Hey there, welcome to another exciting episode of the Dr. Gundry podcast, the weekly

podcast where I give you the tools you need to support your gut, boost your health, and

live your youngest, healthiest life.

Each week, Dr. Stephen Gundry, a cardiologist, medical innovator, and author of New York Times

bestsellers, The Plant Paradox and the Plant Paradox cookbook shares the latest in

cutting-edge health information. He's excited to be a part of your unique health journey. So let's get started.

So welcome to the Dr. Gundry podcast. This week we've got a special guest and a good friend joining me on the podcast.

She's the founder of Thrive Global and you probably know her as the co-founder and

former editor-in- chief of the Huffington Post, Ariana

Huffington.

Welcome!

It is so exciting to have you on the program. Now we're going to be discussing the importance of sleep, one of your favorite subjects. This is her best-selling book from the New York Times, Diet.

And I also want to talk about your experience

with the Plant Paradox, and what success really means.

And who better to talk about success than you? I mean you've been named

Time Magazine's top 100 most influential people and that's pretty important you're on Forbes most powerful women's list

and you've authored so many books including the sleep revolution and I must say over the holidays I read your book

on Picasso, a biography of Picasso and boy I got to tell you it changed my opinion of

him. I even have an etching of his and I look at it in a

totally different way now. Maybe we'll get into that. So two years ago or or actually almost three now, you stepped away from your

positions at AOL and the Huffington both and you launch Thrive Global. So you're

offering science-based solutions to try and end stress and

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