E23 - Mona Sharma, Celebrity Nutritionist: Healing Through Food, Mindset, & Lifestyle

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.

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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

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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

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