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BITESIZE | 3 Surprising Health Habits We All Need To Know To Get Well and Stay Well | Dr Gemma Newman #535

Mar 14, 2025 23m 9s 9 insights
Today’s guest is incredibly passionate about treating body, mind and spirit as one. She’s knowledgeable and articulate, but what I like the most is her warm-heartedness and her kindness.  Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today's clip is from episode 420 of the podcast with Dr Gemma Newman, a family doctor, author and friend, passionate about combining holistic methods with conventional medical practice. In our full conversation, Gemma introduced her GLOVES acronym which points to six key areas of life we can address if we want to get well and stay well. In this clip, we explore the first 3 - they include simple daily habits and ways of thinking and being that can help us live a happier, healthier life. And in a world where ‘wellness’ often comes with a hefty price tag, her suggestions are all free. Gemma’s book: Get Well Stay Well – The Six Healing Health Habits You Need To Know. Thanks to our sponsor https://www.drinkag1.com/livemore Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore For other podcast platforms go to https://fblm.supercast.com. Show notes and the full podcast are available at drchatterjee.com/420
Actionable Insights

1. Reframe Your Life’s Story

Recognize that your perception of events is a story you tell yourself, and you have the autonomy to create better stories once you realize this. By consciously reframing your narrative, you can alter the long-term impact of events on your well-being.

2. Practice Self-Love & Give Love

Cultivate self-love and self-compassion as a foundational practice for improving your own health. Extend love and compassion to others, recognizing that this act of giving can also elevate their health and that we are all interconnected healers.

3. Cultivate Daily Gratitude

Practice gratitude by writing down or thinking about things you’re grateful for, recognizing lessons from experiences, and appreciating moments of beauty. This helps foster presence, self-compassion, and can elevate oneself and others by igniting brain parts associated with being present.

4. Utilize Visualization Power

Actively visualize your desired future self or health circumstances, imagining what it would feel like and how your daily routines and decisions would play out differently. This practice helps open your mind to possibilities and can improve your ability to achieve that better future, as the brain perceives imagined scenarios similarly to real ones.

5. Visualize First-Person Actions

When visualizing, imagine yourself doing the action in real-time, as if you are seeing it through your own eyes, rather than watching yourself from a distance. This method has been shown to be more effective in improving outcomes like muscle strength, even without physical movement.

6. Connect with Nature Daily

Integrate nature into your daily life, whether by spending time outdoors, looking into the distance, or bringing houseplants and herbs into your home. This practice helps reduce rumination, lowers blood pressure and pulse rate, and activates the parasympathetic nervous system, fostering calm and faster recovery.

7. Establish Personal Time Boundaries

Create clear boundaries around your personal time, especially when working from home, to prevent overwhelm and burnout. This allows for mental space and helps manage expectations for constant availability.

8. Cultivate Awe Experiences

Actively seek out experiences that evoke a sense of awe, whether through external beauty like a sunset or concert, or internal reflection on moments of profound connection and resilience. Awe can inspire and provide perspective, often arising from witnessing others’ strength through suffering.

9. Daily AG1 Supplementation

Consume AG1 daily to support digestion and enrich the gut microbiome by increasing beneficial bacteria. This daily health drink contains five strains of gut bacteria and plant-based compounds that act as food sources for beneficial bacteria.