Sleep Better, Eat Smarter, Live Healthier: The Power of Coaching with Dr. Brooke Bussard

The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee

Physicians Committee

Carroll, Health & Fitness, Diabetes, Science, Nutrition, Vegan, Pcrm, Barnard, Weightloss, Food, Health, Recipes, Medicine, Diet

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🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

How can a health coach change your life—and your sleep?

In this inspiring episode of The Exam Room Podcast, Chuck Carroll sits down with Dr. Brooke Bussard to explore the power of lifestyle medicine and personalized health coaching.

Discover why sleep, nutrition, movement, and support are the four essential pillars to building a healthier you. Learn practical sleep tips that actually work, how small changes in diet can lead to big transformations, and how Dr. Bussard's new Menopause Makeover Online program is helping women across the globe reclaim their health.

✅ Why health coaching works
✅ Sleep hacks for deeper rest
✅ The truth about dairy and bone health
✅ Top pantry staples for plant-based living
✅ How to build momentum when motivation fades

📚 Learn more: https://DrBrookeBussard.com
📚 Menopause Makeover: https://menopausemakeover.online
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The Physicians Committee is dedicated to saving lives through plant-based diets and ethical and effective scientific research. We combine the clout and expertise of more than 17,000 physicians with the dedicated actions of more than 175,000 members across the United States and around the world.

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0:00.0	Today on the exam room.
0:04.0	Both from your perspective as a health coach and a doctor, what is it about sleep that makes it such a critical component of a person's overall health?
0:14.0	It's the time when we repair and recover. And for a lot of us, it's an afterthought. We don't think of it in time. And what we need to be
0:23.3	doing is considering sleep while we're awake, you know, being proactive about it so that when it's
0:29.4	time to go to bed, your body now shifts and says, okay, we're done with our active day. It's time to
0:35.5	rest.
0:41.8	Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee.
0:46.9	Hi, I'm Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world.
0:48.2	Hi to the exam room. He's listening in Madison, Wisconsin, Charleston, South Carolina, and Athens, Greece.
0:54.6	Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place.
0:59.0	This is episode 89 of season eight, number 688 overall.
1:04.3	And today we are going to be talking about the power of health coaching.
1:08.2	Going beyond just specific foods and fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, we're actually going to be talking about health coaching, going beyond just specific foods and fruits and vegetables, whole grains,
1:12.0	legumes. We're actually going to be talking about health coaching and why it might just
1:17.2	be the missing piece between knowing what to do and actually doing it. Dr. Brooke Bussard,
1:23.5	our friend, she is back with us today to share her balanced blueprint. And these are four pillars that can change your life. Here are her four pillars, nutrition, fitness, sleep, and support. So today, we are going to be learning how to improve sleep without taking medicine and how small habits can create lasting change.
1:45.0	Doesn't always have to be one big change at one time.
1:49.0	Small changes can lead to that big overall lasting change.
1:54.0	Plus, she is teaming up with another doctor, Dr. Simone Zarabi, over in Greece,
1:59.0	for a groundbreaking new program called Menopause Makeover Online.
2:04.0	And that program, it is helping women literally around the world reclaim their health,
2:08.9	their energy, and their confidence.
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