The Plant Free MD with Dr Anthony Chaffee

Episode 328: Personality, Stress, and Steak: Jen Martin on Optimizing Health in Her New Book in the Healing Compass Series

Jan 4, 2026
Jen Martin, co-creator of the Healing Compass series, shares insights into how personality affects stress and healing. They discuss the Enneagram's role in understanding individual responses to stress and illness. Focusing on the carnivore diet, Jen reveals its healing potential by reducing inflammation and stabilizing energy. Personal recovery stories illustrate the diet's impact. They also touch on how personality traits can inform clinical communication and improve patient outcomes, creating a richer understanding of health and relationships.
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ADVICE

Translate Personality To Resolve Group Conflict

  • Use personality frameworks to improve group communication and reduce conflict quickly.
  • Listen for different viewpoints and try to translate them into a common language to find shared solutions.
INSIGHT

Stress Is Motivating But Must Be Balanced

  • Stress motivates survival but becomes harmful when unbalanced and chronic.
  • Identifying whether stress helps or harms clarifies when to intervene for healing.
ANECDOTE

B12 Boost Triggered A Short Painful Repair Phase

  • Jen found methylated B12 via muscle-testing and experienced large energy gains within days.
  • Her sudden knee pain matched German New Medicine's repair-phase pattern and resolved as energy stabilized.
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