Podcast 483: Small but meaningful daily choices to make yourself happier & healthier

The Dr. Leaf Show

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk to Colleen and Jason Wachob, founders of mega-health platform mindbodygreen, about their incredible new book The Joy of Well-Being, knowing when to change your life, how to take back control of your health, finding balance in life, and so much more! Over the past decade, Colleen and Jason Wachob have cultivated a leading wellness lifestyle media brand for everyone seeking to cut through the noise and live a happier, healthier, and greener lifestyle. The Joy of Well-Being is a distillation of almost fifteen years of this experience on the forefront of the well-being conversation; they’ve done the legwork so you don’t have to! Read the blog here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/small-but-meaningful-daily-choices-to-make-yourself-happier-healthier Get the book: https://thejoyofwellbeing.com/ Sign up to Patreon to get access to full AD-FREE episodes, exclusive downloads, live Q&As, and more: https://www.patreon.com/drcarolineleaf OFFERS FROM OUR SPONSORS: -Sensate: If you are struggling with stress and anxiety, Sensate is here to help you. You can save 10% off your Sensate order with my code DRLEAF at getsensate.com.Manukora Honey: And, if you head to MANUKORA.com/DRLEAFor use code DRLEAF, you’ll automatically get a free pack of honey sticks with your order - a $15 value. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: 2:18 Why Jason and Colleen wrote The Joy of Well-Being 3:10, 40:00 Why joy is essential to wellbeing 4:10 How modern society manipulates & uses our negative emotions 6:00 Why wellness can be so confusing & overwhelming 6:50 Balance vs. extremes in the wellness world 10:30 Different things work for different people—we are not all the same 13:00 How wellness can become like a religion 17:45 Colleen & Jason’s amazing journey 29:52 The mind-brain-body connection 36:45 Tips to cultivate a joyful lifestyle 55:40 It’s okay to have good & bad wellbeing days! ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com -Get a free Cleaning up Your Mental Mess workbook when you subscribe to my weekly email at drleaf.com! - Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources -Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/- -Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf -Twitter: @drcarolineleaf: https://twitter.com/DrCarolineLeaf -Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/drcarolineleaf *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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Dr. Caroline Leith and welcome to my podcast, Cleaning Up the Mental Mass.
0:11.0	How do you know when it's time to change your life?
0:15.6	Sometimes the realization is simply the slow accumulation of nagging voices inside your
0:21.2	head.
0:22.8	Sometimes that knowledge lands all at once like a cosmic kick in the butt.
0:28.2	Well that's how things happen for my guests today.
0:31.1	Jason and Colleen Wukcup, the founders of the mega health platform, Mind, Body, Green.
0:37.6	After some major scary health scares, they knew it was time to stop and pivot.
0:43.4	Jason and Colleen and I discussed their new book, The Joy of Well, where they share how
0:48.6	they got through their major struggles, what they learned and what everyone to know, and
0:53.2	how to take back control of your health.
0:56.1	We also discussed the dangers of extreme fixation on health and wellness, how to find balance
1:01.6	and how to find what works best for you.
1:04.4	So let's dive in.
1:06.0	Well with me in the studio today I have two of my favourite people, great friends, Colleen
1:13.4	and Jason Wukcup.
1:14.4	I always say your name wrong, have I said it right?
1:17.2	It's Wukcup, but it's close to it.
1:19.2	Oh God, okay, you see, because I'm your friend I'm allowed to say your name wrong.
1:23.8	I don't know what that is, it's the myself African background I think, but the CH always
1:27.5	want to do the, the sound, you know, so anyway Jason and Colleen, it is such an honour
1:32.5	to have you in the studio with me.
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