Dr. Mehmet Oz: The Atlanta Interview

“Bring people into your life.”

You’ve probably seen Dr. Oz on the cover of the new January issue of O Magazine, telling Oprah in an in-depth interview that “Every person has the right to look and feel like a million bucks.”

I had my own chance to interview Dr. Oz recently during his visit to Atlanta for Oprah‘s O You! conference at the Georgia World Congress Center.

(I had no idea how many women have a crush on Dr. Oz – kind of scary!)

Since the holidays were coming up, I decided to ask the host of The Dr. Oz Show for his #1 tip on how to deal with holiday stress.

(He smiled when I said working for Oprah has got to be a little bit stressful. If you watched her Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes reality show on OWN, you know what I mean!)

Here’s what Dr. Oz told me:

“Stress is a big issue for everybody, we all know that. But you have to realize it’s the energy you bring to the equation that creates most of the stress.

If you create positive energy, if the motivating force for you is love, stress rapidly diminishes.

The best way to deal with stress is community. Bring people into your life.”

From O You:

What’s the quickest legal route to joy?

Sex with someone you love. The increased life expectancy is a fringe benefit!

What makes you still?

Meditation at the end of a yoga routine.

What words do you live by?

Always show up in your own life.

What’s one thing that’s always overrated?

New Year’s Eve.

What/how did you last surprise yourself?

I just went on 15 rides with my kids at Universal Studios in Orlando without vomiting!

What’s the most daring thing you’ve done?

Swim with sharks in Bora Bora.

What’s left on your ‘To Do’ list?

Visit Australia.

What do you ask yourself most often?

‘Why am I running this maze?’

What do you know for sure?

We fear failure and that we don’t be loved. Tip the scales to toward what you want your life to be. Deciding to do something and doing it are very different things.

Daytime Emmy Award-winning host of The Dr. Oz Show and co-host of Ask Oprah’s All Stars on OWN, Dr. Mehmet Oz also currently serves as Vice-Chair and Professor of Surgery at Columbia University. He directs the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital, and has co-authored seven New York Times best-sellers, including the YOU book series. Dr. Oz is also a regular columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine. He is the host of a daily talk show on Sirius XM Radio’s Oprah Radio and was a featured health expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show for over five seasons, spanning 55 episodes.

- To learn more about Dr. Oz, visit DrOz.com or follow him on Facebook and Twitter.

What is your #1 tip for dealing with holiday stress?

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