Dr. Jonathan Fisher: A Cardiologist’s Guide to Mastering Our Stress and Living with More Vitality
Marcel Schwantes
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Jonathan Fisher, MD, FACC, best-selling author of Just One Heart, joined me to discuss the mind-heart connection and his guide to cultivate joy, master stress, and live with more vitality.
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About This Episode
As a Harvard and Mt. Sinai-trained physician, Dr. Jonathan Fisher integrates physical and emotional healing in cardiac care. After overcoming personal burnout, Dr. Fisher now leads well-being programs for large organizations and speaks internationally on stress reduction and mindfulness. He is dedicated to helping others “train the mind and heal the heart.”
Dr. Fisher says the mind-heart connection is essential; we can’t expect that we’re just going to exercise, eat right, and be healthy, and run a multimillion-dollar business and not avoid having a heart attack from all the stress we’re ignoring.
Key quote:
People who don’t have a sense of their core purpose and meaning and transcendent sense of belonging in life… Those people are at higher risk of dying young from heart diseases.
Dr. Fisher elaborates on the heart crisis of today riddled with obesity, depression, anxiety, loneliness, and loss of purpose. This ‘Doom and Gloom’ only proves to emphasize the extreme need to focus on multidimensional heart health.?
“I didn’t want to just avoid being sick. I wanted to live a good life,” he told me. Dr. Fisher explains the 7 traits of a healthy heart that go beyond physical health. All listed in an intentional and meaningful order: Steadiness, Wisdom, Openness, Wholeness, Courage, Lightness, and Warmth.
Key quote:
We are often so harsh with ourselves… that it spills over and affects others negatively, and we don’t know it until people tell us. So it begins by examining the way we speak to ourselves and treat ourselves. And we begin by treating ourselves with love and kindness.
Working his way through the 7 traits from the book, Dr. Fisher poses step-by-step questions to assess and work on your heart.?
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Cardiologist | Workplace Well-Being Leader | Author & Keynote Speaker | Expert on the Mind-Heart Connection
5 个月It was wonderful chatting with you Marcel Schwantes. Thank you for leading with love.