Summary of Robin Berzin's State Change

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I had just graduated from an Ivy League university with a degree in international relations, and was working as a paralegal in New York. I didn’t like what I was doing, and I didn’t like myself. I was far away from becoming the doctor, mom, and CEO I am today.
#2 I was anxious, stressed, and lost. I started to try to find a way out of everything. I began walking around the neighborhood where I worked, and eventually started yoga classes.
#3 A State Change is when you establish a new normal, or a new set point for how you feel on a daily basis. At baseline, you feel happier, have an easier time discovering what you want, and are able to tap into your passions.
#4 I began to examine my daily habits, which included the foods I consumed and the way I slept. I realized that the things I consumed on a regular basis left me feeling wired, tired, or bloated. I began to experiment with what I ate, and I found that there were many ways to have a State Change.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Diététique
• diététique
• Nutrition

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 20 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669354949
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Robin Berzin's State Change
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had just graduated from an Ivy League university with a degree in international relations, and was working as a paralegal in New York. I didn’t like what I was doing, and I didn’t like myself. I was far away from becoming the doctor, mom, and CEO I am today.

#2

I was anxious, stressed, and lost. I started to try to find a way out of everything. I began walking around the neighborhood where I worked, and eventually started yoga classes.

#3

A State Change is when you establish a new normal, or a new set point for how you feel on a daily basis. At baseline, you feel happier, have an easier time discovering what you want, and are able to tap into your passions.

#4

I began to examine my daily habits, which included the foods I consumed and the way I slept. I realized that the things I consumed on a regular basis left me feeling wired, tired, or bloated. I began to experiment with what I ate, and I found that there were many ways to have a State Change.

#5

I began to turn the intellectualism I had once used as a shield into a key to get into medical school at Columbia. I worked hard to earn my medical degree and finish my residency before deciding I could do better than just medicate and operate.

#6

The prevalence of feeling like general crap is so prevalent that it has been classified as a diagnosable medical condition in 2018. More than 90 percent of US workers say they feel burned out, as if they can’t wake up and don’t have the will or a way to try.

#7

The coronavirus pandemic has done nothing to help our national emotional health, and in fact, it has made things worse. The crisis has produced depressive symptoms in at least half of all Americans.

#8

The reason so many of us are anxious, depressed, and burned out is because our physical health is poor. We consume far too much sugar, are inactive, and are exposed to hundreds of toxic chemicals in our diet and environment every day.

#9

Conventional medicine and the psych community have failed to recognize the link between mental and physical health. As much as the mind influences the body, the body also influences the mind.

#10

The truth is that food, sleep, movement, and technology are the keys to better mental and emotional health. But conventional medicine treats these things as immaterial, like someone else’s department.

#11

To end anxiety, burnout, and fatigue, you must first recognize that your body is a fundamental driver of your emotional health. Once you wake up to this fact, you will unlock a huge potential to change how you feel right now, regardless of whether you have a doctor willing or able to help you.

#12

As part of Parsley’s intake process, all new patients complete an online health biography. I want to know every influential event that’s happened to you physically, medically, and emotionally since the day you were born. I want to know whether you were born vaginally or by C-section, the foods you ate growing up, the medications you’ve taken from the time you were an infant until today, and how willing you are to make changes to your personal life.

#13

The story of your health is the story of your life. It begins outside of a doctor’s office, when you’re eating, sleeping, moving, going to work, interacting with others, and exposing yourself to toxins in your air, water, food, and environment.

#14

In functional medicine, doctors use the ATMs acronym to determine the root cause of a patient’s symptoms. The Antecedents are the conditions that predate your symptoms. The Triggers are what provoke symptoms. The Mediators are the daily core actions that sustain your symptoms, making it impossible for you to get rid of them.

#15

Your health biography is a crucial part of your overall longevity and joy. It’s important to keep track of your symptoms and their progression, as this will help you identify patterns that can be used to better treat yourself in the future.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The story of our health is the story of our lives, and it is important to understand that each symptom is a plot development that has been written years ago. We must take a deep dive into our health biography to understand how our bodies are functioning overall.

#2

I learned that Melanie had been diagnosed with IBS back in high school. The common intestinal disorder, marked by gas, bloating, diarrhea, and intermittent constipation, seemed to launch a cascade of problems: after her IBS appeared, she developed depression. Her digestive issues made her self-conscious and uncomfortable in her body, which helped fuel her mood problems.

#3

Melanie was finally able to overcome her symptoms of anxiety and depression because she broke down the wall between her body and brain, and realized that they were interconnected. She was able to reduce the dose of her Zoloft medication, and has continued to improve.

#4

It’s not your fault that you haven’t been able to figure out the root cause of your symptoms. Most doctors are trained to treat symptoms, not what’s causing them.

#5

To better understand how your body is affecting your mind, you must first assess how your body is feeling.