker 2: can digest.

521
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Speaker 1: How do we know if we if we digest something

522
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:52,919
Speaker 1: well or not?

523
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, So in the book I mentioned different symptoms, right,

524
00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,120
Speaker 2: So one of the ways you can assess your gut.

525
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Speaker 2: How simple way is your bob moments. You know, often

526
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 2: we control what goes in, but what the report card

527
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 2: comes out the other end.

528
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,840
Speaker 1: Right, it's how we're to Yeah.

529
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Speaker 2: So our balm movements are actually a great indicator of

530
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Speaker 2: how good art gut help it, So I always prioritize

531
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,560
Speaker 2: making sure you have every single day, daily regular bowel movement, right,

532
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,160
Speaker 2: So that's step number one. The second thing is also

533
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,520
Speaker 2: how do you feel after you eat? Right after you eat?

534
00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:25,720
Speaker 2: Do you feel energized? You're like great, I feel more energy,

535
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:29,200
Speaker 2: my blood sugar is balanced now or are you feeling

536
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:34,800
Speaker 2: more tired, more lethargic, more bloated? Right? Gas floating acid reflux.

537
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,719
Speaker 2: All these symptoms are telling you that our digestion is

538
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 2: not optimal, or the food we're eating is not really

539
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,119
Speaker 2: matching up to what we can digest. Yeah, so it's

540
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,199
Speaker 2: all a boy listening to our body and listening to

541
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:47,359
Speaker 2: these subtle signs.

542
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Speaker 1: I kind of think it's funny because our culture has

543
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,439
Speaker 1: created an entire holiday around eating food that makes us

544
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 1: tired after Thanksgiving, you know, like we have this thing

545
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 1: that it's a mentality, and it's so exact acceptable that

546
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,120
Speaker 1: you go take a nap after Thanksgiving lunch. And I'm

547
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,879
Speaker 1: not saying there's anything wrong with that, but I've always

548
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,080
Speaker 1: or recently just thought that that was really interesting because

549
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 1: I'm thinking, in my head, the reason we're so tired

550
00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,120
Speaker 1: is because we're eating food that's not registering with our

551
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,080
Speaker 1: bods or even just.

552
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,800
Speaker 2: The amount of it. Right, it's exactly our digestion.

553
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 3: Yeah.

554
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,720
Speaker 2: So, but I always tell people, you know, intentional health

555
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,240
Speaker 2: is all about balance, and that's what the twenty eight

556
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 2: Day we said it's about. So I always you know,

557
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,520
Speaker 2: this is how I practice intentional health in my life

558
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 2: is I don't deprive myself by anything. Yeah, and my

559
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,119
Speaker 2: husband and I have big foody. So every year we

560
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,760
Speaker 2: go on a food pilgrimage, we call it. So if

561
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,960
Speaker 2: I'm in Italy, I'm eating all the pasta, yes, taking

562
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 2: all the wine. If I'm in India, I'm eating all

563
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 2: the street food. Right, So when I enjoy it, you know,

564
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:49,920
Speaker 2: I love food. I love to travel. That's how I

565
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,960
Speaker 2: experience life. That's how we connect with our family, with

566
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,640
Speaker 2: our friends. Nothing wrong with it. But it's all about balance.

567
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 2: So when i come back from that vacation from Italy,

568
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 2: I'm doing the twenty eight day set. I'm simplifying my diet, right,

569
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,200
Speaker 2: so I balance fief thing with fasting. When you do that,

570
00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:09,960
Speaker 2: when you strike that balance, it's sustainable. You're not depriving,

571
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,720
Speaker 2: but you're also not just putting your body through that constantly. Yeah,

572
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,640
Speaker 2: So it's a whole different way of looking at it,

573
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,160
Speaker 2: and it also empowers us. It prevents us from feeling

574
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 2: guilty from if we are eating that Thanksgiving meal. And

575
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,240
Speaker 2: if you want to be in food como after, go

576
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,360
Speaker 2: for it. As long as you know that, Hey, maybe

577
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 2: the week after I need to take it easy. Yeah,

578
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,560
Speaker 2: I hit the gym a little bit extra. Actually, don't

579
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 2: evenut walking or something. But that empowers you and your

580
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 2: full control. You don't have that guilt. You know, you're

581
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:42,080
Speaker 2: in the moment, not knocking yourself like why am I

582
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 2: eating this? You know, it's like I'm going to enjoy this, right,

583
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 2: and then tomorrow I'll take care of this.

584
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:47,960
Speaker 3: Right.

585
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 2: So that's a whole different way of looking at it,

586
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,720
Speaker 2: and it's empowering, but also it's sort of a big

587
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 2: side of relief. I feel.

588
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,000
Speaker 1: Yes, well, I mentioned this a little bit at the

589
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Speaker 1: beginning of the podcast, but I have a real I

590
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 1: get really worked up about people throwing pills at stuff

591
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,120
Speaker 1: without looking at the behind the scenes, Like why do

592
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 1: you feel that way?

593
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 3: Though?

594
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,959
Speaker 1: You know, that's always something I want to ask, And

595
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Speaker 1: I've become almost to this place where it's like I

596
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 1: want to see a holistic doctor versus a Western medicine

597
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,840
Speaker 1: doctor if I have the choice, because they'll really look

598
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Speaker 1: at the root cause behind things. And you mentioned this

599
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,080
Speaker 1: in the book, so talk a little bit about diving

600
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Speaker 1: into root causes and the importance of that.

601
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so that's what different shape really exactly what you said,

602
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 2: the holistic perspective on health is we are not just

603
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,600
Speaker 2: saying here's a label, here's a pill, right, we're saying, okay,

604
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 2: this is what's going on. Let's step back, let's do

605
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 2: an investigation. Let's play detective and figure out why this happened.

606
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,680
Speaker 2: And these seemingly, you know, disconnected symptoms. Maybe there's a

607
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:53,280
Speaker 2: common denominator here just manifestating in different areas of your body.

608
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,680
Speaker 2: Maybe something deeper down. It's all connected. So Western medicine

609
00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 2: is limited to that extent, right, it doesn't really know

610
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 2: how to do a root cause analysis. The Eastern medicine

611
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 2: excels at it. So in the book, I talk about

612
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 2: understanding our own unique constitution. So in Areta, we all

613
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,840
Speaker 2: have different sort of body types and it's called doshes.

614
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,840
Speaker 2: So people with something called vata dosha have certain symptoms.

615
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 2: So they're more prone to say constipation, dry skin, dry hair,

616
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:27,440
Speaker 2: more anxiety, sleep issues, they have trouble gaining weight, and

617
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:31,720
Speaker 2: Pitta types tend to get stressed very easily, and they

618
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 2: often get more inflammation, more heat in the body, and

619
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,640
Speaker 2: more rendants of the skin, acid reflux, sometimes diarrhea. And

620
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 2: there's some people who are cougha body type, so they

621
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 2: tend to gain weight very easily, hard to lose weight.

622
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,400
Speaker 2: They're more likely to suffer from things like depression, and

623
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 2: all these body types have their strong suits. So when

624
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 2: we're balanced, you know, Coppa body type are some of

625
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,560
Speaker 2: the strongest, more resilient, most loyal people. The bit of

626
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,800
Speaker 2: type are the leaders, right, and Vota type are the creatives.

627
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 2: So when we're balanced, we tap into the positive sides

628
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,040
Speaker 2: of these things. But when we're out of balance, there's

629
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 2: certain things that kind are weak points, right, So understanding

630
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,840
Speaker 2: our body how it's unique and unshoting the body type

631
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 2: can really help us understand what the root cause is.

632
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 2: And in Chinese medicine we say that there is external

633
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 2: causes of diseases and there are internal causes of diseases.

634
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 2: So external causes are related to our environment, right, So

635
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 2: right nowadays it's go, go go. Our senses are overloaded,

636
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,280
Speaker 2: so a lot of the fatigue and anxiety we experience

637
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 2: is because of that environment. And there's also a lot

638
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 2: of environmental pollutions. Right, there's toxins and the environment that's

639
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:45,040
Speaker 2: also making us sick. And the internal causes are coming

640
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 2: from poor sleep, poor diet, lack of exercise, lot of stress.

641
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 2: So if you understand how these things are going to

642
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 2: manifest as a disease, we're going to be more proactive

643
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 2: and pay closer attention to it.

644
00:32:58,320 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, so that's the beauty of it.

645
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 2: Understanding the root cause and paying attention in a way

646
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 2: we not only address existing condition, but we prevent future

647
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 2: diseases from coming about.

648
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 1: Well that's the point, right, Like that feel like when

649
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 1: you just go attack the symptom with a like a

650
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 1: pill or whatever, and those things are great, Like I do,

651
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,280
Speaker 1: I don't want to sound like I'm hating on Western medicine.

652
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 1: I do think that there is a purpose for it,

653
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 1: and I think that it's great to be able to

654
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 1: take away a symptom, but like if you don't look

655
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,719
Speaker 1: at where it's coming from, first of all, it's probably

656
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 1: going to come back. Second of all, taking that medicine

657
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:33,360
Speaker 1: is going to create other issues in your body. So

658
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 1: it's the like big cycle we seem to get in

659
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 1: and we're just looking at all these symptoms and then

660
00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:41,960
Speaker 1: before you know it, you're like diagnosed with cancer and

661
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 1: it's like, wait, there was this thing happening the whole time,

662
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:47,880
Speaker 1: and it was just never being talked about our address,

663
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,440
Speaker 1: which is like mind blowing to me.

664
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:53,600
Speaker 2: And that's why I wrote this book intentional. It's all

665
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 2: about it's a manual for you to understand your own body.

666
00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 1: Yeah.

667
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 2: I would never taught that. We really aren't. We're never

668
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 2: taught that. We're always told to ignore these signs and

669
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 2: just like wait for things to get really bad. Instead,

670
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,840
Speaker 2: how about we use five thousand years signs to understand

671
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 2: how your body is different and how it affects shoos

672
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,640
Speaker 2: going to be different for someone else. It's not about hey,

673
00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:16,440
Speaker 2: that person did that die in last weight? Let me

674
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 2: try that. Fine, but your body is different. So how

675
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,280
Speaker 2: about you understand your body first and match your diet

676
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 2: your lifestyle to suit what it's going to work for

677
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 2: you. You'll get much better results if you do it that way, right.

678
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:32,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, there's a chapter called anti Aging Detox, and

679
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 1: I was like, this is going to be the selling

680
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,840
Speaker 1: point big time for people. So talk us through a

681
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:39,760
Speaker 1: little bit about the anti aging detox.

682
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, so that's a little bit of preview to the

683
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:46,560
Speaker 2: twenty eight day Reset. So in detox, in our world,

684
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:48,799
Speaker 2: we're taught that detox is about, you know, going on

685
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 2: a crazy diet or drinking a ton of green juice

686
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 2: or coffee anima, something very extreme. Right, Yes, But in

687
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,880
Speaker 2: the book, I talk about detox as a function of

688
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 2: doing less, not more. So Remember I said, our body

689
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,759
Speaker 2: has two jobs. A day job is to digest food, right,

690
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:11,560
Speaker 2: extra nutrition, and at nighttime it's detoxing and it's resetting rejuvenating.

691
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 2: So when we're talking about detox and anti aging, it's

692
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:18,200
Speaker 2: about easing off on the digestion. So what we're doing

693
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:21,280
Speaker 2: is we're doing long rate, intimate and fasting. We're eating

694
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:24,200
Speaker 2: very simple, easy to digest food, so our body's not

695
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:26,239
Speaker 2: spending all its energy and just trying to break down

696
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:30,400
Speaker 2: that state or the hamburger. Right. Instead, we're eating simple foods,

697
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,759
Speaker 2: avoiding things like gluten and dairy because not that they're bad,

698
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,000
Speaker 2: but they obviously are heavier to digest.

699
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,000
Speaker 3: Right, what we're doing.

700
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:42,400
Speaker 2: Is saving our energy, not wasting it on just digesting food. Instead,

701
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:46,239
Speaker 2: we're using it to detoxify more. So that's the key.

702
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:50,000
Speaker 2: That's what the Yogis do to live a long healthy life.

703
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 2: There's no magic herb or supplement for this, right, there's

704
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:57,319
Speaker 2: no magic green juice for this. Our body can handle it.

705
00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,400
Speaker 2: Trust me, it will do the best job at detox

706
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 2: and ntidy if we just get out of the way.

707
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,320
Speaker 2: So the twenty eight day reset is all about getting

708
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,280
Speaker 2: out of the way, right, is not doing anything extreme,

709
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:11,799
Speaker 2: simplifying your diet, simplifying your diet, your lifestyle right. So

710
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:15,840
Speaker 2: being on social media or talking to people that causes

711
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 2: more anxiety. And so what we're doing is avoiding things

712
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 2: that are draining our energy, so we can really focus

713
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:26,480
Speaker 2: on detox. It's actually very simple concept and easy to

714
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 2: implement and something we should do on a regular basis.

715
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:33,240
Speaker 2: In Ioveta twice a year. Actually a change of season,

716
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 2: you're supposed to do this type of dy detox. Oh really,

717
00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:39,120
Speaker 2: it helps you. Yeah, it helps you transition into the

718
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:42,399
Speaker 2: new season much easily. And if you notice, we often

719
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,359
Speaker 2: get sick at change of season right in the fall.

720
00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:47,360
Speaker 2: And there's actually a big study I mentioned in the book.

721
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 2: In this study, the researchers looked at people from all

722
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,239
Speaker 2: different parts of the world and what they noticed that

723
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:55,759
Speaker 2: in the winter in Scandinavia and Finland, the genes of

724
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,880
Speaker 2: people there which shifting that allow them to fight out

725
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:02,800
Speaker 2: different viruses versus a place like Ghana in the monsoon

726
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:04,760
Speaker 2: and rainy season when they get a lot of mosquito

727
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 2: born diseases, their genes were shifting to protect them better.

728
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:11,799
Speaker 2: From them. So every season, our body is going through

729
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 2: a significant shift genetically, are metabolically spiritually, I feel like too.

730
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 2: So that's why in Airta there's saying, you know, a

731
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:24,840
Speaker 2: change of season, that's when you kind of take a

732
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:28,359
Speaker 2: step back and detox. So if you notice a lot

733
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:32,360
Speaker 2: of religious holidays like fasting based like Lent a Ramadan,

734
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,320
Speaker 2: a lot of those actually fall during change of seasons.

735
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,239
Speaker 1: Okay, that makes total sense. Yeah, I've never even thought

736
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 1: about that.

737
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, so just better equips us. So that's like help maintenance.

738
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 2: If we have a car, we get oil change, we

739
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,280
Speaker 2: get routine matance. Right, what are we doing for our bodies?

740
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 2: So twice a year it's a good reminder for us

741
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 2: to say, I'm prioritizing my self care. I'm stepping back,

742
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,279
Speaker 2: easing off and allowing my body to do what it

743
00:37:54,320 --> 00:38:00,320
Speaker 2: does best.

744
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean we do. It's like we take breaks

745
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,400
Speaker 1: on the holidays too, so that it obviously is in

746
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:09,280
Speaker 1: our mind to do that. It kind of is making

747
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:11,319
Speaker 1: me think back to the circadian rhythm part of the

748
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:15,480
Speaker 1: conversation too, because our body knows certain things by the

749
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,239
Speaker 1: way the sun comes up or anything like that. So

750
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:21,280
Speaker 1: it's the same with the change of seasons. I would imagine.

751
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 2: It's extremely sensitive. So our body can sense even a

752
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 2: slight change in the weather, the slightest change in the

753
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:31,280
Speaker 2: amount of sunlight we're getting exposed to. Your body knows.

754
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,360
Speaker 2: How do trees know? How do animals, right, bears know

755
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:37,800
Speaker 2: to go into hibernation, right, They listen to their body,

756
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 2: They listen to these subtle changes in the environment around them, right.

757
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,600
Speaker 2: So I think we just need to be more in

758
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 2: tune with that and respect that our body is going

759
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 2: through to changes at different times of the year, so

760
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:51,120
Speaker 2: that we can adjust our lifestyle accordingly.

761
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 1: And I just love that you're pointing out so much

762
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:56,840
Speaker 1: about the mind body connection here because and you mentioned

763
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 1: this at the beginning of the podcast, But I do

764
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:02,439
Speaker 1: talk a lot about like the somatic therapy kind of work,

765
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:05,799
Speaker 1: because I think emotions and how we carry stress and

766
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: all of that ties so much into our physical health,

767
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:10,880
Speaker 1: which you do touch on in the book as well.

768
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 1: But I love the idea of this reset of just

769
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: removing it because to me, I hear such an emotional

770
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:17,720
Speaker 1: spiritual component to that as well.

771
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:21,799
Speaker 2: You cannot separate the two. In fact, you know, if

772
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 2: we nourish our spirit, our emotions, our mental health that

773
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 2: will only manifest positively in our body. Whatever is manifesting

774
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,200
Speaker 2: in the body, I feel like has the roots somewhere

775
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 2: and our thoughts and our emotions and our spirit. So

776
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,320
Speaker 2: the reset is not just about drinking green juice or

777
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 2: herbs or anything like that. The reset is all encompassing, right.

778
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,480
Speaker 2: This is the time where we're taking a moment to

779
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 2: reflect on our intentions that we're setting what does hell

780
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:51,200
Speaker 2: truly mean? Because I strongly believe that it's not just

781
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:54,400
Speaker 2: the food that needs to be digested and processed, our thoughts,

782
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 2: our emotions, our traumas or experiences. All of those things

783
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 2: need to be processed. So if you don't allow for

784
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,319
Speaker 2: their space from time to time to allow that processing,

785
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:08,360
Speaker 2: we're going to hold it in the worst places that

786
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,560
Speaker 2: it's going to manifest this discomfort and disease.

787
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:11,320
Speaker 1: Right.

788
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 2: So that's what the twenty a dailyset is too. It's

789
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 2: not just about your body, your food or anything like that.

790
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:21,360
Speaker 2: It's also taking that time to say, instead of spending

791
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 2: all these hours starting out of computer, I'm going to

792
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 2: take thirty minutes in my day literally just fraction of

793
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 2: that time that instead of doing this, I'm going to

794
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 2: do something that's actually going to charge my baddy. Maybe

795
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:35,600
Speaker 2: I'll start journaling right, or I'll listen to I'll spend

796
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,680
Speaker 2: more time in nature. So figure out what kind of

797
00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 2: heals your soul and it's different for everybody, or make

798
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 2: space for it, right, And twenty day reset is a

799
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,839
Speaker 2: time for you to experiment if you're not used to it,

800
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:49,120
Speaker 2: figure out what suits your soul and stay with that

801
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,800
Speaker 2: practice even past the twenty eight day reset.

802
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:53,839
Speaker 1: Well, and for those people who are listening here are

803
00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:56,439
Speaker 1: like twenty eight days that sounds forever you do talk

804
00:40:56,480 --> 00:41:00,839
Speaker 1: about a twenty minute daily ritual that can also be incorporated.

805
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:02,879
Speaker 1: And so maybe that if this the twenty eight days

806
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:06,800
Speaker 1: sounds overwhelming to you guys, maybe the twenty minute daily

807
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 1: ritual is a good place to start. So can you

808
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 1: talk us through that ritual?

809
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:14,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I'll just say quickly, with the twenty day reset,

810
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,359
Speaker 2: it's really about thirty minutes of your day that you're

811
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:19,719
Speaker 2: dedicating to this. The rest of the time you're doing

812
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:23,680
Speaker 2: everything you normally do. It's actually less time, right, And

813
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:25,920
Speaker 2: the time you're getting the thirty minutes from is the

814
00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:27,840
Speaker 2: stuff that's actually wasting your energy.

815
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:31,520
Speaker 3: Right, So you're real showing, right.

816
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,400
Speaker 2: Which is to go anyway. So you're creating new thirty

817
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:37,280
Speaker 2: minute of lot of time to do this. You're carving

818
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:39,280
Speaker 2: it out of things are actually hurting you and focusing

819
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 2: on things actually helping you. It for you, you're charging

820
00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 2: your spirit. Yeah, so it's actually doing less, not more. So.

821
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:49,120
Speaker 2: As much of twenty eight days seems daunting, it's really

822
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,759
Speaker 2: you know it. It's just the amount of time that

823
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 2: it takes your body to really do deep work, right.

824
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 2: It's not a quick fix. And the benefit of twenty

825
00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 2: minute your ritual, the daily ritual, is that all the

826
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,279
Speaker 2: benefits you get from twenty eight days, we want the

827
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 2: body to continue building on it. And this is your

828
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,760
Speaker 2: opportunity every single day to bring your body back to balance.

829
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:11,799
Speaker 2: So it's a little clean up that we're doing every

830
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 2: single day, and we're doing the deep cleaning once or

831
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:17,480
Speaker 2: twice a year, right, So the twenty minute ritual. And

832
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:20,760
Speaker 2: I always quantify everything by time, right, So it seems daunting.

833
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:23,759
Speaker 2: But if you say twenty days is a long time, Hey,

834
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,320
Speaker 2: thirty minutes every day, can you do it? Yeah, that's doable.

835
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 1: You can do anything for thirty minutes a day exactly.

836
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:31,800
Speaker 2: And then twenty minutes. Can you give me twenty minutes

837
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,959
Speaker 2: in your day just so to maintain all that line up, right, Yes,

838
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,239
Speaker 2: So the twenty minutes are split up throughout the day.

839
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:39,480
Speaker 2: So the biggest opportunity that we have is first thing

840
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:41,200
Speaker 2: in the morning and before we go to bed, so

841
00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:43,480
Speaker 2: it's not really interfering with your day to day, right,

842
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:47,120
Speaker 2: So in the beginning of the day, I really want

843
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:48,799
Speaker 2: you to spend three to five minutes to setting an

844
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,520
Speaker 2: intention before you look at your phone or anything. While

845
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:53,319
Speaker 2: you're in bed, I just want you to close your

846
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:56,440
Speaker 2: eyes and set an intention for the day. What do

847
00:42:56,480 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 2: you want to happen? What's how are you feeling right

848
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 2: that check in and you are giving your mind and

849
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 2: your body direction. Okay, this is what I'm going to

850
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:07,960
Speaker 2: focus on today. This is what's going to happen. Right.

851
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:11,799
Speaker 2: You'll be amazed how much of a difference that makes. Right,

852
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:14,920
Speaker 2: and just spending a few minutes doing some deep breathing

853
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 2: gramming yourself in the morning will completely change the rest

854
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,480
Speaker 2: of your day. So that's how we're starting. And I

855
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:24,640
Speaker 2: also add in a few things about your oral health

856
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:26,880
Speaker 2: in IRETA that's very important for your gut health. That

857
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:29,480
Speaker 2: we're doing in there also, from bringing a big glass

858
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:31,439
Speaker 2: of warm water so as you wake up to maybe

859
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 2: spending a couple minutes doing oil pulling that has tremendous

860
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:37,520
Speaker 2: health benefits. Right, that's just the morning, And then in

861
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Speaker 2: the evening, for ten minutes, I encourage you to do

862
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Speaker 2: either journaling or a body scan, meditation, gentle yoga stretches,

863
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Speaker 2: listen to music, something that helps you stay ground it right,

864
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Speaker 2: you pick, it's your ten minutes, right, ten minutes to

865
00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:54,279
Speaker 2: charge your baddy, just like you're charging your battery of

866
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Speaker 2: your phone overtnight. And then during the day, I only

867
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Speaker 2: expect you to spend three minutes doing this, which is

868
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Speaker 2: one minute of deep breathing before you eat.

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Speaker 3: Oh okay, so I.

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Speaker 2: Just want you to kind of take a minute pause

871
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Speaker 2: before you eat, take some deep breaths, and then it's

872
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Speaker 2: just one minute before each meals, so three times a day.

873
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Speaker 2: It's very simple. It's easily doable, right, But the more

874
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Speaker 2: you make it part of your life, I cannot tell

875
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Speaker 2: you how your digestion, how you're digesting that food will

876
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Speaker 2: be completely different just because you spend a minute centering

877
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Speaker 2: yourself first.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that is crazy. That one just got me. So

879
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Speaker 1: one minute of deep breathing before you eat and our body,

880
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:36,080
Speaker 1: it helps our body digest things.

881
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Speaker 2: So what happens is the deep breathing gets your body

882
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:41,560
Speaker 2: out of fight and flight into a glaxation, yeah, and

883
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:44,240
Speaker 2: activates a nerve called the vegus nerve that it's entirely

884
00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:47,799
Speaker 2: responsible for your digestion. So when you do that, you

885
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Speaker 2: have better acid production, you have more enzymes, you have

886
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:54,000
Speaker 2: better motility in the gap. So a lot of ibs

887
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Speaker 2: things that I see in my practice are often related

888
00:44:56,719 --> 00:44:59,520
Speaker 2: to just us being trapped in fine flight. So it's

889
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Speaker 2: not about even changing your diet. I say, don't even

890
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:02,880
Speaker 2: worry about changing your diet. All I want you to

891
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,439
Speaker 2: do is take a couple of moments before you eat

892
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:09,320
Speaker 2: and eat your food, slowly, chew your food, enjoy your food.

893
00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:11,480
Speaker 2: That's it. I'm not even changing your diet. And I

894
00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:13,920
Speaker 2: can tell you more than fifty percent of their symptoms

895
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 2: and proof just by doing this.

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Speaker 1: That is crazy. Okay, I'm going to start that one today.

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Speaker 1: I love that one.

898
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:21,360
Speaker 3: It's so simple.

899
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just so simple, and it's just I love

900
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,920
Speaker 1: that it's making you actually or it's making us pots

901
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:30,280
Speaker 1: because I think that is One of our culture's biggest

902
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,920
Speaker 1: problems is that we go, go, go, go go, and

903
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:37,160
Speaker 1: it's so unconscious everything we're doing. And this just kind

904
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:39,640
Speaker 1: of brings you back into your body. I know, I

905
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:42,839
Speaker 1: start my day meditating and that has changed so much

906
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 1: for me to set intentions like you're saying in the

907
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:48,399
Speaker 1: beginning of the day, but also to kind of check

908
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:51,120
Speaker 1: in with myself and really, you know, kind of go

909
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:53,359
Speaker 1: through what I want for the day. And you talk

910
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:56,400
Speaker 1: a lot about positivity and not in the way of

911
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:59,320
Speaker 1: like toxic positivity. Let's only focus on the good things,

912
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:02,360
Speaker 1: but how to rewire our brains for that because we

913
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:06,560
Speaker 1: are in such very divisive time with so much overwhelming

914
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 1: stuff happening, and I think a lot of us are

915
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:12,560
Speaker 1: still processing maybe even what went on in the pandemic

916
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:15,160
Speaker 1: and starting to kind of see some symptoms come up

917
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:18,040
Speaker 1: from that time and everyone's life. So there are three

918
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 1: actionable things that you talk about doing to just shift

919
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:24,040
Speaker 1: into a positive outlook. Can you tell the listeners about

920
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:25,120
Speaker 1: those three things?

921
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Speaker 2: Yeah, So first thing is really focusing on gratitude. So

922
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:32,640
Speaker 2: there's actually a lot of research on expressing gratitude and

923
00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:35,319
Speaker 2: I've seen that in action actually in my practice, I

924
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:37,879
Speaker 2: often connect, you know, I use a lot of technology

925
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Speaker 2: with ancient wisdom. Yeah, So for some of my patients,

926
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Speaker 2: I'll actually hook them up to something called heart and

927
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:48,000
Speaker 2: variability monitors, and that's actually recording your heart rhythm and

928
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,440
Speaker 2: it tells me when you're stressed or when you're relaxed.

929
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Speaker 2: And one of the most positive, like you know, amazing

930
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:56,880
Speaker 2: things I've seen is I'll tell patients we're really stressed

931
00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 2: or anxious, and they can see that heart rhythm is

932
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Speaker 2: beating me. Yeah. Normally, now say just close your eyes

933
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 2: and just count things that you're grateful for. Who do

934
00:47:06,239 --> 00:47:07,560
Speaker 2: you want to think in your life? What are you

935
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 2: grateful for? So I'll just have them close their eyes

936
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:11,440
Speaker 2: and do that for a couple of minutes, and I

937
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:14,520
Speaker 2: cannot tell you their heart or them changes completely. And

938
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Speaker 2: if I put like a sensor on their head, I'll

939
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:21,800
Speaker 2: see their brain waves change completely. So gratitude is actually

940
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:24,320
Speaker 2: extremely powerful, and the studies have shown just keeping a

941
00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:28,560
Speaker 2: gratitude journal for fifteen minutes, three times a week can

942
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:33,120
Speaker 2: significantly improve anxiety symptoms, depression symptoms, and just overall well

943
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:36,600
Speaker 2: being right. And sometimes I get better results with that

944
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 2: than some of the anti depressis right.

945
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Speaker 3: Side, Effie.

946
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Speaker 1: Yeah, So the first step.

947
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:44,520
Speaker 2: Is just gratitude, and if you start with that, that

948
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:49,080
Speaker 2: will help you focus on what's actually important in life. Right,

949
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:51,680
Speaker 2: So you crowd out a lot of the noise and

950
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:54,680
Speaker 2: you become more mindful and aware. So the second step

951
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:58,000
Speaker 2: is just being aware of our thoughts, what's going on.

952
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:00,880
Speaker 2: It's not about judging them, it's just saying, this is

953
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 2: what's going on, being mindful, being present, checking in with ourselves.

954
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Speaker 2: And then when we do that, the third thing automatically happens.

955
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Speaker 2: It allows us to respond to situations rather than react. Right,

956
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Speaker 2: So often what happens we're going about mindlessly and just

957
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:23,279
Speaker 2: you know, something upsets us, we just get upset right away, right, Yeah,

958
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:25,840
Speaker 2: uber's late, I'm upset. You know, somebody else at me.

959
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 2: I'm upset. You know my phone's not breaking down, I'm upset. Right,

960
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:35,160
Speaker 2: we're just reacting to all these things without having that

961
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:39,080
Speaker 2: sensation of gratitude, without being mindful. So when we are

962
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:43,120
Speaker 2: have this gratitude expression, when we are mindful of what's

963
00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:47,720
Speaker 2: going on, what automatically happens is that we start responding.

964
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:51,000
Speaker 2: So we get that pause and we say, you know

965
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:53,960
Speaker 2: what uber's late. It's okay, I'll get there. When I

966
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Speaker 2: get there, I can control this. Someone's making me angry.

967
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Speaker 2: They're giving me anger, but I don't have to take it.

968
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Speaker 2: That's their anger and it let it stay with them.

969
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:06,560
Speaker 2: I don't have to take it. So that's the beauty.

970
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:11,440
Speaker 2: That's the beauty of positivity and rewiring. Yeah, we do

971
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:16,560
Speaker 2: it by gratitude, by being mindful and choosing to respond

972
00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 2: not just react.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I love those well, Doctor Farik, thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for being here. The book is Intentional Health, and I'm

976
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Speaker 1: going to link this in the description of the podcast

977
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Speaker 1: for you guys. I'm a big fan. This is going

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Speaker 1: to start being my gift to people. I love this book,

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Speaker 1: so I highly encourage you guys to go out and

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Speaker 1: get it. Where else can people find you if they

981
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Speaker 1: want to keep up with your work, So you.

982
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Speaker 2: Can go on the website intentionalhealth dot io or you

983
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Speaker 2: can follow me on Instagram at intentional Health Underscore Awesome.

984
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Speaker 1: I'll put all of that also in the description of

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Speaker 1: this podcast. Thank you again so much for being.

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Speaker 2: Here, Thank you so much for having me.

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Speaker 1: Thank you guys for listening.