Events
Don’t Settle For Being Well
When I was learning to be a doctor, the focus was on making the sick well, but there was a huge piece missing from what they taught me in my medical education. Nobody ever taught me that, as doctors, it’s our job to help people become, not just well, but whole. After...
Expanding The Definition Of “Health”
Not only do I think we need to revolutionize the way we as patients and healers collaborate; I also think we need to redefine how we think about health. It’s time to think BIG, baby. “Health” is simply too small, and you can’t cram us into little boxes that don’t even...
10 Things I Learned From People Who Survive Cancer
When I interviewed women who had survived breast cancer for my art project The Woman Inside, I noticed that they all shared one remarkable thing in common. They had all faced down death and decided to live every day like it might be their last. And then they all beat...
Introducing Sacred Medicine
When I decided to put my white coat back on, I committed to reclaiming what I love about medicine and ditching what I’ve come to despise. In fact, after leaving medicine - supposedly for good - I had to expand and redefine “health” and change the whole way I think...
Meet Your Inner Pilot Light
If you’re a patient of mine, if you’ve been reading my blog, if you’re a student of the Get Out Of Your Own Way e-course, or if you read The Daily Flame, you’ve probably heard me frequently referencing your “Inner Pilot Light.” But someone who doesn’t know me well...
Permission To Break My Heart
My five-year-old daughter Siena fell in love recently. It was with another girl - a five-year-old princess named Vivien, who lives in a castle in Chicago and is the daughter of my best friend Katsy. Siena and Vivien have known each other since they were three months...