Show 1062: Lead with Your Heart in the Horse Pen and in Your Life (Archive)
The People's Pharmacy
Joe and Terry Graedon
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2017
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Allan Hamilton is a neurosurgeon, a teacher and a horse trainer. Those activities may not seem to have much to do with each other, but Dr. Hamilton has found that horses have a lot to teach us about life and health.
Lead with Your Heart:
His book on the wisdom of horses, Lead with Your Heart, is full of valuable nuggets on horse training that have clear corollaries in everyday life. Here are a few examples: Patience is compassion. Finish better than you started. Never take a day for granted. Tackle small problems before they become big ones.
This Week’s Guest:
Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS, was previously chief of neurosurgery and chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. He is currently professor of neurosurgery and clinical professor of radiation oncology. He also holds appointments in psychology and electrical and computer engineering. He is executive director of ASTEC, the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center.
His books include The Scalpel and the Soul: Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural, and the Human Power of Hope; Zen Mind, Zen Horse: The Science and Spirituality of Working with Horses; and Lead with Your Heart: Lessons from a Life with Horses. All of his books have spiritual implications as well as practical applications.
You can learn more online at his website, allanhamilton.com/. Find him on Twitter.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Joe Graydon. |
| 0:02.7 | I'm Terry Graydon. |
| 0:04.1 | Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines. |
| 0:10.5 | This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream. |
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| 0:30.9 | When a renowned neurosurgeon goes into the round pen to train horses, |
| 0:36.3 | the lessons he learns apply to everyday life. |
| 0:39.7 | This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graden. |
| 0:50.2 | Dr. Allen Hamilton was formerly chief of neurosurgery at the University of Arizona. He still teaches |
| 0:56.8 | in the departments of neurosurgery, radiation oncology, psychology, and computer engineering. He |
| 1:03.4 | also trains horses and is engaged in equine-assisted therapy. His previous books, the scalpel |
| 1:09.5 | in the soul and Zen Minds and Horse, provide insights into the human condition. |
| 1:14.8 | His most recent book is, Lead with Your Heart, Lessons from a Life with Horses. |
| 1:20.5 | Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, find out what Dr. Hamilton has learned about leadership, mindfulness, patience, and happiness. |
| 1:28.0 | First, the news. |
| 1:30.5 | In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, doctors used to prescribe codeine to kids who'd |
| 1:35.9 | undergone a tonsillectomy or appendectomy. |
| 1:38.5 | But the FDA has determined that this opioid is not safe for children and can be deadly. |
| 1:45.7 | The agency has warned doctors not to prescribe this drug to children for any reason. There's a black box on the |
| 1:51.3 | prescribing label to this effect. After this caution was issued, most doctors did stop prescribing |
| 1:57.5 | codeine, but a review of the records for more than 300,000 children between 2010 |
| 2:03.3 | and 2015 showed that about 5% of children are still getting codeine. Doctors should be |
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