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Me: What are your health goals for 2023?

She: *assuming it’s a test question”

Oh I want to be healthy and have good blood pressure

Me: Good good! 

Having good blood pressure is great for reducing risks of heart issues!

She: beaming… (after all she got the answer right)

Me: How bout what you really want? Not what you think I want to hear 

She again: I like you

Me: oh… thanks

She: for real doc though I want to feel better

Me: in what ways specifically… yes please I need you to help me help you 

Her: I want more energy and to lose all this weight Doc

We talk why!

That way she has a friendly reminder that is self imposed 

We talk how!

Sleep, move, +/- meds

Her: you alright doc!

Me: thank you! don’t forget to do your homework tho 

Her: yes ma’am 

Conversations continue!

What are your health goals?

Feel rested?

Have more energy to do the things you enjoy?

Lose weight?

Feel less achy in your joints?

Don’t give up on them!

I’m rooting and rooting for you! 

Dr. Olabintan

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Dr. Tolulope Olabintan MD, AAHIVS, FAAFP, dipABLM Dr. Tolulope Olabintan is the Co-Founder and Medical Director of Livingspring Family Medical Center. She is a Christian, Family Physician, writer, mentor, mother and wife. She takes joy in empowering her patients and readers to live their fullest lives possible. She helps patients live long and well as she believes that the quality of life is just as important as the quantity of life. She is also a foodie and loves the colors teal and orange. Dr. Olabintan completed her medical degree at UMDNJ Rutgers Medical School in 2007. Dr. O went on to finish her Family Medicine Residency from Albert Einstein College of Medicine Family Medicine residency where she also served as a Chief Resident. She then went on to complete a women’s health/surgical obstetrics fellowship at St Francis hospital in 2011. She is a board-certified Family Physician, Lifestyle Medicine, a HIV specialist and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.