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Do The Thing, with Whole30's Melissa Urban

104 Things You Can Do for Depression NOW | Dr. Ellen Vora

Do The Thing, with Whole30's Melissa Urban

Melissa Urban

Health & Fitness

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Ellen Vora (she/her) is a board-certified psychiatrist, medical acupuncturist, and yoga teacher who takes a functional medicine approach to mental health. Today’s discussion is a treasure trove of practical, no-cost actions you can take NOW to improve symptoms of depression without pharmaceutical intervention. From diet to sleep, time in nature to breathwork, tapping to Reiki, Dr. Vora empowers you to see how just a few small habit changes can make a huge difference in your mental health. (The show notes for this one are extensive, so be sure to visit whole30.com/podcasts after you listen.) Continue the conversation with me @melissa_hartwig on Instagram. If you have a question for Dear Melissa or a topic idea for the show, leave me a voicemail at (321) 209-1480. Do the Thing is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Happier with Gretchen Rubin, Side Hustle School, and Happier in Hollywood. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and tell your friends to Do the Thing!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, my name is Melissa Urban, and you're listening to Do the Thing, a

0:08.0

podcast where we explore what's been missing every time you've tried to make a change and make it stiff.

0:17.0

Today my guest is Dr Ellen Vora, a holistic psychiatrist, medical

0:24.7

acupuncturist, and yoga teacher. Dr Vora takes a functional medicine

0:29.1

approach to mental health, considering the whole person and addressing imbalances at the root, rather

0:34.8

than reflexively prescribing medication to suppress symptoms. She's currently

0:38.9

writing a book on holistic approaches to anxiety, but today we're getting to the roots of depression. I first

0:46.6

learned of Ellen when she wrote an article about tapering off SSRIs safely. I

0:51.7

think it was for goop. And she mentioned she puts all her

0:54.8

patients on the whole 30. So I outreach after that began reading as much of her

0:59.6

work as I could read and we connected online. We met for the first time in real life just a couple

1:05.4

weeks ago when we were on a panel together at Mind Body Greens Revitalized Conference talking

1:10.6

about the role of psychedelics and other drugs in wellness.

1:15.0

That was a really interesting conversation and originally I thought we'd reproduce that

1:20.8

discussion here for the podcast but in the days leading up to

1:24.4

recording, I realize that that was putting the cart before the horse. If my goal

1:29.6

is to help you identify what's been missing when you've tried to make changes

1:33.6

and help you find new mindsets and approaches to help you shift,

1:37.6

that wasn't going to happen by talking about Ayuasca.

1:41.2

So on the fly, as you'll hear as the podcast opens, we went all the way back to the

1:46.7

beginning. Why do we feel depressed and stuck? What's really at the root? How can we shift our mindset towards one of self-empowerment?

1:56.0

What are some things we can all do right now for free to help us have that breakthrough moment

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