Today I’m so excited to have with us again, Dr. Jill Grimes, she is a board certified family medicine physician who is passionate about prevention. She is the author of the award winning humorous and evidence-based book “The ULTIMATE College Student Health Handbook: Your Guide for Everything from Hangovers to Homesickness”

She also wrote Seductive Delusions: how everyday people catch STDs, which converted an awkward and boring subject to an engaging, educational resource. For more golden science backed tips from our last conversation goto https://mindbodyspace.com/episode/40 and follow her on @tiktok.collegedoc

We will dive into the topic of weed, hint, it’s not the kind they had way back when, how to tell if someone has an STD, we’ll touch on informed consent and a little bonus; how to find love or at least someone compatible to date.

Jill Grimes, MD, FAAFP, is a nationally recognized medical media expert and award-winning author of The ULTIMATE College Student Health Handbook: Your Guide for Everything from Hangovers to Homesickness. She is the proud mom of two awesome collegiate daughters and best known to young adults as the TikTok.CollegeDoc . After two decades of private practice in family medicine, Dr. Grimes now splits her time between writing, speaking, vaccinating, seeing patients and creating educational social media content.

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Book: The ULTIMATE College Student Health Handbook: Your Guide to Everything from Hangovers to Homesickness 

Most of us know compassion when we receive it and feel it for others, but did you know that compassion is a powerful skill that can be developed? Sometimes it takes an expert to help you unlock your inner superpower! With 3 Harvard degrees, one being a Master's in Buddhist Studies, she is the perfect person to show you how self-compassion can transform your life. Listen to my conversation with Elizabeth as she shares how self-compassion has helped her get through the pressures that come with the extremely high expectations she sets for herself. Your emotional well-being will thank you!

Elizabeth is the founder of Happiness Sangha where she teaches the art of self-compassion. Her impressive education allows her to teach with a depth of knowledge and a unique perspective. Elizabeth graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, completed her J.D. at Harvard Law School, and completed a Master’s degree in Buddhist Studies at Harvard Divinity School. Elizabeth is also part of the original cohort certified to teach applied compassion by Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE)

Find out more about Elizabeth here: Happiness Sanga

Being extraordinary refers to taking a step back and recognizing that what modern society calls "normal"—ways to eat, sleep, move, connect, and relax—often work against biological wellness. The seemingly insignificant daily "normal" behaviors add up, either moving us toward a healthy, wealthy, and fulfilling life or slowly chipping away at our mental and physical health. Knowing the science behind specific behaviors that strengthen our resilience—the ability to bounce back from setbacks—can strongly motivate us toward healthier habits. 

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We all have a tendency to regress to unhealthy behaviors, especially when we're under stress. In this episode, Dr. Beth Frates and I discuss how to practice self-awareness so that we can understand ourselves so that our moment to moment decisions and behaviors align with our best selves. 

Beth Frates, M.D. is the mom of two amazing college age boys; she's also a pioneer in Lifestyle Medicine education, an award-winning teacher at Harvard, and president-elect of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Frates is passionate about empowering people to adopt healthy habits through research backed methods in health and wellness coaching. For all the links and resources we talk about on this podcast and for the transcript. Please go to https://mindbodyspace.com/episode/102

Listen to episode number 92 https://mindbodyspace.com/episode/92, Beth joined me for the first time to talk about sleep and how to get our kids interested in healthy lifestyle behaviors.

We continue the conversation, starting with why prevention is such a hard sell and how to get around it by talking about healthy behaviors using evidence-backed motivational tools. Stick around to the end because Beth shares her top 3 tips for teens with us. In this episode, we also touch upon the current recommendations regarding substance use.

Find out more about Beth here:

https://www.bethfratesmd.com/

In this episode, Peg Frates, M.D. and I discuss the importance of reframing our story of who we are in order to tip our lifestyle habits toward a healthy balance. We also discuss mnemonics that help us remember the key ingredients to mental and physical wellness. Dr. Frates walks us through how to remember what brings us joy in order to strengthen our motivation to exercise regularly. Dr. Frates is the President-Elect of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Dr. Beth Frates M.D.; she's a pioneer in Lifestyle Medicine education, an award-winning teacher at Harvard, and president-elect of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Frates is passionate about empowering people to adopt healthy habits through research backed methods in health and wellness coaching. For all the links and resources we talk about on this podcast and transcript. Please go to https://mindbodyspace.com/episode/101

In episode number 92, https://mindbodyspace.com/episode/92 Beth joined me for the first time to talk about sleep and how to get our kids interested in healthy lifestyle behaviors.

We continue the conversation, starting with why prevention is such a hard sell and how to get around it by talking about healthy behaviors using evidence-backed motivational tools. Stick around to the end because Beth shares her top 3 tips for teens with us. In this episode, we also touch upon the current recommendations regarding substance use.

Find out more about Beth here:

https://www.bethfratesmd.com/

This is a continuation of my tribute to Dr. Herbert Benson, a Harvard cardiologist and pioneer in the field of my body medicine. The relaxation response is the opposite of the stress response. It's a natural part of our physiology, however unlike the stress response, which is automatic, we need to consciously elicit the relaxation response. 

This recording is the way I learned it from Dr. Benson when I first went to the Benson Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine almost a decade ago. I will talk through the instructions then if you decide to stay, I will guide you in the beginning with instructions on how to end the practice. Then, you will be on your own and you will have the choice of ending your practice at the ten minute bell or the twenty minute bell.

You can start to take control over your stress response right now. Start to practice twice a day, for even one minute, five minutes, eventually at least ten minutes two times a day. If you can do twenty minutes two times a day, even better.

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In this episode, I'm joined by my fellow mind-body physicians, April Hirschberg MD, Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatrist and Cardiologist Robert Rollings MD. We remember and celebrate Dr. Herbert Benson, a Harvard cardiologist, best selling author of "The Relaxation Response", founder and Director Emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute of Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Mind Body Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Most of all, he was a leader in the field of mind body medicine and a mentor to so many of us.

Excerpt from The Passing of Herbert Benson, MD:

"A pioneer of mind body medicine, Dr. Benson defined the relaxation response, the physiological counterpart of the fight-or-flight response. Throughout a career spanning five decades, he researched the efficacy of the relaxation response in counteracting the harmful effects of stress.  His research extended from the laboratory, to the clinic, to Asian field expeditions and served as a bridge between medicine and spirituality, East and West, mind body, belief and science.

“Herb was a visionary, and a father of mind body medicine. He believed that humans have a great capacity for healing, and that self-care techniques, along with medication and medical procedures, can form ‘the three-legged stool’ of an ideal healthcare model,” said Gregory L. Fricchione, MD, Director of the Benson-Henry Institute (BHI). “Early on, when some others scoffed at his work in this area, he persevered and history has proven him to be prescient; as we live through this pandemic for example, we find that self-care and stress management and resilience are tools and skills that we need to survive and thrive.”

Dr. Benson was the author or co-author of more than 190 scientific publications and 12 books, including The Relaxation Response (1975), a New York Times bestseller that sold more than 6 million copies and was translated into multiple languages.  The small, red paperback was read far and wide and influenced generations of trainees and researchers; many of whom became leaders in the field, Dr. Fricchione said." Read on here: https://bensonhenryinstitute.org/the-passing-of-herbert-benson-md/

Read his book The Relaxation Response: https://www.amazon.com/Relaxation-Response-Herbert-Benson/dp/0380006766

This episode is Part 2 of the conversation Fi and I had about the importance of setting and achieving goals. In this episode, we will give you practical tools to get around our sometimes uncooperative minds that can pull us off track, so that we can persist in what we need to do in order to achieve our goals.

It's my monthly chat with Fiona Murden, my great friend, awesome mom, award-winning author, and host of Dot to Dot Podcast. Each month we sit down to discuss the science and real life applications of topics that help us perform under pressure and achieve our highest potential, without burning out.

Fiona and I hit it off immediately! We are both passionate about teaching the science of resilience and as parents, we both have a special interest in teaching kids how they can positively influence their brains. We are on a mission to widely share practical cognitive and motivational research tools with curious people who want to fulfill their potential and ultimately, lead happier lives. Fiona is a Chartered UK Organizational Psychologist who coaches top performers and C-suite individuals to achieve optimal performance and Juna teaches high-achieving students of all ages at the Juilliard  School, and previously at NYU, Columbia, Barnard, Achievement First and at many other organizations.

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Fiona's podcast Dot to Dot: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dot-to-dot-behind-the-person/id1513046864

Fiona's award winning books and more: https://fionamurden.com/

This episode is Part I of the conversation Fi and I had about the importance of setting and achieving goals, how to figure out what our unique goals are, and how to motivate ourselves to actually change to move towards our goals.

It's my monthly chat with Fiona Murden, my great friend, awesome mom, award-winning author, and host of Dot to Dot Podcast. Each month we sit down to discuss the science and real life applications of topics that help us perform under pressure and achieve our highest potential, without burning out.

Fiona and I hit it off immediately! We are both passionate about teaching the science of resilience and as parents, we both have a special interest in teaching kids how they can positively influence their brains. We are on a mission to widely share practical cognitive and motivational research tools with curious people who want to fulfill their potential and ultimately, lead happier lives. Fiona is a Chartered UK Organizational Psychologist who coaches top performers and C-suite individuals to achieve optimal performance and Juna teaches high-achieving students of all ages at the Juilliard  School, and previously at NYU, Columbia, Barnard, Achievement First and at many other organizations.

For more resources, sign up for the newsletter at mindbodyspace.com/podcast

Fiona's podcast Dot to Dot listen HERE

Fiona's award winning books: Mirror Thinking HERE