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402: How to get your brain to genuinely love exercise | Positive psychiatrist Samantha Boardman, M.D.

The mindbodygreen Podcast

mindbodygreen

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.52.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Samantha Boardman, M.D.: “People who do even 20 to 30 minutes of running per day say that their mood improves short- and long-term.” Boardman, a positive psychiatrist, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to get moving when you're feeling unmotivated, plus: - How to start a workout routine you'll actually stick to (~07:13) - The health benefits of working out with a friend (~09:13) - How to achieve the runner's high (~14:33) - How to use mindfulness to quicken your running pace (~19:38) - How to talk to a loved one who needs to take better care of themselves (~33:57) Referenced in the episode: - mbg Podcast episode #329 and #14, with Boardman. - Boardman's book, Everyday Vitality. - Research from Katy Milkman, Ph.D., on temptation bundling. - Research from Milkman on flexible exercise routines. - A study showing exercise companions lead to more frequent workouts. - A study showing just 30 minutes of exercise can improve mood. Enjoy this episode sponsored by New Balance! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:45.2

Samantha, welcome. Thank you so much for having me. It's great to have you back on the show and

0:59.4

we're going to spend a lot of time today talking about movement and the power it has over our mind

1:05.0

on improving our mental health. And on that note, you know, I think many are familiar with the term

1:11.9

positive psychology or positive psychiatry. And I want to start there because there's a framework.

1:19.7

And I think it's critical to understand the framework as we dive deeper into this conversation

1:24.1

today. So what's start there? Can you talk about the positive psychiatry framework? Specifically

1:30.3

your framework? Well, no, I'm so thank you. This is a music to my ears question like this. But

1:36.4

positive psychiatry is really the science and practice of medicine that seeks to enhance

1:41.4

well-being. And because for so long, psychiatry has been focused on what's wrong. And positive

1:49.4

psychiatry is as interested in the alleviation of symptoms and the reduction of issues that people

1:56.7

are facing, but also interested in the promotion of health and wellness. And I think for a long time,

2:03.7

we were just looking at that one side of the coin that alleviation of symptoms and positive

2:08.4

psychiatry is thinking and asking that question, how can we also boost health? And so if you think about

2:16.0

maybe traditional psychiatry and psychology looking at pathogenesis, which is the understanding

2:21.6

and the treatment of disease, positive psychiatry is also looking at salutogenesis, which is the

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