#123 - When Ozempic And Antidepressants Aren’t Getting To The Root Of What You Really Desire To Feel Fulfilled
Feb 2, 2024
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This podcast explores the use of medications like Ozempic and Antidepressants for women, discussing the outcomes and underlying desires. It delves into the disconnect between achieving goals and true happiness, and the impact of gaslighting women through the healthcare system. The importance of recognizing genuine desires and avoiding quick fixes is emphasized, offering personalized guidance for fulfillment.
The pursuit of weight loss through medications like Ozempic may not lead to happiness, as many women experience side effects and still feel unfulfilled.
Reliance on antidepressants to cope with a hectic lifestyle may hinder personal growth and prevent true happiness.
Deep dives
The Misalignment of Desires: Weight Loss Medication and Superwomen
The host explores the misalignment between desires and the pursuit of weight loss through medication like Ozempic. She discusses how many superwomen seek weight loss as a quick fix but often end up feeling nauseous, constipated, and depressed as side effects. She questions whether the desire for weight loss is truly what will make them happy and suggests that addressing underlying issues like hormone imbalance and adrenal dysfunction through naturopathic or functional medicine approaches may provide better long-term results.
The Role of Antidepressants in Superwomen's Lives
The episode delves into the use of antidepressants among superwomen and raises questions about the underlying desires and motivations behind taking them. While acknowledging that antidepressants can offer relief from symptoms of stress and mental health struggles, the host emphasizes the importance of not masking desires with medication. She notes that relying on antidepressants to cope with an unsustainable pace of life may hinder personal growth and prevent true happiness.
The Need to Reconnect with Desires and Authenticity
The host highlights the importance of reconnecting with individual desires and questioning societal expectations placed on superwomen. She encourages listeners to explore what truly makes them happy and fulfilled, beyond external achievements and appearances. The episode emphasizes the significance of embracing one's true desires, finding personal connections, and delving into authentic self-exploration as keys to experiencing genuine happiness, love, and fulfillment.
In this raw conversation, Jordin explores two medications being prescribed to women in record numbers – Ozempic and Antidepressants. Throughout this conversation, Jordin ponders the question.. “What is the cost?”
In this episode, Jordin explores the trends she’s witnessed as a Naturopathic Doctor and a pleasure and intimacy coach, when it comes to medications like Ozempic and Antidepressants. Specifically with the clients she works with, there is a pattern when it comes to the “success” of these medications – they achieve their goal of numbing or reaching a certain number on the scale… but they still aren’t happy.
Tune in to this episode to hear more about:
When The Outcome Of A Medication Isn’t What You Expected
Why Women Are Searching For These Fixes At Increasing Rates
What Happens When You Achieve Your Goal But Still Aren’t Happy
Finding The Root Of What You Truly Desire To Feel Happy And Fulfilled
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