Why Finding Your Why Is The Key To Health And Longevity with Simon Sinek

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Dr. Mark Hyman

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Medicine

4.6 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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I like to call myself a pathological optimist. Our thoughts are transferred into our biology, which means generosity, service, and altruism make us healthier from the inside out, all while giving us more joy in life. Unfortunately, many of us go through life with a list of shoulds without truly knowing the why behind our actions. It can be a daunting task to seek meaning and purpose, but taking intentional steps towards this kind of clarity might be easier than you think.

Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m excited to talk to Simon Sinek about how to find your why to live a more authentic, fulfilled, and healthy life. A trained ethnographer, Simon may be best known for his TED Talk on the concept of why, which has been viewed over 60 million times, and his video on millennials in the workplace—which reached 80 million views in its first week and has gone on to be seen hundreds of millions of times. He continues to share inspiration through his bestselling books, including global bestseller Start with WHY and New York Times bestsellers Leaders Eat Last and The Infinite Game, as well as his podcast, A Bit of Optimism

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

The value and benefits of having meaning and purpose (4:55 / 2:55)
Finding your purpose is not a matter of luck—it’s a right (7:02 / 5:02)
How to find your “why” (8:54 / 6:42)
“Why” as a biological phenomenon (11:57 / 9:42)
How Simon and I found our “whys” (16:13 / 12:45)
How service and altruism cultivate joy and pleasure (22:33 / 19:38)
Our need for community and belonging (31:09 / 29:32)
How generosity promotes health (39:11 / 34:40)
Accessing empathy and replacing judgment with curiosity (44:36 / 41:25)
Learning how to listen (51:04 / 49:00)

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0:00.0	Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy being generous
0:05.1	Being socially oriented
0:07.1	Is actually what helps keep your body healthy the opposite is cortisol
0:14.4	Hey everyone, it's Dr. Mark as a busy doctor with multiple jobs
0:18.4	I'm all about tools that make my life simpler and since testing is something I rely on to help almost all my patients
0:24.2	I was really excited to learn about root-to-health
0:26.2	hormones organic acids nutrient levels inflammatory factors and gut bacteria are just some of the many things I
0:33.2	Look at to find the most effective path to optimal health for my patients
0:37.6	But that means I'm placing orders through multiple labs
0:40.1	It's just an overall pain and it also makes keeping track of results
0:43.9	More difficult for me and my patients and other doctors
0:46.9	Roop of health has totally changed that they've made functional medicine testing simpler and more convenient than ever
0:53.3	So that practitioners like me can focus on helping their patients with root-to-health functional medicine
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1:08.4	Letting you simplify the process of getting the functional tests you need and providing a noticeably better patient experience
1:14.0	This is really a very much needed option in the functional medicine space that I'm so excited about
1:18.6	You can check out a free live demo and a Q&A or create an account at root-to-health.com. That's rupy-a-health.com
1:26.1	Now time and again
1:27.1	I've had my patients tell me they're too busy to eat as healthy as they like and that's when I ask them
1:31.2	How much time they spend on email or social media?
1:33.6	I like to tell them if they have time to scroll they have time to shop online for healthy foods with right market
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