Thriving While Golden

Dr. Eno Nsima Obot, also known as Dr. Eno, shares her personal journey with breast cancer and her decision to format her podcast, Thriving While Golden, to highlight everyday women who are thriving in their 50s and beyond. She emphasizes the importance of being present in the now and redefining one's identity during life transitions. Dr. Eno also discusses the challenges of conventional medicine and the side effects of chemotherapy, and her goal to utilize functional medicine principles to mitigate these side effects. She invites listeners to suggest individuals to be showcased on the podcast and encourages saving for retirement.

Keywords

breast cancer, personal journey, podcast format, everyday women, thriving in 50s, being present, redefining identity, conventional medicine, side effects of chemotherapy, functional medicine, life transitions, retirement savings

Takeaways

• Dr. Eno shares her personal journey with breast cancer and her decision to highlight everyday women who are thriving in their 50s and beyond on her podcast.

• She emphasizes the importance of being present in the now and redefining one's identity during life transitions.

• Dr. Eno discusses the challenges of conventional medicine and the side effects of chemotherapy, and her goal to utilize functional medicine principles to mitigate these side effects.

• She invites listeners to suggest individuals to be showcased on the podcast and encourages saving for retirement.

Chapters

00:00 Introducing the Thriving While Golden Podcast

10:18 The Importance of Financial Planning for Retirement

15:07 Holistic Health and Well-being in the Golden Years

18:09 eno2.wav

Podcast music Credit- Emem Nsima Obot aka Cunty Meme

When you saw the title of this episode did you do an eye-roll? Well I really can relate, because if my daughter had not shared her experiences from a water drive over a hot and humid summer weekend, I too would have done an eye roll. 

However, we need to realize that water plays a critical role in our overall health and wellbeing. So this episode of Wellbeing Wednesdays goes back to the basics.  

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Has this ever happened to you? You put on your fitness watch and you go out for a walk. You're out for say an hour, but when you get home, alas you find out that you only did 5 minutes of exercise?

Well, that happened to me a few days back when I took my rambunctious MalteseYorkie Jake on his daily walk. So is there a difference between movement and exercise? In this episode, I explore that question for myself. 

Enjoy!

Welcome to Wellbeing Wednesdays which are mini-episodes that focus on some aspect of wellbeing. 

We change as we get older and so should our friendships. And yet many of us hold onto friendships that may not necessarily support our personal growth or who we have become.

In today's episode, I address the topic of friendship and why I think it is important to develop new friendships as we advance through the different phases of our lives.  

Hi there, it's been a minute since I sat down to record a podcast episode. I've talked myself out of it for a variety of reasons, such as no one is really paying attention to what I have to say. Does that kind of self-deprecating talk resonate with you? Well at the root of this came the realization that I've really been functioning in the survival mode for the last several months. And this comes from working the frontlines and having a deep sense of anxiety associated with that. 

So in this episode in the spirit of transparency that was the commitment I made to my listeners when I started this podcast I delve into what survival mode means to me. How to identify when you are living in survival mode. What does living in constant survival mode do to our bodies and ways to mitigate this. 

Oh and there's also an announcement, you do not want to miss. THRIVE on Ladies!

Hello there,

It is so good to be back. I literally lost my voice. Has that ever happened to you? Well, it did to me. But it's never too late to press the reset button and course correct and so that is what this episode is all about.

Welcome to season 2. 

Listen in as I share updates about our new website, upcoming courses, our free resources on the website, and also the launch of our new membership platform. 

I'm excited. Hope you are too.

For more information, log onto my website www.DoctorEno.com

Yesterday, the WHO formally declared the coronavirus a pandemic. This means that most of the world has been impacted by this viral spread. Last night, the President of the United States took an unprecedented move and placed a hold on all flights coming in from Europe for the next 30 days starting tomorrow (Friday, March 13 2020 at midnight). 

Now we can go back and forth and debate whether the United States initially took this threat seriously or not. The fact remains, we have to decide what we need to do now. 

In this podcast, I discuss some of the common-sense strategies we all can take now, including avoiding the 'bunker mentality'. There is absolutely no need to hoard critical supplies. We are all in this together. 

For more information about upcoming events such as webinars in which I will be sharing more health and wellness tips, you can subscribe to my newsletter by going to my website www.DoctorEno.com

Hello and Welcome back to "Thriving While Golden". You may have heard of the term biohacking . It's a term popularized by Dave Asprey who was one of the first people to create this movement.

Dave defines it as “The art and science of changing the environment around you and inside you, so you have more control over your own biology,”

In this episode, I start with some simple tools we can use to biohack ourselves to wellness. They are called our biometrics. I admit, I still cringe as I approach the bathroom scale most times, and I absolutely refuse to be weighed in my doctors' office :)

So rather than being victimized by our metrics such as our weight and BMI for instance, how can we use the information we gain to have more control over our own biology?

Listen in as I share some insights into what biometrics I recommend you pay attention to and why. 

So call up a girlfriend, grab a pen and paper and your favorite beverage, and kick back and relax. 

I am your host Dr. Eno Nsima-Obot. Log onto my website www.DoctorEno.com to learn more about me. 

Welcome back! This episode is the debut of monthly highlights of everyday women I find as prime examples of  'Thriving while Golden'. In this debut episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Ms. Colleen Emmanuel. She is a nurse administrator at a large health system in the greater Chicagoland area. Ms. Emmanuel has over 30 years of experience in nursing including transitioning to a leadership role over the last 10 years. She shares how she got started in nursing and some important pearls she learned earlier on in her career. She also has words of wisdom for her peers. So grab a pen and paper, call a girlfriend and get ready for our woman of the month to pour into your heart and soul. 

Not to sound too morbid here, but planning for the end of life should be just as much a part of living as dying. In this episode, Doctor Eno shares the importance of making the end of life decisions. These can be fluid and may vary in different situations. Tied closely to your 'code status' the decision may vary in different situations. For instance, the decision you may make to be resuscitated if you are found out in the field my vary from the decision you make should you flatline whilst undergoing surgery in the OR. This episode is designed to get us all thinking about not only how we want to die, but also the legacy we choose to leave behind.     

Hello and welcome back to Thriving while Golden- a podcast for women over fifty seeking to THRIVE into their golden years. Today I 'pull aside the curtain' and share with you a lesson that was recently reinforced from an incident that occurred in my personal life and why it is important to set personal standards. As women, we may have found ourselves having to settle in the past. In this episode, Dr. Eno shares why we all need to have a list of qualities called 'conditions of satisfaction' not only for our personal relationships but for other dimensions in our lives especially our health. So grab a pen, paper, and your favorite beverage and call a friend and listen in. 

It's that time of the year where we make new year resolutions. For those of us with health and wellness goals, we may begin to focus on which diet works best to help us reach those goals. In this episode, Dr. Eno shares why she feels the concept of dieting should be changed. Grab a pen and paper as she introduces the concept of functional nutrition and how we can all use food as medicine. By the end of this episode she hopes you all will agree that the word 'Diet' should be a dirty word :) For more information about Dr. Eno and her work, log onto www.DoctorEno.com 

In this episode, Dr. Eno shares her personal experience with supporting her wellbeing and how she found this to be important.  Too often we tend to only supporting our health and wellness goals. But our wellbeing is just as important. So grab some paper and join Dr Eno as she shares how to create what she describes as a wellbeing toolkit. 

For more information about Dr, Eno log onto www.DoctorEno.com

I recall several years ago when I was in private practice, I had a vision of creating a wellness-based practice that empowered people to optimize their overall health and wellness. One afternoon in 2006, whilst getting my car serviced at the Volvo dealership,  I received what I can only describe as a spiritual download of a program I named 'the integrative lifestyle modification program'. After I had written down my entire vision of what the program would entail, I realized that I did not the depth of knowledge I needed to deliver to my patients.  

I compared this to having a great snazzy toolbox, but with no tools inside. That is until I discovered functional medicine. Listen in as I share my journey into functional medicine. 

Join me in this episode, as I share what functional medicine is and how my journey into functional medicine has helped me become the healer I define as my purpose on the planet to be.  

To learn more or to book a free 30-minute discovery session with me, log onto www.doctoreno.com

This is the second part of the final podcast for the decade.  We are on the verge of a new decade. Trust you are as excited as Dr. Eno is. You may be familiar with .how to create SMART goals. It's an acronym that stands for :

• S-Specific 
• M-Measurable
• A-Achievable 
• R- Results in
• T- Time 

SMART goals are a great place to start. However, Dr. Eno invites listeners to consider stepping outside of their comfort zones in 2020 and beyond and create what she describes as 'Kickass goals'.   'Kickass goals'. Dr, Eno explains are goals you set that when you speak about them or think about them have the capacity to take your breath away because they are HUGE. 

In a light, playful and conversational tone, listen in as she shares some examples of her 'kickass goals'. 

Along the same lines, she invites listeners to also take the time to create a bucket list of 100 things they would like to experience or do over the rest of their lifetime. Remember this show is all about THRIVING into your golden years. Listeners who create 150 or more items on their bucket list will be eligible to win a $10 Amazon gift certificate. 

One of Dr Eno's Kickass goals is to increase the listenership of this podcast so that this message of possibility for women 50 and over is shared globally. 

So call a girlfriend or two and let them know to listen in. Grab your favorite beverage. Sit back and enjoy! Happy New Year. 

Join Dr. Eno in part 1 of 2 of the final podcast for the decade as she invites listeners to reflect over the past decade. In her usual conversational tone, she invites you to reflect over the not only the past year but the decade 

• What were your wins? 
• Acknowledge your losses
• look at the areas in your life in which you have grown 
• Review areas in your life or things you wish you had done more of.

 As you prepare to welcome in the new decade 2020, on a scale of 1-5 how would you rank the five areas of your life? 

• Health
• Finances 
• Professional/career 
• Spiritual 
• Relationships.

This is an episode you really do not want to miss if you are looking to create a kickass life and THRIVE into the next decade. So call a friend and let them share this with them, sit back with your favorite beverage and enjoy!

Welcome to episode 3 of "Thriving While Golden". In this episode, Dr. Eno covers why it is creating healthy priorities. Grab a pen and paper as she takes you through a very brief exercise. She goes into detail about the effects that stress can have on our systems when we do not prioritize our wellbeing. She offers an invitation to create some ways to prioritize your wellbeing in a guilt-free way. She also has available for listeners a free download of an e-book on ways to reduce stress in under 10 minutes from her website, www.doctoreno.com. We'd love to hear your comments and also leave us a review on whatever platform you receive your podcasts. Enjoy.

The holidays tend to be a very challenging time for those who have lost loved ones. Especially when that loss of fresh as I have just experienced. In this episode I share with you what I am doing to deal with the recent loss of a very dear friend. The importance of self care and the need for a support system and when you may need to seek the help of a mental health professional. This episode is dedicated to the memory of my dear friend Rosemary Gabriel. 

Join Dr. Eno as she 'pulls back the curtain' and shares how a story she told herself about an incident almost jeopardized a friendship.  She shares how sometimes the stories we tell ourselves were told to us in our childhood and continue to operate in the background affecting the decisions and choices we make in our lives. She invites her listeners to take a look at their stories especially the stories they may be telling themselves about what it means to be a woman over fifty. The information contained in this podcast is for educational purposes only. Inasmush as Dr. Eno is a licensed physician her advice is not a substitute for that of your healthcare provider. Enjoy this episode. 

Introduction to the inaugural podcast of Thriving while Golden. Hi I'm Doctor Eno and this is my first podcast, introducing myself, and getting into the flow. This space is for the woman over fifty and it is meant to be laid back and informal. Imagine it's a girl's outing, where we get to kick back, let our guards down and just share from the heart.  I share with you why I named the podcast, "Thriving while Golden". Yes, I believe as women we can THRIVE into our golden years. Listen to this initial episode as I share some fun facts about me as well as a personal life story and how I came into the field of functional medicine which is an area I am truly passionate about. Enjoy!