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Lissa Rankin, M.D.

Guest Speaker
Lissa Rankin, M.D. is a mind-body medicine physician, founder of the Whole Health Medicine Institute training program for physicians and other health care providers, and the New York Times bestselling author of Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself. She is on a grass roots mission to put the "care" back in health care and to heal our broken health care system, one doctor and one patient at a time.

Discouraged by our broken health care system and curious why some patients do everything "right" but still wind up sick, Lissa set out to discover why some patients experience miraculous cures from seemingly incurable illnesses, while others remain sick even when they receive the best medical care. She researched what really makes people healthy and what predisposes them to illness, not just diet, exercise, and standard healthy behaviors, but everything else. What she uncovered in the mainstream medical literature led her to develop a type of medical practice she terms "Whole Health Medicine," based on the scientifically-proven healthy behaviors she shares in Mind Over Medicine. She is now leading a health care revolution to empower patients to heal themselves, while encouraging the health care industry to embrace and facilitate, rather than resist, such medical "miracles."

Lissa's work is featured on a hit public television special Heal Yourself: Mind Over Medicine, which aired nationwide. She also delivered three popular TEDx talks, and she's on the speaking circuit with the Hay House "I Can Do It" conferences. Lissa's work has been featured on more than 30 television shows, 50 radio shows, and in publications such as O Magazine, The New York Times, Health, Women’s Health, Forbes, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Fox News, Huffington Post, People, Woman’s Day, WebMD, and CNN.

Lissa Rankin has been a featured guest speaker at the Chopra Center's Journey into Healing workshop.

Lissa Rankin, M.D.

Articles

Mind-body Health

6 Stories That Will Make You Believe in the Power of Your Mind to Heal You

My book Mind Over Medicine is full of data scientifically proving that the mind can heal – or harm – the body. But data can be dry, and sometimes what resonates most deeply within our souls are storie …

Lissa Rankin, M.D.
Personal Growth

A Quiz That Predicts Your Longevity

If you have a conscientious doctor, you’ve probably been asked important health questions such as: Are you eating a mostly vegetable based diet? Are you avoiding sugar and limiting glucose-spik …

Lissa Rankin, M.D.
Mind-body Health

Stop Should-ing Yourself

For many years, my soul was trying to guide me, but I wasn’t paying attention. Even when my soul tried to communicate with big glaring WARNING signs or GO HERE billboards, I disregarded the signs. Thi …

Lissa Rankin, M.D.
Mind-body Health

Stress: A Badge of Honor or a Code Word for Fear?

According to the Center for Disease Control, 80% of visits to the doctor are believed to be stress-related. Yet what is “stress” if not fear, anxiety, and worry dressed up in more socially acceptable …

Lissa Rankin, M.D.
Personal Growth

Radical Gratitude: How to Be Grateful for Both Blessings and Challenges

Usually, when we talk about gratitude, we express gratitude for our blessings. For example, I’m grateful for my beautiful daughter Siena. I’m grateful that I live by the ocean among the redwoods in th …

Lissa Rankin, M.D.
Personal Growth

5 Steps to Letting Go of Your Victim Story

Back in my twenties, I spent a lot of time writing in my journal, usually about boys. Then I had an epiphany: I realized that the quality of my relationships with men were inversely related to the amo …

Lissa Rankin, M.D.