July 13, 2023 • 43 mins
In this episode of The Mindset Mentor, Tania Kolar speaks with Dr. K, a critical care and palliative physician about issues regarding healthcare. They also discuss Dr.K’s new show launching on Sauga 960 called Solving Healthcare Radio with Dr. K.
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The views expressed in the following programare those of the participants and do not
necessarily reflect the views of Saga ninesixty am or its management. Hello and
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welcome to the Mindset Mentor. I'myour host, Tanya Kohla, helping you
live your best life well. Ontoday's show, we are going to get
into some deep conversation about healthcare andhow to live your best life and feeling
good because health is such a hugecomponent to living your best life. Right.
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So we've got our expert today,actually a returning guest and friend,
doctor k Doctor Quadjoka. You're Mentan. It's so great to have you back
here on the Mindset Mentor. AndI know that since we last had a
great conversation, you have been upto some really great things, including a
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brand new show right here on Saganine sixty. So how about you tell
us what the name is and alittle bit about what the topic is going
to be and what the listeners canexpect. Amazing. First of all,
it is great to see you again, and it's a privilege to be on
for the second time. I feellike I'm in special company if I might
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say so. Yeah, but yeah, I'm quit your care I think the
show's going to be called Solving Healthcarewith Doctor Ka and people are gonna get
two main things. One is,I'm pretty passionate about helping people to get
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healthy. How do you avoid seeingsomeone like myself and the ICU. And
what drove a lot of that waswhat we saw in the intensive care unit
during the pandemic. How we sawa lot of people with metabolic disease meaning
BCD, type two diabetes, highblood pressure that landed in ic with diseases
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that were modifiable and in other words, like, if we gave them the
tools to get healthy and turn thisaround, we might not be seeing them
in the intensive care unit. Sothat's that's one of the major draws that
people will get when they listen intoSolving Healthcare. And the second is a
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topic that's really passionate in mind ishow do we make our healthcare system more
sustainable, how do we make itmore efficient? How do we provide better
care for our patients? Because asa frontline worker that does research on ways
to improve the efficiency of our healthcaresystem, there are tons of gaps and
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right now the healthcare system is franklyin crisis and we need to collectively be
thinking outside of the box on waysthat we could help deliver care. If
people shouldn't have to go pay outa pocket for imaging they're concerned about their
breast cancer, they shouldn't have towait three years to get their hip replaced.
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We need to, like now isthe time to think outside the box,
to be innovative and treat the patientsthe way they need to be treated.
I love that this is going tobe, you know, such a
valuable show and deep conversations because youtouched on so many points right there that
really has such a huge trickle effectdown the road. And there is you
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know, chaos in the world ofhealthcare globally right now and on so many
different levels, from patients to healthcareworkers. I mean it just goes on
and on and on, and alsoto extended family of patients and healthcare workers.
Right so there is definitely a needfor improvement. So I want to
acknowledge you for the willingness to putthat message out there and to foster Chaine
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and to say, hey, listen, something is not working and we need
to fix it. So I justlove it, Like solving healthcare right there,
it's telling you that Okay, ifwe're solving something, that means there's
a problem. And what I love, you know, as a my set
coach, you know, I alwaysteach people that every problem has a solution
and it's a matter of delving deepenough and staying with it to find what
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that solution is. And you know, I think that personally yourself, being
a critical care and palliative care physicianworking with the sickest, you know,
the absolute sickest of people, youknow, in the intensive care unit,
my goodness. I mean that firstof all, takes a lot, you
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know, and I acknowledge anyone whogoes to that level because I think it
takes a really special person to bein healthcare period, full stop. But
then when you go into you know, I see you in dealing with people
in such a sensitive state. Ithink that takes a whole other level and
it cannot be easy. Like Ican't even just imagine some of the stress
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that you deal with, or thatyou see your colleagues dealing with, or
you see patients and families struggling with, And I can imagine that that's such
an immense weight on you. Tellus what that kind of feels like on
a day to day basis for you. Yeah, it's a great point,
Tonya. Like we we saw itduring the pandemic. The weight, like
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our jobs are pretty heavy in general, but you always look at what we
brought you to your job, andthat was being there for patients, being
for their family, for their families, being there for each other. And
there were times during this pandemic,unfortunately that we couldn't do all the things
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that we needed to do patients LikeI'm in Ottawa and patients had to come
from the GTA like Mississauga area tobecause the hospitals were so overwhelmed And to
see that separation, to see peopledie alone, people being away from their
loved ones, was such a tragedy. And so those things were extremely heavy
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on healthcare providers and we saw wesaw at some places a mass exodus of
healthcare providers, like people left theprofession. But I gotta say at a
personal level, what gets you throughis that you know, if you're not
doing this, who's doing it?Like you know, people are in a
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state where they're extremely vulnerable. Thereyou're in a state where your loved one
is on a ventilator, their lifeis on the line. You don't know
what the outcomes are going to be, like, you don't know what the
next hour, the next day isgoing to look like. And where I
take a lot of pride is thecommunication piece. Like if you're if your
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loved one is on a ventilator,I want you to make sure that you
have the information that you need toto be able to sleep at night and
and to know that you know they'rein the best hands possible. These are
the steps that we're going to maketo try and get your loved one through
it. And providing that communication side, providing that that human connection is where
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a lot of us find the gratitude, the gratification of the job, like
really thinking about how we can getsomebody through such a tough time. And
I honestly, I feel like I'mone of the luckiest guys period. I
love my job. I really dolove my job. It's it's exciting.
You don't know what's coming through thedoor. You work as a team.
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You you bond with your your withyour your your team, like your your
allied health professionals, the other doctors, and you do important work and there's
not and you ask yourself, likewhat makes your life more most fulfilled or
what leads to happiness. It's it'spurpose, right, like finding that you
have purpose and those of us thatare in this field, we have clear
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purpose and it was very clear,especially during the pandemic, what our purpose
was. Yeah, invaluable you know, and then serving humanity. And you
know, you said a really keyword which I think is very important,
is that communication and people in asituation where there's so much fear and uncertainty
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can really spiral down quickly. Sojust that communication piece is so important.
And even if the situation is dire, you know, I think that communication
is still imperative because if if afamily member has a small window to be
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able to communicate you know what's deepin their heart and you know those last
moments, that is vital. Imean, that is something that um,
you know, it's so it's fleetingand you cannot go back to that moment,
and that's precious to be able toknow that, hey, maybe this
is the time where you really needto communicate. And I'm thinking back to
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us as I'm saying this, Uh, my father passed away, you know,
several years ago and was in palliativecare. And I remember that one
of my siblings. You know,I had to leave. He was in
a hospice and and she her andher husband left just for a little bit,
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and then the nurse came in andshe said, you need to call
her and they need to come back, like right now, right And they
had been there for days and itwas just kind of one of those things.
But she said, no, youneed to call they have to come
back like right now. And Iwas so grateful that she communicated that,
because you my father passed within momentsyou know of her coming back, and
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so if somebody doesn't have that opportunity, Oh, it's so like painful,
right m I. Um, yeah, you're touching. First of all,
I'm sorry to hear about your yourfather, um. And and second what
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you described happens as we see thisso frequently as a pirate of care dog,
that there's something innate in people likeyour dad hanging on to see your
sister. We see this all thetime. Someone's coming from Australia, someone's
coming from the other parts of thecountry and they will die within minutes after
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seeing their loved ones's like almost likealmost like there's an adrenaline push that keeps
that are keeping them alive so theycould have that moment of connection. And
wow, I'll say that, LikeI my father, we're going on almost
five years in September, and myonly regret is that I didn't get to
see him, like I didn't Ididn't get to see him and before he
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passed and have you know that connectingmoment uh near the end or at the
end of his life. But yeah, well you're those moments are so important
and I'll tell you, I'll tellyou that's going to be a lasting memory.
Like that's that's why what we youknow, when we say what we
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do brings us a lot of purposeand gratification. Is that nurse given that
phone call or or informing you tosay, hey, get your sister over
here. That that was that wasso important, that was like that's that's
a moment that no one's going toforget that was involved, you know.
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Yeah. So yeah, sorry tohear about your your father. Yeah,
you know, and unfortunate. Thankyou for that and likewise as well for
you and so many people who areout there listening right now have experienced that
loss and it can just be,you know, just so devastating and heartbreaking.
Whether you prepare for it or not, because sometimes it just comes out
of the blue. Sometimes we havea little warning or a fair amount of
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warning, but it's still so uniqueto everyone, and that experience, I
mean, when you have a teamof healthcare workers who can help to guide
you through it is just invaluable.I mean, like there's just so much
that you don't even realize the impactsometimes that you have. Sometimes you see
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it, right, and I'm sureyou know that through the gratitude that you
experience from you know, Patience andfamily members of Patience, you know,
you may experience that gratitude, butoftentimes I think that it's almost like not
not that it's like there's no gratitudeor but it's just you don't even know
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the impact because it's so far reaching, right, It's so far reaching.
And so I think it's so important, you know, for everybody to to
be kind to people and just toyou know, put your best out there.
And I know that not everybody hasa great day, and there's going
to be moments where you say thingsor you do things that you're not necessarily
like you know, proud of,or you wish you could have done it
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differently. You know, don't beyourself up people. You know, it's
not about beating yourself up. Weall make mistakes in life, but I
think it's important to say and sometimesacknowledge that even and say, hey,
listen, by the way, I'msorry that I was a little bit this
or that or insensitive, but justhow people to understand. Again, it
goes right back to what you said. Communication. Communication on so many levels,
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right, It's just how we allcan survive on this planet together and
to truly live our best lives.I think that's really crucial to our mental
health and well being. And andI can't reinforce enough how you know,
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communication and connection is healing. Itreally is. Like the first episode we're
doing is with my wife Katherine Karamantang, who's a clinical psychologist, and we
talked about how post pandemic we wereally need healing. So many people need
to heal, and that a lotof that comes from connecting to being real
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with each other and at times beingvulnerable. But you know, finding that
way to to feel connected, youknow, and I and that is through
you know, communication, that isthrough being kind and compassionate, not only
self compassion, but compassion towards others. One of the topics we talked about
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is how everyone just seems a littlebit edgier these days, that they just
seems to be that little bit lesspatient, a little bit more anxiety,
a little bit more leading on thehorn or or or you know, people
be more impatient. So, yeah, I think this is a time to
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a good reminder. Telly is like, yeah, be not only self compassionate,
but compassionate to others, connects,and we'll get through all this.
Yeah, you know, we willget through it collectively together. And anyone
listening right now that is going througha crisis, please reach out. I
mean, there's so many wonderful,you know, tools and organizations that you
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can reach out to to get thehelp that you need. Don't go it
alone. You know. That's whyI love to have incredible guests like doctor
k doctor quadjo Kaw. You're menteingto really have these conversations to let you
know that we've got your back.You're not alone. I think one of
the trickiest things, and that thingthat we've all I think experienced through the
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pandemic is that feeling of oh mygosh, like isolation and loneliness, feeling
alone and just being disconnected and thatcan be a scary thing. But when
we know that we're not alone nomatter what, whether you're in a room
all by yourself for a very longperiod of time, you're never truly alone.
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And it does take some you know, maybe getting used to or a
mindset shift to kind of understand rightthat you're not alone, but it's true,
you really are not. And youknow, I want you guys to
stay tuned and have a listen tomore with doctor K right here on the
Mindset Mentor Antonia co Alarm. Andyou got to make sure you tune in
now Friday's at three pm. Youknow you're gonna be listening Thursdays at three
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pm to the Mindset Mentor, buthang out on Friday's three pm is a
hot, hot, hot time.So right here on SAGA nine sixty it
is solving healthcare with doctor K.So we're gonna talk a little bit more
about how we can solve and helpyou solve healthcare concerns. After we come
back from this break. Stay tuned, No Radio, No Problem stream is
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live on Suggay nine sixty am dotC. A welcome back to the Mindset
Mentor Antonia cole Are helping you liveyour best life. And I hope you
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won't up feeling absolutely phenomenal today.But listen, the reality is is that,
you know, we don't wake upfeeling phenomenal, at least not every
day. I mean, I'd lovefor everybody to be in that place,
but most times, you know,you get out of bed and you think,
oh my gosh, I don't wantto get out of bed. You
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know, you don't of the workthat you do, or you know the
circumstances that you're dealing with, orthe depression and the anxiety that is kind
of overbearing. Right, So we'regoing to talk today about, you know,
how to solve some of our concerns. And somebody that gets out of
bed and absolutely loves his job ismy special guest today is doctor K doctor
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Quado kaire Mente, effectually known asdoctor K, who really truly is passionate
about being a physician dealing with criticalcare situations and palliative care patients, but
also bringing awareness to the healthcare system, which I think is just super cool
and like so fulfilling. He's alsothe founder of the Research Optimization Network,
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right, so that's kind of thismultidisciplinary group that's working to look at how
to reduce spending like health spending withouthere's the key component, right, without
reducing the care right, So that'sreally important. Don't want to compromise care,
but you also want to be ableto deliver you know, the most
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advanced technology and services available rights that'sout there. So doctor K, thank
you so much for being here onthe Mindset Mentor and having these conversations and
your show that's coming up here onSAGA nine to sixty that is launching Friday.
So every Friday at three pm,tune in to Solving Healthcare with Doctor
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K. So we're gonna get alittle sneak peek here at some of the
topics that you can you know,here on the show, and let's kind
of delve into some of your favoritethings. I think that you love to
talk about is metabolic disease, andthat's a big one because I think so
many people can relate to that,right for sure. Oh my goodness.
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First of all, once again,this is really excited being here for a
second time. So thanks for havingme on the show. But I don't
know if I'd be here for itwasn't for the for the passion about getting
people healthier and addressing metabolic disease.And a bit of the story was that
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we saw a lot of metabolic syndromein the ICU related to COVID so diabetes,
high blood pressure, obesity, highcholesterol. And one of the things
that I didn't realize going through medicalschool and having all these training is that
through lifestyle modifications, these things canget better and if not even reverse your
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diabete types of diabetes can be reversedyour blood pressure medication. You could come
off blood pressure medication. And sowhen I'm finding out about this, I'm
like, why are we not screamingthis to the world. And this is
a topic that I'm really passionate aboutbecause waying you get healthier in this way,
when you lose the weight, whenyou reverse your type two diabetes,
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you are living longer, you aremore functional. Being like if you're that
if you're the sixty eight year oldgrandmother, now you're playing with your kids,
your grandkids, you're active, You'rethat you're the active grandma. All
of a sudden, you are havingmore mental clarity and improving mental health symptoms.
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One of my favorite topics of latestdoctor Chris Palmer's work on how improving
metabolic disease GET actually can cure somesome mental health disorders, and really how
metabolic disease is an extension of mentalhealth. And and so when you when
you address all these things, youreally are are improving so many people's well
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being. And then and then you'rementioning our research group you talk about the
ultimate way of saving healthcare dollars isnot putting a foot in the door.
So when you do reverse your metabolicsyndrome, you're type to your diabetes,
all of a sudden, You're notneeding to be in the emergency department because
of your foot infection related to diabetes. You're not having complications from surgeries.
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You're not needing your knee replaced becauseyou've lost your weight. Like the the
bank, there's the hugest bank foryour buck, in my opinion, is
when you invest in prevention full stop. And that's why I get so excited
about this. So when you whenyou when you jump on the show,
when you check out any of ourcontent, whether that is the podcast,
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a show, or are some ofour content on social media, you'll be
empowered, folks. You'll feel likeyou got this. You have the ability
to get healthy, know what foodsto eat, how to eat, when
to eat. You'll get the senseof what exercise gives you the biggest bank
for your buck. You'll get asense of how to reduce your stress,
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how important sleep is, and howto get some tips on how to improve
your sleep. And then, mostimportantly, as we talked to about the
previous section or segment connection, whythat's so important and how you can incorporate
that into your overall wellness strategy.So yeah, you get me going when
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it comes to the metabolic disease andprevention. But yeah, that's my baby.
I love it. I love it, you know. And it's interesting
because you were even surprised by theresults that people can experience right by by
making some shifts, and that preventativepeace is so key. But it's also
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very empowering to know that we can, you know, do something ourselves and
take our health into our own hands, so to speak. And listen,
I'm not saying that you're not goingto go see the doctor, because they're
invaluable. You gotta go, right, but let's do what we can to
help ourselves because it's important and Iknow that, and I can speak from
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personal experience too. I know thatwhen I'm stressed, you know, I
do the stress eating, and youknow, I indulge in the unhealthy foods
because there's I think a comfort youknow, linked to that or I don't
know. I just I kind ofcrave carbs sometimes, and but I find
the more carbs that I have,the more I want. The more junk
food I eat, the more mybody craves it. But I also know
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on the other side, when Ieat healthfully and mindfully, man, do
I ever feel great? And Isee the difference. I can feel the
difference in my physiology, right,yeah, exactly right, feeling great,
and it's it's there's there's a worldof difference when you have that clarity,
cognitive function is there right when youeat healthier. Um. I know at
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one point I experienced, um,this is the period it was going through
a lot of stress, but Iwas I was having brain fog. And
then I finally figured it out.I was like, you know what it
is my diet. It's what I'mputting in my body that is really not
helping me. And when I madethe shift, it was kind of definitely
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not a media but it was reallyquick, right, the results were,
you know, just surprising and shocking. So I'm just wondering if, like,
is that something that you see withpatients coming in. Do you physically
see the difference? Do you seeit mentally physically? How does that manifest?
Honestly, by the time they cometo us in the intensive care unit,
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it's hard to divulge like a lotof their eating habits and so on.
But it's more since we've been advocatingforward, like through social media and
through our show, it's been thestories people come to you with and really
hearing firsthand, how story similar towhat you described. I had that mental
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in the afternoons. I was sosluggish, I wanted to take a nap,
and I made the slightest modification.I started eating a little bit later
in the day. I reduced myprocessed foods. I increased my protein intake.
I reduced the amount of simple sugarsor sugars in general that I ingest,
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and wow, I lose weight.I feel stronger. I'm I'm more
mentally clear, my mood has improved. So many stories like this where or
people and like we gotta remember,like we're coming out of a phase where
a lot of people were struggling withso much of that, right, like
the call it the COVID what theycall it the COVID twenty or a lot
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of people put on the extra poundsthe mental health concerns. So there was
there was a lot of people inthat box where they were just really struggling.
But you got to put it intocontext too, where I'm not that
far removed from medical school twenty approachingtwenty years here, and the amount of
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education we got on nutrition was minimal, like it really was, And we
focus on the life saving measures aremore cute ways of saving the life,
but the amount of education you gettowards nutrition really is minimal. So this
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is why I think when it comesto a lot of wellness, nutrition,
fitness, all these things, sometimes, unfortunately there's that knowledge piece. People
have to take it on themselves,like this is something that you're gonna have
to You're gonna have to be empowered, You're gonna have to do the research
or find that trusted source because thisis not this is not common studies with
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it within medicine unfortunately. Yeah,and so you know why do you think
that is? Because uh, youknow the results that people have seen have
been amazing and you said yourself thatyou would. You know, why are
we not screaming this from the rooftops? Right? Um? So, so
what is it? Is it thatpeople just don't want to sort of uh
find a different path, right becauseit's familiar and that medical history, uh
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in schooling is just very sort oflocked in or is it pharmaceuticals um and
you know the money that's being youknow, uh invested and they don't want
other options? Like what what doyou think? I mean, we don't
know for sure, but do youhave any thoughts on that? Yeah,
no, it's a good question.I think it's everything that you have mentioned
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so far, like the fixing whatyou eat isn't sexy, you know,
there's this is from a pharmaceutical perspective, there's not you know, that's there's
no gains there. I'll say thisin medic and we're stubborn dinosaurs. We're
not. We don't adapt to changevery well, like when new studies come
out and it takes a while totransition. And traditionally, when we look
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at the highest standards of medical studieslike randomized control trials or systematic reviews and
meta analysis, a lot of there'snot too many nutrition studies that meet that
standard, right, So I thinkthat's part of it too, is if
you're going to meet the highest standard, we're not seeing that much when it
comes to the nutrition studies because they'reharder to do. There's two there's a
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lot of factors that are outside ofthe study that might influencing. So so
that's that's a part of it.But honestly, this is why I think
the message is take it on yourself. On yourself, folks, that this
is it's your body, it's it'sit's You're not always going to be able
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to get the most all the informationfrom one person, one physician, but
do your homework, find that trustedsource, see what works for you.
And that's the other thing too,is what works for one person is not
necessarily going to work for another person. I go in our house, like
I one of the ways of reversingdiabetes that I think is most effective as
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a ketogenic diet. So in myhouse, my wife and I both tried
it. I was absolutely miserable.It did I was it did not.
I lost five pounds I didn't needto lose. I think I was trying
to keep up with fluids. Ithought I was maybe I wasn't, but
she and she was thriving on it. She was like a new person,
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mental clarity, everything like that.And I'm like, I'm I'm I'm carbs.
I need carbs of my life.Like I don't need to, I
don't need it to be the frontcenterpiece, but it needs to be part
of my life. So find whatworks for you, and before you know
it, you'll be feeling better andtalking the way Tanya was mentioning moving better,
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thinking better, having that mental clarity. You got this. Oh I
love that and that's so inspiring.And to know that you can, you
know, really customize something and seewhat feels right. When you start to
make those changes, you know,obviously you want to give it a little
bit of time for it. Maybeit takes some time to kick in.
But if you know that you've beendoing it and it's just not working,
then maybe try something else. Right. We have lots of options in life,
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and we sometimes get very fixed withthat fixed mindset and we continue to
do what no longer works right.So it's an opportunity to really take control
of your health. And I wantto say thank you doctor K so much.
Unfortunately were out of time. Youknow, we could talk all day
long. Great information and I loveyour passion for what you do and for
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really helping to educate, you know, people on what's available to them and
the power that they have within.So thank you so much for being here
today. It is an absolute pleasure, and please keep doing what you do.
People need to be tuning in andat three o'clock on Thursdays and really
learning the ways of adjust in thatmindset and thriving again, not surviving,
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but thriving, thriving. That isit. We love to thrive today with
us. We've got more coming uphere on Saga nine to sixty. I'm
talking Nicola helping you live your bestlife stream us Life at Saga nine sixty
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am dot c A. Well,that was the fabulous doctor Quajocaire Mentang or
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doctor K for short, who isa critical care and palliative care physician at
the Ottawa Hospital. It's also thefounder of Research Optimization Network, which is
a multidisciplinary research group working to reducehealth spending without compromising care. And sometimes
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that's a tough one, isn't it. Right, We certainly need to have
better healthcare available to us. Andalso advanced technologies. Right it's out there.
There's always so much research that's happening, and we but we also want
to have that human component and havethat communication throughout, which is something that
we talked about with doctor K andhow important that communication is on many levels
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of healthcare and in the system.So it's really great to have these conversations.
And I got to tell you that, like doctor K, who gets
up and loves what he does andfinds his job super fulfilling, I share
that sentiment that I love what Ido. I love having great conversations like
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this here for you with guests likedoctor K who can share their knowledge,
their expertise, their wisdom and experience, and also stories of working with other
people. Because collectively we're all one. We are the same, and you
know, we all have different personalities. I mean, there's you know,
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about almost eight billion people, billionpeople on the world, right on the
planet, and we're all unique,every single one of us are unique.
But there is something that unites usall and we're we're one and the same
in that regard, and I lovethat we can inspire each other. You
know, I believe that we areall lifelong learners and we learn from each
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other. I've always loved books andshows and podcasts and all that kind of
stuff, but you know, it'slike that's where I have absorbed so much
knowledge. I was about fifteen,I've been reading books on self help and
personal development and psychology because I justcannot get enough of this information because it's
been so impactful in my life.And I have truly learned how to optimize
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my mindset, how to reprogram limitingbeliefs, and if I can do it,
then you can do it. Sofor me, the Mindset mentor show
is such a gift for me tobe able to share that and to inspire
you and to motivate you to reallystart to work on your mindset. And
sometimes it just takes somebody else tohelp you see that your mind set is
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maybe a little bit out of whack. There's something maybe that's not empowering you
or that is continually disempowering you.And when we can get that awareness,
I think that is so essential becausewe can change our lives for the better
by making sometimes small changes. Andagain, that awareness piece is such a
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huge factor. So I encourage youto check in with yourself throughout your day
and maybe listen to your language patterningsome of the constant things that you find
yourself saying that can be an indicatoras to your subconscious mind and what's sort
of working on in the background,those limiting beliefs that play out in many
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different ways. It's I call itthe silent dictator buried in the subconscious mind
that really truly dictates your entire life, and the results that your experience are
linked to what's going on in thatsubconscious mind. So it's important to really
do what we can to program ourmindset so that it is working for us,
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not against us. And I knowwe can certainly be our own worst
critics, but I want you tobe your BFF instead of your own worst
critic. Support yourself. You know, Listen, we all make mistakes in
life because that's part of being ahuman. It's a side effective being human
making mistakes. So please don't beatyourself up. Right, Let's learn from
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those mistakes and be empowered moving forwardso that now we can do things better.
When we know better, we cando better, right, and oftentimes
we could just look at it thisway, that we all do the best
that we can given the information thatwe have in that moment, our understanding,
our awareness wherever we are. SoI want you to give yourself a
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break, truly give yourself a break, give yourself the love and the TLC
that you would give to somebody elsein your life that you love. Right,
because the things that we say toourselves often we would or no,
I wouldn't say often. I thinkwe would never say some of those things
to somebody that we love, orjust even life right, we can tear
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ourselves down. So I really wantyou to be a support system for yourself.
And again, don't don't feel asthough you're going through life alone because
there's so many vehicles available to youto reach out to friends, to loved
ones, to support groups, toyou know, healthcare workers, you know,
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find find a community groups that youcan reach out to, listen to
shows like The Mindset meantor Here toBe with You, and also don't forget
to tune in to Doctor Kay's newsshow that's launching right here on Saga nine
sixty am Thursdays or sorry Fridays,I should say, at three pm.
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The Mindset mentors Thursdays at three pm. But three pm is a hot time
here on Saga at nine sixty.So put it in your calendar, tune
in, uplift your your day withsome friends. It's a you know,
friends supporting friends. It's for me. My goal with the Mindset Mentor Show
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is to help to educate, motivate, and inspire you to live your best
life. And I can do thatby having great guests who can share their
wisdom, knowledge, experience and expertise. And we can all do that collectively.
So if you have an experience thatyou've gone through and you find it
troubling and you don't want to sharethat, you know, it's actually a
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win win when you can release someof that stress that is locked in the
body right when we hold onto thingsso when we keep everything stuffed down.
But you're also helping and inspiring otherpeople who will say, oh, isn't
that interesting that they've gone through thatexperience which is so similar to what I
was dealing with or feeling, Andyou know, it's you never know the
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impact that you can have on somebody'slife, and you may never know,
but I think it's important to justdo what you can to stay positive,
uplift humanity, uplift yourself, besupportive of yourself, and be on your
side, be on your own side, right, be your bff. I
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know want you to be that thatcritic, that inner critic, the the
loud voice that runs incessantly on repeat, on loop on your mind, you
know, beating you down. Well, I want to raise you up and
I want you to be on boardwith that, to be your true supporter.
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So I want to thank you allfor tuning in today and joining a
great conversation with my special guest,doctor Quadjo kire Menting or doctor k who
really helped us to understand, youknow, what's going on out there in
the healthcare world from both a patientstandpoint and the healthcare providers is some of
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the things that they're dealing with,and also really fascinating to learn about metabolic
disease and high blood pressure and theconnection of nutrition and some of the things
that we can actually do to changeour health in that regard based on you
know that. Also, one thingthat doctor Kay had briefly mentioned that I'm
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sure you'll hear about more on hisshow Solving Healthcare Friday's at three pm here
on Saga nine sixty is sleep.He talked about offering some some tips on
how to get a better sleep.And I gotta tell you that I think
that that's one of the most underratedbenefits of all is sleep. Right,
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Having a great night's sleep is imperativeto your well being. And as we're
sleeping, our body's actually healing andrejuvenating. And when you're not getting a
great night's sleep, or when it'sa broken sleep, you're not getting in
that proper sleep state to be ableto heal and to rejuvenile the body or
to have that mental clarity when youwake up. So try to get better
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sleep. Maybe it's going to beyou know, reducing caffeine and take you
know, several hours before you goto bed. Maybe it's going to bed
a little bit earlier than normal,right, or just watching some of the
foods that you're eating before nighttime orbefore or having a cutoff time as to
when to not eat you know,too soon to sleep. So more of
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that great information, of course onsolving healthcare Fridays at three pm with doctor
k And of course i'd love tosee you and have you joined us Thursdays
at three pm and tune in formore of the Mindset Mentor. I'm Tanya
Kola, your Mindset mentor best sellingauthor, speaker, mindset coach, entrepreneur,
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and president and founder of Ignite LifeMastery, Inc. Which is a
global personal development company focused on helpingentrepreneurs, organizations, and individuals like you
evolve to the next level of humanperformance and potential. And want you to
remember that with the right mindset,you can have, do and be anything
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you truly desire. And over thepast several years, that's exactly what I
do and help individuals it like youto awaken your potential to achieve the highest
level of personal and professional performance anddestroy those hidden blocks that keep you stuck
and so that you can live yourmost magnificent life. No Radio, No
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Problem stream is live on Sugay ninesixty am dot C
The views expressed in the following programare those of the participants and do not
necessarily reflect the views of Saga ninesixty am or its management. Hello and
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welcome to the Mindset Mentor. I'myour host, Tanya Kohla, helping you
live your best life well. Ontoday's show, we are going to get
into some deep conversation about healthcare andhow to live your best life and feeling
good because health is such a hugecomponent to living your best life. Right.
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So we've got our expert today,actually a returning guest and friend,
doctor k Doctor Quadjoka. You're Mentan. It's so great to have you back
here on the Mindset Mentor. AndI know that since we last had a
great conversation, you have been upto some really great things, including a
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brand new show right here on Saganine sixty. So how about you tell
us what the name is and alittle bit about what the topic is going
to be and what the listeners canexpect. Amazing. First of all,
it is great to see you again, and it's a privilege to be on
for the second time. I feellike I'm in special company if I might
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say so. Yeah, but yeah, I'm quit your care I think the
show's going to be called Solving Healthcarewith Doctor Ka and people are gonna get
two main things. One is,I'm pretty passionate about helping people to get
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healthy. How do you avoid seeingsomeone like myself and the ICU. And
what drove a lot of that waswhat we saw in the intensive care unit
during the pandemic. How we sawa lot of people with metabolic disease meaning
BCD, type two diabetes, highblood pressure that landed in ic with diseases
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that were modifiable and in other words, like, if we gave them the
tools to get healthy and turn thisaround, we might not be seeing them
in the intensive care unit. Sothat's that's one of the major draws that
people will get when they listen intoSolving Healthcare. And the second is a
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topic that's really passionate in mind ishow do we make our healthcare system more
sustainable, how do we make itmore efficient? How do we provide better
care for our patients? Because asa frontline worker that does research on ways
to improve the efficiency of our healthcaresystem, there are tons of gaps and
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right now the healthcare system is franklyin crisis and we need to collectively be
thinking outside of the box on waysthat we could help deliver care. If
people shouldn't have to go pay outa pocket for imaging they're concerned about their
breast cancer, they shouldn't have towait three years to get their hip replaced.
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We need to, like now isthe time to think outside the box,
to be innovative and treat the patientsthe way they need to be treated.
I love that this is going tobe, you know, such a
valuable show and deep conversations because youtouched on so many points right there that
really has such a huge trickle effectdown the road. And there is you
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know, chaos in the world ofhealthcare globally right now and on so many
different levels, from patients to healthcareworkers. I mean it just goes on
and on and on, and alsoto extended family of patients and healthcare workers.
Right so there is definitely a needfor improvement. So I want to
acknowledge you for the willingness to putthat message out there and to foster Chaine
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and to say, hey, listen, something is not working and we need
to fix it. So I justlove it, Like solving healthcare right there,
it's telling you that Okay, ifwe're solving something, that means there's
a problem. And what I love, you know, as a my set
coach, you know, I alwaysteach people that every problem has a solution
and it's a matter of delving deepenough and staying with it to find what
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that solution is. And you know, I think that personally yourself, being
a critical care and palliative care physicianworking with the sickest, you know,
the absolute sickest of people, youknow, in the intensive care unit,
my goodness. I mean that firstof all, takes a lot, you
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know, and I acknowledge anyone whogoes to that level because I think it
takes a really special person to bein healthcare period, full stop. But
then when you go into you know, I see you in dealing with people
in such a sensitive state. Ithink that takes a whole other level and
it cannot be easy. Like Ican't even just imagine some of the stress
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that you deal with, or thatyou see your colleagues dealing with, or
you see patients and families struggling with, And I can imagine that that's such
an immense weight on you. Tellus what that kind of feels like on
a day to day basis for you. Yeah, it's a great point,
Tonya. Like we we saw itduring the pandemic. The weight, like
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our jobs are pretty heavy in general, but you always look at what we
brought you to your job, andthat was being there for patients, being
for their family, for their families, being there for each other. And
there were times during this pandemic,unfortunately that we couldn't do all the things
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that we needed to do patients LikeI'm in Ottawa and patients had to come
from the GTA like Mississauga area tobecause the hospitals were so overwhelmed And to
see that separation, to see peopledie alone, people being away from their
loved ones, was such a tragedy. And so those things were extremely heavy
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on healthcare providers and we saw wesaw at some places a mass exodus of
healthcare providers, like people left theprofession. But I gotta say at a
personal level, what gets you throughis that you know, if you're not
doing this, who's doing it?Like you know, people are in a
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state where they're extremely vulnerable. Thereyou're in a state where your loved one
is on a ventilator, their lifeis on the line. You don't know
what the outcomes are going to be, like, you don't know what the
next hour, the next day isgoing to look like. And where I
take a lot of pride is thecommunication piece. Like if you're if your
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loved one is on a ventilator,I want you to make sure that you
have the information that you need toto be able to sleep at night and
and to know that you know they'rein the best hands possible. These are
the steps that we're going to maketo try and get your loved one through
it. And providing that communication side, providing that that human connection is where
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a lot of us find the gratitude, the gratification of the job, like
really thinking about how we can getsomebody through such a tough time. And
I honestly, I feel like I'mone of the luckiest guys period. I
love my job. I really dolove my job. It's it's exciting.
You don't know what's coming through thedoor. You work as a team.
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You you bond with your your withyour your your team, like your your
allied health professionals, the other doctors, and you do important work and there's
not and you ask yourself, likewhat makes your life more most fulfilled or
what leads to happiness. It's it'spurpose, right, like finding that you
have purpose and those of us thatare in this field, we have clear
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purpose and it was very clear,especially during the pandemic, what our purpose
was. Yeah, invaluable you know, and then serving humanity. And you
know, you said a really keyword which I think is very important,
is that communication and people in asituation where there's so much fear and uncertainty
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can really spiral down quickly. Sojust that communication piece is so important.
And even if the situation is dire, you know, I think that communication
is still imperative because if if afamily member has a small window to be
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able to communicate you know what's deepin their heart and you know those last
moments, that is vital. Imean, that is something that um,
you know, it's so it's fleetingand you cannot go back to that moment,
and that's precious to be able toknow that, hey, maybe this
is the time where you really needto communicate. And I'm thinking back to
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us as I'm saying this, Uh, my father passed away, you know,
several years ago and was in palliativecare. And I remember that one
of my siblings. You know,I had to leave. He was in
a hospice and and she her andher husband left just for a little bit,
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and then the nurse came in andshe said, you need to call
her and they need to come back, like right now, right And they
had been there for days and itwas just kind of one of those things.
But she said, no, youneed to call they have to come
back like right now. And Iwas so grateful that she communicated that,
because you my father passed within momentsyou know of her coming back, and
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so if somebody doesn't have that opportunity, Oh, it's so like painful,
right m I. Um, yeah, you're touching. First of all,
I'm sorry to hear about your yourfather, um. And and second what
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you described happens as we see thisso frequently as a pirate of care dog,
that there's something innate in people likeyour dad hanging on to see your
sister. We see this all thetime. Someone's coming from Australia, someone's
coming from the other parts of thecountry and they will die within minutes after
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seeing their loved ones's like almost likealmost like there's an adrenaline push that keeps
that are keeping them alive so theycould have that moment of connection. And
wow, I'll say that, LikeI my father, we're going on almost
five years in September, and myonly regret is that I didn't get to
see him, like I didn't Ididn't get to see him and before he
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passed and have you know that connectingmoment uh near the end or at the
end of his life. But yeah, well you're those moments are so important
and I'll tell you, I'll tellyou that's going to be a lasting memory.
Like that's that's why what we youknow, when we say what we
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do brings us a lot of purposeand gratification. Is that nurse given that
phone call or or informing you tosay, hey, get your sister over
here. That that was that wasso important, that was like that's that's
a moment that no one's going toforget that was involved, you know.
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Yeah. So yeah, sorry tohear about your your father. Yeah,
you know, and unfortunate. Thankyou for that and likewise as well for
you and so many people who areout there listening right now have experienced that
loss and it can just be,you know, just so devastating and heartbreaking.
Whether you prepare for it or not, because sometimes it just comes out
of the blue. Sometimes we havea little warning or a fair amount of
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warning, but it's still so uniqueto everyone, and that experience, I
mean, when you have a teamof healthcare workers who can help to guide
you through it is just invaluable.I mean, like there's just so much
that you don't even realize the impactsometimes that you have. Sometimes you see
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it, right, and I'm sureyou know that through the gratitude that you
experience from you know, Patience andfamily members of Patience, you know,
you may experience that gratitude, butoftentimes I think that it's almost like not
not that it's like there's no gratitudeor but it's just you don't even know
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the impact because it's so far reaching, right, It's so far reaching.
And so I think it's so important, you know, for everybody to to
be kind to people and just toyou know, put your best out there.
And I know that not everybody hasa great day, and there's going
to be moments where you say thingsor you do things that you're not necessarily
like you know, proud of,or you wish you could have done it
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differently. You know, don't beyourself up people. You know, it's
not about beating yourself up. Weall make mistakes in life, but I
think it's important to say and sometimesacknowledge that even and say, hey,
listen, by the way, I'msorry that I was a little bit this
or that or insensitive, but justhow people to understand. Again, it
goes right back to what you said. Communication. Communication on so many levels,
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right, It's just how we allcan survive on this planet together and
to truly live our best lives.I think that's really crucial to our mental
health and well being. And andI can't reinforce enough how you know,
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communication and connection is healing. Itreally is. Like the first episode we're
doing is with my wife Katherine Karamantang, who's a clinical psychologist, and we
talked about how post pandemic we wereally need healing. So many people need
to heal, and that a lotof that comes from connecting to being real
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with each other and at times beingvulnerable. But you know, finding that
way to to feel connected, youknow, and I and that is through
you know, communication, that isthrough being kind and compassionate, not only
self compassion, but compassion towards others. One of the topics we talked about
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is how everyone just seems a littlebit edgier these days, that they just
seems to be that little bit lesspatient, a little bit more anxiety,
a little bit more leading on thehorn or or or you know, people
be more impatient. So, yeah, I think this is a time to
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a good reminder. Telly is like, yeah, be not only self compassionate,
but compassionate to others, connects,and we'll get through all this.
Yeah, you know, we willget through it collectively together. And anyone
listening right now that is going througha crisis, please reach out. I
mean, there's so many wonderful,you know, tools and organizations that you
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can reach out to to get thehelp that you need. Don't go it
alone. You know. That's whyI love to have incredible guests like doctor
k doctor quadjo Kaw. You're menteingto really have these conversations to let you
know that we've got your back.You're not alone. I think one of
the trickiest things, and that thingthat we've all I think experienced through the
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pandemic is that feeling of oh mygosh, like isolation and loneliness, feeling
alone and just being disconnected and thatcan be a scary thing. But when
we know that we're not alone nomatter what, whether you're in a room
all by yourself for a very longperiod of time, you're never truly alone.
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And it does take some you know, maybe getting used to or a
mindset shift to kind of understand rightthat you're not alone, but it's true,
you really are not. And youknow, I want you guys to
stay tuned and have a listen tomore with doctor K right here on the
Mindset Mentor Antonia co Alarm. Andyou got to make sure you tune in
now Friday's at three pm. Youknow you're gonna be listening Thursdays at three
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pm to the Mindset Mentor, buthang out on Friday's three pm is a
hot, hot, hot time.So right here on SAGA nine sixty it
is solving healthcare with doctor K.So we're gonna talk a little bit more
about how we can solve and helpyou solve healthcare concerns. After we come
back from this break. Stay tuned, No Radio, No Problem stream is
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live on Suggay nine sixty am dotC. A welcome back to the Mindset
Mentor Antonia cole Are helping you liveyour best life. And I hope you
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won't up feeling absolutely phenomenal today.But listen, the reality is is that,
you know, we don't wake upfeeling phenomenal, at least not every
day. I mean, I'd lovefor everybody to be in that place,
but most times, you know,you get out of bed and you think,
oh my gosh, I don't wantto get out of bed. You
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know, you don't of the workthat you do, or you know the
circumstances that you're dealing with, orthe depression and the anxiety that is kind
of overbearing. Right, So we'regoing to talk today about, you know,
how to solve some of our concerns. And somebody that gets out of
bed and absolutely loves his job ismy special guest today is doctor K doctor
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Quado kaire Mente, effectually known asdoctor K, who really truly is passionate
about being a physician dealing with criticalcare situations and palliative care patients, but
also bringing awareness to the healthcare system, which I think is just super cool
and like so fulfilling. He's alsothe founder of the Research Optimization Network,
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right, so that's kind of thismultidisciplinary group that's working to look at how
to reduce spending like health spending withouthere's the key component, right, without
reducing the care right, So that'sreally important. Don't want to compromise care,
but you also want to be ableto deliver you know, the most
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advanced technology and services available rights that'sout there. So doctor K, thank
you so much for being here onthe Mindset Mentor and having these conversations and
your show that's coming up here onSAGA nine to sixty that is launching Friday.
So every Friday at three pm,tune in to Solving Healthcare with Doctor
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K. So we're gonna get alittle sneak peek here at some of the
topics that you can you know,here on the show, and let's kind
of delve into some of your favoritethings. I think that you love to
talk about is metabolic disease, andthat's a big one because I think so
many people can relate to that,right for sure. Oh my goodness.
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First of all, once again,this is really excited being here for a
second time. So thanks for havingme on the show. But I don't
know if I'd be here for itwasn't for the for the passion about getting
people healthier and addressing metabolic disease.And a bit of the story was that
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we saw a lot of metabolic syndromein the ICU related to COVID so diabetes,
high blood pressure, obesity, highcholesterol. And one of the things
that I didn't realize going through medicalschool and having all these training is that
through lifestyle modifications, these things canget better and if not even reverse your
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diabete types of diabetes can be reversedyour blood pressure medication. You could come
off blood pressure medication. And sowhen I'm finding out about this, I'm
like, why are we not screamingthis to the world. And this is
a topic that I'm really passionate aboutbecause waying you get healthier in this way,
when you lose the weight, whenyou reverse your type two diabetes,
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you are living longer, you aremore functional. Being like if you're that
if you're the sixty eight year oldgrandmother, now you're playing with your kids,
your grandkids, you're active, You'rethat you're the active grandma. All
of a sudden, you are havingmore mental clarity and improving mental health symptoms.
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One of my favorite topics of latestdoctor Chris Palmer's work on how improving
metabolic disease GET actually can cure somesome mental health disorders, and really how
metabolic disease is an extension of mentalhealth. And and so when you when
you address all these things, youreally are are improving so many people's well
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being. And then and then you'rementioning our research group you talk about the
ultimate way of saving healthcare dollars isnot putting a foot in the door.
So when you do reverse your metabolicsyndrome, you're type to your diabetes,
all of a sudden, You're notneeding to be in the emergency department because
of your foot infection related to diabetes. You're not having complications from surgeries.
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You're not needing your knee replaced becauseyou've lost your weight. Like the the
bank, there's the hugest bank foryour buck, in my opinion, is
when you invest in prevention full stop. And that's why I get so excited
about this. So when you whenyou when you jump on the show,
when you check out any of ourcontent, whether that is the podcast,
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a show, or are some ofour content on social media, you'll be
empowered, folks. You'll feel likeyou got this. You have the ability
to get healthy, know what foodsto eat, how to eat, when
to eat. You'll get the senseof what exercise gives you the biggest bank
for your buck. You'll get asense of how to reduce your stress,
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how important sleep is, and howto get some tips on how to improve
your sleep. And then, mostimportantly, as we talked to about the
previous section or segment connection, whythat's so important and how you can incorporate
that into your overall wellness strategy.So yeah, you get me going when
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it comes to the metabolic disease andprevention. But yeah, that's my baby.
I love it. I love it, you know. And it's interesting
because you were even surprised by theresults that people can experience right by by
making some shifts, and that preventativepeace is so key. But it's also
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very empowering to know that we can, you know, do something ourselves and
take our health into our own hands, so to speak. And listen,
I'm not saying that you're not goingto go see the doctor, because they're
invaluable. You gotta go, right, but let's do what we can to
help ourselves because it's important and Iknow that, and I can speak from
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personal experience too. I know thatwhen I'm stressed, you know, I
do the stress eating, and youknow, I indulge in the unhealthy foods
because there's I think a comfort youknow, linked to that or I don't
know. I just I kind ofcrave carbs sometimes, and but I find
the more carbs that I have,the more I want. The more junk
food I eat, the more mybody craves it. But I also know
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on the other side, when Ieat healthfully and mindfully, man, do
I ever feel great? And Isee the difference. I can feel the
difference in my physiology, right,yeah, exactly right, feeling great,
and it's it's there's there's a worldof difference when you have that clarity,
cognitive function is there right when youeat healthier. Um. I know at
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one point I experienced, um,this is the period it was going through
a lot of stress, but Iwas I was having brain fog. And
then I finally figured it out.I was like, you know what it
is my diet. It's what I'mputting in my body that is really not
helping me. And when I madethe shift, it was kind of definitely
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not a media but it was reallyquick, right, the results were,
you know, just surprising and shocking. So I'm just wondering if, like,
is that something that you see withpatients coming in. Do you physically
see the difference? Do you seeit mentally physically? How does that manifest?
Honestly, by the time they cometo us in the intensive care unit,
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it's hard to divulge like a lotof their eating habits and so on.
But it's more since we've been advocatingforward, like through social media and
through our show, it's been thestories people come to you with and really
hearing firsthand, how story similar towhat you described. I had that mental
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in the afternoons. I was sosluggish, I wanted to take a nap,
and I made the slightest modification.I started eating a little bit later
in the day. I reduced myprocessed foods. I increased my protein intake.
I reduced the amount of simple sugarsor sugars in general that I ingest,
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and wow, I lose weight.I feel stronger. I'm I'm more
mentally clear, my mood has improved. So many stories like this where or
people and like we gotta remember,like we're coming out of a phase where
a lot of people were struggling withso much of that, right, like
the call it the COVID what theycall it the COVID twenty or a lot
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of people put on the extra poundsthe mental health concerns. So there was
there was a lot of people inthat box where they were just really struggling.
But you got to put it intocontext too, where I'm not that
far removed from medical school twenty approachingtwenty years here, and the amount of
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education we got on nutrition was minimal, like it really was, And we
focus on the life saving measures aremore cute ways of saving the life,
but the amount of education you gettowards nutrition really is minimal. So this
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is why I think when it comesto a lot of wellness, nutrition,
fitness, all these things, sometimes, unfortunately there's that knowledge piece. People
have to take it on themselves,like this is something that you're gonna have
to You're gonna have to be empowered, You're gonna have to do the research
or find that trusted source because thisis not this is not common studies with
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it within medicine unfortunately. Yeah,and so you know why do you think
that is? Because uh, youknow the results that people have seen have
been amazing and you said yourself thatyou would. You know, why are
we not screaming this from the rooftops? Right? Um? So, so
what is it? Is it thatpeople just don't want to sort of uh
find a different path, right becauseit's familiar and that medical history, uh
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in schooling is just very sort oflocked in or is it pharmaceuticals um and
you know the money that's being youknow, uh invested and they don't want
other options? Like what what doyou think? I mean, we don't
know for sure, but do youhave any thoughts on that? Yeah,
no, it's a good question.I think it's everything that you have mentioned
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so far, like the fixing whatyou eat isn't sexy, you know,
there's this is from a pharmaceutical perspective, there's not you know, that's there's
no gains there. I'll say thisin medic and we're stubborn dinosaurs. We're
not. We don't adapt to changevery well, like when new studies come
out and it takes a while totransition. And traditionally, when we look
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at the highest standards of medical studieslike randomized control trials or systematic reviews and
meta analysis, a lot of there'snot too many nutrition studies that meet that
standard, right, So I thinkthat's part of it too, is if
you're going to meet the highest standard, we're not seeing that much when it
comes to the nutrition studies because they'reharder to do. There's two there's a
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lot of factors that are outside ofthe study that might influencing. So so
that's that's a part of it.But honestly, this is why I think
the message is take it on yourself. On yourself, folks, that this
is it's your body, it's it'sit's You're not always going to be able
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to get the most all the informationfrom one person, one physician, but
do your homework, find that trustedsource, see what works for you.
And that's the other thing too,is what works for one person is not
necessarily going to work for another person. I go in our house, like
I one of the ways of reversingdiabetes that I think is most effective as
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a ketogenic diet. So in myhouse, my wife and I both tried
it. I was absolutely miserable.It did I was it did not.
I lost five pounds I didn't needto lose. I think I was trying
to keep up with fluids. Ithought I was maybe I wasn't, but
she and she was thriving on it. She was like a new person,
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mental clarity, everything like that.And I'm like, I'm I'm I'm carbs.
I need carbs of my life.Like I don't need to, I
don't need it to be the frontcenterpiece, but it needs to be part
of my life. So find whatworks for you, and before you know
it, you'll be feeling better andtalking the way Tanya was mentioning moving better,
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thinking better, having that mental clarity. You got this. Oh I
love that and that's so inspiring.And to know that you can, you
know, really customize something and seewhat feels right. When you start to
make those changes, you know,obviously you want to give it a little
bit of time for it. Maybeit takes some time to kick in.
But if you know that you've beendoing it and it's just not working,
then maybe try something else. Right. We have lots of options in life,
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and we sometimes get very fixed withthat fixed mindset and we continue to
do what no longer works right.So it's an opportunity to really take control
of your health. And I wantto say thank you doctor K so much.
Unfortunately were out of time. Youknow, we could talk all day
long. Great information and I loveyour passion for what you do and for
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really helping to educate, you know, people on what's available to them and
the power that they have within.So thank you so much for being here
today. It is an absolute pleasure, and please keep doing what you do.
People need to be tuning in andat three o'clock on Thursdays and really
learning the ways of adjust in thatmindset and thriving again, not surviving,
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but thriving, thriving. That isit. We love to thrive today with
us. We've got more coming uphere on Saga nine to sixty. I'm
talking Nicola helping you live your bestlife stream us Life at Saga nine sixty
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am dot c A. Well,that was the fabulous doctor Quajocaire Mentang or
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doctor K for short, who isa critical care and palliative care physician at
the Ottawa Hospital. It's also thefounder of Research Optimization Network, which is
a multidisciplinary research group working to reducehealth spending without compromising care. And sometimes
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that's a tough one, isn't it. Right, We certainly need to have
better healthcare available to us. Andalso advanced technologies. Right it's out there.
There's always so much research that's happening, and we but we also want
to have that human component and havethat communication throughout, which is something that
we talked about with doctor K andhow important that communication is on many levels
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of healthcare and in the system.So it's really great to have these conversations.
And I got to tell you that, like doctor K, who gets
up and loves what he does andfinds his job super fulfilling, I share
that sentiment that I love what Ido. I love having great conversations like
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this here for you with guests likedoctor K who can share their knowledge,
their expertise, their wisdom and experience, and also stories of working with other
people. Because collectively we're all one. We are the same, and you
know, we all have different personalities. I mean, there's you know,
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about almost eight billion people, billionpeople on the world, right on the
planet, and we're all unique,every single one of us are unique.
But there is something that unites usall and we're we're one and the same
in that regard, and I lovethat we can inspire each other. You
know, I believe that we areall lifelong learners and we learn from each
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other. I've always loved books andshows and podcasts and all that kind of
stuff, but you know, it'slike that's where I have absorbed so much
knowledge. I was about fifteen,I've been reading books on self help and
personal development and psychology because I justcannot get enough of this information because it's
been so impactful in my life.And I have truly learned how to optimize
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my mindset, how to reprogram limitingbeliefs, and if I can do it,
then you can do it. Sofor me, the Mindset mentor show
is such a gift for me tobe able to share that and to inspire
you and to motivate you to reallystart to work on your mindset. And
sometimes it just takes somebody else tohelp you see that your mind set is
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maybe a little bit out of whack. There's something maybe that's not empowering you
or that is continually disempowering you.And when we can get that awareness,
I think that is so essential becausewe can change our lives for the better
by making sometimes small changes. Andagain, that awareness piece is such a
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huge factor. So I encourage youto check in with yourself throughout your day
and maybe listen to your language patterningsome of the constant things that you find
yourself saying that can be an indicatoras to your subconscious mind and what's sort
of working on in the background,those limiting beliefs that play out in many
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different ways. It's I call itthe silent dictator buried in the subconscious mind
that really truly dictates your entire life, and the results that your experience are
linked to what's going on in thatsubconscious mind. So it's important to really
do what we can to program ourmindset so that it is working for us,
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not against us. And I knowwe can certainly be our own worst
critics, but I want you tobe your BFF instead of your own worst
critic. Support yourself. You know, Listen, we all make mistakes in
life because that's part of being ahuman. It's a side effective being human
making mistakes. So please don't beatyourself up. Right, Let's learn from
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those mistakes and be empowered moving forwardso that now we can do things better.
When we know better, we cando better, right, and oftentimes
we could just look at it thisway, that we all do the best
that we can given the information thatwe have in that moment, our understanding,
our awareness wherever we are. SoI want you to give yourself a
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break, truly give yourself a break, give yourself the love and the TLC
that you would give to somebody elsein your life that you love. Right,
because the things that we say toourselves often we would or no,
I wouldn't say often. I thinkwe would never say some of those things
to somebody that we love, orjust even life right, we can tear
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ourselves down. So I really wantyou to be a support system for yourself.
And again, don't don't feel asthough you're going through life alone because
there's so many vehicles available to youto reach out to friends, to loved
ones, to support groups, toyou know, healthcare workers, you know,
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find find a community groups that youcan reach out to, listen to
shows like The Mindset meantor Here toBe with You, and also don't forget
to tune in to Doctor Kay's newsshow that's launching right here on Saga nine
sixty am Thursdays or sorry Fridays,I should say, at three pm.
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The Mindset mentors Thursdays at three pm. But three pm is a hot time
here on Saga at nine sixty.So put it in your calendar, tune
in, uplift your your day withsome friends. It's a you know,
friends supporting friends. It's for me. My goal with the Mindset Mentor Show
(39:07):
is to help to educate, motivate, and inspire you to live your best
life. And I can do thatby having great guests who can share their
wisdom, knowledge, experience and expertise. And we can all do that collectively.
So if you have an experience thatyou've gone through and you find it
troubling and you don't want to sharethat, you know, it's actually a
(39:29):
win win when you can release someof that stress that is locked in the
body right when we hold onto thingsso when we keep everything stuffed down.
But you're also helping and inspiring otherpeople who will say, oh, isn't
that interesting that they've gone through thatexperience which is so similar to what I
was dealing with or feeling, Andyou know, it's you never know the
(39:53):
impact that you can have on somebody'slife, and you may never know,
but I think it's important to justdo what you can to stay positive,
uplift humanity, uplift yourself, besupportive of yourself, and be on your
side, be on your own side, right, be your bff. I
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know want you to be that thatcritic, that inner critic, the the
loud voice that runs incessantly on repeat, on loop on your mind, you
know, beating you down. Well, I want to raise you up and
I want you to be on boardwith that, to be your true supporter.
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So I want to thank you allfor tuning in today and joining a
great conversation with my special guest,doctor Quadjo kire Menting or doctor k who
really helped us to understand, youknow, what's going on out there in
the healthcare world from both a patientstandpoint and the healthcare providers is some of
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the things that they're dealing with,and also really fascinating to learn about metabolic
disease and high blood pressure and theconnection of nutrition and some of the things
that we can actually do to changeour health in that regard based on you
know that. Also, one thingthat doctor Kay had briefly mentioned that I'm
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sure you'll hear about more on hisshow Solving Healthcare Friday's at three pm here
on Saga nine sixty is sleep.He talked about offering some some tips on
how to get a better sleep.And I gotta tell you that I think
that that's one of the most underratedbenefits of all is sleep. Right,
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Having a great night's sleep is imperativeto your well being. And as we're
sleeping, our body's actually healing andrejuvenating. And when you're not getting a
great night's sleep, or when it'sa broken sleep, you're not getting in
that proper sleep state to be ableto heal and to rejuvenile the body or
to have that mental clarity when youwake up. So try to get better
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sleep. Maybe it's going to beyou know, reducing caffeine and take you
know, several hours before you goto bed. Maybe it's going to bed
a little bit earlier than normal,right, or just watching some of the
foods that you're eating before nighttime orbefore or having a cutoff time as to
when to not eat you know,too soon to sleep. So more of
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that great information, of course onsolving healthcare Fridays at three pm with doctor
k And of course i'd love tosee you and have you joined us Thursdays
at three pm and tune in formore of the Mindset Mentor. I'm Tanya
Kola, your Mindset mentor best sellingauthor, speaker, mindset coach, entrepreneur,
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and president and founder of Ignite LifeMastery, Inc. Which is a
global personal development company focused on helpingentrepreneurs, organizations, and individuals like you
evolve to the next level of humanperformance and potential. And want you to
remember that with the right mindset,you can have, do and be anything
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you truly desire. And over thepast several years, that's exactly what I
do and help individuals it like youto awaken your potential to achieve the highest
level of personal and professional performance anddestroy those hidden blocks that keep you stuck
and so that you can live yourmost magnificent life. No Radio, No
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Problem stream is live on Sugay ninesixty am dot C
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