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Melissa Mandala

Melissa Mandala

Triple board-certified physician in family medicine, lifestyle medicine, and integrative psychiatry; co-founder of Dr. Lifestyle clinic specializing in gut-brain-immune health and chronic disease reversal.

Jun 25, 2026

4:07
flavor, but they're spicy, oily.
4:10
Even the meaty foods were giving me so much bloating, so much loose stools.
4:15
I didn't know what to do.
4:17
And so I thought food would cure it.
4:19
So when I went in my teens, in my high school, I was a cheerleader.
4:23
I was very active, competing with all the football, basketball players on food like, OK, I'm going to eat more food.
4:29
I'm going to eat all the junk food, the hot dogs, the pizzas, eat it all.

14 MINS LATER

18:54
The way to deal daily stressors of life Right? Are there certain evidence-based techniques or strategies in terms of first the person identifying that, you know, I'm dealing with this and then when do they figure out or how do you explain them about seeking professional expertise? And then the third step would be how are you implementing certain lifestyle interventions in your patients? once you understand or gather all the information of where is this anxiety or overwhelm sense or the sense of burnout coming so first is just in general if someone's listening to you today how do they identify that is this something just me my personality my behavior versus i need to seek professional help

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