#325: How Trauma Affects Our Habits and Our Life Choices | Dr Sue Varma, MD

This episode's guest is Sudeepta(Sue) Verma. Dr Sue Varma, MD, PC, DFAPA, is a distinguished psychiatrist and cognitive behavioural therapist based in New York City. Dr Varma has made significant contributions to the field of mental health. Notably, she served as the pioneering medical director and psychiatrist for the esteemed 9/11 mental health program at NYU. Alongside her clinical work, Dr. Varma holds the Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry position at New York University (NYU) Langone Health. Her accomplishments have been recognised by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), where she was honoured as a Distinguished Fellow, the highest honour bestowed upon its members.In this episode, Sue and I discuss:80% of our Health is built upon our HabitsHow to Form a Habit?How to deal with Trauma?How to achieve Eternal Optimism?What are the 8 pillars of Practical Optimism?Sponsor:Inside Tracker – https://insidetracker.com/louisaMud\Wtr - https://mudwtr.com/louisa0:00 Coming up…0:36 Introduction2:37 80% of our Health is built upon our Habits6:07 What is a Habit?8:25 How to Form a Habit?12:40 What stops us from doing the work?17:01 How to deal with Trauma?28:18 How to achieve Eternal Optimism?32:17 What are the 8 pillars of Practical Optimism?51:04 EndingSue’s Links and Resources:Website: https://www.doctorsuevarma.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctorsuevarmaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Doctorsuevarma/X: https://twitter.com/DoctorsuevarmaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sue-varma-m-d-p-c-dfapa-8a48286The Neuro Athletics Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3ewI5P0 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/louisanicola_/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/louisanicola_The Neuro Experience Podcast is proud to have hosted: Dr Layne Norton, Thomas DeLauer, Shawn Stevenson, Dr. Rocio Salas-Whalen, Saad Alam, Uma Naidoo, Dr. Lanna Cheuck,  Angela Lee Pucci, Jillian Turecki,  Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum, Dr. Darren Candow,  Dr. Sue Varma, Evy Poumpouras, Dr Casey Means, Renee Deehan, Dr Chris Palmer, Dr Charles Brenner, Andrew Huber, Gabrielle LyonThe Neuro Athletics Newsletter Instagram: @louisanicola_Twitter : @louisanicola_YouTube: @Louisa NicolaThe Neuro Experience Podcast is proud to have hosted: Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Gabrielle Lyon, Dr Layne Norton, Thomas DeLauer, Shawn Stevenson, Dr. Rocio Salas-Whalen, Saad Alam, Uma Naidoo, Dr. Lanna Cheuck, Angela Lee Pucci, Jillian Turecki, Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum, Dr. Darren Candow, Dr. Sue Varma, Evy Poumpouras, Dr Casey Means, Renee Deehan, Dr Chris Palmer, Dr Charles Brenner, Dr Joe Zundell