April 22, 2024 • 19 mins
In this episode, Dr. Ndidiamaka Obadan welcomes family physician Dr. Tolu Olabintan. They discuss the roles of primary care physicians and specialists, offer tips for kidney health, and explore obesity management. Wellness tips on movement, mental health, the importance of sleep, and task prioritization are also discussed.
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(00:00):
And we're gonna start recording.
Hello, everyone.
Thank you for having us Thank you for coming.
Joining us here today.
My name is Doctor Ndidiamaka Obadan, also knownas Doctor Didi.
I'm the CEO and founder of Younger Self MDMedical Clinic Health And Wellness.
(00:23):
And today, and and we were located in Can ofGeorgia, by the way.
Today, we are joined by the amazing doctor ToluLavington from leaving Well, I'll let her
introduce herself.
I don't wanna kind of, you know, yeah, go aheadand introduce yourself.
Amazing.
(00:43):
Alright.
Hi, everyone.
Thank you for joining us, and I'm Doctor TulaLabint.
So and to see you on founder of Living SpringFamily Medical Center in the awesome city of
Mansfield, Texas, not too far from Dallas.
And there we help our patients live long and.
Yes.
That's what we do.
Well, thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you for joining us, Doctor Tulum.
(01:05):
So, this is, a lot, you know, podcast where wekind of relax and share with our audience
different things and kind of talk about ourstories, and we share our tips with our
audience.
And, at the end of the podcast, I'm gonna askyou to share something amazing with us.
(01:28):
That you would that made you feel empowering orjust, you know, anything.
I just want us to have a free flowingconversation.
So so go ahead and tell us, You know, why youdo what you do and and tell us a little bit
about the story about how you got here.
Alright.
So, as far as being a family physician, I'vealways known I wanted to be a doctor.
(01:50):
I actually thought I thought I would dopediatrics first because I like kids, but then
I realized that kids when they're sick, theykick, and they fight and bite sometimes.
I was like, I don't know.
And then I fell in love with family medicinewatching my mentors.
Mhmm.
Watching one of my mentors, and, you'll be ableto secure the family, the child, the mother,
(02:12):
the father, and sometimes the generation I hador above.
I liked it.
My I liked I liked teaching.
I like empowering families, and I thought Hey,why not be a family physician?
Fast forward couple of years, COVID hit 2019.
They're about, I always know that starting apractice is something I should do.
And, think 2019 was the year of do it afraid.
(02:35):
I think that was a movement.
So
Yeah.
Do it afraid.
Practice.
Yeah.
Starting practice was something I thought wasscary to do, but I did it anyway.
And because I thought it was something well, Iknew it was something I should do, and we're
here.
So that's that's That's it in a nutshell.
Well, that's amazing.
Thank you for sharing that with us.
(02:55):
So, yeah, doing it scared, doing it afraid, andgoing on ahead to start the practice.
And now, just so you all know, she has a verysuccessful practice in Mansfield Tech.
It's booming.
And and she also has her own podcast that youcan tune in and watch, and it's just it's just
unbelievable.
So, yes, So what tips, ma'am, would you like toshare with us, today?
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So your practice, are you focused?
What kind of patients do you focus on seeing?
So, actually, you know, as a family physician,we're 10 we tend to be generalists.
So, I would say I tend to treat patientsbetween the age of about five.
Until about 90.
Oh, this is 94.
Oh, wow.
(03:42):
That's yes.
So it it's and I most of my patients are, mostof my patients are women.
Most of my patients are women.
I see men too usually the we're gonna bringthem in.
So it's it's it's it's like a it's a familypractice.
So it's it's you need a primary care, the firstpoint physician who your health needs.
Yeah.
(04:02):
I'm she.
Yes.
Sure.
That's good.
And and as a nephrologist, I'm I'm a I'm akidney doctor, So, definitely, we need to build
relationships with the primary care physicians,and, it's a a step where we've decided to focus
in on 1 organ as opposed to the generalists,just, you know, the differences between the
(04:23):
primary care family medicine.
So, like, in your in your case and and thething about specialists is we have decided to
focus on just the adult part of it.
And and you can decide to do that too.
I know that, you know, the your range you said,like, from 5 to 95, that's a wide range.
Oh my goodness.
(04:44):
The problems are so different, right, from fiveyear olds to the nine five year olds.
And so what shifts would you what tips?
What practical action take away tips?
Which of the cohorts would you like to share?
Like, you know, because I feel like the tipsfor the pediatric, the young children
population will be different from the tips fromthe older geriatric population.
(05:06):
And okay.
So my audience, primarily, they know that I'm akidney doctor, and we wanna try focus around
kidney things.
One
of the thing there are so many different thingsthat you manage that, affects the kidneys, you
know, hyper pressure, diabetes, obesity, andobesity seems to be a big thing now for many
(05:30):
people.
Do you see a lot of those patients in yourclinic?
Yes.
I do.
I actually do some obesity care, obesitymanagement in my in my clinic.
Yes.
I do.
Because sometimes that is tied to a lot ofmedical conditions.
So, yes, yes, we do do that.
And I love the fact that you mentioned, youknow, yes, you're you're nephrologists, and so
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The kidneys are big deal.
I'll just share one tip, and then I guess youcan ask me different questions.
But Whatever is good for your body is good foryour kidneys.
And the kidneys, it might if I remembercorrectly, and you correct me if I'm wrong, The
kidneys are one of the most forgiving organs inthe body.
You can dig a lot of crap for a minute.
(06:14):
But after a while, it tries to tell you thatit's working.
Too hard.
And so the tips that are good for your body,making sure you're well hydrated, making water
your drink of choice, Okay?
Making water your drink of choice is good foryour Obadan.
It's good for your kidneys.
Number 2, movement exercise that helps minimizethe risk of high blood pressure, minimize the
risk of obesity, Me, my sister risk ofdiabetes, worsening, or developing, which is
(06:38):
good for your kidneys.
And also being careful what you put in yourbody because your kidneys have to work the
filtered through them.
And so what you eat is important too.
For your kidneys.
So the 3 tips, what I say, the first one,hydrate.
Make water your choice of your drink of choice.
Number 2, movement is good for you.
It's good for your kidneys.
And 3, be careful what you put in your bodybecause, ultimately, the kidney had to filter
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some part of it.
So
You'll you'll bring it up.
I will we're having some technical, like,sometimes it just keeps breaking up here and
there.
Yeah.
Sometimes I can't hear you either.
So I'm listening.
I can't hear you.
So make sure you're you're listening to yourrecordings.
Oh, because you're you're breaking up a lot.
(07:23):
So if it's if it's choppy, then it's I don'tknow if it's just me, but make sure you're
listening to your recordings.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
I will do that.
We'll definitely do that and, try to edit someparts.
But so, yeah, those are great tips.
For the kidneys, but I want you to give usspecific tips about wellness.
(07:45):
I know that you are all about making yourpatients live well.
And so what are the things that you tell them?
Give us some take home points exercises to makeus feel.
So number 1.
No.
Number 1, living long and well.
(08:06):
Number 1, know it's possible.
Alright?
Possible.
No.
It's possible.
The same way you're bring money.
I'm trusting.
Someone is your same towards something in thefuture.
You've got to make health investment for thatfuture.
So you can live long and well in that future.
You dream of yourself.
So it's really important number one to knowthat it's possible and to know that you've got
(08:29):
to work towards making that possible too.
So that's one.
Number 2.
What do you mean by that?
Like, can you kinda expandiate making it?
How do you work?
How do you work to to make it possible?
Okay.
So for instance, you talk to me.
You say, you know, I have to say, oh, where doyou see yourself in a year?
Where do you see yourself in 2 years?
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What do you say if you've said 3 years?
Oh, I wanna be traveling.
I wanna retire.
Well, what do you wanna do when you retire?
I wanna I wanna go visit.
I wanna to my grandkids.
Well Right.
To do that, you should be healthy.
We'll remain healthy.
There are things to do.
Like you're saving money towards retirement,you're making health investments in your
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lifestyle.
What are these things?
Movement, exercise.
Call it whatever you want.
I like movement because exercise sounds solike, you know, intense.
Move.
You move.
Yeah.
Move.
Uh-uh.
Move.
My campaign is the MAT campaign.
Have you heard me talk about mad about savingthe kidneys?
(09:29):
And the m is sounds for move.
Exactly.
Right.
Yeah.
Just just get up and and and so what tips dopeople do people get to use?
Like, how do you how do they start the movementcampaign?
The movement.
So I tell them, try to combine it with thingsyou already enjoy.
(09:52):
Like, you like yapping on the phone?
Take a walk and yap on the phone, you know,just walk around the neighborhood and talk with
your friend who talks a lot.
Do you like watching the show?
Put a treadmill in front of it and do it.
You like dancing?
Dance.
I you know, it doesn't have to be, like,running the training.
I hear you.
I hear you.
Come up with creative ways that make you moveand do, attach it with things that you already
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enjoy doing.
Oh my god.
That is That is worth a million bucks rightthere.
Anybody who's watching this, you get it sent.
Start sending the money.
Yes.
Yes.
Okay.
Great.
Thank you for sharing that with us.
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No problem.
No problem.
All the tips and and one of the things thisone, I would say, that's that's really really
important.
Is is mental health.
I cannot tell you how many things are tied to.
Mental health's not being you know, mind inyour mind I I teach I teach my patients to be
very intentional.
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But what they allow to dance in their mind,thoughts, they entertain things they listen to.
People, they let influence how they think, howthey see life, You gotta be very particular.
It's not everything you need to watch.
It's not everything you need to listen to.
You know, people don't stay naturallymotivated.
People don't say naturally joyful or naturallyoptimistic.
They have things that feed that.
(11:21):
You have to be careful to feed that.
So so you're empowered throughout the day.
You know, so minding your mind is very, very,very important for your health and indirectly
your kidneys.
Yeah.
We're tied.
So let's tie it together.
It's directly.
Actually, it's not indirectly.
Like, if
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indirectly.
Yes.
You know, like Directly
and indirectly.
Yes.
Yes.
I I completely agree.
An
indirectly.
Yes.
You did you do need to kinda get, yeah, mentalhealth issues.
And I'm I'm glad that we're having thisconversation because the stigma around mental
health the culture has definitely changed, andI've seen that change a lot.
(12:03):
In the old back in the day, it was a you know,everyone was kinda hiding and not coming out to
make things, to speak about it.
And now people are realizing that stigma is notquite necessary.
I mean, anyone who lived through COVID and hadto stay isolated Well, those long periods of
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time, especially if you had it, sh should haveseen how their mental health changed.
Can I'm sure they can testify that it was notthe same as before COVID.
And so it's something that definitely canaffect anybody when put in the right stance.
All they need to do is put you in the rightenvironment with the right stresses, and you're
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gonna so when people are suffering from thesemental health conditions, It is because of
their circumstances.
And, you know, this is why it's a big thingabout the social determinants of health that
people are talking about nowadays, right, andand putting more emphasis on it and and talking
about the disparities in health as opposed, andhow those things are actually affecting things
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like Montana mortality, you know, and and allthe different things.
But, yeah, that's but that's very important.
Mental health and guarding and protecting,preserving your mental health.
And you said, make sure that you preventcertain filters, you know, certain things avoid
them.
Is it do we avoid them completely, or do wejust what do we do?
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Dial it down.
For example, you know,
I I you don't want all type of news channels.
You know, there are some news channels that youturn on, and it's like, only the negative
things going on in this world is what they wantto show you.
So maybe you should cut back Right?
Like you said, dial it down.
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Dial it down.
Dial it down.
And, you know, the truth is bad news sales.
You guess people more fixated I I don't watchthe news.
The interesting thing is enough of the bad newsgets to me.
Like, I hear it.
The shootings, the diff I hear it.
You know, so enough of it comes to me.
I I don't need to I don't need to go lookingfor it.
(14:16):
So I I I generally don't want to.
I don't have time to watch it anyway.
It's not something I prioritize.
Mhmm.
Cool.
Yes.
Yes.
The priority.
Yeah.
We should definitely make sure that we havePriority Street.
Oh, that's so good, Doctor Tulu.
Thank you so much for sharing that with us.
And what is what is gonna be the third tip?
Well, we've you've shared a lot with usalready, actually.
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We've talked about more than 3.
We talked about the kidneys.
I want to so you see my audience here.
I'm trying to drag out all the.
We're calling it 3.
She has given us, like, 20 already.
But once
I'm still practicing too.
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Oh, but I would say if I would add 1 more, thepower of sleep, you you you know, it's so fun.
I'm I'm practicing that.
I'm not I'm not perfect.
That.
But I I realized that I am I am nicer, morefocused, more present when I'm better rested.
(15:24):
Yes.
Yes.
It is.
I am I'm working on protected my rest timebetter.
Not there yet, but sometimes you don't need newmedicine.
Sometimes you don't need you just need tosleep.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Sometimes
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sometimes it's just as boring.
As you make it a nap.
Right?
Yeah.
It is.
It's just that boring.
Doesn't have to be as exotic as being addinganother pill You don't have to take another
substance.
You don't have to drink anymore alcohol or, youknow, couple more shops of caffeine or
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anything.
It's just as simple as going to bed andsleeping.
That is so good.
That is so good.
Thank you.
So what is one thing that you've learnedrecently that made you feel empowered.
Oh, or something interesting that happened toyou
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so I think the the reality of the fact that Icannot have time for everything.
It was so liberating because I'm like, Maybe Ineed an extra hour in the day.
Maybe my time, like, no.
So the fact is I cannot have time foreverything.
(16:52):
So pressure is released because I can only,yeah, I can only do so much.
So it's been empowering in that Now I realizethat I need to master the art of doing what I
is important for me to do.
What is a priority?
Because we cannot have time for everything.
(17:13):
Like, it's not possible, so I'm not gonna fightit I'm gonna learn how to do what's most
important and to do that at the right time.
I'm still working through that.
I'm not perfect at it, but at least thatmindset is there.
So I don't put too much pressure on myself.
So as you can see, I can't.
Well, I'm sorry.
I I can't.
I don't there's no space.
I can't.
No.
Yeah.
(17:34):
Yeah.
I mean, I I can I completely identify with you?
Saying no is it it sounds so easy.
Right?
But I've also reached the stage where it's awhole it's it's like a whole book that I have
to write first before I say no to something.
(17:54):
And understanding, you know, the priorities,you know, yeah, back in the day when life was
much easier.
It was a no brainer for me, but now you wannacalculate.
And, yes, I so I completely hear you.
And so We have to feel empowered with theknowledge that we can do everything, and we
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just have to pick and choose what our priorityis.
Oh, that is so good.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Well, so we have come to the end of our show.
And how can my guest find you?
Well, you're all the way into access, but, youknow, this show is gonna be everywhere for for
people to see global.
So if they wanna reach you, how can they howcan they find you?
(18:37):
And, could you let us know?
Alright.
You can follow me on Facebook.
Limmon Spring Family Medical Center.
We have a Facebook page.
You can catch me also on instagram,dr_olabintan We're also, the webs on the
www.livingspringmedicals.com, and you can alsofind me on YouTube Living Spring Medical.
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(19:28):
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Stay tuned.
Bye.
And we're gonna start recording.
Hello, everyone.
Thank you for having us Thank you for coming.
Joining us here today.
My name is Doctor Ndidiamaka Obadan, also knownas Doctor Didi.
I'm the CEO and founder of Younger Self MDMedical Clinic Health And Wellness.
(00:23):
And today, and and we were located in Can ofGeorgia, by the way.
Today, we are joined by the amazing doctor ToluLavington from leaving Well, I'll let her
introduce herself.
I don't wanna kind of, you know, yeah, go aheadand introduce yourself.
Amazing.
(00:43):
Alright.
Hi, everyone.
Thank you for joining us, and I'm Doctor TulaLabint.
So and to see you on founder of Living SpringFamily Medical Center in the awesome city of
Mansfield, Texas, not too far from Dallas.
And there we help our patients live long and.
Yes.
That's what we do.
Well, thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you for joining us, Doctor Tulum.
(01:05):
So, this is, a lot, you know, podcast where wekind of relax and share with our audience
different things and kind of talk about ourstories, and we share our tips with our
audience.
And, at the end of the podcast, I'm gonna askyou to share something amazing with us.
(01:28):
That you would that made you feel empowering orjust, you know, anything.
I just want us to have a free flowingconversation.
So so go ahead and tell us, You know, why youdo what you do and and tell us a little bit
about the story about how you got here.
Alright.
So, as far as being a family physician, I'vealways known I wanted to be a doctor.
(01:50):
I actually thought I thought I would dopediatrics first because I like kids, but then
I realized that kids when they're sick, theykick, and they fight and bite sometimes.
I was like, I don't know.
And then I fell in love with family medicinewatching my mentors.
Mhmm.
Watching one of my mentors, and, you'll be ableto secure the family, the child, the mother,
(02:12):
the father, and sometimes the generation I hador above.
I liked it.
My I liked I liked teaching.
I like empowering families, and I thought Hey,why not be a family physician?
Fast forward couple of years, COVID hit 2019.
They're about, I always know that starting apractice is something I should do.
And, think 2019 was the year of do it afraid.
(02:35):
I think that was a movement.
So
Yeah.
Do it afraid.
Practice.
Yeah.
Starting practice was something I thought wasscary to do, but I did it anyway.
And because I thought it was something well, Iknew it was something I should do, and we're
here.
So that's that's That's it in a nutshell.
Well, that's amazing.
Thank you for sharing that with us.
(02:55):
So, yeah, doing it scared, doing it afraid, andgoing on ahead to start the practice.
And now, just so you all know, she has a verysuccessful practice in Mansfield Tech.
It's booming.
And and she also has her own podcast that youcan tune in and watch, and it's just it's just
unbelievable.
So, yes, So what tips, ma'am, would you like toshare with us, today?
(03:21):
So your practice, are you focused?
What kind of patients do you focus on seeing?
So, actually, you know, as a family physician,we're 10 we tend to be generalists.
So, I would say I tend to treat patientsbetween the age of about five.
Until about 90.
Oh, this is 94.
Oh, wow.
(03:42):
That's yes.
So it it's and I most of my patients are, mostof my patients are women.
Most of my patients are women.
I see men too usually the we're gonna bringthem in.
So it's it's it's it's like a it's a familypractice.
So it's it's you need a primary care, the firstpoint physician who your health needs.
Yeah.
(04:02):
I'm she.
Yes.
Sure.
That's good.
And and as a nephrologist, I'm I'm a I'm akidney doctor, So, definitely, we need to build
relationships with the primary care physicians,and, it's a a step where we've decided to focus
in on 1 organ as opposed to the generalists,just, you know, the differences between the
(04:23):
primary care family medicine.
So, like, in your in your case and and thething about specialists is we have decided to
focus on just the adult part of it.
And and you can decide to do that too.
I know that, you know, the your range you said,like, from 5 to 95, that's a wide range.
Oh my goodness.
(04:44):
The problems are so different, right, from fiveyear olds to the nine five year olds.
And so what shifts would you what tips?
What practical action take away tips?
Which of the cohorts would you like to share?
Like, you know, because I feel like the tipsfor the pediatric, the young children
population will be different from the tips fromthe older geriatric population.
(05:06):
And okay.
So my audience, primarily, they know that I'm akidney doctor, and we wanna try focus around
kidney things.
One
of the thing there are so many different thingsthat you manage that, affects the kidneys, you
know, hyper pressure, diabetes, obesity, andobesity seems to be a big thing now for many
(05:30):
people.
Do you see a lot of those patients in yourclinic?
Yes.
I do.
I actually do some obesity care, obesitymanagement in my in my clinic.
Yes.
I do.
Because sometimes that is tied to a lot ofmedical conditions.
So, yes, yes, we do do that.
And I love the fact that you mentioned, youknow, yes, you're you're nephrologists, and so
(05:53):
The kidneys are big deal.
I'll just share one tip, and then I guess youcan ask me different questions.
But Whatever is good for your body is good foryour kidneys.
And the kidneys, it might if I remembercorrectly, and you correct me if I'm wrong, The
kidneys are one of the most forgiving organs inthe body.
You can dig a lot of crap for a minute.
(06:14):
But after a while, it tries to tell you thatit's working.
Too hard.
And so the tips that are good for your body,making sure you're well hydrated, making water
your drink of choice, Okay?
Making water your drink of choice is good foryour Obadan.
It's good for your kidneys.
Number 2, movement exercise that helps minimizethe risk of high blood pressure, minimize the
risk of obesity, Me, my sister risk ofdiabetes, worsening, or developing, which is
(06:38):
good for your kidneys.
And also being careful what you put in yourbody because your kidneys have to work the
filtered through them.
And so what you eat is important too.
For your kidneys.
So the 3 tips, what I say, the first one,hydrate.
Make water your choice of your drink of choice.
Number 2, movement is good for you.
It's good for your kidneys.
And 3, be careful what you put in your bodybecause, ultimately, the kidney had to filter
(07:02):
some part of it.
So
You'll you'll bring it up.
I will we're having some technical, like,sometimes it just keeps breaking up here and
there.
Yeah.
Sometimes I can't hear you either.
So I'm listening.
I can't hear you.
So make sure you're you're listening to yourrecordings.
Oh, because you're you're breaking up a lot.
(07:23):
So if it's if it's choppy, then it's I don'tknow if it's just me, but make sure you're
listening to your recordings.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
I will do that.
We'll definitely do that and, try to edit someparts.
But so, yeah, those are great tips.
For the kidneys, but I want you to give usspecific tips about wellness.
(07:45):
I know that you are all about making yourpatients live well.
And so what are the things that you tell them?
Give us some take home points exercises to makeus feel.
So number 1.
No.
Number 1, living long and well.
(08:06):
Number 1, know it's possible.
Alright?
Possible.
No.
It's possible.
The same way you're bring money.
I'm trusting.
Someone is your same towards something in thefuture.
You've got to make health investment for thatfuture.
So you can live long and well in that future.
You dream of yourself.
So it's really important number one to knowthat it's possible and to know that you've got
(08:29):
to work towards making that possible too.
So that's one.
Number 2.
What do you mean by that?
Like, can you kinda expandiate making it?
How do you work?
How do you work to to make it possible?
Okay.
So for instance, you talk to me.
You say, you know, I have to say, oh, where doyou see yourself in a year?
Where do you see yourself in 2 years?
(08:49):
What do you say if you've said 3 years?
Oh, I wanna be traveling.
I wanna retire.
Well, what do you wanna do when you retire?
I wanna I wanna go visit.
I wanna to my grandkids.
Well Right.
To do that, you should be healthy.
We'll remain healthy.
There are things to do.
Like you're saving money towards retirement,you're making health investments in your
(09:09):
lifestyle.
What are these things?
Movement, exercise.
Call it whatever you want.
I like movement because exercise sounds solike, you know, intense.
Move.
You move.
Yeah.
Move.
Uh-uh.
Move.
My campaign is the MAT campaign.
Have you heard me talk about mad about savingthe kidneys?
(09:29):
And the m is sounds for move.
Exactly.
Right.
Yeah.
Just just get up and and and so what tips dopeople do people get to use?
Like, how do you how do they start the movementcampaign?
The movement.
So I tell them, try to combine it with thingsyou already enjoy.
(09:52):
Like, you like yapping on the phone?
Take a walk and yap on the phone, you know,just walk around the neighborhood and talk with
your friend who talks a lot.
Do you like watching the show?
Put a treadmill in front of it and do it.
You like dancing?
Dance.
I you know, it doesn't have to be, like,running the training.
I hear you.
I hear you.
Come up with creative ways that make you moveand do, attach it with things that you already
(10:15):
enjoy doing.
Oh my god.
That is That is worth a million bucks rightthere.
Anybody who's watching this, you get it sent.
Start sending the money.
Yes.
Yes.
Okay.
Great.
Thank you for sharing that with us.
(10:36):
No problem.
No problem.
All the tips and and one of the things thisone, I would say, that's that's really really
important.
Is is mental health.
I cannot tell you how many things are tied to.
Mental health's not being you know, mind inyour mind I I teach I teach my patients to be
very intentional.
(11:00):
But what they allow to dance in their mind,thoughts, they entertain things they listen to.
People, they let influence how they think, howthey see life, You gotta be very particular.
It's not everything you need to watch.
It's not everything you need to listen to.
You know, people don't stay naturallymotivated.
People don't say naturally joyful or naturallyoptimistic.
They have things that feed that.
(11:21):
You have to be careful to feed that.
So so you're empowered throughout the day.
You know, so minding your mind is very, very,very important for your health and indirectly
your kidneys.
Yeah.
We're tied.
So let's tie it together.
It's directly.
Actually, it's not indirectly.
Like, if
(11:42):
indirectly.
Yes.
You know, like Directly
and indirectly.
Yes.
Yes.
I I completely agree.
An
indirectly.
Yes.
You did you do need to kinda get, yeah, mentalhealth issues.
And I'm I'm glad that we're having thisconversation because the stigma around mental
health the culture has definitely changed, andI've seen that change a lot.
(12:03):
In the old back in the day, it was a you know,everyone was kinda hiding and not coming out to
make things, to speak about it.
And now people are realizing that stigma is notquite necessary.
I mean, anyone who lived through COVID and hadto stay isolated Well, those long periods of
(12:25):
time, especially if you had it, sh should haveseen how their mental health changed.
Can I'm sure they can testify that it was notthe same as before COVID.
And so it's something that definitely canaffect anybody when put in the right stance.
All they need to do is put you in the rightenvironment with the right stresses, and you're
(12:45):
gonna so when people are suffering from thesemental health conditions, It is because of
their circumstances.
And, you know, this is why it's a big thingabout the social determinants of health that
people are talking about nowadays, right, andand putting more emphasis on it and and talking
about the disparities in health as opposed, andhow those things are actually affecting things
(13:09):
like Montana mortality, you know, and and allthe different things.
But, yeah, that's but that's very important.
Mental health and guarding and protecting,preserving your mental health.
And you said, make sure that you preventcertain filters, you know, certain things avoid
them.
Is it do we avoid them completely, or do wejust what do we do?
(13:33):
Dial it down.
For example, you know,
I I you don't want all type of news channels.
You know, there are some news channels that youturn on, and it's like, only the negative
things going on in this world is what they wantto show you.
So maybe you should cut back Right?
Like you said, dial it down.
(13:53):
Dial it down.
Dial it down.
And, you know, the truth is bad news sales.
You guess people more fixated I I don't watchthe news.
The interesting thing is enough of the bad newsgets to me.
Like, I hear it.
The shootings, the diff I hear it.
You know, so enough of it comes to me.
I I don't need to I don't need to go lookingfor it.
(14:16):
So I I I generally don't want to.
I don't have time to watch it anyway.
It's not something I prioritize.
Mhmm.
Cool.
Yes.
Yes.
The priority.
Yeah.
We should definitely make sure that we havePriority Street.
Oh, that's so good, Doctor Tulu.
Thank you so much for sharing that with us.
And what is what is gonna be the third tip?
Well, we've you've shared a lot with usalready, actually.
(14:37):
We've talked about more than 3.
We talked about the kidneys.
I want to so you see my audience here.
I'm trying to drag out all the.
We're calling it 3.
She has given us, like, 20 already.
But once
I'm still practicing too.
(15:03):
Oh, but I would say if I would add 1 more, thepower of sleep, you you you know, it's so fun.
I'm I'm practicing that.
I'm not I'm not perfect.
That.
But I I realized that I am I am nicer, morefocused, more present when I'm better rested.
(15:24):
Yes.
Yes.
It is.
I am I'm working on protected my rest timebetter.
Not there yet, but sometimes you don't need newmedicine.
Sometimes you don't need you just need tosleep.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Sometimes
(15:45):
sometimes it's just as boring.
As you make it a nap.
Right?
Yeah.
It is.
It's just that boring.
Doesn't have to be as exotic as being addinganother pill You don't have to take another
substance.
You don't have to drink anymore alcohol or, youknow, couple more shops of caffeine or
(16:07):
anything.
It's just as simple as going to bed andsleeping.
That is so good.
That is so good.
Thank you.
So what is one thing that you've learnedrecently that made you feel empowered.
Oh, or something interesting that happened toyou
(16:31):
so I think the the reality of the fact that Icannot have time for everything.
It was so liberating because I'm like, Maybe Ineed an extra hour in the day.
Maybe my time, like, no.
So the fact is I cannot have time foreverything.
(16:52):
So pressure is released because I can only,yeah, I can only do so much.
So it's been empowering in that Now I realizethat I need to master the art of doing what I
is important for me to do.
What is a priority?
Because we cannot have time for everything.
(17:13):
Like, it's not possible, so I'm not gonna fightit I'm gonna learn how to do what's most
important and to do that at the right time.
I'm still working through that.
I'm not perfect at it, but at least thatmindset is there.
So I don't put too much pressure on myself.
So as you can see, I can't.
Well, I'm sorry.
I I can't.
I don't there's no space.
I can't.
No.
Yeah.
(17:34):
Yeah.
I mean, I I can I completely identify with you?
Saying no is it it sounds so easy.
Right?
But I've also reached the stage where it's awhole it's it's like a whole book that I have
to write first before I say no to something.
(17:54):
And understanding, you know, the priorities,you know, yeah, back in the day when life was
much easier.
It was a no brainer for me, but now you wannacalculate.
And, yes, I so I completely hear you.
And so We have to feel empowered with theknowledge that we can do everything, and we
(18:14):
just have to pick and choose what our priorityis.
Oh, that is so good.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Well, so we have come to the end of our show.
And how can my guest find you?
Well, you're all the way into access, but, youknow, this show is gonna be everywhere for for
people to see global.
So if they wanna reach you, how can they howcan they find you?
(18:37):
And, could you let us know?
Alright.
You can follow me on Facebook.
Limmon Spring Family Medical Center.
We have a Facebook page.
You can catch me also on instagram,dr_olabintan We're also, the webs on the
www.livingspringmedicals.com, and you can alsofind me on YouTube Living Spring Medical.
(19:00):
Just Google me, and then you you see.
That's Google.
The amazing Doctor Toulou, Albington, and youwill find out all her information.
And I'm definitely gonna be putting it downThank you so much for having us.
And once again, thanks for joining us todayfrom younger self MD.
And we're on, our website is youngerselfmd.com,and our phone number is 4045664 23, give us a
(19:28):
call.
We're currently accepting patients, and we'dlove to hear from you.
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