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Selfish: A Cardiologist's Guide to Healing a Broken Heart
In A Cardiologist’s Guide to Healing a Broken Heart, Dr. Columbus Batiste provides the ultimate blueprint for coping with the everyday stressors of life that lead to heart disease, anxiety, and depression. Built upon an evidence-based approach to optimal health, SELFISH challenges readers to combine self-care techniques with the transformative power of plant-based nutrition to truly heal from the inside out, and enjoy life on purpose. This insightful and thought-provoking book will appeal to all who are looking for practical and holistic solutions to cure and maintain a happy and healthy heart. SELFISH will teach - The role of stress in heart health - How mindset affects your heart - How to regain your purpose - The power of nutritional resiliency - The seven foundational pillars that can transform your health, relationships, career…and MORE! ***A portion of the proceeds from book sales goes to the Healthy Heart Nation a 501(c)(3) non profit organization.
236 pages, Paperback
Published June 12, 2024
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August 9, 2025
I appreciate this informative and well-written book that focuses on the steps we can take to improve our health and quality of life. Most books of this genre focuses on our diets, but Dr. Batiste, a cardiologist, focuses on a combination of things that can contribute to poor health. He uses SELFISH as an acronym for the things we should be incorporating into our daily lives, such as better sleep, exercise, spirituality and humor. "If you apply the selfish principles in this book, you can promote healing in your mind and body that will allow you to live a healthy life and a life of purpose."
The book captured my attention when Dr. Baptiste used analogies of superheroes like Batman and Spiderman, who gained motivation through the deaths of a loved one to become heroes. He compares them to health. "Crime fighting is synonymous with disease fighting, because most of the disease is akin to a preventable crime or an unnecessary tragedy." He says that diabetes, which took his father's life, is a mostly preventable disease.
He talks about stress, which he defines as an internal reaction to an external stimuli. He focuses on the outward cause of sickness such as heart attacks rather than just diet. Some of those causes are broken heart symptoms, stress, lack of sleep, lack of intimate relationships, and lack of exercise.
One important question he asked was: when was the last time you laughed?
I learned about this book through Dr. Batiste's YouTube interview with Chef A.J. and I am grateful to both of them. This book has given me a lot to think about in regards to my quality of life.
The book captured my attention when Dr. Baptiste used analogies of superheroes like Batman and Spiderman, who gained motivation through the deaths of a loved one to become heroes. He compares them to health. "Crime fighting is synonymous with disease fighting, because most of the disease is akin to a preventable crime or an unnecessary tragedy." He says that diabetes, which took his father's life, is a mostly preventable disease.
He talks about stress, which he defines as an internal reaction to an external stimuli. He focuses on the outward cause of sickness such as heart attacks rather than just diet. Some of those causes are broken heart symptoms, stress, lack of sleep, lack of intimate relationships, and lack of exercise.
One important question he asked was: when was the last time you laughed?
I learned about this book through Dr. Batiste's YouTube interview with Chef A.J. and I am grateful to both of them. This book has given me a lot to think about in regards to my quality of life.
December 2, 2025
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October 23, 2025
It’s time to get selfish. You’re gonna want to take notes on this one. Chapter 7 -9 were my favorites.
December 21, 2025
4 stars
Content is good, there are just quite a few grammatical errors and weirdness in the structure of the book itself that makes it a less than great read for me.
Content is good, there are just quite a few grammatical errors and weirdness in the structure of the book itself that makes it a less than great read for me.
December 28, 2025
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