Upgrade Your Health w/ Dr. Ari Levy

Dr. Ari Levy is in the business of helping people live better. As the founder of Shift, he is focused on the intersections of neuroscience, immune-physiology, and allostatic load (wear-and-tear on the body). His work and research are redefining the way we think about managing and building health and personal well-being. He joins the podcast to talk about what it means to be, and how we can all be, healthy

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Epigenetics
• Matthew Walker on Sleep - Ted Talk & Book
• TB12 Method & Pliability

Time-Codes:

(2:44) - What does it mean to be healthy?
(3:32) - What is ‘Deliberate Effort’?
(5:05) - How healthy is healthy enough?
(8:37) - What is Shift and what do you do?
(9:42) - Where did the idea for the business come from?
(12:08) - What’s the initial assessment like for a patient?
 (14:00) - What types of people come to see you and why?
(15:16) - What are the most common issues you’re seeing come in?
(16:55) - How does your practice help people with habit formation?
(18:21) - Do you see that folks coming in have intrinsic motivation or do they suffer from the same fear and hesitancy from the general population?
(19:27) - What role does motivation play in these types of goals?
(21:02) - What’s an example of a broken system and how do you replace that with a healthy system?
(24:03) - What is Functional Movement?
(25:35) - Pliability & Tissue Work
(27:38) - How much sleep should people aim to get?
(29:56) - Why should people care about any of this?
(31:25) - How long should people be setting aside to address all of these things?
(33:30) - The importance of mindset
(34:47) - How does Shift address the mental side of health?
(36:21) - Social Determinants of Health
(38:35) - How do you plan for yourself what you want your life to look like?
(40:14) - How have you gotten clear on what’s important to you and how you take care of your body?
(41:25) - Being ‘your’ best vs. ‘the’ best
(45:06) - What are you sick of talking about?
(46:01) - What are you most excited to be talking about?
(47:23) - What is the purpose of business?
(48:04) - How do we find meaning in life?
(50:29) - Wrap Up