4. Is your shame making you SICK? | Philip Folsom
The BS We Feed Ourselves — Gut/Brain healing for overachievers
Release Date: 10/17/2019
32. The BS We Feed Ourselves: “Was There Ever A Normal?”
The BS We Feed Ourselves — Gut/Brain healing for overachievers
Here’s what I’ve learned over these last 32 episodes. There isn’t any one smoking gun as to why we’re sick. Why we’re in the middle of a disease epidemic in this country. It’s multi-layered and fraught with nuance. The culmination of parts and allowances we feed ourselves daily, hourly, just to cope in a world that is too fast, diverse, polluted, and expansive for our brains to keep up with. This is why we’re here.
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31. Is there an alcohol that’s actually GOOD for you?
The BS We Feed Ourselves — Gut/Brain healing for overachievers
Mark McTavish is the founder and CEO of 101 Cider House as well as a devoted cider fan, lover of artistic beverages, and a true health nut. Mark, a former bodybuilder and native of Toronto, Canada. After helping to pioneer the craft beer industry in Canada, Mark began to give up the suds in favor of cider. His goal to make "the world’s healthiest alcoholic beverage.”
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30. Anxiety vs Arousal: Are you attracting the wrong people?
The BS We Feed Ourselves — Gut/Brain healing for overachievers
Megan Bruneau is a psychotherapist, executive coach and podcast host. She has more than 12-years of experience and specializes in perfectionism-related issues, such as depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. Deepak Chopra dubbed her "the millennials' therapist” –– as her “no-BS” approach to coaching may be the perspective you’ve been missing.
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29. On the verge of burnout? How to meditate for beginners (PART 2)
The BS We Feed Ourselves — Gut/Brain healing for overachievers
Dr. Shelly Sethi shares what it’s like to be an A-type, how it affects our health and how to meditate for much-needed mental peace. Dr. Sethi is a best-selling author and a board-certified family physician. If you’re not a mediator, and you need some basics, this is the episode for you.
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28. Study shows: People that isolate tend to get sick more often | Dr. Shelly Sethi
The BS We Feed Ourselves — Gut/Brain healing for overachievers
Dr. Shelly Sethi is a best-selling author and a board-certified family physician. In this episode, we discuss mind-body practices: meditation, and our need for connection. In the midst of a global pandemic, Dr. Sethi shares how the mind and body work together to support the immune system or influence disease.
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27. Fatigued, Fat & Frazzled? Sexology doctor shares health tips | Dr. Keesha Ewers
The BS We Feed Ourselves — Gut/Brain healing for overachievers
Dr. Keesha Ewers is a doctor of sexology, a board-certified functional medicine provider, a best-author and a mother of four. She works with women to reverse their autoimmune disease, heal childhood trauma and make friends with the woman they see in the mirror.
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26. Can vision testing tell you if food is affecting your health?| Dr. Terry Wahls (Part 2)
The BS We Feed Ourselves — Gut/Brain healing for overachievers
Dr. Terry Wahls was once confined to an electric wheelchair, but is now able to walk and ride her bike! She’s a former physician, was an assistant chief of staff at Iowa City Veterans Administration Health Care and is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa.
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25. From Wheelchair to Walking Again (How FOOD Saved Her LIfe) PART 1
The BS We Feed Ourselves — Gut/Brain healing for overachievers
Dr. Terry Wahls was once confined to an electric wheelchair, but is now able to walk and ride her bike! She’s a former physician, was an assistant chief of staff at Iowa City Veterans Administration Health Care and is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa.
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24. Battle “brain fog,” live longer & happier | Dr. Steven Gundry
The BS We Feed Ourselves — Gut/Brain healing for overachievers
Dr. Steven Gundry is a renowned cardiologist, researcher and NY Times best-selling author of The Plant Paradox Book series. His diet and lifestyle recommendations have helped perhaps millions of people take control of their lives. Some say they’re “aging backward” physically and mentally thanks to his program.
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23. CBD Innovator: "What you should know BEFORE using CBD"
The BS We Feed Ourselves — Gut/Brain healing for overachievers
Laura Komkov is an innovator, businesswoman and “Medical Unicorn." She is also the co-founder of Canvas 1839 - a company focused on creating optimized drug delivery technologies in the cannabis space. Her motivation stemmed from autoimmune and genetic problems that she’s experienced since age 12.
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Today we have a guest who has gone into the “dark woods” and made it out the other side. There he learned that individuals and organizations can DO and BE ANYTHING, if two things are in place: a model of success, and the tools to reach it. He’s dramatically improved the lives of over 500,000 individuals struggling with depression, PTSD, and other health issues. He’s an Anthropologist, as well as the founder of Wolf Tribe Institute… AND, yes! He works with wolves on a regular bases: Philip Folsom!
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What We Discuss:
00:01:54:00 - "If you want to grow and develop and transform yourself or get healthy, you have to enter the woods at the scariest, most bleak, shadow-filled place. Which is of course what we try to avoid, which is why change is so hard."
00:05:53:11 - The female orgasm.
00:09:48:03 - Phillip explains what the "dark woods" means.
00:09:48:05 - The raw resistance of fear is why we can’t change diet, lifestyles, lovers.
00:10:16:23 - It takes a death of self. Death is a terrifying thing to do by yourself. It takes someone else.
00:11:10:17 - Alcoholism journey
00:12:13:11 - Willpower is a muscle. it's not a finite resource. you have to work on it.
00:16:25:21 - Phillip Discusses the lack of "sickness" in indigenous tribes.
00:17:40:22 - Kinship vs Ego
00:19:16:16 - "It's impossible for us to KNOW more than 70 people" discussion.
00:20:38:22 - People "have" the planet because “we got really good at bonding”.
00:22:04:24 - Dire wolf skull
00:22:32:12 - Explanation of how your brain responds to the scariest thing on the planet: humans.
00:26:11:04 - A week, a month, a decade awash in stress hormones...
00:26:33:08 - Low Grade Chronic Stress is making everyone sick
00:28:36:22 - Autoimmune issues and PTSD survivors
00:38:00:20 - Loneliness leads to cortisol
00:38:47:10 - Shame regulates behavior
00:41:31:13 - Pride based systems are not time tested. In primitive cultures that’s insanity.
00:54:28:13 - How to find and build your tribe
00:54:41:14 - Wolf Sanctuary
01:00:05:19 - Why "Getting Ahead FIRST" is the BS You're Feeding Yourself.
01:02:05:13 - Question for men: "if you remove sports, alcohol, and your job" who's your tribe?
01:05:46:06 - Go find your men’s groups
01:08:45:06 - “Connection” is a step towards healing, according to the Autoimmune Protocol
01:13:32:22 - How absolving each other’s shame can help you heal.
01:15:44:22 - Why do you keep circling the mountains?
01:16:44:21 - The importance of "service-based" purpose
01:17:36:00 - For the Phoenix to be reborn, she has to die.
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