I think my definition of "sacred medicine" really shifted after I started working very deeply in the field of trauma to include basically any medicine that helps peel away the layers of everything that is not our divine essence. And I now think that sacred medicine can happen in the hospital...in the therapy room...in indigenous healing settings. ..in ritual space. It has much more to do with the presence and consciousness of the person delivering the medicine, whatever that

Q: I can often feel very peaceful during meditation and practice. But then my life is complicated and feels like a mess. My meditation is an escape, but I don't know how to transform my life. Do you have any words of wisdom?  Teacher Wei: When you practice meditation, ah, you feel very peaceful. Then you need to try to bring this peaceful state into daily life. Daily life is also practice. Not only feeling peaceful during meditation, with your daily life separate from meditat

When Radical Remission survivors talk to me about trying to feel more love, joy, and happiness in order to help their bodies heal, they talk about it as they would talk about flossing their teeth or working out: they see happiness as a habit you have to practice daily in order to reap the desired benefits. For many people, the end of hope comes when they are told there's nothing more that modern medicine can do. But as a young doctoral student researching such situations, Dr.

Be present to other people, understand that your first effort and your second and your fifteenth will be imperfect, but just keep plugging away at it. Anybody can do these things, you know? I know that we often do not -- I often do not -- but anyone could do these things: to be present to others, to stick with something over a long time. Paul Farmer is a doctor, anthropologist, Harvard professor, and “world-class Robin Hood” who has dedicated his life to improving health care

In this conversation with bestselling author and health advocate Max Lugavere, Dr. Li explores some key parts of her journey, as well as the changes in food and lifestyle measures that supported her healing. Here are some highlights: 4:09 Near-death experience 12:49 Functional medicine explained 15:48 The different classes of causes of chronic disease 21:04 The role of qigong 26:43 The ancestral diet 31:54 Gluten and thyroid health 44:05 Diet changes made 54:50 Autoimmune thy

Conversation Highlights:  Meet Dr. Cynthia Li (5:08) Her personal health story: 15 years ago, Cynthia developed  postpartum thyroiditis  after the birth of her first child and swung between hypothyroid and hyperthyroid symptoms. Her numbers normalized within a year, but symptoms persisted, including  insomnia ,  fatigue , and heart palpitations. However, she was able to function and maintain a busy home, work, and travel life. 2 years later, she experienced severe and rapid o