Habits for a Healthier Life | Dr. Shilpa Saxena

The Lindsey Elmore Show

Lindsey Elmore

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Medicine

5.0 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Shilpa P. Saxena, MD, IFMCP is a Board-Certified family physician whose passion and purpose come to life through an uncompromising dedication to the 'health' and 'care' aspects of healthcare. Beyond continuing to practice as Medical Director of Forum Health Tampa, Dr. Saxena serves as Chief Medical Officer at Forum Health, a nationwide provider of personalized health services. Whether she is partnering with her own patients, training new-to-functional-medicine providers in her various faculty roles, guiding practices on how to best implement the science and partnership behind her success with her Group Visit Toolkits, or collaborating with functional medicine thought leaders to transform healthcare, it is evident Dr. Saxena is 110% devoted to making good medicine available to the masses. Topics covered in this episode: •What makes functional medicine different than the standard medical approach in the United States? •The must do thinks to head toward a healthier pathway. •How to take the first step into generally loving yourself. •Healthcare disparities. •Examples of medication working well with alternative means. •Better control over cortisol and insulin in the body. •How to go from the couch to someone that exercises and moves more. •The hope for the future in medicine. Referenced in the episode: •The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 68 | Treating people, not symptoms. An interview with Dr. Sara Gottfried. •The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 112 | Learning to heal yourself with purpose & direction | Dr. Patrick Hanaway •The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 134 | Medical Myths and Why We Fall for Them | Dr. Seema Yasmin •Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg To learn more about Dr. Shilpa P. Saxena and her work, head over to www.drshilpasaxena.com IG @forumhealthtampa __________________________________________________________ Black Friday is here and on Lindsey’s website, everything is on sale! Check out these Black Friday deals you won't want to miss at www.lindseyelmore.com/blackfriday Also, get Black Friday Specials from our sponsors! Get 40% off all orders from our friends at Eaton Hemp. Get 30% off all orders over $175 or more with our friends at Amare on Cyber Monday. On Black Friday, you can save 20% on Lindsey’s favorite EMF Mitigation Devices over at Somavedic. That’s just the beginning! Head over to www.lindseyelmore.com/shop12days to get all the Black Friday Specials offered by the 12 Days of Giftmas sponsors. We hope you enjoyed this episode. Come check us out at www.lindseyelmore.com/podcast.

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0:00.0	When facing chronic disease, it can be extremely difficult to figure out what changes you need to make in your life to actually heal and become whole again.
0:15.0	Functional medicine fills in the gaps where evidence-based medicine, Western medicine, has not yet been able to identify
0:26.6	the holes. Oftentimes, when it comes to health care, we try to place evidence on top of a person instead of having one clear view that the person in front of
0:47.7	you, the patient in front of view, is the whole story, the beginning, the middle, and the end.
0:57.2	We can't underestimate a driven patient, a patient who knows that changes needed.
1:04.3	The real work that functional medicine brings to the table is the ability to really look at the body as a whole
1:15.8	and to look at mental, emotional, and social health as critically important in overcoming illness.
1:27.3	We have to figure out what are the obstacles that prevent patients from taking sustainable
1:36.4	actions that will lead to overall well-being?
1:42.7	And how can we look at these obstacles and address how do we remove them
1:50.3	so that we can get to where true health lies? My guest today is Dr. Shilpa Saxena. She is such an inspiration for me because she has the
2:07.3	ability to really get heart to heart with her patients. She helps people to create awareness around their health behaviors so that they can transform
2:23.7	into healthier people.
2:27.7	She is also a female leader in medicine, a woman of color, who understands that when we don't take into account the patient's
2:38.3	individuality, we fail them. She and I talk today about the limitations of evidence-based
2:48.0	medicine. We talk about what is bringing her hope in a time when it just seems so hopeless.
2:56.6	We talk about the importance of belonging.
2:59.5	We talk about how group and community are essential for well-being.
3:06.6	And we talk about where functional medicine differs from all of the other medical practices
3:14.1	that are out there because it truly puts the patient at the center of the story and
3:21.2	helps to remove obstacles that are standing in the way of health.
3:28.1	This is the Lindsay Elmore Show. Welcome to the Lindsay Elmore Show, a podcast for people
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