An Epidemic Of Mental Illness: Fix These Lifestyle Habits To Take Back Control Of Your Body & Mind

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“It’s not that exercise is an antidepressant, it’s that not exercising is a depressant.” So says this week’s guest - and he’s redefining youth mental health education for the 21st century in line with this powerful belief.
David Bidler is a social entrepreneur dedicated to reinventing education for the 21st century. In 2019, he founded Physiology First University a non-profit education centre, which teaches the latest science of the brain and body by offering classes - in neuroscience, exercise physiology, sauna and cold exposure, to all ages but with a particular focus on teenagers and adolescents.
David’s core belief is that if we could teach all the kids around the world the fundamental skills of breathing, nutrition, movement and rest, as a priority over the current education system, we could see a huge change to the rates of poor mental health.
He believes that we’re often doing young people a disservice by labelling them with mental health disorders, instead of looking at their lifestyles and giving them the tools to feel better. His facility teaches students about anxiety by helping them experience it in a controlled setting, so they know exactly what the fight-or-flight response feels like. They increase their own heart rate, through exercise and then lower it, through breathing techniques. And so, because they know what anxiety feels like, they can ‘reclaim’ agency over their anxiety, by realising it’s not a loss of control and by learning - through first-hand experience - how they can navigate their own nervous systems to effectively manage it.
David’s goal is to put Physiology First campuses all across the globe - he wants to create a healthy alternative to the current educational system - one that integrates an academic curriculum alongside a health one.
This is a fascinating conversation that will give you a fresh understanding of your own physiology. Ever since I came across David on Instagram, I have been inspired by his work and what he is trying to do. He is a passionate individual, trying his best to make the world a better place. I hope you enjoy listening.
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[@PascalBachmann]

David's approach to mental health education is truly groundbreaking. By focusing on teaching fundamental skills like breathing, nutrition, movement, and rest, we can empower individuals to take control of their well-being.

[@Seanus32]

Very well said! Breathwork is central. Nutrition as well. I also regularly consider the balance between rest and motion. It's also worth thinking about effective supplementation like spirulina, zinc, selenium and electrolytes. Moreover, letting go is also key. Loosening the muscles and getting centered.

[@freeandfabulous4310]

So great that these trainings are free for kids and teens! Our children need rescuing from social media and public school stress factors.

[@maryrowe3227]

Feng shui styled schools with calming colors and open outdoor classes in nature surroundings would also attribute to healthy learning. Sound bowls, drumming circles, and grounding meditation can also add to the experience. Our children are our future 🙏

[@percubit10]

I always gravitated to nature and outdorr activities but I gave up on myself. Drum circles are awesome. I used to go these and they were awesome. Music was always great therapy. Art therapy and nature therapy. The worse thintg I ever did was to entangle myself with reigious groups. They made me feel like I am a piece of crap and unworthy.

[@ahopefulhollar]

The root cause!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Please put this on a loud speaker for America!❤

[@peacefulisland67]

This is a wonderful conversation. Keep in mind there are many people who do, every day, have to be on high alert because of a lack of stability. Poverty rates and violence are real issues not limited to occasional instances. What I've become deeply interested in over the last decade is reigniting the passion to change; the assurance within that change is available to all. The want to want different and see a path toward it. When one is in the throes of depression, anxiety, poverty, abuses, addiction, straight up hunger, they are often unreachable, often have lost very early on a sense of belonging or familiarity. Remember those who are on the margins - they give us the opportunity to practice our humanity with no thought of reward. Once finding the real meaning of existence, often our bodies stop working against us and lean in.

[@jSpirituS7]

Can we all please share this with at least 1 person today 🙏🏼

[@aelisedas]

As an educator, I am so onboard with everything expressed in this video. Thank you for the "health has to be modeled in order to be taught"--it's a beautiful, actionable item.

[@omg_wtf]

Very interesting! My kids are always happiest when they are active

[@juliesill8074]

One of the best podcasts Ive listened to. So many beautiful ideas and concepts to care for each other using wisdom and thoughtful practices. David your voice is so soothing. Your compassion and knowledge are needed during these divisive and challenging times. Thank you !!

[@ceridwenschache9745]

It is so refreshing to actually see medical professionals actually nailing and doing to right thing. I'm not just talking about this guest but others and yourself Doc. I'm a medical (or more was) professional and I started with gusto and then every year became more and more disillusioned. Especially over the last few years

[@barefootedqueen710]

Incredible channel. So grateful I can access this level of information for free.

[@Vronihetherly]

I loved this thoughtful conversation and will support the mission.

[@esintial]

Omgee, his voice is very soothing. I really needed this for myself and family members TODAY!❤ Thank you!

[@KReneeNYC]

I love this !!! Need to get this to the world ☮️

[@Tornvongeldern]

Thank you very much for sharing such amazing and powerful knowledge in this video. This is maybe the twentieth video I see/hear in your channel and I feel such gratitude for your effort, work, and passion for giving us listeners all the information.

[@oflavia2910]

Infrastructure for health - feels like the calling ive been looking for. Feeling inspired. 🙏🙏 so grateful and thankful 🎉❤ heartfelt gratitude

[@bevgomersall6246]

Such an interesting conversation. It resonates so much with me. Thank you Rangan & David for creating awareness and for your practical tips😮

[@mjayanthi3425]

Excellent, thank you both

[@carolshea3983]

This is one of the most inspiring and hopeful podcasts I have heard/seen. If we can just start to recognise that two things influence the mental wellbeing of our children - that is 1) the connection to social media and 2) the adults around them. Lets work on changing the adults behaviours. In the classroom and in the home. Setting good examples - in rest, in nutrition, in healthier habits, in movement and natural light... Its a big one. A tough one - but drip by drip, surely we have to try. Take the focus off 'stuff' and replace it on 'people'.

[@jSpirituS7]

Anxiety is an absolutely essential emotional response which has the capacity to bring amazing and wonderful outcomes into the world! Every emotion is just a teacher and we should be listening to what it’s trying to tell us. How do you think so many great artists create such incredible pieces of art… they were fueled by trying to find ways to transform there anxieties and the like! We should be praising anxiety too for what it has to offer. Without it there could be no peace and calmness, they inter exist and depend on everything in order to arise and manifest. We can’t get rid of it If we try to get rid of it then that’s like cutting an arm off. That phantom limb would still be there even if we did cut the arm off!

[@lilycikor4488]

Great job guys!!!

[@jmartinianovlogging1482]

Thank you Sir for your time!!!

[@Golgibaby]

This is not hyperbole: your approach and true opportunity to revamp health infrastructure is Revolutionary. You hit the bullseye on the current status and the desperately needed future is counter to the present culture. Agency and access. Yes! Thank you both.

[@hotmessmomtv4117]

If people today weren't so addicted to the excuses a "disorder" or perceived victimhood gives them, this could really move mountains! Powerful!

[@chrisnam1603]

True, and if 'the surrounding - society' did not put 'them' in 'a cage' so there is no way out... that goes hand in hand. Sadly.

[@user-wd7mk2px8j]

Agree with a lot of this but still - I believe skid row was not solely made out of 100% excuses, there could well be some interesting cases that haven't been heard in full.

[@naamnei]

Hi Rangan. Please do separate long form sessions on Adult ADHD, Perfectionism OCD and OCPD, and Anxiety. Please, its a request. Your videos are eye-opening 🙏🏾 - An ardent fan

[@Happygoddessa]

Excellent!

[@GreenTurtle181]

What a fabulous discussion! Yes need name of guest on title. Agree school system out of date. Agree we have a sickness service not a health one.

[@andrearenee7845]

Thank you David 4 your knowledge, your sharing all this valuable information. It's transformative.

[@maryweckerle9946]

Mental Health gets attention if a person tries to harm themselves or others. Or a concerned person reports behaviour causing fear.ie: drug or alcohol use anger outbursts etc. I have always felt that there needs to be assessments in homes. And supports in homes.

[@nicolaslade6733]

Yes, I agree - it is bizarre

[@shelleyrenne1628]

BRILLIANT. SO appreciate your videos. Glad I found you. I've a tech question- what lighting/mixing/mic do you use? I want to gift my daughter w equipment (both for doing podcast & for working online) I know you're busy- but would truly appreciate insights. I am FROZEN in indecision. Cannot afford to choose unwisely. Thank you.

[@Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq]

my sleep is bang on my diet is on point and i exercise 5 times a weeks . i have a wonderful family great kids and a very well payed job . no money worries no childhood trauma or ptsd . im a anxious mess 24/7 ,depressed and i can't understand why .

[@00SuperHAN00]

I’ve been thinking the same way, but I’m afraid this won’t be a mainstream because it doesn’t align with pharmaceutical companies interest.

[@M9Diry]

42:50 “why do you use cold plunge a saunas to teach kids about anxiety and depression”? I wish I’d had this at school. I’m only learned by accident in the last few years of affording to go to spa hotels that I feel absolutely reset and incredibly calm after doing a round of saunas and cold plunges. This stuff should be prescribed to people not meds.

[@user-dn9vd9xg9p]

In a children's hospital I worked at had a spec ed program and they were short one student to continue ed grant funding. What did they do? Any meany miny mo and chose another patient/student and submitted the report to continue grant funds. They need to be monitored! That means a normal child is labeled in the system with spec ed needs that shouldn't have been.

[@ask9672]

Dr can you discuss about lifestyle changes about adenomyosis?

[@Divinissima13]

Where is the link for the breathing exercises?

[@mohienamjad3271]

The guest name is Dr Eric bidler

[@HonchoTheSquirrel]

So bizarre to upload a video and not include the name of the guest

[@JC-ct4yc]

I agree. Starting the podcast by introducing the guest would be a lot better than this abrupt beginning.

[@gaa4142]

Yes who is the guest??

[@thegeraldinekuss]

Yes, WHO IS HE?

[@debbiebeckwith1292]

It says it in the show notes. David Bidler. But yes, an intro was omitted.

[@HonchoTheSquirrel]

@@debbiebeckwith1292 Thank you

[@p49N]

Within acts of Competitiveness, exist counter assertions of survival and fear.

[@nicolaslade6733]

Maybe you could reframe what you say. Instead of 'having ' anxiety you might remark they are 'experiencing ' temporary anxiety - or something similar. I love reframing

[@thegeraldinekuss]

He is DAVID BIDLER & I did a Sherlock Holmes & read underneath the video.

[@aliciawalter8441]

One thing that annoys me so much is how adults (especially those in schools) treat children who are struggling and tired. Kids typically hear "You're tired now? You should be feeling great! How will you handle being an adult?" How is this helpful. And when kids try to pull back from school or activities to re-calibrate their physiology, they're shamed and punished for it. It is such a backwards system.

[@annmee712]

What is the guest full name? David ?

[@pb25193]

The mind is a body part!! Who knew, right?

[@stellat.r8825]

If cold plunges do what Adderall does ....does it mean it will worsen my anxiety? Because if we increase norepinephrine that would mean we will be more alert and less "calm"...no?

[@user-dn9vd9xg9p]

And in.some schools where spec ed classes need a specific number of spec ed to make a class for grand funding...they will seek out normal students just to get grant funding. All for money . And I have seen where many seek out very young students stating they need speech therapy whereas nothing is wrong with them but they are young and will grow out of it. Over-diagnosing to justify their grant programs and the teachers job!

[@emh8861]

This guy would be great at ASMR.

[@345kobi]

118:00

[@josephschaumberg4136]

Does David have an email.

[@AmerieFanbase]

Answer: Gut health

[@user-es5wp1pt5e]

I will forever be indebted to you Mrs Elena. You have changed my entire life , I will continue to preach your name for the world to hear . You saved me from huge financial debt with the little I had . Thank you Mrs Moraine

[@puneetgupta87]

Really nice podcast , but the background is fake which always catches my eye

[@236wong]

His name is David Bidler.

[@Vict0reeaH]

They talking about kids learning about anxiety which is a very good thing, but what about adults?

[@alexanderleuchte5132]

To fix the negative effects of the techno-industrial system on our bodies and minds we should make a business out of every healthy behavior people in less inhospitable cultures had naturally

[@MyHappy002]

Perhaps the guest didn't want his name in the title.

[@236wong]

Click on "more", seek and you will find!

[@tammy1372]

What is David’s last name. I’d like to find him on IG etc

[@susanwohl24]

David Bidler

[@lauranolan4744]

I lost respect for Range Mattel after he went on the interview with Harry 😮

[@maplenook]

Please tell people about Alpha-Stim

[@anio1349]

My bookmark: 53:47

[@northwestcoast]

These two dudes are not talking about mental illness. I’m sick and tired of so called experts having opinions on this when they have zero effing experience of real mental illness

[@rafaelmtl1198]

What a reckless and irresponsible click-bait thumbnail title. Despite the video content, a thumbs down is necessary to put a break in these foolish practices

[@SRS2012]

It’s way too long.

[@TheRusselmuscle]

This is for children. Wtf

[@laurakyplain2413]

1908, karma on stolen indigenous lands‘culturally’; seriously you have non ..so you’re mind boggling BS