Episode 129: Resilience with Dr. Cynthia Li

Phoenix Helix: Autoimmune Resilience

Eileen Laird

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Our topic today is Resilience, that ability to bounce back from life’s hardships. With autoimmune disease, we get lots of practice. Sometimes we feel strong and capable of overcoming suffering. Other times we feel beaten down and frightened by our body’s unpredictability. The good news is that resilience isn't something you either have or you don’t. Resilience is a trait we can nurture. My guest is Dr. Cynthia Li, a functional medicine physician who has autoimmune disease herself. The intensity of her own health challenges ended up being a masterclass in resilience, and also changed the way she practiced medicine. Visit https://www.phoenixhelix.com for show notes.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Phoenix Helix podcast dedicated to maximizing autoimmune health through the paleo
0:05.8	diet and lifestyle. While there is no cure for autoimmune disease, the choices we make every day
0:11.4	can have a powerful impact on how we feel. I'm Eileen Laird, your host from PhoenixHelix.com, and I reduced my
0:18.8	rheumatoid arthritis pain by 95%, which took me from a life of excruciating
0:24.7	pain and disability back to a full and beautiful life. A short disclaimer, I'm neither a doctor
0:30.8	nor a nutritionist and the opinions expressed here are personal. Always consult with your
0:35.4	health care team before making medical decisions. Now let's get on to the show.
1:01.4	Welcome to episode 129. Our topic today is resilience, that ability to bounce back from life's hardships, and with autoimmune disease, we get a lot of practice. Sometimes we feel strong and
1:06.9	capable of overcoming suffering. Other times we feel beaten down and frightened by our body's unpredictability.
1:14.4	In this podcast, we're going to learn how to become more resilient.
1:18.4	It's not something we either have or we don't.
1:21.3	Resilience is a trait that we can nurture.
1:24.4	My guest is Dr. Cynthia Lee.
1:26.5	She's a physician who developed autoimmune disease herself, which completely changed not only her life, but the way she practiced medicine.
1:33.3	Her health challenges included some very dark times and ended up being a master class in learning resilience herself.
1:41.3	She now teaches those skills to her patients and will be teaching us today.
1:46.1	Dr. Lee is also the author of the book Brave New Medicine, a doctor's unconventional path to
1:51.6	healing her autoimmune illness. Welcome to the podcast, Dr. Lee. Thank you so much, Eileen. It's
1:57.6	wonderful to be back. So before we dive into our interview, I do have a
2:01.9	couple of updates from me. As many of my listeners know, I had a difficult summer, so I had
2:07.8	released some favorite podcasts from the archives to give myself time to focus on my health and my
2:12.8	family. And so actually, resilience is a theme that resonates with me personally right now, but actually
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