And it's not a sign of weakness to focus on yourself to do things like meditation.

And it's not something that you necessarily need to spend a lot of money on,

but as long as you have a commitment to focus on yourself, surround yourself with really good people who have your best interest in mind.

I think it builds the type of life that you can get a lot of mileage just by how long you live but also add to the quality of your life

because you're a lot happier by putting yourself first not in a selfish way but but in a way that demonstrates a love of oneself and a love of those around you.

Welcome to the whole view. I'm Stacy Toth of Real Everything, and I'm here each week to dive deeper into how we can find happiness and health inside and out through self-love, body positivity, and discovering new ways to be our best selves. Before we get started, a reminder that this podcast is for general educational purposes

and not attempted to diagnose, advise, or treat any physical or mental illness. And while Dr.

Latif Zai is a medical doctor, he's not yours.

So we always recommend that you see a license health professional according me.

That said, I want to welcome you to the show you are the co-founder of

Rocky Mountain Regenerative Medicine so we're going to be talking about what is

regenerative medicine and different sort of aspects of it today.

You're currently at a medical clinic in Boulder, Colorado.

I'm a little bit of an internet stalker, so I loved kind of diving in and looking at

I knew your overall career as a Dartmouth Medical School and Yale Emergency Medicine

graduate and board certified in emergency medicine,

member of the American Society of Interventional pain physicians

and specialty training in regenerative medicine. And you were born in Afghanistan, which is such an

interesting awesome story to emigrate to the United States, English not being your

first language, and have come the way that you have in your career and I

see that plays out in the importance of how you approach quality of life, personal pursuits, and also giving back in how you practice.

So while you have done everything from supporting the Denver Broncos in their sports pursuits and optimization.

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