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A modern Western allopathic medicine is brilliant at treating acute trauma.

Clearly, there are times in life when surgery and drugs are absolutely necessary,

and modern medicine has saved lives.

However, as today's guest on the show, adeptly points out, our medical

system is often treating chronic disease as if it were acute trauma. Too often we are throwing

drugs at a symptom instead of understanding and treating the root cause of disease. This is no

small matter when over half the American population is now affected

by chronic disease, such as diabetes, arthritis, asthma, and cardiovascular disease. Today on the show,

I speak to Kelly Nunangorres, writer, producer, and director of the documentary Heel, and author,

curator of the book of the same title.

In Heel, Kelly gathers the top minds in functional and naturopathic medicine, alternative healing,

and spiritual leaders to explore the mind-body connection, the interrelationship between our

psychology and our biology, in essence, how our thoughts and beliefs can

impact our physical health. What you learn from Kelly is essentially empowerment, that we are not

destined by our DNA, that we have agency over our well-being. To find out more about Kelly and

Heel, go to Heel Documentary.com.

My name is Jeff Krasno, and welcome to Commune.

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