The Body’s Incredible Potential to Heal Itself | Andrew Weil
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
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🗓️ 11 November 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
This week’s conversation is with Dr. Andrew Weil, an internationally recognized expert on medicinal plants, alternative medicine, and the reform of medical education.
He is the founder and Director of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, where he also holds the Lovell-Jones Endowed Chair in Integrative Rheumatology and is Clinical Professor of Medicine and Professor of Public Health.
Andrew is the founder and Chairman of the Weil Foundation, and the founder and co-Chairman of Healthy Lifestyle Brands.
He is also a founder and partner of the growing group of True Food Kitchen restaurants.
Andrew is an absolute pioneer in the field…
In this conversation, Andrew shares why he’s such an avid supporter of integrative health and his philosophy on healthy aging.
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| 0:00.0 | The whole health care industry is focused on disease management, not health promotion and prevention because they don't pay. |
| 0:07.0 | And the diseases we're trying to manage are mostly lifestyle related diseases that could have been avoided if people made better choices |
| 0:14.2 | earlier in life about how to eat, how to be physically active, how to manage stress and so forth. |
| 0:18.6 | But we don't do a very good job at that. Okay, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast. |
| 0:27.0 | Okay, welcome back or welcome to The Finding Mastery Podcast. I am Michael Jervay and by Trade and Training, I am a sport and performance psychologist. |
| 0:40.0 | Now the whole idea behind these conversations is to learn from people who have committed their life efforts towards mastery. |
| 0:47.3 | We want to better understand what they're searching for, how they organize their inner life, |
| 0:52.2 | the psychological framework that they're using, |
| 0:54.8 | the mental skills that they use and build and refine their craft so that you can use those same skills, |
| 1:00.0 | those same practices, and apply them in your own life towards the things that you're most interested in, |
| 1:06.4 | whatever it is that you're working on mastering yourself. |
| 1:09.9 | Finding Mastery is brought to you by Bearby. |
| 1:12.6 | Bearby is a sustainable home wellness brand |
| 1:16.3 | and they are on a mission to create a calmer, |
| 1:18.8 | more comfortable world. |
| 1:20.1 | They began with a single product that disrupted a 30 year old industry that was laden with |
| 1:26.1 | artificial materials. They created a biodegradable plastic-free hand-knit weighted blanket. |
| 1:33.6 | And the result is incredible. |
| 1:35.3 | Their blankets are naturally heavy. |
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