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THE DOCTOR
INSIDE YOU
Don't Leave Your Personal Power in the Waiting Room
"Each patient carries
his own doctor inside him. They come to us not knowing that
truth. We are at our best when we give the doctor who resides
within each patient a chance to go to work."
-Albert Schweitzer, M.D.
Isn't it ironic...
that the very thing that can heal you - your personal power -
you leave in the waiting you? Abdicate the powerless "fix
me, help me" mindset that "the doctor knows
best", and reclaim your innate ability to optimize your
own health.
Most people don't
trust their "doctor within". They're too humble for
their own good. Yet study after study has shown that patients
know much more than they think they do about their own health.
As the renown Canadian physician put it, "Listen to the
patient. He is telling you the diagnosis."
Even so, patients
are typically cowed by doctors and other health care
professionals. They're afraid to have faith in their own instincts. But studies show that 80 per cent of what doctors go
on when they make a diagnosis is what patients tell them about
their symptoms, history and lifestyle. There is no substitute
for what you know about how you feel - and how it is different
from the way you usually feel.
I will show you
ways you can listen to your body, avoid the all too common
problem of denial and put your health radar to work for those
you love. When you ar ein control your body has the best
chance to do its work. This presentation will help you gain
control.
"WOW" is the first word that comes to mind in describing your fabulous presentation to the Council. Marie, you did an outstanding job of conveying a huge amount of information in laymen's terms and miraculously combined it with wit, wisdom and compassion. You are indeed a star!"
- Sharon S. Hardy, Administrative Director,
Trustees' Council of Penn Women, University of Pennsylvania
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