Dr. Lucy McBride has practiced primary care internal medicine in Washington DC for 25 years, writes the weekly newsletter 'Are You Okay?' to 41,000 readers, hosts a hit podcast, and has been featured in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, USA Today, CNN, MSNBC, and PBS.

Her new book, Beyond the Prescription, is a framework for thinking, asking better questions, and becoming a more informed and empowered participant in your own health.

We cover:

• Who she pictured reading the book, and what was missing from the shelf
• Becoming the "CEO of your own health", and what that looks like in practice
• The two forces pulling patients apart: a healthcare system that misses the human, and a $6.3 trillion wellness industry "weaponizing partial truths"
• The middle path she offers between medical maximalism and wellness culture
• The Four I's framework: informatics, inputs, infrastructure, and insight
• Health data, biographic data, and the story that rarely makes it into the chart
• How childhood, everyday habits, and lived experience show up in your labs
• Nutrition, protein, and our relationship with food
• Supplements, the illusion of certainty, and how to be an informed consumer
• How to partner with health tech and wearables as a clinical tool without letting them run your life
• Movement as medicine, injury, and caring for your physical container in midlife
• The serenity prayer, unwinnable battles, and where agency actually lives
• Mental health is health: the mind-body connection, the unconscious, and the stories we tell ourselves
• The patient personality and how the version of yourself who shows up at the clinic
• Her vision for the future of primary care, and where AI can help

Beyond the Prescription is out August 11th wherever books are sold!

Find Dr. McBride's newsletter and podcast at lucymcbride.com.

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