Seeking Voices of Health, Healing & Hope
Welcome to "Seeking Voices: Exploring the Science of Health and Healing". I am your host, Dr. Monica Aggarwal. I am a preventive cardiologist who focuses on nutrition and lifestyle to heal illness. I also have a chronic illness. Over the years, as a nutrition specialist, as a cardiologist and as a patient, I have met so many people who feel sad, stuck, hopeless and confused. There are so many people looking to understand their lives, their purpose, the meaning of things and they are struggling. We are struggling as a society, as humans, as women, as moms, as patients, as husbands, as children. I wanted to start this podcast to bring voices to people of hope, health and healing but also to share how people have overcome their sadness, their struggles, their pain. I think we have so much to learn from each other—not always from people in the limelight; but sometimes from the people around us living the day to day, drudging through, overcoming and being. I hope that this podcast makes people consider others more deeply, considers themselves more importantly and reminds us all to have hope, and look for the joy and happiness in the day to day. This is my hope.
Episodes
February 26, 2024 • 57 mins
What is the difference between aging well and simply aging? Have you considered what longevity means and what aging means without vitality?
Meet Babette Davis, globally recognized plant-based chef, fitness enthusiast and motivational speaker who calls Inglewood, Ca home. She pioneered the first plant-based restaurant, “Stuff I Eat” in her community in the early 2000’s where she still receives visitors from around the world. Once ...
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January 28, 2024 • 58 mins
Have you ever wondered about why you can't lose weight? Have you thought that your metabolism is just too slow to lose weight?
Join me as I speak to New York Times Bestselling Author and preeminent doctor, Dr. William Li. William W. Li, MD, is an internationally renowned physician, scientist and author of the New York Times bestseller “Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself.” His groundbreaking rese...
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December 16, 2023 • 54 mins
I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Mark Corriere and Dr. Rita Kalyani. They are both diabetes specialists who have written a lovely book called "Winning with Diabetes: Inspiring stories to help you thrive" which I enjoyed talking to them about.
Dr. Mark D. Corriere, MD (BALTIMORE, MD), is an adjunct assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a clinical endocrinologist at Maryland End...
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October 19, 2023 • 50 mins
Anxiety affects 31% of the American population and this number is increasing. People are noticing more and more anxious feelings, nervousness, depression and inability to cope with day to day activities. Understanding your anxiety is an important first step to building resilience.
Join me as I speak to Dr. Carol Lewis who speaks to us about our emotional health and tools we can use to keep ourselves strong and more capable of deal...
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October 3, 2023 • 66 mins
Do have challenges learning? Join me as I discuss Learning How to Learn with Dr. Barbara Oakley. We'll cover illusions of learning, memory techniques, dealing with procrastination, and best practices shown by research to be most effective in helping you master tough subjects.
Dr. Oakley’s research has been described as “revolutionary” in the Wall Street Journal. She is a New York Times best-selling author who has published in outl...
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July 13, 2023 • 78 mins
I had a great time speaking with Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina. They are fabulous dietitians who are very well known in the nutrition field. They took me on a deep dive into the world of protein. We discussed a number of topics such as plant-based vs animal proteins, protein needs for children/seniors/athletes, and we knocked over a few myths along the way. All this info is in their new book, "Plant Powered Protein" (https://amzn...
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April 30, 2023 • 52 mins
Julieanna Hever speaks about her struggles with her weight and eating and how that helps her when she works with patients. I was most intrigued by her “Choose You Now Diet” book. I love the title and what that stands for. Choose you now. Very important to choose you.
Ms. Hever is a registered dietitian with a Masters of Science degree in Nutrition. She has authored seven books including Choose You Now Diet, The Healthspan Solution...
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February 17, 2023 • 38 mins
Enjoy this conversation with top Cardiologist Dr. Kim Williams
If you have questions about your health and would like to have a conversation, please visit: https://www.drmonicaaggarwal.com/
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January 14, 2023 • 40 mins
Have a question you'd like answered from today's conversation with Akash Vaghela?
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December 31, 2022 • 44 mins
Dr. Beth Frates is a pioneer in Lifestyle Medicine education and is an award-winning teacher at Harvard.
In our conversation Dr. Beth Frates discusses how social connections impacts our health and happiness.
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December 17, 2022 • 53 mins
Dr. Shivam Joshi is a highly awarded Kidney doctor and in this video he shares everything you need to know about improving your kidney health with nutrition.
He discusses what foods are good for your kidney, how much water you should consume daily for optimal kidney health and also discusses what you should avoid (whether you have kidney disease or not).
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November 11, 2022 • 50 mins
Ann and Jane Esselstyn join us today to review Be a Plant Based Woman Warrior and why they wrote this book.
To review our show notes from the interview and our big takeaways click-here: https://www.drmonicaaggarwal.com/blog/
If you'd like to learn more about my Telemedicine practice and ways to work together, click-here: https://www.drmonicaaggarwal.com/sche...
Be a Plant-Based Woman Warrior includes more than 125 recipes made...
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October 29, 2022 • 52 mins
Today Dr. Cyrus Khambatta shares how to improve your Diabetes Health
Dr. Cyrus Khambatta shares his own personal struggles he's faced with diabetes and what he has done to turn around his own health and over 10,000 others who've struggled with diabetes.
We'll also spend some time diving deep into his New York Times Best Seller Mastering Diabetes!
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October 18, 2022 • 49 mins
Today actress Gianna Simone shares how to trust during life's hard times.
Gianna Simone shares the struggles she faced during her childhood and how she was able to survive when life got really hard.
If you'd like to learn more about how diet and lifestyle can help prevent and treat disease visit: https://www.drmonicaaggarwal.com/
Who is Gianna Simone:
Gianna Simone is an exemplary role model for kids, teenagers, young adults,...
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July 10, 2022 • 57 mins
Chef AJ is such a delight. What I love about AJ is that she is so creative in the kitchen, brutally honest and not afraid to talk about the not so nice parts of life. As we discussed in this show, she is a "graceful ram". AJ and I spoke about her childhood. We talked about how she entered the plant based movement during a time when vegetarianism was not celebrated. We talked about her great show. One of the questions I had for was ...
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June 26, 2022 • 39 mins
Listen to a conversion to with Dr. Michael Klaper about his transition to eating plant based. He talks a lot about how he made his transition—that it took some time to change completely, reminding all of us that change is hard but change in good. Perhaps, because he took some time to transition himself, it makes Dr. Klaper a better doctor—teaching future physicians to meet people where they are. We had a lovely conversation about t...
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June 8, 2022 • 58 mins
In this episode of Healing Voices, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz about his journey. We talked about his training as a preeminent gastroenterologist, about how his eating habits made him feel lethargic and uncomfortable, about how meeting his wife changed his world. We talk about food habits and change and learning to accept who you are and make changes slowly. We talk about not feeling bad for what we shou...
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May 15, 2022 • 42 mins
Dr. Dean Ornish and I talked about purpose, joy, happiness and social connection. It was a wonderful talk. I thought a lot about what he said. He tells his story of how he struggled with depression and how he overcame. We talked a lot about how people are lacking connection, joy and love and how important those components are to healthy living. We talk about education and how one needs to understand peoples’ suffering in order to r...
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April 21, 2022 • 61 mins
I had the pleasure of speaking with the brilliant Mr. Chuck Carroll from PCRM’s, The Exam Room. He is an incredible host: inquisitive, insightful and kind.
What many of you might not know is that Chuck struggled with food addiction and once weighed over 300 lbs. Every person is an onion. So much of the time we just see the outside layers. It takes time to peel back the layers though and see the colors and character inside. Everyo...
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April 7, 2022 • 62 mins
In this episode of “Seeking Voices of Health, Healing and Hope“, my guests are a dynamic duo: Jane Esselstyn and Brian Hart.
Jane Esselstyn RN is a lovely human being who I am lucky enough to call my friend. She is a skilled nurse, a researcher, mother, and teacher on the forefront of the plant-based movement. She and her mom, Anne, have been actively bringing the world energy and love through food. She is the host of the annual c...
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