The Dr. Hyman Show
How to Break Free from Suffering: A Guide to Finding Inner Peace
Mon, 02 Dec 2024
Can suffering be a path to growth? In this episode of “The Dr. Hyman Show,” Dr. Mark Hyman looks back on his conversations with Yung Pueblo, Tara Brach, and Dr. Robert Thurman to unpack how radical honesty, mindfulness practices, and embracing impermanence can ease our emotional pain. If you’ve ever struggled to let go of the past or find peace in the present, this episode offers actionable insights to transform your relationship with pain and personal growth. View Show Notes From This Episode Get Free Weekly Health Tips from Dr. Hyman Sign Up for Dr. Hyman’s Weekly Longevity Journal Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: How To Let Go Of Suffering And Embrace What Is How To Practice Radical Acceptance In All Areas Of Life Why We Suffer And How Not To Which diet really gives you the best shot at optimal health? On Wednesday December 4th, Mark Hyman, MD will answer that question during The Diet Wars, a LIVE digital experience. Joined by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, they’ll break down the science, debunk the myths, and share their expert perspectives to help you make the best choices for your health. Find out more and get tickets now at https://www.moment.co/markhyman This episode is brought to you by OneSkin, AG1, and Seed. Unlock your healthiest skin yet. Try OneSkin with 15% off your first purchase using code HYMAN15 at OneSkin.co today. AG1 is offering new subscribers a FREE $76 gift when you sign up. You’ll get a Welcome Kit, a bottle of D3K2, AND 5 free travel packs in your first box. Just go to DrinkAG1.com/hyman Seed is offering my community 25% off to try DS-01® for themselves. Visit seed.com/hyman and use code 25HYMAN for 25% off your first month of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic.
Chapter 1: What is the main topic of this episode?
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But the reality is that at the mental level, at the atomic level, at the physical level, at the cosmic level, at the most minute levels possible, everything is constantly, constantly changing. And if we don't embrace that truth, then it's going to hurt.
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Hi, I'm Dr. Mark Hyman, a practicing physician and proponent of systems medicine, a framework to help you understand the why or the root cause of your symptoms. Welcome to the doctor's pharmacy. Every week, I bring on interesting guests to discuss the latest topics in the field of functional medicine and do a deep dive on how these topics pertain to your health.
In today's episode, I have some interesting discussions with other experts in the field. So let's just jump right in.
A lot of the suffering that we encounter in our minds is because we reject impermanence, we reject change. And that creates so much mental tension, so much mental struggle because there are things that we really like in life and we want them to stay the same.
We want the people that we like to be there, we want the situations to remain in a way that continue feeding that sort of calmness and pleasantness of life. But the reality is that at the mental level, at the atomic level, at the physical level, at the cosmic level, at the most minute levels possible, everything is constantly, constantly changing.
And if we don't embrace that truth, that sort of natural flow of nature that's just constantly moving forward, then it's going to hurt. It's going to hurt a lot. Because no matter how hard we try, we just can't keep things the same. We may be able to elongate things sometimes, but ultimately, whatever arises will pass away. And that doesn't need to be a truth that strikes fear in you.
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Chapter 2: How can we embrace change to reduce suffering?
But when you develop self-awareness and you start realizing that actually, you know, I may have actually just gotten less hours of sleep last night. And this is why I woke up and didn't feel good. But then my mind wanted to figure out how this is your fault and place the blame on someone else. So, yeah.
There's one common practice that my wife and I try to do is we do our best to let each other know where we are in our emotional spectrum. And we let each other know, like, how do I feel right now? Instead of it sort of snowballing into this bigger narrative, we try to cut that narrative by just being in contact with each other about how we feel in the moment pretty constantly.
And so you wake up in the morning and you go, hey, I'm feeling this. How are you feeling? Or how do you do that in practice? Do you have like a time to check in every day?
So the practice is really, you know, it's us checking in first thing in the morning. It's just letting us know like,
okay, either I feel like a lot of anxiety passing through me right now, or I feel heavy right now, or my mood feels really short, that information not only helps the person who's feeling it acknowledge and own the fact that, okay, I don't feel great right now, and I'm not gonna try to fake it, and it lets your partner know,
okay, that, you know, let me figure out ways to support them or just give them space or, you know, whatever it is so that we're both aware that one of us is a little short today.
And it's been really funny because there was this one particular moment where, you know, my wife and I, my wife was feeling tough that day and her and I were working in different rooms because we were both working from home at that time. And we hadn't talked to each other for about two, two and a half hours.
And then she comes in and she's like, I just spent the last three hours trying to figure out how me not feeling good right now is your fault. And she was like, it was so crazy. It was totally illogical. It had nothing to do with you. And there are these times where certainly... the tough moments of our past will play into how we feel and how we act and really the way that our character shows up.
But it's not always like that in the minutia of like regular everyday life where really sometimes it is because like maybe the day before I had too much sugar and now my mood's super low the next day, or I didn't get enough sleep last night. And now like, you know, I feel tired and what happens when you're tired, then you get angry. You know, you like,
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