#7 Chronic Stress, EMF and Grounding with Olli Sovijärvi Body Mind Empowerment Podcast

Siim Land (0:00)

Hippocrates, the father of medicine from ancient Greece, said, A wise man should consider that, a wise man should consider that, health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive. There are a lot of people in the modern world who have seemed to forgotten about this age-old wisdom, as the western population in particular is suffering from disease, obesity, and chronic stress.

Are we doomed to perish in the urban comfort of our semen? Do we have to escape back into the wilds to stay healthy? Or is there a way to incorporate our primal bodies into the technological environment of today? That's exactly what we'll be talking about in today's Body, Mind and Power Man Podcast. I'm your host Siim Land, and my guest is Olli Sovijärvi. Olli is a medical doctor at the Helsinki Antioxidant Clinic, and the co-author of The Biohacker's Handbook.

He has pioneered the holistic health practice in Finland, and is the only Finnish medical doctor with a Psychologic Philosophical Integral Theory degree from John F. Kennedy University. We're gonna be talking about the biggest problem modern people have, chronic stress, and what to do about it.

We're also gonna cover the benefits of spending time in nature, grounding yourself, and also the hidden dangers of electromagnetic frequencies that are surrounding us everywhere. I'm sure that after you listen to this episode, then you want to reconsider how you use your smartphones or your other technological gadgets. If you wanna support this podcast, then make sure you leave us a review on iTunes and other social media platforms. But now, let's delve into the world of too much stress and EMF pollution.

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Do you want to know what it is?

Siim Land (1:51)

Body, mind empowerment.

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Get stronger, faster, smarter, quicker, friendlier, more helpful, more driven.

Siim Land (1:58)

Everything the body needs.

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Control your mind.

Siim Land (2:04)

And Olli, welcome to the show.

Olli Sovijärvi (2:06)

Thank you, Siim. It's a pleasure, and I like your podcast and videos. They're just great.

Siim Land (2:13)

Thanks. And why don't we start off with some of your personal backstories.

What got you into this field of research and exploration?

Olli Sovijärvi (2:21)

After graduating from medical school, I was pretty deep in the system. I was working my ass off. So I have always been working very hard. In the medical school, I was handling all kinds of lab tests and different stuff. I was working from six to nine in the morning, and then going to school, and also working in the nighttime. So the work ethic has been always there. Then I went through the whole basic healthcare system, and I literally have been in 50 different places in Finland, and seeing how the system and how it really doesn't work, and how I did this kind of medical geek practitioner. So I went from a place where there's acute need. So I was on call for 24-7.

So you can think what that does to my stress level. So I was in the fight or flight mode nearly all the time. I slept four to five hours per night, and trained five to six times per week. So I was burning the candle from both ends.

At one point, I was just so tired that I had to stop it.

Then I quit all the work, and I was starting to think what I want to do, what I really want to do. So that was like eight years ago. And then I was starting to read and research this holistic health and functional medicine and integral theory. And then I went to the JFK University to study that, and things got on from there.

And I began hacking my sleep and also exercising less, eating better, you know, this basic stuff. So I was doing biohacking back in then, even I didn't know about that it's called biohacking. So we now have a good term for taking care of your health in a holistic way. And biohacking, I think it's like a perfect term for that. And then a little later, about four years ago, we decided to write a biohacking handbook with Jaakko Halmetoja and Teemu Arina. And here we are about to release it in English pretty soon. So that's it, it's in a nutshell.

Siim Land (4:48)

Yeah, and you know, definitely like this, we talk a lot about how when you look at what biohacking is, then it's not anything innovative in of itself. You know, it's the fundamentals, you know, exercise, nutrition, sleep. But you know, you add the qualification and the technological aspect to it, which makes it more appealing and more effective for the average person.