Awakin Calls is an initiative of ServiceSpace, a global, all volunteer-run community dedicated to inner change and outer service. In Awakin Calls, we engage in deep conversations with individuals gently shaking the world, and inspiring us to transformative action. Partners in Health: Repairing the Many Pandemics of Our Times 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.

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