917 - Regaining His Ability To Walk with Dr. Josh Axe | Mindset as Medicine
Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare
Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC
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🗓️ 15 July 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Renowned natural medicine doctor and author, Josh Axe, sits down with us to share his story of overcoming a debilitating injury by using mindset as medicine. From changing limiting beliefs to becoming the hero of your healing journey, Dr.Axe discusses key points from his new book, “Think This, Not That.” If you’re undergoing health challenges, this episode will help guide you towards healing. Listen now!
Check out Dr. Axe’s podcasts!
Ancient Health Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVINYOg5zyBY691Htma-UtCo2nQNhjl3T
The Dr, Josh Axe Show: https://youtube.com/@drjoshaxe?si=4iar1l0zXlCQ2hzQ
Grab a copy of “Think This, Not That”: https://joshaxe.com/
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:46 His debilitating injury story
08:32 How he healed
15:13 Being a hero vs. victim
22:40 Releasing unhealthy mindsets
32:08 Good gut health practices
39:22 Why mindset is important
44:53 Overcoming limiting beliefs
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Dr. Rucho Radio, providing practical and science-based solutions to feeling your best. |
| 0:14.8 | To stay up to date on the latest topics, as well as all of our prior episodes, make sure to subscribe in your podcast player. |
| 0:22.2 | For weekly updates, visit Dr. Russo.com. |
| 0:25.8 | Today I spoke with Dr. Josh Axe about his heartbreaking story of a spinal cord injury |
| 0:31.6 | that nearly thwarted him of the ability to walk. |
| 0:37.1 | And he discusses his path of recovery, which |
| 0:42.0 | involved a number of things. But as you can imagine, it was very challenging from a psychological |
| 0:47.7 | perspective. And this gave birth to a book, Think This, Not That, that's actually a New York Times bestseller, which I feel |
| 0:57.4 | hold some really important keys in terms of if you've been suffering, and certainly I would argue |
| 1:02.5 | that Josh was suffering quite a bit, your mindset can be crucial for if you're able to recover |
| 1:09.9 | or not. |
| 1:15.4 | And Josh's background as a DC, a doctor of natural medicine, |
| 1:18.9 | a nutritionist, the founder of Joshax.com, and a number of supplements. |
| 1:20.6 | He's also written books on the leaky gut or leaky gut essential oils, |
| 1:25.6 | the keto diet, amongst others. |
| 1:28.0 | So a healthy guy with a background steeped in health gets way laid by this injury. |
| 1:35.5 | And conventional doctors told him he may not ever be able to walk again. |
| 1:39.2 | And he's back on the men. |
| 1:40.8 | He's at 80% and we'll discuss this in the conversation today. |
| 1:45.0 | He did need quite aggressive antibiotic use, and so he discusses how he kept his gut healthy |
| 1:50.9 | while overcoming a spinal infection that required high-dose antibiotics. |
| 1:57.0 | And again, the mindset that really helped him get through the fact that he was literally crawling |
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