Dr. Maya Shankar
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Intermittent fasting, high-intensity interval training.
Intermittent fasting, high-intensity interval training.
He's vegan.
He's vegan.
He adds turmeric to all of his food.
He adds turmeric to all of his food.
He eats chia seeds.
He eats chia seeds.
And when he was 32, he received a stage 4 bone cancer diagnosis that led him to have to amputate one of his legs, do 18 administrations of chemotherapy, move to MD Anderson in Texas for inpatient treatment.
And when he was 32, he received a stage 4 bone cancer diagnosis that led him to have to amputate one of his legs, do 18 administrations of chemotherapy, move to MD Anderson in Texas for inpatient treatment.
And in his mind, this is his worst nightmare come true, right?
And in his mind, this is his worst nightmare come true, right?
He had spent so much of his adult life trying to avoid this outcome.
He had spent so much of his adult life trying to avoid this outcome.
He was the A-plus student when it came to managing his health.
He was the A-plus student when it came to managing his health.
And yet surprisingly, much to his surprise, he said, if I had known that I would respond psychologically in this way to my worst nightmare, I might never have been as fearful of it in the first place.
And yet surprisingly, much to his surprise, he said, if I had known that I would respond psychologically in this way to my worst nightmare, I might never have been as fearful of it in the first place.
And that was so powerful for me because it showed me like sometimes the change that we will, that we encourage in our lives doesn't actually have the positive impact we think it will.
And that was so powerful for me because it showed me like sometimes the change that we will, that we encourage in our lives doesn't actually have the positive impact we think it will.