When you begin to have hormone dysfunction, one, without realizing it, your partner or your

family might notice changes in your mood or changes in your behavior, which might be

disconcerting to them. And then I'll talk about it.

Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Lewis Howe's a former pro athlete

turned lifestyle entrepreneur. In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message

to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. Thanks for spending some time with me today.

Now let the class begin.

What do you think is the thing that holds most people back in their health? Is it hormone

optimization or is it something else that they're missing? The most common thing that holds people

back is that many people have metabolic syndrome. They don't diet, they don't exercise, they don't

control their sleep or their stress or their spiritual health even. And they don't control their

collective health or social health as well. So the health of their family, the health of people

in their household. And it's almost like you're trying to get into a fraternity or a sorority.

If one of those things is off, then you're not going to have optimal health.

So you talk about these main six things which is exercise, diet, sleep, stress,

sunlight and spirit or spiritual. When did you realize that if one of these six things are out

of alignment that you're probably not going to be feeling as good as you could? When did this come

about? During medical school and residency there's a process of learning about the importance of

the body and the mind and the soul. Really? The mind and the soul. Medical school. Yep,

and residency as well. During the third year of medical school you usually start your clinical

rotations and it includes working in the ICU and working with the end of life care team, the

hospice team. And often you see families and individuals that have never been spiritual their

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