Treating The Root Causes Of Our Suffering (w/Dr. Ron Sinha)

Metabolic health and wellness expert Dr. Ronesh Sinha returns to explore the roots of why we are hurting so much, and how we can keep ourselves and our children well. SPOILER ALERT: it ain't about pills and procedures. Ron hosts the Meta Health podcast, definitely check it out: https://www.culturalhealthsolutions.com/podcast/ Topics and Timecodes (transcript, video, and links to Ron's stuff at https://zdoggmd.com/ron-sinha-3 ): 0:00 Intro 2:08 Working from home and chronic pandemic stress 6:23 Work and our identity crisis 9:27 Emotional suppression and the physical effects of stress (blood pressure, blood sugar, weight, etc) 14:21 Continuous glucose monitors and “white coat hyperglycemia” 17:19 Cortisol as stress hormone, shame, intermittent fasting hazards 25:18 The real roots of job dissatisfaction and the creative impulse 29:38 Stress effects on our children, poisonous parental pressure 31:19 Steve Jobs and the central importance of spiritual growth 40:52 The peril of reductionism in medicine, destigmatizing lifestyle medicine 45:07 The central role of “identity” in human suffering, burnout in healthcare 49:43 The role of vulnerability in medicine, the next generation’s challenges and how to better raise kids 56:02 The role of envy 59:28 Understanding and un-repressing emotion 1:03:00 The Pre/Trans Fallacy 1:07:19 Journaling as a tool, why writing is different than typing 1:12:30 Breathing and posture at work, “email apnea” 1:19:48 A different SOAP note 1:22:30 Dropping into “presence” 1:23:03 Men At Work’s greatest song 1:25:38 Doing exercise right 1:30:09 The role of laughter and breathing 1:32:39 Reconnected with the inner child, accepting emotion 1:38:07 Sleep & Anxiety, Yoga Nidra, Compassion, setting boundaries 1:48:38 The importance of Wonder and the transcendent Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd