“Our mental health is a cumulative product of the story of the body.” Why do mental and physical health concerns seem to go hand in hand? At which levels can and should we intervene and develop more agency in our whole health trajectory? Too many people are getting more sick with traditional interventions, but many are taking their power back and finding ways that basic and sustainable changes can change our outcomes. In this episode, I share personal and professional lessons in healing from over a dozen chronic conditions (celiac, depression, IBS, Lyme, anemia, schizophrenia, PMDD, etc.), revealing how they were all connected and how I came to understand the importance of sustainable changes. I am not here to offer a “magic pill” kind of story, but rather to reveal and embrace the complexity of healing and offer a different framework for understanding mind-body health.
In this episode we discuss:
- chronic illness and mental health overlap
- early cascades of symptoms that lead to chronic health crises
- surprising roots causes no one ever told me about
- why getting diagnosed is not enough to determine interventions
- interpreting the body’s messages
- why western world has worse rates of chronic illness and mental health concerns
- determining the most basic and sustainable interventions
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Links
- chronic illness rates : https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletter-article/study-chronic-disease-increased-25-percent-over-last-decade
- global chronic disease: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6214883/
- c section and swabbing : https://www.science.org/content/article/swabbing-c-section-babies-mom-s-microbes-can-restore-healthy-bacteria
- effects of overuse of antibiotics: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4939477/
- pans and step bacteria: https://www.psych.theclinics.com/article/S0193-953X(22)00101-0/abstract
Disclaimer: The DEPTH Work Podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Any information on this podcast in no way to be construed or substituted as psychological counseling, psychotherapy, mental health counseling, or any other type of therapy or medical advice.
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