Episode 90

Ayurveda Says Health is a choice (feat. Victor Briere)

Published on: 21st April, 2021

"There are many ways of looking at health that are different than what we know as the standard 'healthcare' mentality in the West." We can all broaden our understanding of health. This week, Jenn sits down with Victor Briere, co-founder of the International Institute of Ayurveda, to learn more about Ayurveda. Ever heard of it? You'll be amazed at the connection between all of your choices! As Jenn says it in the episode, "the food we eat is all an effort to regulate our nervous system, up or down." Wait...what? Exactly. Listen in! 

Outline:

  • Welcome back & meet Victor Briere
  • Victor's story
  • What is Ayurveda? What is it not?
  • The biggest misconceptions around Ayurveda?
    • What's preventative healtchare?
  • The 5 basic elements of Ayurveda
  • Pulse reading, an Ayurvedic diagnostic art
  • Everything we do is a function of deep patterns
    • Ex: healthful choices are easy early in the day and by the end of the day they feel nearly impossible
    • The Vagus Nerve
    • The dissonance between "we know" and "we do"
  • The difference between knowing, doing and addiction
    • Ex: coffee, sleep, work, relationships & the pathology of imbalance
    • Love & fear drive our habits
  • Understanding our nervous system - autonomic, sympathetic, parasympathetic - & how to activate the parasympathetic to rest & digest, step by step
    • Breathe, self-talk, eye contact, engage with someone you know & trust, stretch, walk, sunlight, cold water on your face
  • The grand illusion of the sympathetic nervous system
  • The people in your life
    • The truth-teller, critical lover
    • The co-regulator, polyvagal theory
  • Final insights from Victor

Links:
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Connect with us! FB Page & Private FB Group & Jenn's Instagram
Take the free Weight Loss Profile, Jenn will send you a Menu Plan
Connect with Victor through his website


Quotes:
"Ayurvedic medicine is a holistic health system, the priority is your whole being...and taking responsibility for the creation of our own health." - Victor Briere
"The vast majority of our health profile is ours to create or destroy." - Victor Briere
"Prevention is better than cure." - Victor Briere
"Preventative healthcare is what we do every day, not showing up to a doctor once each year." - Jenn Trepeck
"The body is part of the human experience; it knows what we've trained it to know and what it has experienced." - Victor Briere

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About the Podcast

Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss
What to eat and when to cheat! Let's decipher between all the “diets” out there. You know what to do but it itsn't working. In fact, your diet could be making you fatter.

Ever wondered if cryo-freezing your fat cells would really work? Should you try acupuncture? A hypnotist? If you do, how do you know if someone’s good?

Salad with a Side of Fries is the podcast that will answer all these questions and more! Talking wellness and weight loss for real life, because most of us are going to drink, eat out, skip the grocery store and who wants a life without fries or dessert?! Host Jenn Trepeck’s expertise as an optimal health coach, in practice for over a decade, along with experts in various modalities will clear up the myths, mis-information, bad science and marketing to reveal the truth of HOW TO EAT and HOW TO CHEAT!*



*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This podcast, its content and guests are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Jennifer Trepeck

“My passion for nutrition and helping others stems from “kicking my food issues” with my own weight management saga.” ~ Jenn

I believe that the greatest accountability is paying it forward! That’s why I teach the nutrition education we are all supposed to know but no one ever taught us, along with the science behind food, fitness, and health.

After I graduated from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, I founded Better Life Now LLC while working full-time in hedge funds. In 2019, I took my practice from side-hustle to full-time self-employment and launched my podcast, Salad With a Side of Fries. On the show, we offer science-based tips and tricks for how to achieve wellness and weight loss for real life – because who wants a life without fries or dessert?!

Topics we tackle on the podcast include debunking fad diets, food myths, misinformation in marketing, bad science, and general nutrition. I encourage guests whose expertise is different from my own focus on weight management to bring their unique, fact-based perspectives to talk about subjects they are educated in and passionate about.

Due to my decade-long experience of working with clients, I have gained insight into the health and food industry and the how-tos of building a business.

Some specific health and wellness topics I can speak to include debunking fad diets, exposing the BS we are fed by the food and diet industry, how the people around us can positively and negatively impact our health journey, and shifting mindsets in order to overcome inappropriate barometers of success to instead achieve happy, healthy, and meaningful change.

On the subject of business, I can help you by teaching my critical pieces every entrepreneur should know, how to make your side-hustle into your full-time job, ways to sustainably achieve success without burning out, contemporary networking, and how to prioritize wellness while pursuing your projects.

When I find some free time, I’m typically working out at Physique57, discovering hidden gem restaurants in NYC, or traveling to spend time with friends and family.

I’d love to have an in-depth conversation with you, whether it’s leveling up in business or debunking food myths!