283. How To Be Awesome At Managing Health With A Broken Healthcare System

How To Be Awesome At Everything

Lindsay Dickhout

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🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

You know I focus on the positive always and even though this title might not sound positive, it’s empowering to call things what they are and make a plan to proceed in the best way possible.

Rather than getting mad about the way things are, we have to recognize what we can control and what is out of our control and make a plan with based on that.

This isn’t just about avoiding disease and living as long as possible.

It’s that but it’s also how to have more energy and strength now and as we age. How to feel sharp and healthy.

I don’t think it’s even controversial anymore to say that the traditional healthcare system is not set-up to keep us healthy and prevent disease.

It’s set-up to treat symptoms rather than the cause and lean heavily on medication rather than considering lifestyle and natural options first.

I’m all for medications and treatments when needed- I just think it’s not a great system when there is so much money in treating illnesses and there isn’t a lot of money in getting people healthy or finding cures.

Today we’re looking at the health landscape as it is now and making the best plan for us and our families.

This new outlook involves shifting from sick care to well care and reactive medicine to proactive medicine.

For the last 15 years, I have spent so much time in hospitals and doctors offices, and I think I come with a unique perspective… sometimes as a patient, but usually taking care of other people.

In Tony Robbins new book…

Life Force - they explain new technologies like gene therapy, stem cells and hormone replacement therapy to give the audience hope and knowledge for the future.

He talks about how heart disease and other chronic illnesses can be reversed by optimizing four factors.

How you eat

How active you are

How you respond to stress

How much emotional support you receive

We have the power to control so much of our health and heart health.

Exercise, eating the right foods, quality sleep, building muscle and reducing stress.

Good health is the foundation of quality of life.

As the old saying goes, a healthy person has a thousand wishes; a sick person only one.

It’s a powerful reminder to make the most important commitment you can make.

You must become the CEO of your health.

That’s how you keep your energy, vitality and a good quality of life.

A few of my other favorite books on this topic are Outlive by Peter Attia, Lifespan by David Sinclair, and Super Human by Dave Asprey.

We’ve learned that you must continually challenge the status quo and find what’s best for you.

By understanding that you must be in control of your health and by not expecting the traditional healthcare system to take on this role… you will make better decisions for your own health and out of your family.

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0:00.0	You know that I focus on the positive always, and even though this title might not seem positive,
0:05.7	it's empowering to call things what they are and make a plan to proceed in the best possible way.
0:10.8	Rather than getting mad about the way things are, we have to recognize what we can control
0:14.6	and what is out of our control and make a plan based on that.
0:18.3	This is not just about avoiding disease and living as long as possible.
0:22.4	It's that, but it's also how to have more energy and strength now as we age, how to feel sharp
0:28.5	and how to feel healthy. I don't think it's even controversial anymore to say that the traditional
0:33.0	health care system is not set up to keep us healthy and prevent disease. It's set up to treat symptoms
0:38.7	rather than the cause and leans heavily on medication rather than considering lifestyle and natural
0:44.4	options first. I am all for medications and treatments when needed. I just think it's not a great
0:50.1	system when there is so much money in treating illnesses and there isn't a lot of money
0:54.7	in getting people healthy or finding cures. Today, we're looking at the health landscape as it
1:00.3	is now and making the best plan for us and our families. Let's go. You're listening to the How to
1:06.2	Be Awesome at Everything podcast where we're obsessed with life hacks that make your life more awesome.
1:13.1	Your host, Lindsay Dick Hout, is an entrepreneur and business owner, a mom and wife,
1:18.1	and someone who wants to do things over the top at all times.
1:21.9	This concept started as a collection of things Lindsay has learned that she was documenting
1:26.3	to get to her kids one day.
1:27.8	And now it's a podcast.
1:29.5	Join us on this journey where we talk about how to be awesome at everything we do.
1:34.2	Here's Lindsay.
1:40.6	This is one of those topics that I think some people are much more aware of than other people
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