
This Doctor Shows You How to Bravely Face Death | Dr. Jennifer Haythe on Health Theory
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08/13/20
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On this episode of Health Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Jennifer Haythe discusses the immediate situation regarding the coronavirus, and also the long-term effects of the disease. Then, she and Tom get into a discussion about a topic that is on a lot of people’s minds as a result of COVID-19. They talk about death itself, how our culture doesn’t deal with it well, and what we need to do to make the dying process more humane.
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SHOW NOTES:
[0:00] Intro: Tom explains why this is going to be a great episode and introduces Jennifer.
[1:09] COVID-19 Isn’t Over: Jennifer describes the experience of dealing with COVID-19 in New York City hospitals, and talks about what will be required to achieve herd immunity.
[8:39] COVID-19 Long Term: Jennifer explains why COVID-19 is so scary, how it damages so many different organs, and also why she is hopeful for those who recover.
[13:37] Protect Your Health: Jennifer details the steps people can take to keep themselves healthy, reduce their preexisting conditions, and improve their immune systems.
[21:39] Face Death: Jennifer discusses American’s unwillingness to face the reality of death, and why sometimes extraordinary measures at the end of life are unnecessary to the point of being unethical.
[29:49] Make Death Better: We project too many of our own feelings onto the dying, and if we want the dying process to be more humane we need to really learn to listen to patients.
[34:41] Culture & Death: Tom and Jennifer discuss the experience of seeing a dead body and why grief happens in such different ways, even to the same person.
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On this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, she discusses her own research into how extreme social isolation affects mice and humans. She talks about what drew her to the science of emotions, why fear is adaptive, and presents some surprising reasons to question the general advice that PTSD sufferers should join support groups.
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SHOW NOTES:
Moriel discusses what drew her to the science of emotions [0:35]
Moriel right now is working on social isolation and how it affects the brain [3:39]
Violence happens often after social isolation in mice [6:33]
Fear becomes much more persistent after isolation [7:57]
Social isolation hijacks systems that normally produce positive results [12:01]
For mice, two weeks of social isolation is long enough to cause severe consequences [14:46]
To what degree does social media mitigate or exacerbate social isolation? [16:08]
Moriel discusses the most recent research on fear and where it’s located in the brain [18:18]
Moriel explains why fear is adaptive and helpful [20:25]
Moriel details how general anxiety disorder builds on itself [24:05]
The most common therapy for PTSD is some form of exposure therapy [26:15]
Moriel describes an experiment on PTSD with truly surprising results [28:27] Q
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On this episode of Impact Theory, Tom Bilyeu directly answers questions from Moms and Dads, from artists, business owners and recent graduates. He explains how to build and maintain motivation, why boredom can be a tool you use to achieve greatness, how to deal with anxiety, how to balance the needs of your family and your career, and why you need absolute clarity on your goals to be a good leader.
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Motivation comes in waves, so you need to remember what got you excited at first [0:47]
Be honest with yourself about what you really want [3:02]
Tom gives advice to artists trying to survive through the lockdown [6:01]
Boredom kills most people’s dreams, but you can use boredom to achieve greatness [8:31]
Tom discusses meditation, why he meditates, and how it affects him biologically [10:38]
Tom talks about what it really means to be a CEO and how to lead people [15:33]
Tom explains why you need an optimistic, solution-oriented mindset [17:59]
Why you need to have absolute clarity on your goals [20:54]
Why you need to go out and fail, learn from it, and still go all in next time [26:11]
Tom discusses anxiety and how to deal with it [29:15]
How to make the most of the lockdown [30:05]
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- Legendary Mindset: Mindset & Self-Improvement
- Money Mindset: Business & Finance
- Relationship Theory: Relationships
- Health Theory: Mental & Physical Health
- Power Ups: Weekly Doses of Short Motivational Quotes
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