Making Healthy Choices

7 Lessons • 39m • Deepak Chopra

Making Healthy Choices

Deepak Chopra and Harvard neurobiologist Rudolph Tanzi advocate for "radical well-being," emphasizing that optimal health relies on proactive measures—such as sleep, nutrition, exercise, and emotional regulation—rather than reactive responses to health issues.
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The Path to Personal Fulfillment

Deepak Chopra advocates for "radical well-being," urging us to rethink our physical, social, and emotional health through self-reflection and gradual behavior changes, emphasizing that true success encompasses love, compassion, and creativity alongside goal achievement.

The Path to Personal Fulfillment

Impact Your Well-Being on a Cellular Level

Dr. Rudolph Tanzi explains that healthy lifestyle changes can influence gene activity through epigenetics, potentially preventing disease expression, while managing stress involves recognizing and understanding its temporary nature and underlying causes.

Impact Your Well-Being on a Cellular Level

Change Your Biological Destiny

The latest understanding of the human genome emphasizes the role of the epigenome, revealing that lifestyle choices like nutrition and exercise can influence gene activity, and Deepak Chopra provides insights on supporting this activity for better health outcomes.

Change Your Biological Destiny

Evolve Your Emotions

Dr. Rudolph Tanzi emphasizes that our emotional outlook influences brain activation and genetic activity, urging mindfulness and self-awareness to foster positive habits that enhance creativity and empathy rather than succumbing to fear and negative emotions.

Evolve Your Emotions

The Benefits of Meditation

Stress negatively impacts our well-being, but regular meditation can enhance mental and physical health by reversing genetic damage, boosting beneficial gene activity, reducing inflammation, and improving conditions like leaky gut syndrome, as discussed by Deepak Chopra.

The Benefits of Meditation

The Benefits of Deep Sleep

Deepak Chopra emphasizes the importance of getting seven to eight hours of sleep for optimal health, detailing its benefits for mental processing, toxin removal, and healing, while providing tips to minimize distractions and create a conducive sleep environment.

The Benefits of Deep Sleep

Take Responsibility for the Well-Being of Your Employees

In today's high-pressure workplace, leaders must prioritize employee well-being through stress management techniques and supportive environments, as this not only mitigates burnout but also enhances productivity and customer engagement, ultimately benefiting the business.

Take Responsibility for the Well-Being of Your Employees

As a proponent of “radical well-being,” author Deepak Chopra wants to fundamentally shift the way we think about our health. He and Harvard neurobiologist Rudolph Tanzi argue that well-being at the cellular level depends on sleep, nutrition, exercise, and emotional regulation. They advocate for proactive, lifelong health measures instead of waiting for something to go wrong.

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize how a sense of purpose affects well-being. 
  • Consider lifestyle changes to support long-term epigenome health. 
  • Develop your emotional awareness.
  • Develop better sleep and mindfulness habits.
  • Commit to helping others in their wellness pursuits.