The Financial Solution To Your Health Problems: How Financial Independence Affects Your Health With Dr. Vimal Thomas George (MD, MSc)
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
When talking about health and chronic diseases, people don't really talk about financial freedom and what it can do for you. People are always trying to find solutions to their problems without really going in on the root cause. Just like a chronic disease, it can be cured and financial independence is a good way to start. Learn how to invest in what really matters with, family physician, Dr. Vimal Thomas George. Dr. George practices medicine at the Austin Diagnostic Clinic in Austin, Texas. He is also the author of Health in Flames. Join your host Corinna Bellizzi as she talks to Dr. Vimal George about the connection between your financial freedom and your health. Listen in and start living a happier and healthier life today!
About Guest:
Vimal Thomas George, MD, MSc is a family physician that practices medicine at the Austin Diagnostic Clinic in Austin, Texas. He graduated from the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center. With a medical degree, a master’s degree in healthcare quality and safety management, and experience as the executive quality director of his clinic, he has a unique and broad understanding of population health. He also recently published a new book, Health in Flames: A Doctor’s Prescription for Living BEYOND Diet and Exercise.
- Guest LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vimal-george-71b1061b/
- Guest Website - http://healthinflames.com/
Show Notes:
1:03 - Introduction
3:00 - Why Write A Book?
7:09 - Mindless Consumerism
12:16 - Achieving Happiness With Financial Independence
17:35 - Working Class Opportunities
20:26 - Keeping Up With The Joneses Phenomenon
26:26 - Index Funds
29:11 - Fear Of Investing
31:22 - Spending More Mindset And Life Happiness
36:28 - Financial Independent Vs Working For Money
39:50 - Other Investment Plans
40:42 - The Science Of Happiness
42:00 - Conclusion
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| 0:00.0 | enabling people to become increasingly sedentary and continue to be even more productive over time |
| 0:09.0 | is not going to translate to better health. So we have to differentiate between chronic disease |
| 0:14.2 | management on the one hand and improving our health and well-being and ultimately our happiness, |
| 0:18.8 | on the other hand. What you can see, if you were to graph GDP over time against happiness over time in the U.S., |
| 0:27.3 | and I point to this graph in the book, you can look it up, but our levels of happiness as a |
| 0:32.8 | society have actually been declining since the 1970s or so. |
| 0:37.2 | And again, the driving force behind that is the rise of chronic disease. |
| 0:42.6 | So I think we're really kind of doing ourselves a disservice. |
| 0:45.3 | In a way, we're kind of shooting ourselves in the foot in the name of increasing productivity. |
| 0:50.6 | Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes. |
| 0:59.8 | Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain. |
| 1:05.4 | You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today. |
| 1:10.2 | Here's your host, Karina Belizzi. |
| 1:15.2 | Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends. I'm your host, Karina Belizzi, an activist and cause |
| 1:20.6 | marketer who's passionate about social impact and sustainability. So passionate, in fact, |
| 1:26.2 | that I went through the trouble of creating a five-step |
| 1:28.7 | guide to help you unleash your inner activist. If you're interested in receiving this guide, |
| 1:33.9 | all you have to do is go to care more, be better.com and sign up for my newsletter. You'll get it as |
| 1:39.3 | your welcome gift and moments. Today, we're going to talk about the connection between your financial |
| 1:46.4 | freedom and your health as I'm joined by a medical doctor, Bimel Thomas George. Dr. George |
| 1:53.5 | practices medicine at the Austin Diagnostic Clinic in Austin, Texas, where he lives with his |
| 1:58.9 | wife and two children. He has a medical degree, |
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