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How To Take Care of Your Body Without Losing Your Mind

May 30, 2025 46m 58s 18 insights
<p><strong>Editor's Note (February 2026):</strong> Since this episode was first published, documents released by the Department of Justice have revealed Peter Attia's connection to Jeffrey Epstein. We find these revelations deeply troubling and do not condone any association with Epstein or his activities.</p> <p>After careful consideration, we've chosen to keep this episode in our archive. Removing it would erase a record of who we've platformed—and we think transparency is vital to building trust with our audience and community.<br /> <br /> ---</p> <p dir="ltr">Behind the scenes of this year's Get Fit Sanely series with ace producers Eleanor Vassili and Marissa Schneiderman. </p> <p dir="ltr">Today we're kicking off the third annual iteration of a very popular series we do, called Get Fit Sanely. It's all about how to take care of your body without losing your mind. This is a dynamic tension many of us struggle to manage.</p> <p dir="ltr">This is our most ambitious version of Get Fit Sanely. We're dedicating the whole month of June to the topic, with an incredible array of guests, on everything from gut health to importance of rest to how to operationalize the old cliché around listening to your body.</p> <p dir="ltr">In this episode we talk about:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr">Selecting guests and topics for this year's iteration of the series </li> <li dir="ltr">How our producers let curiosity guide their thinking</li> <li dir="ltr">How this year's episodes build on what we've covered in the past</li> <li dir="ltr">Where our producers' personal stories come into play </li> <li dir="ltr">And an exciting new component we're finally able to offer (hint: it's guided meditations)</li> </ul> <p>Paid subscribers of DanHarris.com will have exclusive access to a set of all-new guided meditations, led by friend of the show <a href="https://www.caralai.org/#/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Cara Lai</a>, customized to accompany each episode of the Get Fit Sanely series. We're super excited to offer a way to help you put the ideas from the episodes into practice. <a href="https://www.danharris.com/p/a-month-of-guided-meditationsjust" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Learn all about it here.</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Related Episodes:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.danharris.com/p/get-fit-sanely-0f2">Get Fit Sanely: the podcast playlist</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.danharris.com/p/the-anti-diet-evelyn-tribole-d51?utm_source=publication-search"> The Anti-Diet | Evelyn Tribole</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.danharris.com/p/can-you-get-fit-without-self-loathing-bea"> Can You Get Fit Without Self-Loathing? | Cara Lai</a></li> <li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.danharris.com/p/how-to-outsmart-your-pain-christiane-3b6?utm_source=publication-search"> How To Outsmart Your Pain | Christiane Wolf</a></li> <li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.danharris.com/p/the-science-of-longevity-dr-peter-94e"> The Science of Longevity | Dr. Peter Attia</a></li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Join Dan's online community <a href="http://www.danharris.com">here</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Follow Dan on social: <a href="https://bit.ly/3tGigG5">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://bit.ly/3FOA84J">TikTok</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Subscribe to our <a href="https://bit.ly/3FybRzD">YouTube Channel</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit <a href="https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris">https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris</a></p> <p> </p>
Actionable Insights

1. Examine Your Health Motivations

Conduct an honest self-inventory to understand what truly drives your health choices, asking if it’s insecurity, a childhood wound, or a genuine desire for health, to prevent going too far in the wrong direction.

2. Practice Listening to Your Body

Learn to listen to and trust the signals your body sends, as it holds a wealth of information that our culture often teaches us to ignore.

3. Rest for Better Performance

Actively listen to your body’s signals and take breaks, even unscheduled ones, because wisely incorporating rest will ultimately lead to better performance and productivity.

4. Focus on Feeling Strong

Shift your primary fitness goal from achieving a specific appearance to cultivating a sense of strength and physical capability, embracing the idea that you can transform your body.

5. Cultivate Body Gratitude

Practice gratitude for your body’s current functionality and ability to exercise, quickly shifting away from negative self-comparison about how you used to look.

6. Avoid Unhealthy Health Obsession

Be aware of orthorexia, an unhealthy obsession with being healthy, and strive to find a balance in holistic health practices like exercise, sleep, and eating without taking them to an extreme.

7. Monitor Body Dysmorphism

Pay attention to signs of body dysmorphism, especially when engaging in new exercise programs, and consciously shift your focus from appearance to objective health metrics like blood pressure and heart rate.

8. Prioritize Sleep Diligently

Recognize sleep as a critical component of fitness and diligently practice good sleep hygiene, especially during periods of anxiety, to counteract insomnia and support overall health.

9. Integrate More Walking

Aim for around 8,000 steps daily, incorporating walks into your day outside of regular exercise, as it can foster creativity, provide inspiration, and offer joy.

10. Incorporate Beneficial Stressors

Actively seek out and incorporate forms of “good stress” into your life, such as exercise, exposure to heat or cold, and time in nature, to positively impact your overall health.

11. Release Outcome Attachment

When engaging in activities like walking, let go of specific outcome expectations, allowing for presence and joy in the experience itself, trusting that benefits will arise naturally.

12. Choose Joyful Exercise

Prioritize forms of exercise that bring you joy and feel supportive, even if it means saying no to popular activities that don’t resonate with you, to ensure long-term engagement and mental well-being.

13. Enjoy the Feeling of Exertion

Tune into and appreciate the feeling of exertion during workouts, rather than solely focusing on arbitrary aesthetic standards, to make exercise a more enjoyable and sustainable part of your daily routine.

14. Focus on Physiological Health

Concentrate on your underlying physiological health, as confirmed by medical tests, rather than wasting time obsessing over superficial metrics like waistline or appearance.

15. Practice Intuitive Eating

Eat according to the genuine signals your body sends about hunger and satiety, rather than adhering to arbitrary diet rules or external expectations.

16. Master Habit Formation

Learn the science of motivation and habit formation to effectively implement beneficial health practices, moving beyond just knowing what’s good for you to actually doing it.

17. Pushups: Kissing Ground Equilibrium

Reframe pushups as “kissing the ground in equilibrium,” a mindful practice of meeting the challenge, appreciating the support, and seeking a resting state amidst life’s flux.

18. Monitor Gut Health

Pay attention to your gut health, including monitoring aspects like your poop, as it’s a crucial area for overall well-being, but be discerning about information due to prevalent “snake oil.”