Ep 22 Dr. John Stracks on the Complexities of Mind-Body Medicine

Hello dear listener, welcome to today’s episode, in which I had the pleasure of speaking with someone I greatly admire and consider a mentor.   Dr. John Stracks is an integrative physician who specializes in chronic health conditions that haven't been helped through conventional Western medicine. He’s particularly interested in helping people make the mind-body connection--the connection between what’s going on in their lives and what’s going on in their bodies--as a way to heal chronic pain.   He left his hospital practice in 2017 to co-found what is now Cormendi Health with his wife, Lisa; he works with clients all over the globe through individual sessions as well as an online membership to help them find healing.   I first met Dr. Stracks near the beginning of my own journey into healing from chronic migraine and becoming a mind-body practitioner. His expertise is widely known and respected in the field of mind-body medicine, but in my opinion, it’s his warmth, kindness and down-to-earth generosity of spirit that inspire so many of us.   In our conversation, he spoke about his own healing journey as well as the challenges and rewards of doing this work, and I got to ask him a burning question on my mind about how to interact with the mainstream medical world once you’ve adopted a mind-body approach, which may not always mesh with the approaches of your medical care providers. I certainly got a lot out of our conversation and I hope that you will too. You can find Dr. John Stracks at: website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cormendihealth.com/ And you can find me at: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@anna_holtzman⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.annaholtzman.com