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Tana Amen - The Relentless Courage of a Scared Child
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Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/tanaamen392
Tana Amen (IG: @tanaamen) is a New York Times bestselling author, vice president of the Amen Clinics, a neurosurgical ICU trauma nurse, and a world-renowned health and fitness expert.
She has won the hearts of millions with her simple yet effective strategies to help anyone optimize their lifestyle and win the fight for a strong body, mind, and spirit.
Tana holds a second-degree black belt in Kenpo Karate and a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Tana and her husband, Dr. Daniel Amen, have four children and five grandchildren.
Today we're discussing her new book: The Relentless Courage of a Scared Child: How Persistence, Grit, and Faith Created a Reluctant Healer.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How we were all scared children at one time
- The epiphany Tana had working with addicts
- Tana's first 3 memories as a child
- Growing up in constant chaos
- Tana's mom always showed she loved her
- Dealing with unwanted attention and bullying during her teen years
- Battling an eating disorder, anxiety, and depression
- Tana was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at age 23
- How Prozac hijacked her brain
- The spiritual walk that lead to Tana's healing journey
- Responsibility means the ability to respond
- Falling in love with her best friend, Dr. Daniel Amen
- Working with Byron Katie
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy can help with trauma
- Lifestyle factors including food, nutrition, and exercise impact your health
- Be your own best advocate
- Your doctor is not your boss, they are your partner
- Tana's life-changing journey studying Metabolic Medicine and Functional Medicine
- Implementing the Omni diet at Amen Clinics
- Consciously raising her daughter Chloe in a healthy environment
- The vulnerable truth about writing a memoir
- Processing past trauma through the eyes of an adult
- Helping her half sister and taking custody of her 2 nieces
- Forgiving her dad before he passed away
- The powerful need for forgiveness
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