118. Why Isn't Everyone Getting a Functional Medicine Doctor? with Dr. Robin Berzin

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Emily Fletcher interviews Dr. Robin Berzin about functional medicine and its benefits over conventional medicine.

Why Isn't Everyone Getting a Functional Medicine Doctor? with Dr. Robin Berzin What if your body already knows how to heal — and the missing ingredient is a doctor who actually takes the time to find out why? In this episode of Why Isn't Everyone Doing This?, Emily sits down with Dr. Robin Berzin, founder of Parsley Health and one of the most trusted voices in functional and longevity medicine, for a conversation that covers everything from hormones and DEXA scans to spiritual practice and the quantum field. Dr. Robin explains what functional medicine actually is — and why it works when conventional medicine plateaus. She breaks down the updated science on hormone replacement therapy (and why the study that scared women off HRT for 25 years was fundamentally misinterpreted), makes a compelling case for body composition testing over weight, and delivers one of the clearest explanations of what chronic stress does to the body that you'll ever hear. But the conversation doesn't stay on the physical. Robin and Emily explore how meditation gave Robin the clarity to build Parsley and raise over $100 million as a solo female founder — and why she believes reaching into the unmanifest is…

People in this episode

Host: Emily Fletcher

Guest: Dr. Robin Berzin

Topics covered

• functional medicine
• hormone replacement therapy
• chronic stress
• body composition testing
• meditation
• visionary creation

Keywords

• functional medicine
• hormones
• DEXA scans
• chronic stress
• HRT
• meditation
• body composition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Parsley Health

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