E129: Dr Rangan Chatterjee: 3 Steps To "Core" Happiness

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

Rangan Chatterjee is the host of the Feel Better, Live More podcast, author of The Four Pillar Plan and Feel Better in 5, host of BBC One’s Doctor in the House, and a doctor unlike any you have heard or seen before.

Because what Rangan cares about is an all-encompassing concept of your health, not just if you are well. Disillusioned with the priorities of medicine and the healthcare industry, Rangan struck out on his own to to try ways not just to make you feel better, but be the healthiest version of yourself.

Rangan’s new book is Happy Mind, Happy Life, where he opens up about the defining moments in his journey like never before.

Topics:

Your early years
What invalidated you when you were younger?
How do you find what you actually want in life?
What happiness really is - The three core pillars
Hoe does one build self awareness
How changing your perspective makes you happier
Being a victim
Taking time to reflect
Morning routines
The importance of sleep
The moment your child became ill
What is your mission now?
The dangers of being lonely
The last guests question

Rangan:

https://drchatterjee.com/

https://www.instagram.com/drchatterjee/

https://drchatterjee.com/\

Rangan’s book:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Happy-Mind-Life-Simple-Great/

Sponsors:

Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven

Myenergi - https://bit.ly/3oeWGnl

Transcript

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0:00.0	I internalize this idea that unless I get 100%, unless I win, I'm not good enough, I'm not loved.
0:07.2	Doctor and broadcaster, Doctor Wrong in chatty, your first book was a huge success.
0:11.9	My guess today is the perfect guest.
0:14.5	It's a really big honour to have you on my podcast.
0:16.8	My son, Jainem, getting sick at six months old, changed the course of my career.
0:22.0	You see, we need to evolve the way that we practice medicine.
0:25.2	Sleep deprivation is associated with pretty much every single chronic disease we have,
0:29.2	compared to about 60 years ago, we may have lost up to 25% of our sleep.
0:34.6	The way society is set up now is making us lonely.
0:38.2	We've moved the way for work, we've moved away from our families, we don't have the
0:41.3	tribes around us and it's very, very damaging for our health.
0:45.6	It took me ages to figure this out, so I think you can always make a change.
0:49.6	Right, you can use these moments of diversity in your life to teach you something.
0:54.6	It's the best journey you'll ever take, but it's a journey.
0:57.2	It's not a one hit, the first step in any change is...
1:04.6	So without further ado, I am Stephen Bartlett, and this is the Diary of a CEO.
1:09.7	I hope nobody's listening, but if you are, then please keep this yourself.
1:21.4	Dr. Rongan Chatterjee.
1:23.4	I have to say, I have to start this conversation by saying it's a really big
1:27.6	honour to have you on my podcast because you are someone...
1:30.3	When I started taking my podcast seriously, who I looked up to and admired for so many reasons,
1:34.8	not because you really paved the way for these long-form conversations in the UK,
	...

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