Episode 85: Creating the Whole Healthy You with Dr. Danielle Leigh Harlan Metzler

52 Weeks of Me

Danielle Metzler is a certified primary care physician who grew up and got her degree in medicine from Maryland and went to South Carolina for residency. She is a mom of two small babies and a wife to a wonderful husband. A strong believer in a holistic approach to things but also a believer in Western Medicine, she believes in intuition. As planned she served as a hospitalist for five years to earn experience from and with physically ill people. For work-life balance, she switched to primary care which is what she had always been passionate about. B3ing in the medical profession, she has seen a lot of pain in the world. And that inspires her to use her blessings and energy to permeate positivity.
Highlights:

• Gratitude -- being aware of her blessings is the secret to her positivity and she feels she is called to permeate it
• Striking a balance -- she is both a believer in a holistic approach to things at the same time a strong believer in Western and science-based medicine
• Vitamins/supplements -- nutrition should not be dependent on pills; it should begin in our diet (plant-based food, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, protein)
• Body positivity -- accepting who you are and what your body has done as well as working towards your best self
• Perfection -- as a recovering perfectionist, she found freedom in the fact that perfection does not exist and is therefore not worth pursuing

As a work in progress herself, Dr. Metzler does not believe in quick-fix and diet overhauls. As much as it took years to put on extra weight, it might also take years to put it off. For her own well-being as well as for her family and patients, she advocates yoga, taking the necessary pills, body positivity, taking advantage of app exercises/workouts, ridding perfectionism, and also indulging every once in a while.
To learn more from her wisdom, these are her socials:
https://www.instagram.com/danileigh5
https://www.instagram.com/danileighmd
http://www.thebigredgivingbag.com
https://campsite.bio/danileighmd
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