Inoculating Against Heartbreak

The single most important action to take to boost your mood and focus after heartbreak.
Did you know that heartbreak can accelerate aging and increase your risk of diabetes and mood disorders, such as depression and PTSD?

You've seen the ads nagging you to get your flu shot, but did you know you can also inoculate yourself against the sadness of breakup should your summer fling come to a crashing halt? And no – this prescription does *not* call from a supersized tub of Häagen-Dazs.

Harvard Integrative Physician Sara Gottfried, OB/GYN, MD, talks about how to beat breakups biologically.

Additional Info

  • Segment Number: 3
  • Audio File: staying_well/1244sw1c.mp3
  • Featured Speaker: Dr. Sara Gottfried, OB/GYN, MD
  • Book Title: The Hormone Cure
  • Guest Bio: Dr. Sara Gottfried, MD, is a Harvard-trained integrative physician who helps women feel at home in their bodies again, regardless of age. She is the creator of "Mission Ignition: Sex Drive," a wildly popular online course for women to re-ignite their sex drive using her 3-Step Gottfried Protocol for natural hormone balancing–utilizing nutraceuticals, botanicals, and when needed, bioidentical hormones, along with little-known esoteric practices.

    After graduating from the physician-scientist training program at Harvard Medical School and MIT, Dr. Sara completed her residency at the University of California at San Francisco, where she still serves on the faculty. She is board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, a teacher of the adjunct faculty at Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and a mentor to medical students in her integrative medicine practice, The Gottfried Center for Organic Gynecology in Berkeley, California. She teaches natural hormone balancing to both women and other clinicians, and is a popular guest on TV, radio and at health, medical and yoga conferences.

    Dr. Sara is the author of the forthcoming book, The Hormone Cure (Simon & Schuster, 2013). She has been featured in Yoga Journal, Glamour, Diablo and Natural Health magazines. She is also the medical expert featured in the award-winning film on women and yoga, YogaWoman. Dr. Sara is quick to add, "My method is not one-size-fits-all. My mission is to help women feel sexy, vital and balanced from their cells to their soul."
  • Length (mins): 10
  • Waiver Received: Yes
  • Host: Melanie Cole, MS