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BITESIZE | How to Discover Your True Self | Dr Zach Bush #371

Jun 15, 2023 15m 30s 7 insights
Can we truly be healthy if we see ourselves as separate from nature? 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 298 of the podcast with Dr Zach Bush. Zach spent many years as a conventional medical doctor but, disillusioned with the state of Western medicine, he began taking an integrative approach, studying the body’s microbiomes in relation to health, disease and food systems.  In this clip, we discuss why traits of ego, individualism and competition aren’t really human at all and how a practice of solitude can help us reconnect with our true nature. 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/298 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk
Actionable Insights

1. Daily Solitude & Self-Awareness

Engage in a daily practice of solitude, sitting with yourself to listen to your innermost thoughts, emotions, and feelings. This allows you to understand your true self, process uncomfortable experiences, and prevent compensating for a lack of self-awareness.

2. Allow Yourself to Feel More

To genuinely feel better, be willing to feel more by allowing yourself to fully experience all emotions, including discomfort, pain, anxiety, or depression. Trust that the solution and deeper truth lie within these feelings once they are acknowledged and processed.

3. Cultivate Love, Reduce Competition

Reduce competitiveness by filling emotional voids in your heart with love, community, family, and nature. This internal fulfillment can eliminate the need for competitive behaviors driven by a sense of scarcity or not being “enough.”

4. Prioritize Cooperation Over Competition

Prioritize cooperation over competition, recognizing that complex systems, like multi-cellular organisms and societies, thrive through collaborative efforts rather than individualistic struggle. This approach aligns with how the microbiome functions, where biodiversity leads to cooperation rather than competition.

5. Reconnect with Nature

Actively reconnect with nature to overcome the defensiveness, fear, and sense of separation fostered by industrialized behaviors. This practice helps you remember your connection to the planet and fosters a synergistic, curious approach to life.

6. Reject Ownership Mentality

Challenge the belief in ownership of land or resources, instead viewing oneself as a cooperative and interconnected part of the ecosystem. This shift in perspective helps avoid creating scarcity and disconnection, which are often consequences of an egoic mindset.

7. Daily AG1 for Gut Health

Consider consuming AG1 daily to support digestion and enrich the gut microbiome with beneficial bacteria. This can positively impact mood and overall well-being by increasing beneficial bacteria and providing plant-based food sources for them.