Dr. Tara Swart

Well, it helps to regulate your blood sugar levels. So, you know, spiking blood sugar levels aren't good for your body or your brain. And fasting and calorie restriction, they do have like brain health and longevity benefits, but that only if your foundations are right.

Well, it helps to regulate your blood sugar levels. So, you know, spiking blood sugar levels aren't good for your body or your brain. And fasting and calorie restriction, they do have like brain health and longevity benefits, but that only if your foundations are right.

Somebody who's stressed or eats badly or doesn't sleep enough will not benefit from time-restricted eating or intermittent fasting because it is a form of stress on your body, but it's a form of stress that your body can take and use to build resilience if the baseline level of stuff is good.

Somebody who's stressed or eats badly or doesn't sleep enough will not benefit from time-restricted eating or intermittent fasting because it is a form of stress on your body, but it's a form of stress that your body can take and use to build resilience if the baseline level of stuff is good.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's great.

Yeah, that's great.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

It will get to that, but there's actually a little bit of a jumpstart to that, which is really helpful, particularly in terms of confidence and self-esteem, which is that usually there's a particular recurring negative thought that's associated with feelings of lack of confidence.

It will get to that, but there's actually a little bit of a jumpstart to that, which is really helpful, particularly in terms of confidence and self-esteem, which is that usually there's a particular recurring negative thought that's associated with feelings of lack of confidence.

Um, so if you can identify what that is and create a positive affirmation that's like the opposite of it or something that counteracts it, then that can be a great way to get started. My phrase would have been, it has to be perfect and it's not going to be perfect.

Um, so if you can identify what that is and create a positive affirmation that's like the opposite of it or something that counteracts it, then that can be a great way to get started. My phrase would have been, it has to be perfect and it's not going to be perfect.

I wouldn't have been able to say this last year, but now I would I would probably be able to say it is going to be better than perfect. It is going to be amazing. Like I know it. But to get myself there, I could have said it doesn't have to be perfect, but it's going to be great. Or I could have said maybe it will be perfect.

I wouldn't have been able to say this last year, but now I would I would probably be able to say it is going to be better than perfect. It is going to be amazing. Like I know it. But to get myself there, I could have said it doesn't have to be perfect, but it's going to be great. Or I could have said maybe it will be perfect.

Sometimes a question I ask myself is what's the best possible outcome that could happen here? So it's changing your language in your mind about the things that you think. So that's basically metacognition, which is that you can understand your own thinking. And then reversing that narrative quite strongly, even if it doesn't feel like it's totally true.

Sometimes a question I ask myself is what's the best possible outcome that could happen here? So it's changing your language in your mind about the things that you think. So that's basically metacognition, which is that you can understand your own thinking. And then reversing that narrative quite strongly, even if it doesn't feel like it's totally true.

And just repeating that so much that you start to wear down that other pathway.

And just repeating that so much that you start to wear down that other pathway.