Medicine & Miracles Among the Navajo People with Erica Elliott, MD

Erica M. Elliott, MD, is a medical doctor with a busy private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Referred to as “the Health Detective,” she has successfully treated patients from across the country with difficult-to diagnose health conditions. She served in the Peace Corps in Ecuador and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.In this episode, Erica discusses:Her search for her purpose and the surprising places her search led herHow she came to teach on the Navajo reservationWhat living and teaching on the reservation was likeHow she crossed the cultural divide and connected with her studentsHow her teaching approach became a pilot program for bilingual-bicultural educationHer summer as a sheepherder in the Arizona high desertWhat her deep dive into Navajo culture taught herHow the experience changed herWitnessing and experiencing miraclesHer encounter with a mountain lionThe prophecy she was given by a Navajo elderHow she approaches practicing medicineTo purchase a copy of Erica’s book: https://www.innertraditions.com/books/medicine-and-miracles-in-the-high-desert Visit Erica's website: http://www.ericaelliottmd.com/Erica's blog: https://www.musingsmemoirandmedicine.com/Find cool totem animal, cosmic, psychedelic t-shirts, blank notebooks and journals at the Lucid Path Etsy Shop! https://www.etsy.com/shop/LucidPathLucid Cafe episodes by topic: https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/lucid-cafe-podcastListen to Lucid Cafe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSseC4eLwkov3lFSZVkYDYATo contact Lucid Cafe host Wendy Halley, please visit her website: https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/ ★ Support this podcast ★