what if the best way to help yourself was by helping someone else I became a
was by helping someone else I became a
was by helping someone else I became a cardiologist because I wanted to help
cardiologist because I wanted to help
cardiologist because I wanted to help people with heart disease but after just
people with heart disease but after just
people with heart disease but after just a few years in practice I was getting
a few years in practice I was getting
a few years in practice I was getting really frustrated
really frustrated
really frustrated even though 80% of heart attacks can be
even though 80% of heart attacks can be
even though 80% of heart attacks can be prevented by making healthier decisions
prevented by making healthier decisions
prevented by making healthier decisions I felt like I couldn’t even get my own
I felt like I couldn’t even get my own
I felt like I couldn’t even get my own patients to take my recommendations to
patients to take my recommendations to
patients to take my recommendations to heart back then I thought that making
heart back then I thought that making
heart back then I thought that making healthy lifestyle choices was pretty
healthy lifestyle choices was pretty
healthy lifestyle choices was pretty straightforward all you needed was a
straightforward all you needed was a
straightforward all you needed was a little motivation and the right
little motivation and the right
little motivation and the right information so I decided that I would
information so I decided that I would
information so I decided that I would come up with the perfect prescription to
come up with the perfect prescription to
come up with the perfect prescription to help I figured that if I could inspire
help I figured that if I could inspire
help I figured that if I could inspire people and craft the right message then
people and craft the right message then
people and craft the right message then I could change people’s choices for them
I could change people’s choices for them
I could change people’s choices for them I could be the self in their self help
I could be the self in their self help
I could be the self in their self help so I took the first bold step forward
so I took the first bold step forward
so I took the first bold step forward toward becoming a self-help guru I
toward becoming a self-help guru I
toward becoming a self-help guru I created a Twitter account and then I
created a Twitter account and then I
created a Twitter account and then I wrote a book I really did believe in the
wrote a book I really did believe in the
wrote a book I really did believe in the power and potential for self help but um
power and potential for self help but um
power and potential for self help but um embarrassed to say that I also really
embarrassed to say that I also really
embarrassed to say that I also really believed in myself my own unique ability
believed in myself my own unique ability
believed in myself my own unique ability to inspire that willpower and craft that
to inspire that willpower and craft that
to inspire that willpower and craft that perfect ly oversimplified message for
perfect ly oversimplified message for
perfect ly oversimplified message for anyone who would listen or click follow
anyone who would listen or click follow
anyone who would listen or click follow retweet or buy I’ll never forget the
retweet or buy I’ll never forget the
retweet or buy I’ll never forget the strange mix of pride and
strange mix of pride and
strange mix of pride and self-consciousness I thought when I
self-consciousness I thought when I
self-consciousness I thought when I walked into Barnes & Noble and saw it
walked into Barnes & Noble and saw it
walked into Barnes & Noble and saw it there in the bookshelf for the first
there in the bookshelf for the first
there in the bookshelf for the first time my lifestyle guide to heart health
time my lifestyle guide to heart health
time my lifestyle guide to heart health that I earnestly wrote on my laptop at
that I earnestly wrote on my laptop at
that I earnestly wrote on my laptop at the kitchen table was now just another
the kitchen table was now just another
the kitchen table was now just another diet book with a bright yellow cover and
diet book with a bright yellow cover and
diet book with a bright yellow cover and the tagline promised 200 ways to lose 20
the tagline promised 200 ways to lose 20
the tagline promised 200 ways to lose 20 pounds within weeks I was explaining the
pounds within weeks I was explaining the
pounds within weeks I was explaining the miracle of cooking spray to Al Roker as
miracle of cooking spray to Al Roker as
miracle of cooking spray to Al Roker as Kathie Lee and Hoda ran their fingers
Kathie Lee and Hoda ran their fingers
Kathie Lee and Hoda ran their fingers through my hair on Nash
through my hair on Nash
through my hair on Nash television i taste-tested vegetable soup
television i taste-tested vegetable soup
television i taste-tested vegetable soup with dr. oz I traveled to Wisconsin to
with dr. oz I traveled to Wisconsin to
with dr. oz I traveled to Wisconsin to speak at a wellness carnac carnival
speak at a wellness carnac carnival
speak at a wellness carnac carnival really and I was the opening act for the
really and I was the opening act for the
really and I was the opening act for the tooth fairy
this this was self help on steroids and
this this was self help on steroids and I realize now that I didn’t believe a
I realize now that I didn’t believe a
I realize now that I didn’t believe a word of it
word of it
word of it even though I had written over 65
even though I had written over 65
even though I had written over 65 thousand of them do any of us really
thousand of them do any of us really
thousand of them do any of us really believe it you really think motivation
believe it you really think motivation
believe it you really think motivation and information are the answers
and information are the answers
and information are the answers people are more motivated than ever
people are more motivated than ever
people are more motivated than ever before the success of the self-help
before the success of the self-help
before the success of the self-help industry tells that to us we’re more
industry tells that to us we’re more
industry tells that to us we’re more well-informed than ever before but we
well-informed than ever before but we
well-informed than ever before but we keep looking for solutions in the same
keep looking for solutions in the same
keep looking for solutions in the same old place a self-obsessed self-help
old place a self-obsessed self-help
old place a self-obsessed self-help industry that reflects exactly what
industry that reflects exactly what
industry that reflects exactly what you’re looking at in the mirror it makes
you’re looking at in the mirror it makes
you’re looking at in the mirror it makes you buy that book and watch that
you buy that book and watch that
you buy that book and watch that infomercial and click on that app
infomercial and click on that app
infomercial and click on that app because it makes you focus on just
because it makes you focus on just
because it makes you focus on just yourself and I think we can all agree
yourself and I think we can all agree
yourself and I think we can all agree that it isn’t really helping it may sell
that it isn’t really helping it may sell
that it isn’t really helping it may sell us distractions in the form of bright
us distractions in the form of bright
us distractions in the form of bright yellow covers and tagline promises but
yellow covers and tagline promises but
yellow covers and tagline promises but it ultimately just isolates us several
it ultimately just isolates us several
it ultimately just isolates us several months went by after the book came out
months went by after the book came out
months went by after the book came out and as you may be guessing it eventually
and as you may be guessing it eventually
and as you may be guessing it eventually slipped off the bookshelves into Amazon
slipped off the bookshelves into Amazon
slipped off the bookshelves into Amazon oblivion turns out I wasn’t much of a
oblivion turns out I wasn’t much of a
oblivion turns out I wasn’t much of a self-help guru after all but I was still
self-help guru after all but I was still
self-help guru after all but I was still a doctor and I continue to believe in my
a doctor and I continue to believe in my
a doctor and I continue to believe in my heart that people can change that my
heart that people can change that my
heart that people can change that my patients can live healthier lives and
patients can live healthier lives and
patients can live healthier lives and take advantage of that 80% opportunity
take advantage of that 80% opportunity
take advantage of that 80% opportunity to prevent heart disease despite my own
to prevent heart disease despite my own
to prevent heart disease despite my own disillusionment with the industry and my
disillusionment with the industry and my
disillusionment with the industry and my own role within it I still believed in
own role within it I still believed in
own role within it I still believed in self-help but rather than focus so much
self-help but rather than focus so much
self-help but rather than focus so much on the self I started to wonder what
on the self I started to wonder what
on the self I started to wonder what would happen if we focused instead on
would happen if we focused instead on
would happen if we focused instead on the help what if the most direct path
the help what if the most direct path
the help what if the most direct path toward helping yourself was helping
toward helping yourself was helping
toward helping yourself was helping other people achieve their goals rather
other people achieve their goals rather
other people achieve their goals rather than fill it
than fill it
than fill it in isolation what have we all joined a
in isolation what have we all joined a
in isolation what have we all joined a team and healed ourselves together so we
team and healed ourselves together so we
team and healed ourselves together so we created a team a free walking and
created a team a free walking and
created a team a free walking and running community group we call
running community group we call
running community group we call ourselves heart to start and rather than
ourselves heart to start and rather than
ourselves heart to start and rather than focus on speed or distance we train
focus on speed or distance we train
focus on speed or distance we train intentionally to be inclusive and
intentionally to be inclusive and
intentionally to be inclusive and emphasize vulnerability and friendship
emphasize vulnerability and friendship
emphasize vulnerability and friendship on and off the track
on and off the track
on and off the track we ask our athletes to celebrate the
we ask our athletes to celebrate the
we ask our athletes to celebrate the journeys of their teammates even as they
journeys of their teammates even as they
journeys of their teammates even as they make their own way research shows that
make their own way research shows that
make their own way research shows that when you contribute to a team or are
when you contribute to a team or are
when you contribute to a team or are active in any community your
active in any community your
active in any community your participation reinforces your own value
participation reinforces your own value
participation reinforces your own value as one of its members when we invest in
as one of its members when we invest in
as one of its members when we invest in supporting our teammates they’re
supporting our teammates they’re
supporting our teammates they’re investing us in us too and when you
investing us in us too and when you
investing us in us too and when you recognize your value your decisions
recognize your value your decisions
recognize your value your decisions start to matter self-worth amplifies the
start to matter self-worth amplifies the
start to matter self-worth amplifies the impact of the choices you make so
impact of the choices you make so
impact of the choices you make so without even realizing it and without
without even realizing it and without
without even realizing it and without buying a book or watching an infomercial
buying a book or watching an infomercial
buying a book or watching an infomercial or downloading an app you can really
or downloading an app you can really
or downloading an app you can really start to change so by creating this
start to change so by creating this
start to change so by creating this community of helpers we were becoming
community of helpers we were becoming
community of helpers we were becoming better selves hearts a start is now
better selves hearts a start is now
better selves hearts a start is now celebrating its sixth season we’ve
celebrating its sixth season we’ve
celebrating its sixth season we’ve expanded to four other cities and
expanded to four other cities and
expanded to four other cities and brought together hundreds of amazing
brought together hundreds of amazing
brought together hundreds of amazing teammates with really incredible
teammates with really incredible
teammates with really incredible journeys Chris lost over a hundred and
journeys Chris lost over a hundred and
journeys Chris lost over a hundred and ten pounds without my book but by
ten pounds without my book but by
ten pounds without my book but by working hard
working hard
working hard attending weekly workouts and more
attending weekly workouts and more
attending weekly workouts and more importantly spending quality time with
importantly spending quality time with
importantly spending quality time with their teammates afterwards Tracey was so
their teammates afterwards Tracey was so
their teammates afterwards Tracey was so nervous to exercise around other people
nervous to exercise around other people
nervous to exercise around other people but with her team at her back she’s now
but with her team at her back she’s now
but with her team at her back she’s now an ultra-marathoner and our newest coach
an ultra-marathoner and our newest coach
an ultra-marathoner and our newest coach Russell began his journey after a
Russell began his journey after a
Russell began his journey after a diagnosis of congestive heart failure
diagnosis of congestive heart failure
diagnosis of congestive heart failure just a few steps at a time but with the
just a few steps at a time but with the
just a few steps at a time but with the support of his team and his family he
support of his team and his family he
support of his team and his family he recently celebrated his recovery by
recently celebrated his recovery by
recently celebrated his recovery by climbing to the top of Mount Fuji Katy
climbing to the top of Mount Fuji Katy
climbing to the top of Mount Fuji Katy didn’t need to climb a mountain she
didn’t need to climb a mountain she
didn’t need to climb a mountain she wanted to be a grandma who could get
wanted to be a grandma who could get
wanted to be a grandma who could get down on the carpet and play with her
down on the carpet and play with her
down on the carpet and play with her grandkids she can do that now and she
grandkids she can do that now and she
grandkids she can do that now and she can chase them around
can chase them around
can chase them around so many of us were accustomed to this
so many of us were accustomed to this
so many of us were accustomed to this idea that we needed to travel our own
idea that we needed to travel our own
idea that we needed to travel our own journey alone not anymore
journey alone not anymore
journey alone not anymore none of us needs to so even as we were
none of us needs to so even as we were
none of us needs to so even as we were becoming better selves I started to
becoming better selves I started to
becoming better selves I started to think about who else could we be helping
think about who else could we be helping
think about who else could we be helping maybe by connecting our team with my
maybe by connecting our team with my
maybe by connecting our team with my patients in some way we can incorporate
patients in some way we can incorporate
patients in some way we can incorporate this model of self-help into delivering
this model of self-help into delivering
this model of self-help into delivering health care but how as a caregiver
health care but how as a caregiver
health care but how as a caregiver how would you share your compassion
how would you share your compassion
how would you share your compassion beyond your clinic as a patient can you
beyond your clinic as a patient can you
beyond your clinic as a patient can you really fill a prescription for community
really fill a prescription for community
really fill a prescription for community as a health care system how can we
as a health care system how can we
as a health care system how can we infect people with value and self-worth
infect people with value and self-worth
infect people with value and self-worth instead of spending our energy on
instead of spending our energy on
instead of spending our energy on retweets and follows and satisfaction
retweets and follows and satisfaction
retweets and follows and satisfaction surveys and sales rankings what if we
surveys and sales rankings what if we
surveys and sales rankings what if we turned the self-help industry on its
turned the self-help industry on its
turned the self-help industry on its head and invested instead in a health
head and invested instead in a health
head and invested instead in a health care system not just a team that heels
care system not just a team that heels
care system not just a team that heels it forward in health care when you share
it forward in health care when you share
it forward in health care when you share your time and your resources your
your time and your resources your
your time and your resources your knowledge and strategy to make someone
knowledge and strategy to make someone
knowledge and strategy to make someone else’s world a better place that’s the
else’s world a better place that’s the
else’s world a better place that’s the very heart of prevention and that’s also
very heart of prevention and that’s also
very heart of prevention and that’s also the heart of being a volunteer what if
the heart of being a volunteer what if
the heart of being a volunteer what if we put the two together could
we put the two together could
we put the two together could volunteering help prevent heart disease
volunteering help prevent heart disease
volunteering help prevent heart disease we’ve known for a long time that people
we’ve known for a long time that people
we’ve known for a long time that people who are charitable with their time
who are charitable with their time
who are charitable with their time improve their social connectedness 70%
improve their social connectedness 70%
improve their social connectedness 70% of people with depression who volunteer
of people with depression who volunteer
of people with depression who volunteer improve their symptoms but research is
improve their symptoms but research is
improve their symptoms but research is also showing that volunteering is
also showing that volunteering is
also showing that volunteering is associated with a lower risk of heart
associated with a lower risk of heart
associated with a lower risk of heart disease and even mortality independent
disease and even mortality independent
disease and even mortality independent of risk factors socioeconomic status age
of risk factors socioeconomic status age
of risk factors socioeconomic status age or gender communities with double the
or gender communities with double the
or gender communities with double the rate of volunteerism experience a lower
rate of volunteerism experience a lower
rate of volunteerism experience a lower incidence of heart disease and death by
incidence of heart disease and death by
incidence of heart disease and death by one-third giving your time gives you
one-third giving your time gives you
one-third giving your time gives you more time but why why would being
more time but why why would being
more time but why why would being charitable make us healthier could
charitable make us healthier could
charitable make us healthier could volunteering improve your own health
volunteering improve your own health
volunteering improve your own health care I like to think of charity as a
care I like to think of charity as a
care I like to think of charity as a natural remedy because it’s a reflection
natural remedy because it’s a reflection
natural remedy because it’s a reflection of our own
of our own
of our own ability it breaks down the barriers that
ability it breaks down the barriers that
ability it breaks down the barriers that illness can create around us and it
illness can create around us and it
illness can create around us and it allows us to live the empathy that we
allows us to live the empathy that we
allows us to live the empathy that we seek from others illness can isolate us
seek from others illness can isolate us
seek from others illness can isolate us I believe that the self-help industry
I believe that the self-help industry
I believe that the self-help industry can also isolate us charity connects us
can also isolate us charity connects us
can also isolate us charity connects us volunteering is also associated with an
volunteering is also associated with an
volunteering is also associated with an increased sense of self-esteem and
increased sense of self-esteem and
increased sense of self-esteem and self-efficacy the word charity is
self-efficacy the word charity is
self-efficacy the word charity is actually derived from the Latin Caritas
actually derived from the Latin Caritas
actually derived from the Latin Caritas which can be translated into esteem self
which can be translated into esteem self
which can be translated into esteem self esteem makes us feel that we deserve
esteem makes us feel that we deserve
esteem makes us feel that we deserve this wonderful life and self-efficacy
this wonderful life and self-efficacy
this wonderful life and self-efficacy convinces us that we’re also capable of
convinces us that we’re also capable of
convinces us that we’re also capable of achieving it did you know the charity is
achieving it did you know the charity is
achieving it did you know the charity is actually a renewable resource the more
actually a renewable resource the more
actually a renewable resource the more you give the more you get the more you
you give the more you get the more you
you give the more you get the more you volunteer the more you can change and
volunteer the more you can change and
volunteer the more you can change and the beautiful part is that you then have
the beautiful part is that you then have
the beautiful part is that you then have more to give whether it’s time or
more to give whether it’s time or
more to give whether it’s time or kindness or just being there for someone
kindness or just being there for someone
kindness or just being there for someone else that’s how hard to start began to
else that’s how hard to start began to
else that’s how hard to start began to change by adding action to our activity
change by adding action to our activity
change by adding action to our activity by moving beyond self-help toward
by moving beyond self-help toward
by moving beyond self-help toward helping other selves last year we
helping other selves last year we
helping other selves last year we started mixing weekly workouts with
started mixing weekly workouts with
started mixing weekly workouts with opportunities to heal it forward at the
opportunities to heal it forward at the
opportunities to heal it forward at the food bank and at the Humane Society this
food bank and at the Humane Society this
food bank and at the Humane Society this year we’re expanding the model to our
year we’re expanding the model to our
year we’re expanding the model to our free heart screenings for kids we’re
free heart screenings for kids we’re
free heart screenings for kids we’re collecting cans of food to give to the
collecting cans of food to give to the
collecting cans of food to give to the hungry we’re teaching art classes in our
hungry we’re teaching art classes in our
hungry we’re teaching art classes in our waiting room and accepting donations to
waiting room and accepting donations to
waiting room and accepting donations to place defibrillators back into our
place defibrillators back into our
place defibrillators back into our community our patients are now
community our patients are now
community our patients are now volunteering to support one another on
volunteering to support one another on
volunteering to support one another on their paths through treatment and
their paths through treatment and
their paths through treatment and recovery and when you’re helping each
recovery and when you’re helping each
recovery and when you’re helping each other as a team
other as a team
other as a team everyone’s a climber but everyone’s also
everyone’s a climber but everyone’s also
everyone’s a climber but everyone’s also a guide we’re learning that doing good
a guide we’re learning that doing good
a guide we’re learning that doing good makes you feel better can you imagine
makes you feel better can you imagine
makes you feel better can you imagine all the untapped opportunities we have
all the untapped opportunities we have
all the untapped opportunities we have to help one another and feel better
to help one another and feel better
to help one another and feel better together
together
together what would healthcare feel like if your
what would healthcare feel like if your
what would healthcare feel like if your doctor’s office invited you to bring a
doctor’s office invited you to bring a
doctor’s office invited you to bring a can of food or a toy to your next
can of food or a toy to your next
can of food or a toy to your next appointment and shared it with another
appointment and shared it with another
appointment and shared it with another family in the clinic who needed it more
family in the clinic who needed it more
family in the clinic who needed it more what could we accomplish with support
what could we accomplish with support
what could we accomplish with support groups if instead of meeting in some
groups if instead of meeting in some
groups if instead of meeting in some basement at a hospital
basement at a hospital
basement at a hospital we planted gardens or built houses or
we planted gardens or built houses or
we planted gardens or built houses or constructed soccer fields or read to
constructed soccer fields or read to
constructed soccer fields or read to kids what if your own doctor prescribed
kids what if your own doctor prescribed
kids what if your own doctor prescribed Community Service and filled the
Community Service and filled the
Community Service and filled the prescription by your side team work
prescription by your side team work
prescription by your side team work changed the way that I believe in
changed the way that I believe in
changed the way that I believe in self-help but charity is changing the
self-help but charity is changing the
self-help but charity is changing the way that I believe in health care let’s
way that I believe in health care let’s
way that I believe in health care let’s find more ways to get better together by
find more ways to get better together by
find more ways to get better together by doing good together
doing good together
doing good together if you do yourself will find health but
if you do yourself will find health but
if you do yourself will find health but where you least expected it not in a
where you least expected it not in a
where you least expected it not in a book not an infomercial not in an app
book not an infomercial not in an app
book not an infomercial not in an app and definitely not in a guru but it’s
and definitely not in a guru but it’s
and definitely not in a guru but it’s part of a team let’s heal it forward
part of a team let’s heal it forward
part of a team let’s heal it forward thank you so much
thank you so much
thank you so much [Applause]
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