Dhru Purohit Show

This episode is brought to you by Birch Mattress by Helix and InsideTracker.Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with holistic health expert, and one of the world’s leading experts on fasting, Dr. Mindy Pelz to talk about the benefits of fasting and how women, in particular, can cultivate a fasting routine in a way that honors their hormones. Dr. Mindy is the author of three bestselling books—The Menopause Reset, The Reset Factor, and The Reset Kitchen—and her members-only Facebook group, The Resetter Collaborative, includes over 50,000 active members who regularly participate in Dr. Mindy’s exclusive monthly “Fast Training Week” programs. Her newest book, Fast Like A Girl, is a definitive guide for women everywhere to harness the benefits of fasting while making sure they are supporting and caring for their hormones throughout the different stages of their cycle and throughout perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause.  In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Mindy dive into: -Top misconceptions around fasting as a tool for women (3:25)-The impact of estrogen and progesterone on fasting (6:40)-Why women should approach fasting differently than men (14:21)-How rising progesterone levels impact fasting leading up to menstruation (20:28)-The impact of perimenopause and menopause on fasting protocols (23:54)-Why it’s important for women to personalize fasting (30:19)-The benefits you can get from fasting beyond losing weight (42:40)-The “do’s” of a prolonged fasting window (52:46)-The “don’ts” of prolonged fasting (1:05:07)-How to properly break a fast (1:10:06)-A few testimonials from Dr. Mindy’s clients (1:15:01)Also mentioned in this episode:-Dr. Mindy Pelz's YouTube channel-Dr. Mindy’s podcast, The Resetter Podcast-Dr. Mindy’s Facebook group, The Resetter CollaborativeFor more on Dr. Mindy Pelz, follow her on Instagram @dr.mindypelz, Facebook @drmindypelz, and YouTube @DrMindyPelz. Get her new book, Fast Like A Girl, here. InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to https://www.insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself.Birch Mattress by Helix is made from organic latex, organic cotton, New Zealand wool, and American steel springs. To get $200 off your Birch Living mattress plus two free Eco-Rest Pillows, head over to https://www.birchliving.com/dhru today.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Birch mattress by Helix.Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Dr. Elissa Epel to discuss how we can break free from the bonds of chronic stress. They share practical strategies for coping with stress when things go wrong, the importance of social support, spending time in nature, and cultivating true, restorative practices. Dr. Epel is an internationally renowned health psychologist who focuses on how to live well and thrive with existential stress, despite the challenges we face personally and globally. She is a professor at UCSF and the director of UCSF’s Aging, Metabolism, and Emotion Center. She is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Telomere Effect, which has been translated into 30 languages.In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Epel dive into:- What happens when chronic stress is pervasive in our lives (0:07)- Why having the goal of an anxiety-free life is not practical (6:32)- Reframing your mindset when things go wrong in life (19:10)- The mental blocks that get in the way of understanding that things are going to go wrong (22:02)- Identifying and becoming aware of your personal cues for stress (26:42)- Practical ways to step into creating purpose for yourself (32:40)- The top practices that can help you reset when you’re feeling stressed(39:08)- Using walks in nature to connect and check in with ourselves (54:15)- The difference between “relaxing” and “restorative” (1:00:30)- Why the media can be an unforeseen source of stress in our lives (1:05:29)Also mentioned in this episode:-New York Times article, How Loneliness Is Damaging Our Health-The Roseto effect: a 50-year comparison of mortality rates-Dr. Epel’s new book, The Stress PrescriptionFor more on Dr. Elissa Epel, follow her on Instagram @elissa.epel, Facebook @TelomereEffect, and Twitter @Dr_Epel. Get her new book, The Stress Prescription, here. InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to https://www.insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself.Birch mattress by Helix is made out of organic latex, organic cotton, New Zealand wool, and American steel springs. To get $200 off your Birch Living mattress plus two free eco-rest pillows, head over to https://www.birchliving.com/dhru today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and AirDoctor.Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru welcomes Dr. Omid and Alexis Naim to discuss how we can begin to create a culture based on connection and a shared human understanding. They share the core issues going on in society today, like unresolved family trauma and how it plays into separation, resentment, labeling, and black-or-white thinking.  Dr. Omid Naim is a Western-trained psychiatrist who came to see the need for more holistic, spiritual, and community-based approaches to health care by seeing the limitations of the conventional model firsthand. He is the founder of Hope Integrative Psychiatry and the cofounder along with his wife, Alexis, of the nonprofit La Maida Project, which designs new models for families, communities, and organizations to become ecosystems of optimal health and well-being based on our innate human nature. Alexis Naim is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) specializing in the treatment of couples and family systems. She has been in private practice in psychotherapy for over 20 years, working with individuals and families through an attachment and trauma-based lens. Dhru, Dr. Omid, and Alexis share the meaning of developing true sovereignty in our lives, which means setting boundaries around our values and beliefs while still being vulnerable to having conversations with the people who disagree with us. In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Omid and Alexis Naim dive into:  -What we miss out on when we don’t recognize the role we play in our problems (3:00)-What parts of firing the toxic people in your life are not healthy (14:58)-The core issues going on in today’s world that make it difficult to engage in “dangerous conversations” (17:22)-How to know when it's time to set up a boundary versus lean into the discomfort (29:45)-How to create more empathy in our lives and the world (36:03)-What does it mean if you’re always the person who can’t handle people? (43:30)-Why we’re so unkind to ourselves (46:40)-Common themes of people who set good boundaries in their lives (53:24)-Dr. Omid and Alexis’s vision for a new future (1:06:50)-The radical honesty movement and where it’s gone wrong (1:20:43)-Final thoughts on toxic relationships (1:26:40)-Where to follow Dr. Omid and Alexis Naim’s work (1:29:32)For more on Dr. Omid and Alexis Naim, follow them on Instagram @lamaidaproject, and through their website, lamaidaproject.org. InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself.AirDoctor is an affordable and efficient way to create clean air in your home. Right now, AIR Doctor Pro is offering $300 off of their air purifier to my community. That's 50% off their normal price! Visit drhyman.com/filter to redeem today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and Cozy Earth. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with international key speaker and philanthropist Shelly Lefkoe to talk about the top ways our belief systems hold us back from living our most fulfilling lives. Dhru and Shelly share their personal stories about overcoming their limiting beliefs and how understanding where they come from and the meaning we assigned to them is key to letting go. Shelly Lefkoe is the co-founder of the Lefkoe Institute, a San Francisco Bay Area firm whose mission is “to significantly improve the quality of life on the planet." Shelly has helped thousands of clients worldwide eliminate emotional patterns such as fear, hostility, shyness, anxiety, depression, worry about what people think of them, and a negative sense of themselves. She is the author of Parenting the Lefkoe Way - a manual for raising confident kids. In this episode, Dhru and Shelly dive into: -The top ways our beliefs create stress in our lives (2:14)-Swapping out the question, “what will people think of me?” with a more empowering one (18:57)-How to begin unpacking the limiting beliefs we have supporting evidence for (26:43)-How we can begin to step into freedom and live our best lives (46:56)-Getting rid of old beliefs, and replacing them with new ones (59:47)-If we let go of our beliefs, does that mean our lives lose meaning or value? (1:07:23)-Figuring out how our limiting beliefs are connected to pain and suffering (1:17:19)-What to do if you feel scared about letting a belief go (1:24:22)-Breaking free from limiting beliefs when it doesn’t seem possible (1:35:20)-Final thoughts and where you can follow Shelly’s work (1:37:26)Also mentioned in this episode:-Eliminatebeliefs.com-Lefkoeinstitute.comFor more on Shelly Lefkoe, follow her on Instagram, @shellylefkoe and through her website, Lefkoeinstitute.com. For more on Dhru Purohit, follow him on Instagram @dhrupurohit, Twitter @dhrupurohit, and YouTube @dhrupurohit.Magnesium Breakthrough really stands out from the other magnesium supplements out there. BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off, so just head over to https://www.magbreakthrough.com/dhru with code DHRU10.Cozy Earth are the most comfortable, temperature-regulating, and nontoxic sheets on the market. Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to https://www.cozyearth.com and use code DHRU.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and AirDoctor.Today on the Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru welcomes his Man Morning group back on the podcast to talk about goal-setting, gratitude, and what’s possible when we surround ourselves with people who lift us up and help get us closer to achieving our goals and dreams. This time around, Antonio Neves, Mohit Jain, and Rikin Vasani join Dhru for an inspiring conversation. Antonio Neves is an entrepreneur, award-winning journalist, and world-renowned speaker known for helping people get unstuck. He is the founder of the Man Morning newsletter. He’s also the bestselling author of Stop Living on Autopilot and host of The Antonio Neves Show podcast.Mohit Jain is an investor focused on high-end, residential real estate and development. He is also the cofounder of Immigranted, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide interest-free micro-loans to first- and second-generation immigrants for the purpose of higher education.And lastly, Rikin Vasani is an actor, both in the US and the UK, as well as a speaker and coach at 40+ companies and universities on the topics of mindfulness, effective communication, and emotional intelligence.In this episode we dive into:-How do you reset after falling off track? (3:18)-How goal-setting approaches have changed over the years (14:55)-The guys share something tough or challenging they accomplished (22:40)-Why people are bad at celebrating their small wins (30:14)-The goldilocks component of goal-setting (37:53)-How not accomplishing goals can make you a better person (42:01)-Why frustration is a good thing when it comes to goal-setting (50:45)-The guys share something that somebody did to support them (1:12:11)-Bad advice in the world of goal-setting (1:22:09)Also mentioned in this episode:-Sign up for the Man Morning newsletter here.For more on Antonio Neves, follow him on Instagram @theantonioneves and through his website, theantonioneves.com. Get his book, Stop Living on Autopilot, here. For more on Mohit Jain, follow him on Instagram @onemohitFor more on Rikin Vasani, follow him on Instagram @rikinvasani and check out his IMDB page, here.InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to https://www.insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself.AirDoctor is an affordable and efficient way to create clean air in your home. Right now, AirDoctor is offering my community $300 off of their air purifier. That's 50% off their normal price! Visit https://www.drhyman.com/filter to redeem this amazing offer today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by WHOOP and Inside Tracker. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Dr. Terry Wahls to discuss the top foods and lifestyle factors that support and damage our mitochondria. Dr. Wahls shares how she healed herself from secondary progressive multiple sclerosis using the principles of Functional Medicine.Dr. Wahls is an Institute for Functional Medicine certified practitioner and clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. She is the author of The Wahls Protocol and the cookbook The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life. She has conducted several clinical trials, coauthored 24 scientific publications, and is pioneering a way to make her protocol more accessible by making it available online to the public. In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Wahls talk about the damage processed foods cause for people’s health and the environment. They discuss Dr. Wahls’ story, and how The Wahls Protocol inspired clinical research that has helped thousands of people reclaim their health. In this episode, we dive into:  - The top three superfoods that Dr. Wahls uses regularly and includes in her Wahls Protocol to supercharge mitochondrial health (2:14)- The top three foods that are damaging our mitochondrial health (19:10)- The role sugar plays in our mitochondrial health (26:10)- Lifestyle factors that help and hurt our mitochondria (27:46)- How and what toxins poison our mitochondria (31:36)- Dr. Wahls’ illness and how she discovered the role her mitochondria played (50:47)- The biggest changes Dr. Wahls made to her diet on her healing journey (1:08:26)- Remarkable stories of patients following the Wahls Protocol (1:23:21)- Who might not benefit from eating plant fiber (1:40:10) Also mentioned in this episode:The Wahls ProtocolBristol Stool ChartFor more on Dr. Wahls, follow her on Instagram @drterrywahls and through her website, terrywahls.com.WHOOP is a personalized digital fitness tracker and health coaching platform that monitors your physiology 24/7 and provides personalized recommendations based on what your body needs. To get yours, go to https://www.join.whoop.com and get 15% off your membership with code DHRU15.InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to https://www.insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Gabor Maté, a renowned expert on addiction and trauma, dives deep into the complexities of addiction in this enlightening discussion. He reveals how childhood trauma often drives addictive behaviors, urging listeners to shift their perspective from blame to understanding. Dr. Maté explains the brain's physiological responses and emphasizes the importance of compassion in recovery. He also highlights how true healing involves addressing past pains and encourages a journey of self-discovery beyond addiction. Transformative insights for anyone seeking clarity and healing!

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, InsideTracker, and Big Bold Health.Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with the cofounders of the Gottman Institute, Drs. John and Julie Gottman, to discuss the “Gottman Method.” Their award-winning evidence-based approach sets out to disarm conflict and increase intimacy, respect, and empathy for happy, lasting relationships. Dr. John Gottman is a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington, where he founded the Love Lab. Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman is a highly respected clinical psychologist and cofounder of Affective Software, Inc.In this episode, we dive into: - The four horsemen of a relationship apocalypse (3:24)- The foundational things that healthy, successful relationships have (12:22)- How our past plays a role in how we relate to our partner (15:46)- The importance of turning toward your partner instead of away from them (20:22)- The impact of Covid-19 on relationships (35:47)- Practical tips for entering into a love prescription with your partner (41:34)- How to address conflict in a relationship when things aren’t going well (54:29)- The 5-to-1 positive-to-negative rule (1:09:18)- How to find a partner you can build a life with (1:11:09)- Drs. John and Julie Gottman’s favorite questions to ask your partner (1:30:04) Also mentioned in this episode:-The Love Prescription: Seven Days to More Intimacy, Connection, and Joy-Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love-52 Questions Before Marriage or Moving In Card Deck-Gottman Card Decks - Free appFor more on Drs. John and Julie Gottman, visit their website, gottman.com.Magnesium Breakthrough really stands out from the other magnesium supplements out there. BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off, so just head over to https://www.magbreakthrough.com/dhru with code DHRU10.InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to https://www.insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself.Right now, Big Bold Health is offering my listeners $20 off all of their products. Just go to https://www.bigboldhealth.com/product/dhru-purohit/ to get all of their products for $20 off with code DHRU20.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Big Bold Health.A woman’s hormonal landscape changes dramatically throughout her life. Because of this unique biology, understanding her menstrual cycle and its rhythm can be incredibly useful for optimizing productivity, weight, sex drive, energy, and mood.On today’s mini-episode, Dhru sits down with Dr. Stephanie Estima to talk about how to eat and work out in a way that honors a woman’s natural cycle in her reproductive years. They also talk about how chronic stress affects women differently than men, the importance of listening to your body, and why loving yourself is one of the most radical things you can do.Dr. Estima is an expert in female metabolism and body composition. She is a doctor of chiropractic with a special interest in functional neurology, brain metabolism, and the specific application of the ketogenic diet and fasting to female physiology. She is particularly focused on distilling strategies in nutritional proxies, movement, posture, and mindset to actualize human potential, healthspan, longevity, and achievement. In this episode we dive into:- The big mistake women make when it comes to their hormonal health- How the accumulation of low-grade stress impacts metabolic health- The importance of listening to your body and attuning to your symptoms- The Estima Method for optimal hormone health Listen to the full episode here. For more on Dr. Estima, follow her on Instagram @Dr.Stephanie.Estima and through her website, hellobetty.club. Get her book, The Betty Body here.For more on Dhru Purohit, follow him on Instagram @dhrupurohit, Facebook @dhruxpurohit, Twitter @dhrupurohit, YouTube @dhrupurohit, and TikTok @dhru.purohit. Text Dhru at 302-200-5643 or click here. InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to https://www.insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself.Right now, Big Bold Health is offering my listeners $20 dollars off all of their products. Just go to https://www.bigboldhealth.com to get all of their products for $20 off with code DHRU20.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and WHOOP.Today on the Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Dr. Nicole LePera to discuss how both her personal and clinical experiences taught her the importance of cultivating emotional awareness and how to use tools like breathwork to step out of our thinking brains and into our bodies.Dr. Nicole LePera was trained in clinical psychology at Cornell University, The New School for Social Research, and the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis. She's the author of the number-one New York Times bestselling book How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self and the host of the SelfHealers Soundboard podcast. Her latest workbook, How to Meet Your Self, will be released on December 6.  As a clinical psychologist in private practice, Dr. Nicole often found herself frustrated by the limitations of traditional psychotherapy. Wanting more for her patients—and for herself—she began a journey to develop a united philosophy of mental, physical, and spiritual health that equips people with the tools necessary to heal themselves. In this episode, we dive into: -(1:41) The top things that get in the way of people getting what they want in life-(3:08) Examples of unconscious habits that hold us back-(14:15) What it looks like to be living as your authentic self-(20:12) The cost of living your entire life without knowing your true self-(32:07) Tools for how to get out of your head and into your body-(37:27) Why we look for external validation to feel safe -(50:22) How the feelings of not being considered and not feeling good enough are related-(56:34) Examples of common narratives we tell ourselves that get in the way-(1:14:10) How to rediscover what you loved to do as a kid-(1:22:32) How fear of our authentic self can hold us back Also mentioned in this episode:-Dr. Nicole’s book How to Meet Your Self: The Workbook for Self-DiscoveryFor more on Dr. LePera, follow her on Instagram @the.holistic.psychologist and through her website, theholisticpsychologist.com. Preorder her book, How to Meet Your Self: The Workbook for Self-Discovery, here. InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to https://www.insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself.WHOOP is a personalized digital fitness tracker and health coaching platform that monitors your physiology 24/7 and provides personalized recommendations based on what your body needs. To get yours, go to https://www.join.whoop.com and get 15% off your membership with code DHRU15.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices