1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: Conversations on life, style, beauty, and relationships. It's the Velvet's 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: Edge Podcast with Kelly Henderson. Okay, it's the beginning of 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: the year, and I feel like that is just the 4 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: time that everyone goes to resets, right, like resets in 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: every different area of our life. And I'm constantly talking 6 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: with you guys about the inner work, therapy, energy work, 7 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: all of those things. But that doesn't include the health 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: piece of this, which is also just a huge part. 9 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: Our bodies are the only way we're existing, obviously, And 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: so I am so excited today because I have doctor 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: Chitty Perik here and she is one of the leading 12 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: integrative medicine physicians in the country. She's the founder of 13 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: Integrated Health and well Being at wild Cornell Medicine, New 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,480 Speaker 1: York Presbyterian Hospital, and her first book has just come out, 15 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: Intentional Health, Detoxified, Nourish and Rejuvenate your Body into Balance. 16 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: Doctor Perik, thank you so much for being here. 17 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me. 18 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: We were just talking before the podcast and I asked 19 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: you how COVID has actually impacted your world, and you 20 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: said it even inspired you to write this book. So 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 1: can you talk a little bit about it. I know 22 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: you were on the front lines during the COVID the pandemic, 23 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,759 Speaker 1: and then you got COVID pretty early on, which then 24 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: turned into long COVID. So can you tell us a 25 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: little bit about what happened there. 26 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean April twenty twenty was an interesting time. 27 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 2: It was I was getting ready to get married. Actually 28 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: it was supposed to get married in May. It was 29 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 2: a very exciting time, but things took obviously a different turn. 30 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 2: I ended up on the front lines in New York, 31 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 2: as you know, got hit pretty early on. So I 32 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 2: was in the thick of it, one of the busiest 33 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 2: hospitals in New York and just working NonStop. And I 34 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 2: got COVID, and at that time, it was very scared 35 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: to get COVID, right, we still didn't know this disease, 36 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 2: and it's not I didn't have much time to recover 37 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 2: because I knew I had to just go right back. 38 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 2: There was such a dire need just a few days 39 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 2: of rest. I just went right back. And then finally 40 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 2: when it dust settled, I recognized that hey, I was 41 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 2: running on adrenaline this whole time. Then I saw symptoms 42 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 2: such as I was just getting tired, so much. My 43 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 2: hair was falling out, I was getting short of breath 44 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 2: doing simple yoga poses that I could do, you know, 45 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 2: without any problem. And I was losing weight even though 46 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 2: I was eating healthy. So I was just trying to 47 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 2: figure out what's going on in my body. And this 48 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 2: was before anyone even knew what long COVID was, right, 49 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 2: so very early on. So I was scouring the internet 50 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 2: trying to ask my colleague, trying to figure out what 51 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 2: was going on, but there were no answers, and it 52 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 2: just this is such a random story, but I was 53 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 2: on Amazon, probably ordering toilet paper. 54 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: As we all were during that, and. 55 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 2: Randomly this recommendation for an out of print book about 56 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty five year old Yogi came up. 57 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 2: I have no explanation through this day how that happened. 58 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 2: I wasn't researching anything about that. So I ordered this 59 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: out of print book from someone I don't even know 60 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 2: from where I read it. And that's what inspired me 61 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 2: because in the book it talked about the ancient yoga 62 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 2: science of detoxification. It was called kaya kulpook, which means 63 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 2: transformation of your body. That Yogi's used the science to 64 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 2: turn back their biological clock, so they could continue their 65 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 2: spiritual journey right, so their body could be in the 66 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 2: best shape, so they could continue meditating and trying to 67 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 2: focus on just spending hours in very yustier conditions. So 68 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 2: inspired from that, I knew the science is something called 69 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 2: Poncha karma, which is a toxification ritual used in iobeta. 70 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 2: It's been around for thousands of years, and that is 71 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 2: accessible to all of us, not just the Yogis. So 72 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: I said, let me just try that. I know I've helped, 73 00:03:58,320 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 2: you know, a lot of my patients have done it 74 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 2: in the past. I recommended and really helped them. So 75 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 2: I was like, let me just try it. And for 76 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 2: thirty days I did it diligently, and I cannot tell you. 77 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 2: Within a week into it the transformation I saw in 78 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 2: my body. I mean my hair immediately started pulling out, 79 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: and I started feeling better, just stronger inside out. And 80 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 2: within a couple of months I was back to myself, 81 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 2: actually even better than what I was before COVID and 82 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 2: I just couldn't believe it. And I used every Western 83 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 2: medicine you know, technique I could possibly think of any 84 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 2: blood test supplement by I mean, maybe I did it 85 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 2: all and none of that really has helped. So this 86 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:41,919 Speaker 2: really inspired me, and I said, you know, this is 87 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 2: not just about during long COVID, but it just reinstated 88 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 2: my strong belief that our body is incredibly intelligent. Everything 89 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 2: we need to lead a long, healthy life is right 90 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 2: in here, right. It's not in some magic diet, it's 91 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 2: not in some super food or anything. It's right here. 92 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 2: So what I did during this process was I just 93 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 2: got out of its way and I let the inner 94 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 2: healing really come forward. And that's what inspired me to 95 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 2: write the book. But also the twenty eight day Reset 96 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 2: is based on this ancient science and now simplified it 97 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 2: so that everyone can take advantage of it and help 98 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 2: bring their body back to balance whenever they need it. 99 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean we talked about this a little before 100 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: the podcast too, but one of the main things you 101 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 1: talk about in the book, and we'll get to that 102 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: in just a second, but it's just sort of the 103 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: mentality of let's throw a pill at something, let's you know, 104 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: try to do the quick fix for things. And just 105 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 1: like you just said, our bodies are our best healers. 106 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: I truly believe that, and obviously, thank God for Western medicine. 107 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: There are some things that have become you know, accessible 108 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: to us because of that that we could have never 109 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,679 Speaker 1: come up with. But I just feel like we missed 110 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: the mark. So often is that something you see consistently 111 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: in the medicine world. 112 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 2: This is something I see day and day day out. 113 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 2: And that's what inspired me to start this program at 114 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 2: Cornell near Presbyterian Hospital because what happens in Western medicine 115 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 2: that it does a really good job at acute conditions, right, Right, 116 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 2: So you get a bad infection, you get to show great. 117 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: We can fix it, right. 118 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 2: But health is a journey. It's a big spectrum, right, 119 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 2: It's not just those acute moments. So I always wanted 120 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 2: to be the kind of doctor that people go to, 121 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 2: not just when they're sick, but they go to me 122 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 2: to stay healthy. 123 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 3: Right. 124 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 2: That's what I really went into medicine for. But our 125 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 2: current medical system or current medical training just doesn't train 126 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 2: you to be the doctor that people go to to 127 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 2: stay healthy. So I have to relearn the medicine. I 128 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 2: had to relearn, you know, Eastern medicine, to we learn nutrition, 129 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 2: functional medicine. I learned acupuncture. I wanted to expand my toolbox. 130 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 2: So if someone came to me, I couldn't you know. 131 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 2: I wasn't just fixing the disease, but I was looking 132 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 2: at the whole person, and I was helping them, giving 133 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 2: them the tools, not just matching an ill to a 134 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,720 Speaker 2: pill and saying, oh, you got this, here's the pill 135 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 2: for that. Right that, I wanted to do so much 136 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 2: more than that. I wanted to give people tools that 137 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 2: they can use to stay healthy and get to understand 138 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 2: their body better, rather than just relying on a doctor 139 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 2: or blood test to say this is what's wrong. 140 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: Well, the other issue with that program or that way 141 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: of doing things is we're going to the doctor when 142 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: the issue is already beyond the point, like we're having 143 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: the massive heart attack or meltdown or whatever, and there's 144 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: all these things that led up to that point, but 145 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: we're like not paying attention to those things. It's just 146 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: the big event, you know. 147 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 2: Exactly. So we wait for we're almost like sitting ducks. 148 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 2: Let's wait to see really goes wrong and then we'll 149 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 2: fix it right, right, But what about all the opportunity 150 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 2: we have in this moment to focus on our wellbeing 151 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 2: and not just our physical wellbeing. I strongly believe that 152 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 2: we are not just the body. We are our mind, 153 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 2: where our spirit, where our emotions, where our community, and 154 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 2: all of these things make us who we are. So 155 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 2: let's focus on establishing a better mind body connection, a 156 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 2: better emotional state, a better connection with our community so 157 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 2: that we don't end up in that acute state. Right. So, 158 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 2: prevention is always better than the cure. So if our 159 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 2: healthcare system is not doing it, us as individuals have 160 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 2: to take ownership and make that our priority. 161 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: Yeah. I actually love that autonomy though. It's like taking 162 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: the responsibility for your own body. I mean, we should 163 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: be doing that anyway. Yes, So let's talk a little 164 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: bit about the book. It's called Intentional Health. Detoxify, nourish, 165 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: and Rejuvenate your body into balance. This book is a 166 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: comprehensive roadmap that empowers individuals to take charge of their health, 167 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: just like we've been saying through five thousand years of science, 168 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: combining ancient wisdom wisdom with cutting edge science. I think 169 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: it's so interesting to read that five thousand piece of 170 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: that because I'm like, right, it's always been here. Come 171 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: in and we try to do all these different things, 172 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: and it's like, no, let's go back to what was 173 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: working in the first place, right. 174 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it stood the test of time. It's still here, 175 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 2: we're still practicing it. 176 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 1: Right. Well, you start the book talking about health intentions, 177 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 1: and when I was first reading that part of the book, 178 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 1: I thought, well, this is like right obviously right, Like 179 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: it's one of those things that someone just needed to 180 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: say to me to like let it click. But I 181 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: think that that can be something that's a little bit overwhelming. 182 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: Like as the listeners are listening to this and we're saying, oh, 183 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: you know, go set some health intentions, it would feel 184 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 1: intimidating to me. So can you help us just kind 185 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: of break it down? Like where do we even know 186 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 1: how to start here? 187 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 2: So what happens when it comes to health and wellness 188 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 2: that we are often bombarded with these images of perfection, Right, 189 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 2: We're told we look into a magazine, we look at 190 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 2: social media, we look at billboards, and we are soul 191 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 2: this idea that to be healthy you have to be 192 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 2: doing you know, you're supposed to exercise every day, meditate, 193 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 2: not be stressed, eat a perfect diet, you know, sleep 194 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 2: eight hours, being plenty of water, and the list goes on. Right, 195 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 2: it is so overwhelming, and we feel like we're always 196 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 2: falling short. In Eastern medicine, the idea of health is 197 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:22,319 Speaker 2: never about perfection. There's no perfect image of health. Idea 198 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 2: of health is all about balance, right. So that's what 199 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 2: I really focus on when it comes to intentional health 200 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 2: and setting an intention that it's not about an ideal 201 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,079 Speaker 2: image of what health looks like based on other people 202 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 2: are telling you. It's about asking yourself the question, what 203 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 2: does health truly look like and mean for me? And 204 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 2: it's different for every single person, and it's different for 205 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 2: us at every stage of our life. What we're trying 206 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 2: to do, What health means to us when we're in 207 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 2: our twenties, thirties, forties, fifties is different. So we have 208 00:10:56,559 --> 00:11:01,319 Speaker 2: to be intentional about what that dialogue is with ourself. 209 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 2: What truly matters to us. It's not just about a 210 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,959 Speaker 2: certain waste size or a weight or anything, right, It's 211 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 2: about what does health allow me to do? This body 212 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 2: is our vessel to experience life. Like you said in 213 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 2: the beginning, right, this body is our best ally. So 214 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 2: what do I need this body for? What do I 215 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 2: want to accomplish? What do I want to experience this body? 216 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 2: And let's set an intention to get there. So it's 217 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 2: a much deeper conversation. So I encourage I And that's 218 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 2: the first question I asked my patients when I see 219 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 2: him in the office. You know, it's not about what 220 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 2: the doctor tells you to do. It's not about you know, 221 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 2: losing weight or not getting cancer or nothing like that. 222 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 2: It's about what can you control. Because intentional health, setting 223 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 2: an intention, it's all about things that we can control. Right. 224 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 2: I can say set an intention and say I'm choosing 225 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 2: to prioritize my mental health this year. I'm choosing to 226 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 2: focus on my self care, my all being. I'm choosing 227 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 2: to nourish my body with food that brings me joy, 228 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 2: that brings me energy, and that makes me whole. So 229 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 2: the words that we choose to describe how health and 230 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 2: tension is also so important. Yeah, So it's about positivity. 231 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 2: It's about setting an intention that is attainable that we 232 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 2: can control. It's not a lofty dream that someone else 233 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 2: tells us to obtain. Right. So it's a deep inner 234 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 2: conversation that we should be having with ourselves on a 235 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 2: regular basis. It's not just at the beginning of the year, right, 236 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 2: But it's something we need to check in with ourselves 237 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 2: all the time. 238 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: When I love the fact that you just mentioned the 239 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: positivity piece because I feel like you mentioned diets and 240 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: this made me kind of ping to this thought. But 241 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:52,719 Speaker 1: everything with a diet to me has always sounded so restrictive. 242 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: And when you frame something at the beginning of it, 243 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 1: I can't have why do you want to do it 244 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 1: for me? At least I don't get very motivated by that, 245 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: Like that isn't something like to tell myself I can't 246 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: have something just because it's probably going to cause me 247 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: to slip or not be able to follow through with 248 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: things ultimately. But when I do something and I set 249 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 1: an intention, like you're saying, like on this podcast, even 250 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: we set intentions with we set a word of the year, 251 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: and that's our intention, you know, And so everything brings 252 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: me back to my word of the year as I'm 253 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,479 Speaker 1: going through the processes of whatever it is, work, relationships, 254 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: anything like that. So with health, I love the idea 255 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: of setting something positive as an act of like self care, 256 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 1: self love, as a way of taking care of ourselves 257 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: as adults, you know, and like lovingly those that energy 258 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: to me feels so different from a restrictive diet or 259 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: I can't have this because I don't want to get 260 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: cancer exactly. 261 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 2: And whatever wherever mind goes or body will follow. Yeah, 262 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 2: So I don't mind my mind to go, oh, that's spread. 263 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 2: I can't I have gluten, I can't have dairy. I can't. No, 264 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 2: I can't. There's this this If our mind is constantly 265 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 2: going there, our body is confused, and it's it's constantly 266 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 2: being channeled this negative energy or do not, do not, 267 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 2: do not right instead of I'm focusing. My priority is 268 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 2: nourishing my body. My priority is putting in food in 269 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 2: the body that's going to energize me, that's going to 270 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 2: heal me. Right, every time I eat, I'm thinking energy, 271 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 2: I'm thinking healing. I'm thinking enjoyment, right, not restriction. So 272 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 2: it and I cannot tell you how important that is. 273 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 2: And I see this every single day in my practice. Right, 274 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 2: It's we are we become so restrictive with our mentality 275 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 2: sometimes that we don't know how to channel that energy 276 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 2: the other way around. So a lot of work I 277 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 2: do with my patients is just changing that dialogue, changing 278 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 2: that language that we are using when it comes to 279 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 2: our own health. In our own body. Yeah, that is 280 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 2: so important. I cannot tell you to follow this diet 281 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 2: or do anything until we have that discussion. 282 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's so like the gluten thing. You mentioned gluten, 283 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: and I don't do gluten or dairy in my diet, 284 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: and a lot of my friends are like, oh, that 285 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: must be terrible, you know, And at first it was. 286 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: It was hard, but for me, I just realized ultimately, 287 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: I feel so much better. I have so much more energy. 288 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: I sleep better, like, I just don't feel heavy after 289 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: a meal, I'm not tired. And those were the two 290 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: culprits for me of that. It's not for everybody, but 291 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: once I like realize, oh wait, I'm not saying I'm 292 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: not going to eat this because I can't. It's because 293 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: I just want to feel good. I don't actually miss it, 294 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: like it's fine. 295 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 2: And that's how you're able to stick to it. People 296 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 2: i've seen give up those things because I restrict the 297 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 2: mentality and then negative image of why you're doing something, 298 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 2: versus like, hey, I'm doing this because it's going to 299 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 2: make me feel better. I'll have more energy, yeah, I'll 300 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 2: have less floating whatever it might be. Right, that's a 301 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 2: completely different conversation that you're having every time you see 302 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 2: something with gluten versus like no, no, no, I can't. I 303 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 2: can't do it. 304 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: I can't, I can't exactly. Well, we mentioned how old 305 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: some of these practices are that you tapped into to 306 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: write this book, and so I want to move into 307 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: the seven Ancient Secrets. So in the book, you deviled 308 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: seven ancient secrets and you say that you will learn 309 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: how your body functions from these. So your circadian rhythm, 310 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: the gut, microbiome, these are hard words for me. Also 311 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: our metabolism and the mind body connection, which we kind 312 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: of touched on as well. But I want to start 313 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: with circadian rhythm. What is that? 314 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 2: So circadian rhythm is our internal body clock? Okay, right, 315 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 2: How does our body recognize what time of the data is? 316 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 2: What is it supposed to do? Just like you and 317 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 2: I have a schedule to keep right in the morning, 318 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 2: we wake up, we have breakfast, we have this meeting 319 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 2: or this right, same thing, the body does something different 320 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 2: almost every hour. It has a different task to focus on. 321 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 2: So it's important for to know what time of the 322 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 2: day it is. Is it midnight, then I shouldn't I 323 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 2: don't have to worry about digesting food because it's midnight, 324 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 2: I'm sleeping, right, Or if it's lunch, I don't have 325 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 2: to worry about sleep. I have to worry about digesting 326 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 2: this meal. So it needs a very good, accurate understanding 327 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 2: of what time of the data is so it does 328 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:22,160 Speaker 2: the right physiological function. Okay, majority of the diseases nowadays 329 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:26,719 Speaker 2: that we're seeing are because our circadian rhythm is disruptive. Really, 330 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 2: we're not listening to our internal body clock. Actually, just 331 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 2: about three years ago, three scientists received the Nobel Pride 332 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 2: for Medicine because of their work in this brand new 333 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 2: field of chronobiology. Chrono means time and biology all about 334 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:46,239 Speaker 2: how circaden rhythm is actually affecting every single thing in 335 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 2: our body and how common diseases that we're seeing, from 336 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 2: bcity to heart disease, even certain cancers can be linked 337 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 2: back to disruption in our circadian rhythm. So I joke 338 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:58,920 Speaker 2: with my patients and I say, you know, I don't 339 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 2: care about your diet. I don't care if you go 340 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 2: to the gym. 341 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: Yeah. 342 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 2: Instead, instead of focusing on just about what you're eating, 343 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 2: I would much other focus on when you're eating these 344 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 2: meals and when you're actually exercising because our timing our 345 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 2: diet and exercise can actually really change what health effects 346 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 2: does it have? So why would we not tap into 347 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 2: our inner circadian rhythm align ourselves with it so we 348 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 2: get much better results from everything we're doing. 349 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 3: Right. 350 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 2: So, I've seen a lot of patients who are eating 351 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,880 Speaker 2: a perfect diet, exercising, doing all the right things, yet 352 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 2: they don't feel like they're optimal self. So a lot 353 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 2: of time it comes down to this routine and keep 354 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 2: and sticking to it. 355 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 1: Okay, so even if. 356 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,640 Speaker 2: You're eating a healthy diet, but every day you're kind 357 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,199 Speaker 2: of on the run. Today you had breakfast, tomorrow you 358 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 2: skipped it, and tomorrow you know you had a heavy 359 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 2: lunch the day after a heavy dinner. That irregularity actually 360 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 2: is very stressful for the body. So that's why the 361 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 2: first chapter, the First Asian Secret, is about understanding your 362 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 2: circating with them and synchronizing your routine, your schedule to 363 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 2: what the body is trying to do. When you do that, 364 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 2: it's just effortless. Right, Why are we fighting against the body? 365 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 2: Why don't we work with it? So that's where we're 366 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 2: starting with when it comes to circading with them. 367 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 1: So this would be different for every single person because 368 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 1: your lifestyle is different, or I mean, I'm just curious too, 369 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 1: is the wiring of each individual different with this stuff? 370 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 2: So what's actually genetically wired for us is pretty similar? 371 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: Okay, So if you think about it. 372 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 2: Are cave men and women ancestors, right, they didn't have 373 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 2: light bulbs, they didn't have computer screens. Their entire day 374 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,120 Speaker 2: and night was their life was essentially tied to that 375 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:52,680 Speaker 2: of the sun. Right right when the sun came up, 376 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 2: their day started, they went out looking for food, they 377 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 2: broke their fast, they found something to eat, they were hunted, right, 378 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,880 Speaker 2: and then by the time the sun goes down, their 379 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 2: day is over. They're done eating. They're hiding in their 380 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 2: cake right right, They're not up till midnight party going 381 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 2: out to eat or if you weren't doing that, they 382 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 2: would become a meal if they did that right, right, 383 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 2: So that's how our circading rhythm has evolved to do. 384 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:18,880 Speaker 2: So I always say we don't work twenty four seven, 385 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 2: either does our body, right, So it has a day 386 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 2: shift and has a night shift. During the day, it's 387 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 2: prioritizing digesting our food and make, you know, extracting all 388 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:32,440 Speaker 2: the nutrients from it, and at night it's detoxing, it's 389 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 2: fixing things that are broken, so detoks, repair, rejuvenation is 390 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 2: happening at night. So we have to respect the daytime 391 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 2: duties and the nighttime duties of our body. So the 392 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 2: ideal clock, our ideal circuiting rhythm is really we get 393 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 2: up when the sun comes up. We eat three meals 394 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 2: a day. Breakfast supposed to be a bigger meal, Lunch 395 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 2: is the biggest meal, that's one of the digestion is 396 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 2: the strongest, and dinner is actually supposed to be a lighter, 397 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 2: earlier meal. We're supposed to eat dinner, you know, be 398 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 2: done with dinner by the time sun goes down, and 399 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 2: then we go to bed about three or four hours 400 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 2: after that. So that's the ideal circadian rhythm. So bedtime 401 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 2: around ten to eleven, wake up time around six seven, 402 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,160 Speaker 2: and then you have three meals a day. So that's 403 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 2: the ideal circadian rhythm. That's what we're designed to do 404 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 2: because of our ancestors for thousands of years, that's how 405 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 2: we evolved. So the closer we are to this schedule, 406 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 2: more effortlessly our body functions right. And studies have shown 407 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 2: so I'll quote you this very interesting so I just 408 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 2: read recently was that they took a group of people 409 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,120 Speaker 2: who are actually pre diabetics or diabetics, and they told 410 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,199 Speaker 2: them eat your breakfast at eight, lunch at noon, and 411 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 2: dinner on four or five and earlier dinner, so longer 412 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 2: intimate fasting, essentially not cutting calories, don't care about exercise, 413 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 2: eat whatever you want, you're just eating it at this 414 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 2: same time. When they did that, because they're more synchronized 415 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 2: with a circadian rhythm, their blood sugar went down about 416 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 2: twenty to thirty percent, they're insulin, their weight, all of 417 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 2: those markers. Just within a week or two they improved. 418 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 2: And then the same group of people they said, okay, 419 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 2: now let's speed it up. Now you're gonna be eat 420 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 2: your first meal at noon, then like a lunch or 421 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 2: a snack around for dinner at eight. All those numbers 422 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 2: got worse by thirty percent. Really no change in diet, 423 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 2: like they weren't changing their diet. The same people within 424 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 2: just a couple of weeks, same exercise level, nothing else 425 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 2: was changed, just the time. 426 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: Maybe that's crazy. This is why jet lag there is 427 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: your body off so bad? 428 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 2: Exactly? Yeah, so we are sometimes in that social jet 429 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,679 Speaker 2: lag is what we're experiencing. We talk about fatigue and 430 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 2: things like that. It's a social jet lag. That's what 431 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 2: our sort of modern lifestyle is doing, right. It's conflicting 432 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 2: with our circading rhythm and our genetics how we evolved. 433 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 2: So this is just this is the whole new field 434 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 2: called prono nutrition is going to be the buzzword over 435 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 2: the next few years. That's why when I meet my patients, 436 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 2: I don't care about what you're eating or anything like 437 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 2: that the first visit. The only thing I tell my 438 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 2: patients to do in the first visit is come up 439 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 2: with a schedule. Tell me what time do you want 440 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 2: to go to bed, wake up and eat your three meals. 441 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 2: And if you're exercising, tell me when do you want 442 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 2: to exercise. And it doesn't have to be perfect, right, 443 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 2: if you're a night out, you don't have to become 444 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 2: a morning person overnight. But the first thing we work 445 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 2: on is consistency. Even if you're a night out, it's fine, 446 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 2: just do the same thing more routinely. Right, If you 447 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 2: want to go to bed at midnight, fine, but stick 448 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 2: to it. Okay, that's the first step, and then over time, 449 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 2: we say, okay, how about we dial back the bedtime 450 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 2: by ten minutes this month, ten minutes this month. That's 451 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 2: all we're doing, and before you know, over six months 452 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 2: or so, you've made a lot of progress. Right, So 453 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,239 Speaker 2: first step is routine. Don't try to drastically change your 454 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 2: whole schedule around this beam as you're doing the same 455 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 2: thing every day, so it's very attainable, it's very practical. 456 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:08,159 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, and I like that you keep saying it 457 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,439 Speaker 1: doesn't have to be perfect, because I mean, I know 458 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: my schedule is completely erratic. Every day is different, and 459 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:17,880 Speaker 1: so sometimes I'm like listening to something like that, thinking, well, 460 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 1: I couldn't do that consistently. That's just not how my 461 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,479 Speaker 1: life works. But I will say, if I have an 462 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: intention or a framework that I'm operating under, even when 463 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: my day is different or it looks different from the outside, 464 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 1: I can kind of have an idea at least of 465 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: something to do consistently for myself within that. And I 466 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 1: think a lot of people probably can if that makes 467 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 1: sense exactly. 468 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 2: And you don't have to do for a head, like 469 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,399 Speaker 2: you're not supposed to eat your lunch exactly at noon, right, 470 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 2: set yourself a window between felve and two, I'll try 471 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 2: to get my lunch in, doesn't matter how crazy the 472 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 2: day is. It also helps you prioritize self care right right, 473 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,199 Speaker 2: because otherwise the work's never going to stop. 474 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: Right now, this one You're like. 475 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 2: No, no, no, I don't want to miss my window. 476 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 2: This is the time I need to to eat and 477 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 2: to nourish my body. So it's not just about sticking 478 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 2: two o'clock. It's actually about constantly being intentional and mindful 479 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 2: about your own well being and making sure putting that first. 480 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,239 Speaker 1: Yeah, I love that. Okay, let's talk a little bit 481 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: about gut health because I have learned over the past 482 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: couple of years how integral this is to the whole 483 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:23,239 Speaker 1: our entire health and our entire well being. So you 484 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 1: have a bunch of stuff in the book about this. 485 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 1: Can we talk a little bit about just how important 486 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:28,640 Speaker 1: gut health is. 487 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, gut health is really our entire universe are right 488 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 2: here in under our belly button, and we're just scratching 489 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 2: the surface. Really, we're just learning about this. And it's 490 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 2: interesting because in Eastern medicine Aurbada and Chinese medicine is 491 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,199 Speaker 2: said every disease starts in the gut. Yeah. So you 492 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:50,479 Speaker 2: know in Irveda, there's a saying that says food that 493 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 2: is digested metabolized properly becomes nutrition, and food that is 494 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 2: not digested properly becomes toxic and food cause of diseases. 495 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:04,200 Speaker 2: Food is the same. So that's why our digestion, our 496 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 2: gut held the bacteria nerd gut are so important for 497 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 2: our aurall well being, and we cannot ignore that. 498 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 3: Right. 499 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 2: It's not just about you know, popping a probiotics. That's 500 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 2: not what this is about. It's actually understanding our individual digestion. 501 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 2: So in the book, I give you tools to really 502 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 2: understand how strong your digestion is. So if you ever 503 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 2: go to an aabatic doctor or if you go to 504 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 2: an acupuncturist, there's no perfect diet. They won't say this 505 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,679 Speaker 2: is a perfect diet, follow a keto paleo vegan, is 506 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 2: no thing like that. They'll first assess how strong your 507 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 2: digestion is. So they'll say, if you have a strong digestion, 508 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 2: you can probably get away with eating a lot of 509 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,879 Speaker 2: different things, things that are heavy to digest. But a 510 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 2: lot of us nowadays have slightly weaker digestion, so that 511 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,200 Speaker 2: doesn't mean that you know, just because nuts are good 512 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 2: or kale salad is good for you, If you have 513 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 2: a weak digestion, it's going to take a lot to 514 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 2: digest those nuts and that kale. Right. So, yes, those 515 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 2: foods are good, but if I can't digest it. Remember, 516 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 2: if I don't digest, it becomes toxic, it would cause 517 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 2: a disease. That can digest, it becomes nutrition. It's a 518 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 2: whole different way of looking at our gut, understanding our 519 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 2: unique digestion and matching what we're eating based on what 520 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 2: we can digest. 521 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 1: How do we know if we if we digest something 522 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:21,479 Speaker 1: well or not? 523 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, So in the book I mentioned different symptoms, right, 524 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 2: So one of the one of the ways you can 525 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 2: assess your gut health simple way is your bowl movements. 526 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 2: Right If you can't, you know, often we control what 527 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 2: goes in, but what the report card comes out. 528 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: The other end, right, it's how Yeah. 529 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,479 Speaker 2: So our balm movements are actually a great indicator of 530 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 2: how good our gut help is. So I always prioritize 531 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 2: making sure you have every single day, daily regular bowel movement. Right. 532 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,440 Speaker 2: So that's step number one. The second thing is also 533 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 2: how do you feel after you eat. Right after you eat, 534 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 2: do you feel energized? You're like, great, I feel more energy, 535 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 2: My blood sugar is balanced now or are you feeling 536 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 2: more tired, more lethargic, more bloated, right, gas, floating, acid, 537 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 2: refluxh All these symptoms are telling you that our digestion 538 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 2: is not optimal or the food we're eating is not 539 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 2: really matching up to what we can digest. Yeah, so 540 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 2: it's all by listening to our body and listening to 541 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 2: these subtle signs. 542 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: I kind of think it's funny because our culture has 543 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,719 Speaker 1: created an entire holiday around eating food that makes us 544 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 1: tired after Thanksgiving, you know, like we have this thing 545 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,399 Speaker 1: that it's a mentality and it's so acceptable that you 546 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 1: go take a nap after Thanksgiving lunch. And I'm not 547 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: saying that there's anything wrong with that, but I've always or 548 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: recently just thought that that was really interesting because I'm thinking, 549 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 1: in my head, the reason we're so tired is because 550 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: we're eating food that's not registering with our bodies, you know, but. 551 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 2: Even just the amount of it right exactly our digestion. 552 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: Yeah. 553 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 2: So but I always tell people, you know, intentional health 554 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 2: is all about balance and that's what the twenty eight 555 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 2: day we said is about. So I always you know, 556 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 2: this is how I practice intentional health in my life 557 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 2: is I don't deprive myself by anything. Yeah, and my 558 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 2: husband and I have big foody So every year we 559 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 2: go on a food pilgrimage, we call it. So if 560 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 2: I'm in Italy, I'm eating all the posties, taking all 561 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 2: the wine. If I'm in India, I'm eating all the 562 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 2: street food. Right, So when I enjoy it, you know, 563 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 2: I love food. I love to travel. That's how I 564 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 2: experience life. That's how we connect with our family, with 565 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 2: our friends. Nothing wrong with it, but it's all about balance. 566 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,360 Speaker 2: So when I come back from that vacation from Italy, 567 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 2: I'm doing the twenty eight dairy set. I'm simplifying my diet, right, 568 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 2: So I balance fief thing with fasting. When you do that, 569 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 2: when you strive that balance, it's sustainable. You're not depriving, 570 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:47,000 Speaker 2: but you're also not just putting your body through that constantly. Yeah. 571 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 2: So it's a whole different way of looking at it. 572 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 2: And it also empowers us. It prevents us from feeling 573 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 2: guilty from if we are eating that Thanksgiving meal and 574 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 2: if you want to be in food como. After go 575 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 2: for it as long as you know that, Hey, maybe 576 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 2: the week after I need to take it easy. 577 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, do a little detil, right, I need to hit 578 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 1: the gym. 579 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 2: A little bit extra, maybe minutes walking or something. But 580 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 2: that empowers you and your full control. You don't have 581 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 2: that guilt. You know you're in the moment, not knocking yourself, 582 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 2: like why am I eating this? You know, it's like, 583 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 2: I'm going to enjoy this, right, and then tomorrow I'll 584 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 2: take care of this. Right. So that's a whole different 585 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 2: way of looking at it. It's empowering, but also it's 586 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 2: sort of a big side of relief. I feel. 587 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, well I mentioned this a little bit at the 588 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 1: beginning of the podcast, but I have a real I 589 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 1: get really worked up about people throwing pills at stuff 590 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: without looking at the behind the scenes, Like why do 591 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 1: you feel that way? Though? You know, that's always something 592 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 1: I want to ask. And I've become almost to this 593 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 1: place where it's like I want to see a holistic 594 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: doctor versus a Western medicine doctor if I have the choice, 595 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: because they'll really look at the root cause behind things. 596 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: And you mentioned this in the book, So talk a 597 00:30:56,360 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: little bit about diving into root causes and the importance 598 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 1: of that. 599 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, so that's what different shape. Really exactly what you said. 600 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 2: The holistic perspective on health is we are not just 601 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 2: saying here's a label, here's a pill, right, We're saying, okay, 602 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 2: this is what's going on. Let's step back, let's do 603 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 2: an investigation. Let's play detective and figure out why this happened. 604 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 2: And these seemingly, you know, disconnected symptoms. Maybe there's a 605 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 2: common denominator here just manifestating in different areas of your body. 606 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 2: Maybe something deeper down. It's all connected. So Western medicine 607 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 2: is limited to that extent, right, it doesn't really know 608 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,960 Speaker 2: how to do a root cause analysis. The Eastern medicine 609 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,720 Speaker 2: excels at it. So in the book, I talk about 610 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 2: understanding our own unique constitution. So in Irreta, we all 611 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 2: have different sort of body types and it's called doshes. 612 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 2: So people with something called vata dosha have certain symptoms. 613 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 2: So they're more prone to say constipation, dry skin, dry hair, 614 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 2: more anxiety, sleep issues, they have trouble gaining weight, and 615 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 2: Pitta types tend to get stressed very easily, and they 616 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 2: often get more inflammation more heat in the body, so 617 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 2: more rendants of the skin, acid reflux, sometimes diarrhea. And 618 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,440 Speaker 2: there's some people who are cougher body type, so they 619 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 2: tend to gain weight very easily, hard to lose weight. 620 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 2: They're more likely to suffer from things like depression. And 621 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 2: all these body types have their strong suits. So when 622 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 2: we're balanced, you know, Copper body type are some of 623 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:31,960 Speaker 2: the strongest, more resilient, most loyal people. The bit of 624 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,320 Speaker 2: type are the leaders, right and Bothy type are the creatives. 625 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 2: So when we're balanced, we tap into the positive sides 626 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 2: of these things, but when we're out of balance, there's 627 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 2: certain things that kind of are weak points. Right, So 628 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 2: understanding our body how it's unique and undershoting the body 629 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 2: type can really help us understand what the root cause is. 630 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 2: And in Chinese medicine we say that there is external 631 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 2: causes of diseases and there are internal causes of diseases. 632 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 2: So external causes are related to our environment, right, So 633 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 2: right nowadays it's go go go. Our senses are overloaded, 634 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,880 Speaker 2: so a lot of the fatigue and anxiety experience is 635 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 2: because of that environment. And there's also a lot of 636 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:16,680 Speaker 2: environmental pollutions. Right, there's toxins in the environment that's also 637 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 2: making us sick. And the internal causes are coming from 638 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 2: poor sleep, poor diet, lack of exercise, a lot of stress. 639 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 2: So if you understand how these things are going to 640 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,480 Speaker 2: manifest as a disease, we're going to be more proactive 641 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,600 Speaker 2: and pay closer attention to it. Yeah, So that's the 642 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 2: beauty of it. It's understanding the root cause and paying 643 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 2: attention in a way we not only address existing condition, 644 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 2: but we prevent future diseases from coming about. 645 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: Well that's the point, right, Like that feel like when 646 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: you just go attack the symptom with a like a 647 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 1: pill or whatever, and those things are great, Like I do, 648 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: I don't want to sound like I'm hating on Western medicine. 649 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 1: I do think that there is a purpose for it, 650 00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:58,760 Speaker 1: and I think that it's great to be able to 651 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 1: take away a symptom, But like if you don't look 652 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 1: at where it's coming from, first of all, it's probably 653 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,040 Speaker 1: going to come back. Second of all, taking that medicine 654 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,799 Speaker 1: is going to create other issues in your body. So 655 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 1: it's these like big cycle we seem to get in 656 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 1: and we're just looking at all these symptoms and then 657 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 1: before you know it you're like diagnosed with cancer and 658 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,720 Speaker 1: it's like, wait, there was this thing happening the whole time, 659 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:23,320 Speaker 1: and it was just never being talked about our address, 660 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:24,880 Speaker 1: which is like mind blowing to me. 661 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 2: And that's why I wrote this book intentional. It's all 662 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 2: about it's a manual for you to understand your own body. 663 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:33,720 Speaker 1: Yeah. 664 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,919 Speaker 2: We're never taught that, No, we really aren't. We're never 665 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:39,680 Speaker 2: taught that. We're always told to ignore these signs and 666 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 2: just like wait for things to get really bad. Instead, 667 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 2: how about we use five thousand years signs to understand 668 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,480 Speaker 2: how your body is different and how it affects you. 669 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,080 Speaker 2: She's going to be different for someone else, So it's 670 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,560 Speaker 2: not about hey that person did that die and lawsuit? 671 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 2: Let me try that. Fine, but your body is different. 672 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:57,120 Speaker 2: So how about you understand your body first and match 673 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 2: your diet, your lifestyle to suit what it's going to 674 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,239 Speaker 2: work for you. You'll get much better results if you 675 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:03,399 Speaker 2: do it that way, right. 676 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, there's a chapter called anti aging Detox, and 677 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,520 Speaker 1: I was like, this is going to be the selling 678 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,239 Speaker 1: point big time for people. So talk us through a 679 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 1: little bit about the anti aging detox. 680 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:17,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, so that's a little bit of preview to the 681 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:22,000 Speaker 2: twenty eight Day Reset. So in detox, in our world, 682 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,239 Speaker 2: we're taught that detox is about, you know, going on 683 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,320 Speaker 2: a crazy diet or drinking a ton of green juice 684 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,880 Speaker 2: or coffee animas something very extreme, right, yes, But in 685 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,319 Speaker 2: the book I talk about detox as a function of 686 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:37,440 Speaker 2: doing less, not more. So remember I said, our body 687 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:41,200 Speaker 2: has two jobs. A day job is to digest food, right, 688 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:47,000 Speaker 2: extra nutrition, and at nighttime it's detoxing and it's resetting rejuvenating. 689 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,480 Speaker 2: So when we're talking about detox and anti aging, it's 690 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 2: about easing off on the digestion. So what we're doing 691 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:57,480 Speaker 2: is we're doing longer, intimate and fasting. We're eating very simple, 692 00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 2: easy to digest foods, so our body's not spending on 693 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,840 Speaker 2: all its energy and just trying to break down that 694 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:03,200 Speaker 2: state or the hamburger. 695 00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:03,560 Speaker 3: Right. 696 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 2: Instead, we're eating simple foods, avoiding things like gluten and 697 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,359 Speaker 2: dairy because not that they're bad, but they obviously are 698 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 2: heavier to digest. Right, So what we're doing is saving 699 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:17,840 Speaker 2: our energy, not wasting it on just digesting food. Instead, 700 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 2: we're using it to detoxify more. So that's the key, 701 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:26,040 Speaker 2: That's what the yogis do to live a long, healthy life. 702 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:29,000 Speaker 2: That there's no magic herb or supplement for this, right, 703 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,879 Speaker 2: there's no magic green juice for this. Our body can 704 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,839 Speaker 2: handle it, trust me. It will do the best job 705 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,160 Speaker 2: at detox and anti aging if we just get out 706 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,080 Speaker 2: of the way. So the twenty eight day reset is 707 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,759 Speaker 2: all about getting out of the way, right, is not 708 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:47,640 Speaker 2: doing anything extreme, simplifying your diet, simplifying your diet your lifestyle. Right, 709 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:51,480 Speaker 2: So being on social media or talking to people that 710 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,920 Speaker 2: causes us more anxiety, and so we're what we're doing 711 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:58,279 Speaker 2: is avoiding things that are draining our energy. So we 712 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:02,400 Speaker 2: can really focus on Detok's sexually verised, simple concept and 713 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,880 Speaker 2: easy to implement and something we should do on a 714 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:09,160 Speaker 2: regular basis. In ioveta twice a year. Actually a change 715 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,320 Speaker 2: of season, you're supposed to do this type of lidy detox. 716 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,520 Speaker 2: Oh really it helps. Yeah, it helps you transition into 717 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,640 Speaker 2: the new season much easily. And if you notice, we 718 00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:20,879 Speaker 2: often get sick at change of season right in the fall. 719 00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:25,280 Speaker 2: And there's actually a big study I mentioned in the book. 720 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,200 Speaker 2: In this study, the researchers looked at people from all 721 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,400 Speaker 2: different parts of the world and what they noticed that 722 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:34,440 Speaker 2: in the winter in Scandinavia and Finland, the genes of 723 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 2: people there were shifting that allowed them to fight out 724 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:41,520 Speaker 2: different viruses versus a place like Ghana in the monsoon 725 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,440 Speaker 2: and rainy season when they get a lot of mosquito 726 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,719 Speaker 2: born diseases, their genes were shifting to protect them better 727 00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:50,480 Speaker 2: from them. So every season, our body is going through 728 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:57,360 Speaker 2: a significant shift genetically, are metabolically spiritually, I feel like too. 729 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:01,160 Speaker 2: So that's why in I Vita there's the saying, you know, 730 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,279 Speaker 2: a change of seeds, and that's when you kind of 731 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,760 Speaker 2: take a step back and detox. So if you notice 732 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:10,879 Speaker 2: a lot of religious holidays like fasting based like lent 733 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:14,879 Speaker 2: a Ramadan, a lot of those actually fall during change 734 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:15,520 Speaker 2: of seasons. 735 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,359 Speaker 1: Okay, that makes total sense. Yeah, I've never even thought 736 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:18,839 Speaker 1: about that. 737 00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:22,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, So just better equips us. So that's like help maintenance. 738 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:24,360 Speaker 2: If we have a car, we get oil change, we 739 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,440 Speaker 2: get routine matenance. Right, what are we doing for our bodies? 740 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:28,799 Speaker 2: So twice a year it's a good reminder for us 741 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:32,240 Speaker 2: to say, I'm prioritizing myself care. I'm stepping back, easing 742 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,959 Speaker 2: off and allowing my body to do what it does best. 743 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean we do. It's like we take breaks 744 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:43,440 Speaker 1: on the holidays too, so that it obviously is in 745 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,280 Speaker 1: our mind to do that. It kind of is making 746 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,360 Speaker 1: me think back to the circadian rhythm part of the 747 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:52,520 Speaker 1: conversation too, because our body knows certain things by the 748 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,239 Speaker 1: way the sun comes up or anything like that, So 749 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:56,960 Speaker 1: it's the same with the change of seasons. I would 750 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,560 Speaker 1: imagine it's extremely sensitive. 751 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,680 Speaker 2: So our body can sense even the slight change in 752 00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:06,040 Speaker 2: the weather, the slightest change in the amount of sunlight 753 00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:09,480 Speaker 2: we're getting exposed to. Your body knows, how do trees know? 754 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:13,239 Speaker 2: How do animals? Right, bears know to go into hibernation, right, 755 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,120 Speaker 2: They listen to their body, They listen to these subtle 756 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,439 Speaker 2: changes in the environment around them, right. So I think 757 00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,359 Speaker 2: we just need to be more in tune with that 758 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,000 Speaker 2: and respect that our body is going through some changes 759 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,520 Speaker 2: at different times of the year so that we can 760 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,080 Speaker 2: adjust our lifestyle accordingly. 761 00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:30,600 Speaker 1: And I just love that you're pointing out so much 762 00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:33,840 Speaker 1: about the mind body connection here because and you mentioned 763 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:35,640 Speaker 1: this at the beginning of the podcast, But I do 764 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:39,439 Speaker 1: talk a lot about like the somatic therapy kind of work, 765 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:42,799 Speaker 1: because I think emotions and how we carry stress and 766 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,520 Speaker 1: all of that ties so much into our physical health, 767 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:47,880 Speaker 1: which you do touch on in the book as well. 768 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,440 Speaker 1: But I love the idea of this reset of just 769 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,080 Speaker 1: removing it because to me, I hear such an emotional 770 00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:54,680 Speaker 1: spiritual component to that as well. 771 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,839 Speaker 2: You cannot separate the two. In fact, you know, if 772 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:02,200 Speaker 2: we nourish your spirit, our emotions, our mental health, that 773 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,719 Speaker 2: will only manifest positively in our body. Whatever is manifesting 774 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,200 Speaker 2: in the body, I feel like has the roots somewhere 775 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,480 Speaker 2: and our thoughts and our emotions and our spirit. So 776 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,400 Speaker 2: the reset is not just about drinking green juice or 777 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,560 Speaker 2: herbs or anything like that. The reset is all encompassing. Right, 778 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:20,520 Speaker 2: This is the time where we're taking a moment to 779 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,560 Speaker 2: reflect on our intentions that we're setting what does hell 780 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:28,200 Speaker 2: truly mean? Because I strongly believe that it's not just 781 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:31,400 Speaker 2: the food that needs to be digested in processed. Our thoughts, 782 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:36,040 Speaker 2: our emotions, our traumas or experiences. All of those things 783 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:39,120 Speaker 2: need to be processed. So if we don't allow for 784 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:42,319 Speaker 2: their space from time to time to allow that processing, 785 00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:45,400 Speaker 2: we're going to hold it in the worst places and 786 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,960 Speaker 2: it's going to manifest us discomfort and disease. Right, So, 787 00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:51,680 Speaker 2: that's what the twenty dailyset is too. It's not just 788 00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,799 Speaker 2: about your body, your food or anything like that. It's 789 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:58,360 Speaker 2: also you're taking that time to say, instead of spending 790 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:00,520 Speaker 2: all these hours starting out of computer, I'm going to 791 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,520 Speaker 2: take thirty minutes in my day literally just fraction of 792 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,680 Speaker 2: that time that instead of doing this, I'm going to 793 00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:08,680 Speaker 2: do something that's actually going to charge my baddy. Maybe 794 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:12,640 Speaker 2: I'll start journaling right, or I'll listen to I'll spend 795 00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:15,680 Speaker 2: more time in nature. So figure out what kind of 796 00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:18,000 Speaker 2: heals your soul. And it's different for everybody, or it 797 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,880 Speaker 2: makes space for it, right, And twenty day reset is 798 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:22,839 Speaker 2: a time for you experiment if you're not used to it, 799 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:26,120 Speaker 2: figure out what suits your soul, and stay with that 800 00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:28,760 Speaker 2: practice even past a twenty dai reset. 801 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:30,839 Speaker 1: Well, and for those people who are listening, here are 802 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,439 Speaker 1: like twenty eight days that sounds forever you do talk 803 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:37,839 Speaker 1: about a twenty minute daily ritual that can also be incorporated. 804 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:39,839 Speaker 1: And so maybe that if this the twenty eight day 805 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:44,280 Speaker 1: sounds overwhelming to you, guys, maybe the twenty minute daily 806 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,440 Speaker 1: ritual is a good place to start. So can you 807 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,120 Speaker 1: talk us through that ritual? 808 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I'll just say quickly with the twenty day reset, 809 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,839 Speaker 2: it's really about thirty minutes of your day that you're 810 00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:57,239 Speaker 2: dedicating to this. The rest of the time you're doing 811 00:41:57,239 --> 00:42:00,680 Speaker 2: everything you normally do. It's actually less time time, right, 812 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,359 Speaker 2: And the time you're getting the thirty minutes from is 813 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:07,160 Speaker 2: the stuff that's actually wasting your energy, right, So you're 814 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:10,960 Speaker 2: re shifting, which is to go anyway, So you're creating 815 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:12,480 Speaker 2: new thirty minute. 816 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:13,600 Speaker 1: A lot of time to do this. 817 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:16,080 Speaker 2: You're carving it out of things that are actually hurting 818 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,080 Speaker 2: you and focus on those things actually helping you. It 819 00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:22,720 Speaker 2: for you, you're charging your spirit. So it's actually doing less, 820 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,560 Speaker 2: not more. So as much of twenty eight days seems, Dante, 821 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,839 Speaker 2: it's really you know it. It's just the amount of 822 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:30,919 Speaker 2: time that it takes your body to really do deep 823 00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:33,760 Speaker 2: work right. It's not a quick fix. And the benefit 824 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,600 Speaker 2: of twenty minute your ritual, the daily ritual, is that 825 00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:38,920 Speaker 2: all the benefit that you get from twenty eight days, 826 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:42,640 Speaker 2: we want the body to continue building on it, right, 827 00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:46,319 Speaker 2: and this is your opportunity every single day to bring 828 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,480 Speaker 2: your body back to balance. Right. So it's a little 829 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:51,960 Speaker 2: clean up that we're doing every single day, and we're 830 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,080 Speaker 2: doing the deep cleaning once or twice a year. 831 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:55,720 Speaker 1: Right, So the. 832 00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:59,080 Speaker 2: Twenty minute ritual, and I always quantify everything by time, right, 833 00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:02,080 Speaker 2: so it seems Dante, but if you say twenty days 834 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:04,279 Speaker 2: is a long time, Hey, thirty minutes every day? Can 835 00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:05,520 Speaker 2: you do it? Yeah, that's doable. 836 00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,400 Speaker 1: You can do anything for thirty minutes a day exactly. 837 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:11,120 Speaker 2: And then twenty minutes. Can you give me twenty minutes 838 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:14,239 Speaker 2: in your day just so to maintain all that line up, right, Yes, 839 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,520 Speaker 2: So the twenty minutes are split up throughout the day. 840 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:18,799 Speaker 2: So the biggest opportunity that we have this first thing 841 00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:20,480 Speaker 2: in the morning and before we go to bed, so 842 00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:22,799 Speaker 2: it's not really interfering with your day to day, right. 843 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,440 Speaker 2: So in the beginning of the day, I really want 844 00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:28,160 Speaker 2: you to spend three to five minutes to setting an 845 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,799 Speaker 2: intention before you look at your phone or anything. While 846 00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:32,600 Speaker 2: you're in bed. I just want you to close your 847 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:35,759 Speaker 2: eyes and set an intention for the day. What do 848 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:39,480 Speaker 2: you want to happen? What's how are you feeling? Right 849 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,759 Speaker 2: that check in and you are giving your mind and 850 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:44,840 Speaker 2: your body direction. Okay, this is what I'm going to 851 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,279 Speaker 2: focus on today. This is what's going to happen. Right, 852 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:51,120 Speaker 2: You'll be amazed how much of a difference that makes, right, 853 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,200 Speaker 2: and just spending a few minutes doing some deep breathing 854 00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:57,919 Speaker 2: gramming yourself in the morning will completely change the rest 855 00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:00,759 Speaker 2: of your day. So that's how we're starting. And I 856 00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,920 Speaker 2: also add in a few things about your oral health 857 00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,200 Speaker 2: and irta that's very important for your gut health that 858 00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:08,800 Speaker 2: we're doing in there. Also, from bringing a big glass 859 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:10,680 Speaker 2: of warm water so as you wake up, to maybe 860 00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:13,600 Speaker 2: spending a couple of minutes doing oil pulling that has 861 00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:16,719 Speaker 2: tremendous health benefits. Right, that's just the morning, and then 862 00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:19,040 Speaker 2: in the evening for ten minutes, I encourage you to 863 00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:23,799 Speaker 2: do either journaling or a body skin meditation, gentle yoga stretches, 864 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:28,239 Speaker 2: listen to music, something that helps you stay around it. Right, 865 00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:31,279 Speaker 2: you pick, it's your ten minutes, right, ten minutes to 866 00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:33,600 Speaker 2: charge your boddy, just like you're charging your battery of 867 00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:36,719 Speaker 2: your phone overtnight. And then during the day, I only 868 00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,000 Speaker 2: expect you to spend three minutes doing this, which is 869 00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:42,719 Speaker 2: one minute of deep breathing before you eat. 870 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:45,040 Speaker 1: Oh okay, so. 871 00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:47,520 Speaker 2: I just want you to kind of take a minute 872 00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:51,480 Speaker 2: pause before you eat, take some deep breaths, and then 873 00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:54,200 Speaker 2: it's just one minute before each meal, so three times 874 00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:54,560 Speaker 2: a day. 875 00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:59,440 Speaker 3: Okay, it's very simple, it's easily doable, right, But the 876 00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:02,000 Speaker 3: more you make it part of your life, I cannot 877 00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:05,320 Speaker 3: tell you how your digestion, how you're digesting that. 878 00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:07,440 Speaker 2: Food will be completely different just because you spent a 879 00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:08,879 Speaker 2: minute centering yourself first. 880 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:11,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, that is crazy. That one just got me. So 881 00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:14,680 Speaker 1: one minute of deep breathing before you eat and our body, 882 00:45:14,719 --> 00:45:17,200 Speaker 1: it helps our body digest things exactly. 883 00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:20,000 Speaker 2: So what happens is the deep breathing gets your body 884 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,520 Speaker 2: out of fight and flight into a flaxation. Yeah, and 885 00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:25,120 Speaker 2: activates a nerve called the vegus nerve that it's entirely 886 00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:28,719 Speaker 2: responsible for your digestion. So when you do that, you 887 00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,680 Speaker 2: have better acid production, you have more enzymes, you have 888 00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,960 Speaker 2: better motility than the gap. So a lot of ibs 889 00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:37,640 Speaker 2: things that I see in my practice are often related 890 00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:40,480 Speaker 2: to just us being trapped in fine flight. So it's 891 00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:42,080 Speaker 2: not about even changing your diet. I say, don't even 892 00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:43,799 Speaker 2: worry about changing your diet. All I want you to 893 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:46,799 Speaker 2: do is take a couplements before you eat and eat 894 00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:50,960 Speaker 2: your food, slowly, chew your food, enjoy your food. That's it. 895 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:52,799 Speaker 2: I'm not even changing your diet, and I can tell 896 00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,480 Speaker 2: you more than fifty percent of their symptoms improved just 897 00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:56,080 Speaker 2: by doing this. 898 00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:59,480 Speaker 1: That is crazy. Okay, I'm going to start that one today. 899 00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:00,439 Speaker 1: That one. 900 00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:02,320 Speaker 2: It's so simple. 901 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:04,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just so simple. And it's just I love 902 00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:08,840 Speaker 1: that it's making you actually or it's making us pause, 903 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,600 Speaker 1: because I think that is one of our culture's biggest problems, 904 00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:15,120 Speaker 1: is that we go go, go, go go, and it's 905 00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:18,200 Speaker 1: so unconscious everything we're doing. And this just kind of 906 00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:20,880 Speaker 1: brings you back into your body. I know, I start 907 00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,960 Speaker 1: my day meditating and that has changed so much for 908 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:27,440 Speaker 1: me to set intentions like you're saying in the beginning 909 00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:29,480 Speaker 1: of the day, but also to kind of check in 910 00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:33,200 Speaker 1: with myself and really, you know, kind of go through 911 00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:35,319 Speaker 1: what I want for the day. And you talk a 912 00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:38,400 Speaker 1: lot about positivity and not in the way of like 913 00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:41,560 Speaker 1: toxic positivity. Let's only focus on the good things, but 914 00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:44,520 Speaker 1: how to rewire our brains for that, because we are 915 00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:49,040 Speaker 1: in such a very divisive time with so much overwhelming 916 00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:51,960 Speaker 1: stuff happening, and I think a lot of us are 917 00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:55,040 Speaker 1: still processing maybe even what went on in the pandemic 918 00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:57,640 Speaker 1: and starting to kind of see some symptoms come up 919 00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:00,520 Speaker 1: from that time and everyone's life. So there are three 920 00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:03,960 Speaker 1: actionable things that you talk about doing to just shift 921 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,479 Speaker 1: into a positive outlook. Can you tell the listeners about 922 00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:07,560 Speaker 1: those three things? 923 00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:11,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, So first thing is really focusing on gratitude. So 924 00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:15,120 Speaker 2: there's actually a lot of research on expressing gratitude and 925 00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:17,759 Speaker 2: I've seen that in action. Actually in my practice, I 926 00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:20,359 Speaker 2: often connect, you know, I use a lot of technology 927 00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:24,120 Speaker 2: with ancient wisdom. So for some of my patients, I'll 928 00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:27,640 Speaker 2: actually hook them up to something called heart and variability monitors, 929 00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:31,040 Speaker 2: and that's actually recording your heart rhythm and it tells 930 00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:34,120 Speaker 2: me when you're stressed or when you're relaxed. And one 931 00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:37,440 Speaker 2: of the most positive, like you know, amazing things I've 932 00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:40,040 Speaker 2: seen is I'll tell patients who really stressed or anxious, 933 00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:42,520 Speaker 2: and I can see that heart rhythm is beating where 934 00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:46,160 Speaker 2: yet normally now say just close your eyes and just 935 00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:49,239 Speaker 2: count things that you're grateful for. Who do you want 936 00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:51,000 Speaker 2: to think in your life? What are you grateful for? 937 00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:53,040 Speaker 2: So I'll just have them close their eyes and do 938 00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:54,879 Speaker 2: that for a couple of minutes, and I cannot tell 939 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:58,000 Speaker 2: you their heart rhythm changes completely. And if I put 940 00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:01,080 Speaker 2: like a sensor on their head, I'll see their brain 941 00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:05,759 Speaker 2: wave change completely. So gratitude is actually extremely powerful, and 942 00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:08,600 Speaker 2: the studies have shown just keeping a gratitude journal for 943 00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:13,440 Speaker 2: fifteen minutes three times a week can significantly improve anxiety symptoms, 944 00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:18,240 Speaker 2: depression symptoms, and just overall well being right, And sometimes 945 00:48:18,239 --> 00:48:19,759 Speaker 2: I get better results with that than some of the 946 00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:24,160 Speaker 2: anti depressants right side efise. Yeah, So the first step 947 00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:27,279 Speaker 2: is just gratitude, and if you start with that, that 948 00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:31,839 Speaker 2: will help you focus on what's actually important in life. Right, 949 00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:34,480 Speaker 2: So you crowd out a lot of the noise and 950 00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:37,439 Speaker 2: you become more mindful and aware. So the second step 951 00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:40,759 Speaker 2: is just being aware of our thoughts, what's going on. 952 00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:43,640 Speaker 2: It's not about judging them, it's just saying, this is 953 00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:48,799 Speaker 2: what's going on, being mindful, being present, checking in with ourselves. 954 00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:52,640 Speaker 2: And then when we do that, the third thing automatically happens. 955 00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:58,839 Speaker 2: It allows us to respond to situations rather than react. Right, 956 00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:03,239 Speaker 2: what happens We're going about mindlessly and just you know, 957 00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:05,719 Speaker 2: something upsets us, we just get upset right away. Right, 958 00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:08,640 Speaker 2: uber's late, I'm upset. You know, somebody else at me? 959 00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:13,799 Speaker 2: I'm upset. You know my phone's not breaking down, I'm upset, right, 960 00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:18,799 Speaker 2: we're just reacting to all these things without being you know, 961 00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:22,799 Speaker 2: having that sensation of gratitude, without being mindful. So when 962 00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:26,920 Speaker 2: we are have this gratitude expression, when we are mindful 963 00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:30,480 Speaker 2: of what's going on, what automatically happens is that we 964 00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:34,879 Speaker 2: start responding. So we get that pause and we say, 965 00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:37,839 Speaker 2: you know what, uber's late. It's okay. I'll get there. 966 00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:40,520 Speaker 2: When I get there. I can control this. Someone's making 967 00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:43,200 Speaker 2: me angry, they're giving me anger, but I don't have 968 00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:47,279 Speaker 2: to take it. That's their anger and it let it 969 00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:49,680 Speaker 2: stay with them. I don't have to take it. So 970 00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:54,560 Speaker 2: that's the beauty. That's the beauty of positivity and rewiring 971 00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:59,040 Speaker 2: our plan. We do it by gratitude, by being mindful 972 00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:02,360 Speaker 2: and true to respond, not just react. 973 00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:05,759 Speaker 1: Yeah. I love those I really do. We had a 974 00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:09,919 Speaker 1: snowstorm here in Nashville last week and we all got 975 00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,720 Speaker 1: kind of locked in our houses for seven days, which 976 00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:15,520 Speaker 1: after a pandemic for however many years, that ended up 977 00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:18,120 Speaker 1: being it was kind of a trigger. We're going, oh 978 00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:20,640 Speaker 1: my gosh, we're going back, you know. And I told 979 00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:24,279 Speaker 1: my dad, I said, a lot of this has been 980 00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:27,319 Speaker 1: a little bit triggering, Like work was going away I'm 981 00:50:27,360 --> 00:50:30,120 Speaker 1: stuck in the house, you know. But I kept doing 982 00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:32,200 Speaker 1: this thing every morning where I would wake up and 983 00:50:32,239 --> 00:50:34,439 Speaker 1: instead of being like, oh, I'm stuck in the house 984 00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:36,800 Speaker 1: again because I'm iced in and I can't drive, I 985 00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:40,120 Speaker 1: would say like five things, even the fact that I 986 00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:42,319 Speaker 1: have a roof over my head, you know. And it 987 00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:46,120 Speaker 1: drastically changed my days. Like I had so many friends 988 00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:48,719 Speaker 1: kind of just spiraling out, And of course I had 989 00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:50,359 Speaker 1: them a little bit of ups and downs, but for 990 00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:53,920 Speaker 1: the most part, having that different mindset and doing the 991 00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:56,160 Speaker 1: gratitude just like you're saying, And it was such simple 992 00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:59,239 Speaker 1: things like food and the refrigerator. Things I never think 993 00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:01,680 Speaker 1: about even taking the time to be grateful for, but 994 00:51:01,760 --> 00:51:04,759 Speaker 1: that is something to be grateful for, you know. And 995 00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:07,600 Speaker 1: it just it's crazy to me how our minds really 996 00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:10,640 Speaker 1: are wired to change like that when you throw in 997 00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:12,160 Speaker 1: the gratitude and the positivity. 998 00:51:13,239 --> 00:51:16,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, so just about being intentional and aware of these 999 00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:20,120 Speaker 2: things are exactly and yes, you recognize it's actually pretty 1000 00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:23,360 Speaker 2: easy to change. The hardest thing is just recognizing exactly. 1001 00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:27,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, well, doctor Farik, thank you so much for 1002 00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:30,239 Speaker 1: being here. The book is Intentional Health, and I'm going 1003 00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:32,400 Speaker 1: to link this in the description of the podcast. For 1004 00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:34,239 Speaker 1: you guys, I'm a big fan. This is going to 1005 00:51:34,239 --> 00:51:36,560 Speaker 1: start being my gift to people. I love this book, 1006 00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:38,400 Speaker 1: so I highly encourage you guys to go out and 1007 00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:40,880 Speaker 1: get it. Where else can people find you if they 1008 00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:42,239 Speaker 1: want to keep up with your work. 1009 00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:45,600 Speaker 2: So you can go on the website intentionalhealth dot io 1010 00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:48,080 Speaker 2: or you can follow me on Instagram at intentional Health 1011 00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:49,760 Speaker 2: Underscore Awesome. 1012 00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:51,680 Speaker 1: I'll put all of that also in the description of 1013 00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:54,120 Speaker 1: this podcast. Thank you again so much for being. 1014 00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:55,839 Speaker 2: Here, Thank you so much for having me. 1015 00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:57,640 Speaker 1: Thank you guys for listening.