Self-Love Book Club: The Mind-Gut Connection

Tuesdays 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19  |  7:00-8:30pm

Limited to 15 participants

$10 to reserve your spot

The Mind-Gut Connection

How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health

By Emeran Mayer, MD

From Amazon:

We have all experienced the connection between our mind and our gut—the decision we made because it “felt right”; the butterflies in our stomach before a big meeting; the anxious stomach rumbling when we’re stressed out. While the dialogue between the gut and the brain has been recognized by ancient healing traditions, including Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine, Western medicine has failed to appreciate the complexity of how the brain, gut, and more recently, the microbiome—the microorganisms that live inside us—communicate with one another. In The Mind-Gut Connection, Dr. Emeran Mayer, executive director of the UCLA Center for Neurobiology of Stress, offers a revolutionary look at this developing science, teaching us how to harness the power of the mind-gut connection to take charge of our health.

The Mind-Gut Connection shows how to keep the brain-gut communication clear and balanced to:

• heal the gut by focusing on a plant-based diet

• balance the microbiome by consuming fermented foods and probiotics, fasting, and cutting out sugar and processed foods

• promote weight loss by detoxifying and creating healthy digestion and maximum nutrient absorption

• boost immunity and prevent the onset of neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s

• generate a happier mindset and reduce fatigue, moodiness, anxiety, and depression

• prevent and heal GI disorders such as leaky gut syndrome, food sensitivities and allergies, and IBS, as well as digestive discomfort such as heartburn and bloating

• and much more!

Purchase the book here: https://amzn.to/4aCCIYj

For 10/8, read Ch. 1-3 (The Mind-Body Connection is Real, How the Mind Communicates with the Gut, How Your Gut Talks to Your Brain)

For 10/22, read Ch. 4 & 5 (Microbe-Speak, Unhealthy Memories)

For 11/5, read Ch. 6 & 7 (A New Understanding of Emotions, Understanding Intuitive Decision Making)

For 11/19, read Ch. 8-10 (The Role of Food, The Onslaught of the North American Diet, The Simple Road Toward Wellness and Optimal Health)

Email steph@bewellwithsteph.com with any questions!