Ep 187: From Pharma Sales to Traditional Chinese Medicine with Dr. Lori Earley
The Way Forward with Alec Zeck
Alec Zeck
4.8 • 968 Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2025
⏱️ 150 minutes
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Dr. Lori Earley joins Alec for a conversation on her journey from pharmaceutical sales to becoming a doctor of Chinese medicine. She shares what she witnessed in the drug industry, from downplaying side effects to the promotion of adult ADHD, and how those experiences led her to question modern healthcare. They discuss her pivot into acupuncture and holistic medicine, the unexpected influences that guided her path, and the role of nutrition, intuition, and alternative healing in restoring health.
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Website: www.phoenixrisingacu.com
Email: lori@phoenixrisingacu.com
Instagram: instagram.com/phoenixrisingmedicine
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Spark in the Machine by Dr. Dan Keown:
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Fast Like a Girl by Dr. Mindy Pelz:
https://www.amazon.com/Fast-Like-Girl-Healing-Hormones/dp/1401969925
Say Goodbye to Illness by Dr. Devi Nambudripad:
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| 0:14.0 | A Welcome to my show. Thank you for inviting me. |
| 0:23.6 | Thank you for being here. Thank you so much for inviting me. |
| 0:41.2 | Yeah, absolutely. Could you just start by sharing your background for people who are unfamiliar |
| 0:47.0 | with you, your credentials, and how you got to doing what you're doing now? Yeah, so currently I am a doctor |
| 0:52.6 | of acupuncture in Chinese medicine, |
| 0:54.9 | and I also do functional medicine, and I have a standalone clinic in Houston, Texas, |
| 1:00.0 | where I see patients. I typically work with women, but I do see men as well. My background is in 2001. |
| 1:08.7 | I graduated with a master's in microbiology with an emphasis in electron microscopy. |
| 1:15.5 | And shortly after that, I was in the pharmaceutical industry from 2001 to 2010 as a pharmaceutical |
| 1:23.4 | sales consultant. |
| 1:25.8 | And then... |
| 1:29.6 | How did you end up there in the first place, though? Like, what made you want to major in microbiology? |
| 1:32.3 | Oh, I... |
| 1:33.3 | Well, originally in college, I... |
| 1:35.1 | Was that your undergraduate degree, or was it... |
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