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CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

Podcast 477: Why we should question our beliefs + how to identify biases in our selves

CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk to top podcast host and international bestselling author Shawn Stevenson about his incredible healing journey, the mind-brain-body connection, and the importance of holistic approaches to medicine, and why we need to always be questioning our beliefs, opinions and biases.


Read the blog here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/why-its-important-to-question-our-beliefs-biases


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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

0:45, 12:00 Shawn’s amazing health journey

19:30 The power of changing your environment

25:00 The importance of understanding the whole person & holistic approaches to healing

33:00, 36:10 Why it’s important to question our beliefs & biases

46:35 Why the way we study health needs to change




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*DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog are for educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. We always encourage each person to make the decision that seems best for their situation with the guidance of a medical professional.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Shorn, it's so great to be in your studio. I'm interviewing you in your studio. I love that.

0:09.6

You just interviewed me and I get to interview you. How fun is that?

0:12.6

I have home-coded vans.

0:14.1

Oh, I love it. I love it.

0:15.6

Next time you'll come to my studio and we'll do a back-to-back in my studio.

0:18.8

Love me too. I can't wait.

0:20.4

Well, you and I just, I feel like we could just continue our discussions because we both

0:24.1

in the same world of trying to help people understand the mind, brain, body,

0:28.6

health connection, the whole psychonurobiology and you have just done a vast amount of research

0:35.0

and so it's skilled in this. But before we dive into that, can you just share, I have a lot of

0:40.2

people do know you but for those that don't know, you just share a little bit about your background

0:43.4

because your story is lovely. I love your story and how transformed you and a transformed so many

0:48.6

people, really impacted me. And you know, the mental health aspect too, if you can just throw a bit of that in.

0:53.9

Of course, yeah. I mean, you know, I really happened upon the route and I've shared this with you

0:58.3

many times and your work really is the most important aspect of health. You know, really understanding

1:04.8

the mind, everything springs from that. And so I stumbled into it that understanding because I was

1:10.0

doing much like a lot of people trying to treat the symptoms, trying to treat the actions

1:14.5

without really understanding what was happening beneath the surface. And for me, I grew up in a very,

1:19.7

I actually grew up in two very different environments. For one phase of my life, when I really

1:24.9

came online and was conscious, like I can remember a lot since this point was between the age of,

1:30.8

you know, kindergarten age to second grade, I live with my grandmother. And this was a very safe

1:36.6

environment, very structured, very loving, she created magic. You know, she made a big deal of me.

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