Health Starts With You: How to Understand Your Body and Navigate Healthcare, with Dr. Bisi
I sat down with Dr. Bisi to talk about two of the most important relationships in our health journey: the one with our doctor and the one with our bodies. We discuss what your doctor is really for, and why knowing your own body changes everything. For more resources, research & practical tips mentioned in this episode: check out this article on our website. About Dr. Bisi Doctor Bisi is a medical doctor specialising in General Practice, trained and practising in the UK within the National Health Service. She also trained as a certified health and wellness coach, bringing a holistic perspective to her work with patients navigating chronic illness, long-term health challenges and the grey areas that don't always fit neatly into a treatment pathway. Alongside medicine, she is navigating her own health, ambitions, faith, marriage and motherhood. It's from that perspective that she approaches health as more than the absence of disease. What you'll learn What a family doctor is actually for, and what they're not How to describe your symptoms so a doctor can actually help you The foundations of good health, plus the one nobody talks about When to see a doctor, when to see a health coach, and when what you need is a therapist Dr.Bisi also has a few hot takes, including her honest answer on staying consistent (which I'm sure you'll love!) For more of The Good Race 📖 Read the article for this episode with the research mentioned + some practical steps : www.thegoodrace.co 🌀 Follow us on IG @thegoodrace.co and let us know which part of this episode surprised you the most? Or just say hi :) 🔔 New episodes every second Tuesday of the month — subscribe so you never miss a launch! Chapters 0:00 Introduction 1:37 Dr. Bisi's story: the road to medical school, and her surprising take on impostor syndrome 7:53 What a family doctor is really for 11:00 Your role in the doctor-patient relationship 16:30 The foundations of health, and the one everyone forgets about 20:32 Doctor or health coach: which one do you need? 28:21 What a health coach should never do 33:23 When your doctor gets your culture 37:59 What motherhood changed, even for a doctor 40:34 The one belief Bisi would erase about women's bodies 42:03 Bisi's controversial secret to staying consistent 44:59 Rapid fire round A note on this episode Bisi is a doctor, but this conversation is general information rather than medical advice, and nothing here is a substitute for speaking to your own doctor about your own health. Keep running your good race. [Music by Epidemic Sound.]
