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The Dr. Hyman Show

How To Strengthen And Repair Our Relationships With Others

The Dr. Hyman Show

Dr. Mark Hyman

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Medicine

4.68.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

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Depending on what form they take, our relationships with others can either make our lives fulfilling and joyful or stressful and even sad. Everyone has the intention to live well and feel happy, but so many of our choices derail us from those goals. Investing our time and energy into our relationships (even the one we have with ourselves) might be the key.


In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Robert Waldinger, Esther Perel, and Angelika Alana about why relationships are so important to our health and how to be the best version of yourself in them.


Dr. Robert Waldinger is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development at Massachusetts General Hospital, and cofounder of the Lifespan Research Foundation. Dr. Waldinger received his AB from Harvard College and his MD from Harvard Medical School. He is a practicing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and he directs a psychotherapy teaching program for Harvard psychiatry residents. Dr. Waldinger is also a Zen master (roshi) and teaches meditation in New England and around the world.


Esther Perel, psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author, is recognized as one of today’s most insightful and original voices on modern relationships. Fluent in nine languages, she helms a therapy practice in New York City and serves as an organizational consultant for Fortune 500 companies around the world. Her celebrated TED Talks have garnered more than 30 million views and her bestselling books, Mating in Captivity and The State of Affairs, are global phenomena translated into nearly 30 languages.


Angelika Alana is the founder and CEO of the Somatic Healing Institute. She has been featured in Vanity Fair, Well+Good, and Modern Luxury. She certifies coaches and facilitators in her transformational body-based healing method. She has traveled and studied extensively in Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, and the UK, and is a massive foodie with her husband Patrick Drake, cofounder of Hello Fresh.


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Dr. Robert Waldinger

Esther Perel

Angelika Alana




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0:00.0

Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy.

0:03.3

When you feel like there's somebody in the world who's got your back,

0:07.0

that's what each of us needs in order to thrive in order to feel okay.

0:12.8

Hi, this is Lauren Fien, one of the producers of the doctor's pharmacy podcast.

0:17.6

Relationships are a key factor when it comes to creating better health,

0:21.4

happiness, and joy in our lives. And we know loneliness is a major stressor and risk factor for

0:26.9

disease, but it's not always easy. Many of us are caring around old baggage,

0:31.8

easily triggered, and stuck in ruminating thoughts that began in childhood.

0:36.3

It takes work, but investing our time and energy into our relationships and ourselves

0:41.2

pays off in so many ways. In today's episode, we feature three conversations from the doctor's

0:46.8

pharmacy and why relationships are an integral part of good health and how to improve them.

0:52.1

Dr. Hyman speaks with Dr. Robert Walzinger on how we can get to know each other better.

0:56.9

With Esther Parallel and why we fight and how to repair, and with Angelica Alana on working

1:02.4

on ourselves to show up best in our relationships. Let's jump in.

1:08.0

How does connections and relationships foster health and how does loneliness

1:15.1

biological and create disease and shorter life spans? Because that's fascinating to me as a

1:20.2

functional medicine doctor. I kind of want to know the why and the cause.

1:23.6

Absolutely. Let me give an example. Let's say you have something really upsetting

1:29.5

happened during your day. You find that you're thinking about it. You're kind of ruminating about it.

1:37.7

Then at the end of the day, there's somebody you can talk to. Maybe somebody at home or maybe you

1:43.0

call somebody up, somebody who's a good listener, a sympathetic listener, you can literally feel your

1:49.5

body calm down as you get to talk about it. You can literally feel your body return to equilibrium

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