Elliott Dacher - Beyond Mindfullness, and Into the Heart of Healing
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In this engaging exchange, Jim interviews Dr. Elliott Dacher, a physician who encourages medical professionals to practice medicine with heart, underlining the nobility of it. He explains how he transitioned from traditional medical practice to integral healing, foregrounding the importance of human flourishing in healthcare. According to him, the full scope of human flourishing includes serenity, natural wisdom, enduring happiness, self-compassion, and freedom from the known. Dr. Dacher emphasizes the individual's development to bring rich compassion and care in healing and elaborates on the relevance of integral theory and self-cultivation techniques in the life of a medical professional.
00:00 Introduction to the Healers Council
00:57 Conversation with Elliot Dacher MD: A Physician's Journey
02:12 Elliot's Motivation to Become a Healer
04:09 The Evolution of Elliot's Healing Practice
04:42 Elliot's Transformational Journey to India
05:52 The Importance of Curiosity and Social Justice in Healing
06:36 The Lost Potential of Modern Medicine
09:17 Elliot's Transition from Traditional Medicine
09:34 The Role of Community in Healing
10:11 Elliot's Experience with Traditional Allopathic Medicine
10:34 The Shift to a More Patient-Centered Practice
11:37 The Teachable Moment in Disease and Illness
13:20 The Courage to Transition and the Stages of Change
14:46 The Call to a New Phase of Life and Healing
22:04 The In-Between Time and the Sacred Marriage
24:10 Rediscovering the Self Beyond the Healer's Identity
25:19 Understanding the Essence of Self
25:38 The Struggle of Identity in Professional Health Schools
25:51 The Glimpse of Truth and the Source of Desire
26:59 The Ego Grind and the Habit of Identity
27:29 The Misconception of Ego and Identity
28:02 The Essence of Being and the Obscuration of Identity
28:47 The Return to Culture and the Embrace of Biomedicine
30:23 The Power of Presence in Healing
34:39 The Concept of Integral Healing
39:52 Understanding Human Flourishing
46:31 The Importance of Self-Cultivation in Healing
49:53 Advice for Aspiring Healers
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