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Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Why Connection Is The Most Important Aspect Of Health: Best Of 2019 #89

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Alternative Health, Mental Health

4.810.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Over the past 2 years, I have had the privilege of talking with some of the most influential and insightful voices in the health and wellbeing space. To celebrate, I have decided to release 3 very special compilation episodes at the end of the year, which also happens to be the end of the decade! In my new book, Feel Better in 5, I split up health into 3 main areas: Mind, Body and Heart. The 'Heart' section is all about nurturing your essential human connections. This is such a crucial, but undervalued, component of health. People who are lonely are 50% more likely to die earlier and 30% more likely to suffer from a heart attack or stroke. The feeling of social isolation is through to be as harmful for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes per day. In today’s show, I share some of the best clips from my podcast about the importance and power of meaningful human connection. You will hear from Dhru Purohit on why we need deep meaningful friendships to thrive, and not just survive, the hypnotherapist, Chloe Brotheridge, on why being kind to yourself is so important and why life feels perfect once we accept the way that things are, the outspoken Nagoski Sisters, who discuss how to complete the stress response cycle, no matter what the stressor is in your life is and why a 20 second hug can be so beneficial. You will then hear from Peter Crone - without question, my conversation with Peter has proven to be one of the most popular and impactful episodes I have ever released on my show - I share a clip where Peter talks about how you cannot create the life of someone else you don’t believe yourself to be and how true happiness is the absence of the search for happiness. We then hear from the physician, Gabor Mate, who talks about social isolation and how addiction is a behaviour that we use to soothe our pain, and then finish off with the wonderful Johann Hari on the primal importance of human connection and why he defines home as being the place where somebody notices when you are not there.  I really enjoyed putting this episode together and I hope you enjoy listening, as much! There are plenty of 5 minute tips on how to nurture those essential human connections in my brand new book, Feel Better in 5. You can order your very own copy now - Feel better in 5; Your Daily Plan to Feel Better for Life. Show notes available at drchatterjee.com/89 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee/ Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee/ Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, my name is Rangan Chatschi, GP, television presenter and author of the bestselling books, The Stress Solution and the Four Pillar Plan.

0:10.0

I believe that all of us have the ability to feel better than we currently do, but getting healthy has become far too complicated.

0:17.7

With this podcast, I aim to simplify it. I'm going to be having conversations with some of the most interesting and exciting people, both within, as well as outside the health space, to hopefully inspire you, as well as empower you with simple tips that you can put into practice immediately to transform the way that you feel.

0:36.2

I believe that when we are healthier, we are happier,

0:39.1

because when we feel better, we live more. Hello and welcome back to episode 89 of my

0:47.2

Feel Better Live More podcast. My name is Ronan Chatterjee, and I am your host. I hope you are all enjoying the festive season

0:56.2

and have managed to spend some time relaxing and doing fun things with the people who you love.

1:01.8

If you have not and you find this time if you're difficult, I hope you are doing okay

1:06.3

and it has not been too challenging for you. In fact, the topic of today's very special celebration podcast for the end of 2019 is connection

1:16.8

and why it is so crucial for our health and our well-being.

1:21.8

And before we jump into the conversation, just to let you know that today, the date of this podcast being released, the 26th of

1:29.6

December 2019, my brand new book, Feel Better in Five is now out in the UK. I am so excited that

1:39.8

the book is finally available. It really is a super practical book that I'm really, really proud of. Everything in

1:46.8

the book takes a maximum of five minutes to do and I tackle physical, mental and emotional health.

1:54.0

I really do think the content in this book is relevant for every single one of us, whether we

1:58.8

have an existing complaint or whether we simply want

2:02.0

to optimize our well-being and longevity. All you need to do is pick three of the five-minute

2:08.0

health snacks to do every day from a huge variety, so you can really personalise the plan to

2:14.3

suit your own life. So if you want something super bright school to get your life on track

2:18.8

for 2020 and beyond, please do go and pick up a copy of this book. The plan is easy to do,

2:26.8

easy to maintain, and requires only the smallest amount of willpower. Now, in the book,

2:32.6

I split up health into three categories, mind, body, and heart.

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