Embracing Feedback and Improving Medical Advocacy with Amanda Sabicer

Have you ever visited a physician and had so much weight stigma and bias thrown at you, that you end up going home feeling defeated and bad about yourself? Knowing how to effectively give and receive feedback can be a very powerful tool in these situations, and help you to discern what resonates with you and what can be left behind.To help us wrap our heads around this, I invited my best friend and business coach, Amanda Sabicer, to give us her unique take on feedback, and how to become the authority on yourself. We also dive into the topic of medical advocacy, where Amanda shares her personal struggles within the medical system, and why it’s time to redefine what it means to be a “good” patient.Don’t miss this incredibly fun interview, which has a lot of advice and practical application for patients struggling to feel heard.Connect with Amanda on LinkedInAudio Stamps03:00 - Amanda tells us more about herself and what she does.04:49 - We find out what feedback is as a tool and when it can be used.09:25 - Amanda explains how people can start to work on creating feedback with themselves internally, especially in a medical setting.13:35 - Amanda shares her own health journey, which helped her realize that it’s not always the best approach to have someone else be more of an authority than you are for yourself.19:10 - Amanda and Dr. Rentea discuss medical gaslighting and Amanda shares how she advocated for herself to finally get the diagnosis she was searching for.24:45 - Dr. Rentea draws parallels with weight loss when it comes to listening to the body’s signals.25:55 -  We hear discussion around deconditioning trauma response patterns and renegotiating old emotions that may still be trapped in your body.30:35 - We learn about the importance of redefining success and using internal metrics to measure progress.Quotes05:42 -  “Until we can embrace feedback, there's always a piece of us that's hiding.” - Amanda Sabicer07:43- “Keep the stuff that resonates and dump the rest.” - Amanda Sabicer11:44 - “I would encourage people to redefine what it means to be a good patient.” - Amanda Sabicer12:22 - “I don't know that it's necessarily the best approach to ever have someone be more of an authority than you are for yourself.” - Dr. Rentea24:03 - “You need to get another opinion, and that takes energy and time and determination to have your own back during that process.” - Dr. Rentea24:36 - “The body speaks subtly and so it's on us to pay attention to the signals.” - Amanda SabicerAll of the information on this podcast is for general informational purposes only. Please talk to your physician and medical team about what is right for you. No medical advice is being on this podcast. If you live in Indiana or Illinois and want to work with doctor Matthea Rentea, you can find out more on www.RenteaClinic.com