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Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.30,0:00:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the most important part\Nof your health?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.92,0:00:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.85,0:00:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it eating a balanced,\Nmostly plant-based diet,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.07,0:00:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,balancing your hormones, daily exercise,\Ngetting enough sleep --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.69,0:00:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you guys think?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.99,0:00:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taking your vitamins,\Nseeing your doctor for regular check ups?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.76,0:00:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.43,0:00:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These things might all seem\Nlike important, even critical, factors
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.14,0:00:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to living a healthy life,\Nbut what if I told you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.20,0:00:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that caring for your body was\Nthe least important part of your health?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.68,0:00:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.86,0:01:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a physician,\Nso if you'd told me that five years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.81,0:01:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would have been total sacrilege.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.91,0:01:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I spent 12 years training,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.31,0:01:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the body is supposed to be\Nthe foundation for everything in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.56,0:01:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if I told you that the medical\Nprofession had it all backwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.70,0:01:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the body doesn't shape\Nhow we live our lives?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.32,0:01:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if the body is actually\Na mirror of how we live our lives?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.41,0:01:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it for a minute.\NThink about a time in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.91,0:01:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you weren't living the life\Nyou were supposed to be living.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.13,0:01:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you were in the wrong relationship;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.24,0:01:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you were in\Nsome hostile work environment
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.39,0:01:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing what you thought you should do;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.32,0:01:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you were creatively thwarted,\Nyou felt spiritually disconnected.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.21,0:01:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what if you started getting\Nlittle inklings from the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.76,0:01:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little physical symptoms?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.50,0:02:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the body's trying to tell you\Nsomething and you ignore it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.19,0:02:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause you're supposed to do\Nwhat you're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.39,0:02:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the body totally decompensates.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.98,0:02:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you think about a time in your life\Nwhere something like that has happened?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.60,0:02:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, I see a lot of noddings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.57,0:02:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, me too.\NSame thing happened to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.90,0:02:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is what the body does,\Nthe body is brilliant this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.51,0:02:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the body speaks to us in whispers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.85,0:02:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we ignore the whispers of the body,\Nthe body starts to yell.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.75,0:02:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Millions of people in this country\Nare ignoring the whispers of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.62,0:02:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are suffering from an epidemic
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.04,0:02:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that modern medicine\Nhas no idea what to do with.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.45,0:02:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People suffering from\Nthis epidemic are fatigued,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.95,0:02:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're anxious and depressed,\Nthey toss and turn at night,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.12,0:02:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've lost their libido.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.88,0:02:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They suffer from\Na whole variety of aches and pains,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.89,0:03:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they go to the doctor,\N'cause something is wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.81,0:03:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the doctor\Nruns a whole battery of tests,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.57,0:03:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the tests all come back normal,\Nso the patient gets diagnosed as "well".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.96,0:03:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only the patient does not feel well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.15,0:03:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she goes to another doctor and\Nshe starts the whole process over again,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.16,0:03:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because something is clearly wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.68,0:03:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is wrong,\Nit's just not what she thinks.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.32,0:03:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to work in\Na really busy managed care practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.27,0:03:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was seeing 40 patients a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.59,0:03:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would get so freaking frustrated\Nwith these patients.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.48,0:03:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would come in and it was so obvious\Nthey were really suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.03,0:03:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd run the tests,\Neverything would come back normal,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.98,0:03:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd diagnose them well,\Nand they'd look at me like:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.91,0:03:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I'm not well, something's wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.78,0:03:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I felt so frustrated because\NI couldn't come up with a diagnosis.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.67,0:03:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they just wanted, please God,\Ngive me a pill.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.67,0:03:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was no pill,\Nthere's no pill to treat it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.68,0:03:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no lab test\Nto diagnose this epidemic,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.30,0:04:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no vaccine to prevent it,\Nno surgery to cut it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.65,0:04:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't until years later\Nthat I realized I was suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.05,0:04:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the same epidemic \Nmy patients were.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.35,0:04:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time I was 33 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.11,0:04:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was your typical physician.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.38,0:04:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had succeeded in everything I ever\Nwanted to achieve in my life, I thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.46,0:04:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had all the trappings of success,\Nthe ocean front house in San Diego,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.02,0:04:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vacation home, the boat,\Nthe big fat retirement account,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.25,0:04:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I could be happy\None day in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.12,0:04:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was twice divorced by that point.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.57,0:04:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had been diagnosed\Nwith high blood pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.57,0:04:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was taking three medications\Nthat failed to control my blood pressure
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.35,0:04:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had just been diagnosed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.85,0:04:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with precancerous cells\Nof my cervix that needed surgery.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.23,0:04:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even more importantly I was so\Ndisconnected from who I was,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.26,0:04:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so totally disillusioned with my job,\Nso completely spiritually tapped out,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.81,0:04:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I didn't even know\Nwho I was any more.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.73,0:05:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd covered myself up\Nwith a whole series of masks.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.23,0:05:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had the doctor mask, like when you\Nput on the white coat,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.53,0:05:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stand up on a pedestal,\Npretend you got it all together,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.46,0:05:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know it all.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.70,0:05:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am also a professional artist,\Nso I had the artist mask,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.26,0:05:15.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you've got to be, you know,\Ndark and brooding,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.95,0:05:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mysterious -- starving,\Nthat wasn't me either.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.33,0:05:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I had gotten married\Na third time,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.38,0:05:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, third time is a charm.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.77,0:05:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now I've got this dutiful wife mask\NI've gotta wear,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.48,0:05:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I've got to get dinner on the table
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.87,0:05:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make sure\Nthat I've got the right sexy lingerie on.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.41,0:05:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I got pregnant and all of sudden
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.00,0:05:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's this huge mummy mask\Nyou're supposed to wear, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.19,0:05:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You guys know the mummy mask.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.78,0:05:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're supposed to instantly\Ninherit the gene
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.83,0:05:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes you capable of baking the\Nperfect cupcake.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.62,0:05:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where I was,\Nwearing all those masks,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.24,0:05:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when my perfect storm hit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.22,0:05:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at this point in my life,\Nit was January 2006,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.54,0:06:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I gave birth to my daughter\Nby C-section,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.56,0:06:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sixteen-year-old dog died,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.20,0:06:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my healthy young brother wound up\Nin full-blown liver failure
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.20,0:06:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the antibiotic Zithromax,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.50,0:06:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my beloved father passed away\Nfrom a brain tumor, all in two weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.64,0:06:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had just started to take a breath,\Nwhen my husband,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.33,0:06:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was the stay home for my newborn,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.16,0:06:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cut two fingers off his left hand\Nwith the table saw.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.70,0:06:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.68,0:06:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say when your life falls apart,\Nyou either grow, or you grow a tumor.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.69,0:06:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately for me I decided to grow,\Nthere was something in me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.97,0:06:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SARK called it my "Inner Wise Self",\Nwhich I call your inner pilot light.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.76,0:07:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It said, "It's time to take the masks off.\NIt's time to stop the madness.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.06,0:07:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's time to stop doing what you should,\Nand start doing what you feel."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.91,0:07:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that moment I knew\NI had to quit my job.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.94,0:07:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this was a huge deal, right?\NI spent 12 years training to be a doctor
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.96,0:07:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hundreds of thousands of dollars
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.32,0:07:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we had all the trappings, you know,\Nthe house, the mortgage,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.07,0:07:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the doctor stuff, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.65,0:07:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My husband was not employed\Nand I had a newborn.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.95,0:07:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also had to pay a malpractice tail\Nto buy my freedom,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.71,0:07:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a six-figure malpractice tail,\Nin case I ever got sued in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.21,0:07:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I decided to do it, and God bless\Nmy husband, who said let's jump together.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.52,0:07:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I quit my job\Nand I had to sell my house
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.26,0:07:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and liquidate my retirement account\Nand move to the country;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.99,0:07:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I spent a few months painting\Nand writing and licking my wounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.08,0:07:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)\N(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.85,0:07:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't until about nine months later,\Neverybody was like -- nine months!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.56,0:07:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm an OB/GYN!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.15,0:08:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nine months later I realized you can quit\Nyour job but you can't quit your calling.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.86,0:08:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had been called at a very young age,\NI was seven years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.41,0:08:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the service, the practice,\Nthe spiritual practice of medicine;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.75,0:08:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that calling hadn't gone away.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.75,0:08:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had gotten so wounded by the system\Nthat I didn't even notice it anymore;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.53,0:08:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it came back after I had rested\Nand healed after a little while.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.24,0:08:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I knew I couldn't go back,\NI couldn't be seeing 40 patients a day,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.25,0:08:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,7,5 minutes with my patients,\Nthat wasn't why I went to medical school.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.34,0:08:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it began this quest, that turned into\Nan almost five-year quest now,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.93,0:08:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rediscover\Nwhat I loved about medicine.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.45,0:08:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that also meant I had to figure out\Nwhat I hated about medicine.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.50,0:08:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I started by blaming everybody:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.20,0:08:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was the ambulance chasing\Nmalpractice attorneys;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.96,0:08:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's big pharma;\Nit's managed care medicine;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.71,0:08:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the insurance company's fault.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.21,0:08:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I thought, oh no,\Nit's the reductionist medical system,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.69,0:08:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're so, so sub-specialized, \Nyou know?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.40,0:08:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm an OB/GYN, so I was seeing\Nthese patients that had pelvic problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.98,0:09:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I knew that there was something\Nbigger than the pelvis
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.34,0:09:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was causing their issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.92,0:09:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I hadn't been trained\Nto really look at that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.96,0:09:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought that's the problem,\Nlike you go to your doctor,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.96,0:09:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your pinky finger hurts and he says,\N"I'm sorry, I'm a thumb doctor."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.55,0:09:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.01,0:09:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody's looking at the whole picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.81,0:09:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought integrative medicine\Nwas the answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.54,0:09:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I joined\Nan integrative medicine practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.35,0:09:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was so much better; I got\Na whole hour with my patients.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.68,0:09:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really got to listen to my patients,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.41,0:09:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we didn't accept\Nmanaged care medical insurance,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.17,0:09:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it was really so much better.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.45,0:09:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I still kept bumping up\Nagainst something though,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.30,0:09:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because now if you came in\Nand you were depressed
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.38,0:09:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were giving you herbs and amino acids\Ninstead of Prozac.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.76,0:09:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you had other physical symptoms --\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.79,0:09:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was still this allopathic model,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.02,0:09:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the answer was outside of you,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.80,0:09:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had to give you\Nsomething that you could take.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.32,0:09:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought maybe that's not the problem,\Nmaybe I need to look outside of that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.52,0:09:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find new tools\Nfor my healing toolbox.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.65,0:10:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I started working\Nwith all these complementary
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.13,0:10:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and alternative health care providers,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.53,0:10:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whom I love, acupuncturists,\Nnaturopaths and nutritionists.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.71,0:10:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started treating my patients\Nwith needles in their energy meridians
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.21,0:10:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and raw foods, and that was great.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.68,0:10:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I kept bumping up\Nagainst the same thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.78,0:10:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patients would get better from one symptom
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.30,0:10:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if we didn't treat the root cause
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.80,0:10:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of why they had\Nthat physical symptom in first place,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.55,0:10:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they just wound up getting a new symptom.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.07,0:10:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at this point I was both\Nreally frustrated and really curious,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.64,0:10:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started down this path\Nof trying to figure out
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.59,0:10:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what really makes a body healthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.14,0:10:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what really makes us sick.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.84,0:10:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I dug into the medical literature\Nand spent a year researching
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.43,0:10:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of the randomized controlled\Nclinical trials out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.23,0:10:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I decided this is it,\NI'm going to figure it out,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.26,0:10:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to find the answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.93,0:10:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I spent hours in the library,\Nresearching, reading, studying.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.54,0:10:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I found blew my frigging mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.18,0:10:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stuff nobody ever taught me\Nin medical school.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.95,0:11:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the things we think of as health,\Nall the things we think matter, they do.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.10,0:11:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It matters that you exercise,\Nit matters that you eat well,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.10,0:11:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it matters that you see the doctor.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.10,0:11:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But nobody taught me that what\Nreally matters is healthy relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.78,0:11:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having a healthy professional life,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.59,0:11:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expressing yourself creatively,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.26,0:11:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being spiritually connected,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.19,0:11:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having a healthy sex life,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.49,0:11:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being healthy financially,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.98,0:11:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living in a healthy environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.57,0:11:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being mentally healthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.98,0:11:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course all the things\Nwe traditionally associate with health,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.78,0:12:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also matter,\Nall the things that nurture the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.54,0:12:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The data on this is unbelievable.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.47,0:12:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lots of it is not in\Nthe traditional journals that you read,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.45,0:12:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doctors read, a lot of its\Nin the psychological literature,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.02,0:12:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sociological literature.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.82,0:12:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you look deep, this is in\NThe New England Journal of Medicine,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.99,0:12:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's in The Journal of the\NAmerican Medical Association,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.25,0:12:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's coming out of Harvard and Yale\Nand Johns Hopkins.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.24,0:12:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is real data proving\Nthat these things are just as important,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.21,0:12:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if not more.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.26,0:12:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have this patient,\Nshe's a raw vegan,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.36,0:12:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she runs marathons,\Nshe takes 20 supplements a day,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.45,0:12:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she sleeps eight hours a night,\Nshe does everything her doctor tells her,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.06,0:12:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's got a chart this fat, and\Nshe's still got multiple health problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.26,0:12:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she had heard about my philosophy\NI had started practicing with my patients,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.79,0:12:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have an intake form\Nthat's about 20 pages long
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.68,0:12:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it asks about all those things,\Nrelationships, work life, spiritual life,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.13,0:12:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creative life, sex life,\Nall of these things that make you whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.82,0:13:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she came and she filled out her form and\Nshe said, "Doctor, what's my diagnosis?"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.89,0:13:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Honey, your diagnosis is\Nyou're in a freaking abusive marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.82,0:13:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You hate your job,\Nyou feel creatively thwarted,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.41,0:13:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're spiritually disconnected,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.82,0:13:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you haven't let go of that resentment\Nyou have against your father
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.24,0:13:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who molested you as a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.04,0:13:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your body is never gonna get well\Nuntil you heal that."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.20,0:13:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if taking care of the body isn't\Nthe most important part of being healthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.43,0:13:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.91,0:13:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's caring for the mind,\Ncaring for the heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.93,0:13:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caring for the soul,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.26,0:13:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tapping into what I call\Nyour inner pilot light.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.02,0:13:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now your pilot light is that part of you,\Nthat essence,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.70,0:13:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that authentic, deep, true part of you,\Nthat spiritual, divine spark
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.16,0:13:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that always knows what's right for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.20,0:13:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're born with it,\Nit goes with you when you die,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.64,0:13:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it always knows\Nthe truth about you and your body.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.14,0:14:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes to you and whispers;\Nit's your intuition;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.33,0:14:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's that beautiful part of you\Nthat is your biggest fan;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.47,0:14:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the part that writes you love letters.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.73,0:14:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is the biggest healer\Nyou can tap into,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.50,0:14:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better than any medicine,\Nbetter than any doctor.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.23,0:14:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So based on everything that I learned,\NI developed a new wellness model.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.05,0:14:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was based,\Nnot on the pie charts and pyramids
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.59,0:14:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that many of the wellness models\NI had studied were based on.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.53,0:14:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I based it on the cairn.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.32,0:14:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you guys seen these things\Naround San Francisco?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.39,0:14:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These stacks of balanced stones,\NI love them, I've always loved them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.45,0:14:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm an artist,\Nso it appeals to me visually.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.40,0:14:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I love the interdependence.\NEvery stone is dependent on the other;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.89,0:14:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't just pull one stone out\Nwithout the whole thing crumbling.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.26,0:14:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the stone that's most precarious\Nis the one on top.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.54,0:14:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the body,\Nthat's where I think of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.95,0:14:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The body is the stone on top.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.05,0:14:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When any of the facets of\Nwhat makes you whole get out of balance,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.11,0:15:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the body is the first to start whispering,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.05,0:15:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the foundation stone\Nis your inner pilot light,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.80,0:15:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that true essence of you,\Nthat vulnerable, transparent part of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.51,0:15:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So based on that, I created this model,\Nthat I call the whole health cairn.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.01,0:15:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what my next book is about.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.48,0:15:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An it's taking all of the facets\Nof what makes you whole;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.42,0:15:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's about self-healing from the core,\Nand once you recognize this,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.70,0:15:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you have all the tools you need\Nto start your own healing journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.02,0:15:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all of the facets of\Nwhat makes you whole are surrounded
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.05,0:15:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by what I call the healing bubble.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.48,0:15:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is love and gratitude and pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.73,0:15:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And science proves\Nthat all of those things
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.12,0:15:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are good for your health as well; they are\Nthe glue that hold everything together.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.25,0:15:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I challenge you.\NIf you have any physical symptom,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.58,0:15:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're suffering from the epidemic\Nthat plagues the developed world,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.92,0:15:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to ask yourself,\N"What's the real reason I'm sick
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.64,0:16:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or suffering, what's out of balance\Nin my whole health cairn?"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.11,0:16:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the real diagnosis\Nand what can you do about it?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.61,0:16:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you be more transparent?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.93,0:16:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you open yourself up\Nto more possibility?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.11,0:16:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you be more honest with yourself\Nabout what you need and who you are?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.23,0:16:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If any of you were lucky enough to see\NBrene Brown's awesome TEDTalk
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.89,0:16:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the power of vulnerability --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.32,0:16:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel a lot of nodding heads,\NI love it --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.05,0:16:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's so fabulous, but it talks about\Nthe science behind being true,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.14,0:16:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being vulnerable, being transparent.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.17,0:16:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It generates love and intimacy\Nwhich increases oxytocin and endorphins,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.98,0:16:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reduces harmful stress hormones\Nlike cortisol and adrenalin.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.33,0:16:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we let our true self be seen,\Nwhen we let our inner pilot light radiate,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.86,0:16:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we heal from the inside out
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.33,0:16:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's more powerful than anything\Nmedicine can give you from the outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.89,0:17:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I challenge you to write\Nthe prescription for yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.42,0:17:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No doctor can do this for you.\NWe can give you drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.98,0:17:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can give you surgery,\Nand sometimes you need that,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.79,0:17:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the jump-start\Nof the self-healing process.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.61,0:17:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to heal to the core, so that\Nyou don't develop new symptoms,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.33,0:17:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you don't need another surgery --\Nyou gotta write your own prescription.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.93,0:17:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I ask you, "What is it that you need,\Nwhat does your body need to get healthy?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.82,0:17:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it that you need to change,\NWhat needs to be tweaked in your life?"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.36,0:17:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you knew\Nthat stripping off all of your masks
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.72,0:17:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and letting us see\Nthat beautiful light within you,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.05,0:17:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the solution to your health problems,\Nwould you be willing to do it?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.66,0:17:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I dare you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.26,0:17:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just might make\Nyour body right for miracles.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.20,0:17:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.74,0:17:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)