E23 - Mona Sharma, Celebrity Nutritionist: Healing Through Food, Mindset, & Lifestyle
E23 - Mona Sharma, Celebrity Nutritionist: Healing Through Food, Mindset, & Lifestyle  
Podcast: Know Thyself
Published On: Tue Dec 06 2022
Description: We are living in an era of hyper-wellness, and yet diseases like obesity and diabetes are on the rise. Leaving us to question whether if what we've been taught about health, is actually true or not. André sits down with Mona Sharma, celebrity nutritionist and wellness expert to unpack what's making us sick, and how to heal from 'the inside out'. Mona explains the state of health today, and how we got to this place. She shares her personal experience of undergoing 2 heart surgeries before deciding to heal her body, herself. She explains that the key to preventing chronic diseases is not only in the food that we eat - but also in our thoughts and mindset. She shares how she applied the lessons she learned from growing up going to an Ashram, into her wellbeing today.     ___________ Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 2:13 State of health today  5:01 Mona’s Story  12:37 Advice for Healing  15:51 Preventing Chronic Disease  20:53 Power of food 23:33 From Good to Great Health  26:20 How to Make Real Change 32:45 The Power of Mindset 44:07 Community is Immunity  48:17 If You're Going to a Doctor... 50:46 Meditation 51:50 Xicama  55:25 Mona's Greatest Teachings  56:57 Lessons from Failure 1:01:41 New Year, New You 1:04:23 Conclusion ___________   Mona Sharma:   Mona Sharma is a dynamic leader and entrepreneur in the health and wellness industry who works with high profile clients around the world. She also has a reoccurring role on the Facebook series Red Table Talk where they profile her work with Will Smith, and the entire Smith family’s healing journey.   Mona has seen first hand the power of food and mindfulness to heal, having grown up living on an Ashram. Her approach is rooted in this philosophy, and also inspires her research into the gut microbiome and its impact on our health and happiness.   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monasharma/ Website: https://www.monasharma.com Mona's Elixir Company Xicama: https://xicamalife.com   ___________   Know Thyself Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowthyself/ Website: https://www.knowthyself.one Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4wglCWTJeWQC0exBalgKg   Listen to all episodes on Audio:  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4FSiemtvZrWesGtO2MqTZ4?si=d389c8dee8fa4026 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-thyself/id1633725927     André Duqum Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreduqum/   Meraki Media https://merakimedia.com https://www.instagram.com/merakimedia/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.