January of 2011 marked the beginning of a very scary time, peppered with many dark nights of the soul. I was full of self-doubt and fear. After finishing my 20-city book tour, turning down my next book deal because the publisher wasn’t going to pay me what I needed to earn in order to cover my family’s bills, losing my literary agent, and deciding to close the integrative medicine practice I had just opened, I felt very frightened. I spent nearly a year in what I called “the narrow place," that place that feels like you’re being squished from all sides, where you’re in a small, tight, uncomfortable place that makes you feel like you can barely breathe. After risking everything to follow an intuitive hunch, it looked like I was going to have to throw in the towel and admit defeat by going back to the hospital with my tail between my legs. From everything I could gather, it looked like I had failed. But I couldn’t ignore the quiet yet ever present whisper inside of me that kept nudging me, saying “Stay the course, sweetheart. You’re about to turn a corner.” My loved ones weren’t so sure, and everyone started thinking I might have lost my sanity.
Then a series of miracles happened.
My book proposal for Mind Over Medicine went to auction and was bought by Hay House for six figures. An invitation to deliver 3 TEDx talks followed soon after, and those TEDx talks have been viewed over 2.5 million times. I co-taught several very successful teleclass programs, and these teleclasses generated six figure paychecks. I also launched several successful “platinum programs. By the end of 2011, everything began to turn around.
In May of 2013, my book Mind Over Medicine hit the New York Times bestseller’s list and wound up getting published in almost thirty languages, in addition to being featured on my PBS special Heal Yourself: Mind Over Medicine. This sudden exposure led to two more six figure book deals, as well as five-figure paid public speaking gigs, requests to lead workshops at retreat centers like Esalen and Kripalu, and the creation of the Whole Health Medicine Institute, a certification program for physicians and other health care providers inspired to participate in healing health care and practicing medicine the way I envisioned in Mind Over Medicine. I now run a 7 figure business focused primarily on helping individuals alchemize adversity into soul growth so they can align with their spiritual essence and surrender to the Divine — in medicine, in entrepreneurial business, in their personal lives, and in service to humanity.
But then a new challenge arose. Along with the "success "came many opportunities that threatened to seduce me off purpose. That’s part of why Amy and I feel inspired to offer this program. Yes, we want to share with you all the hard lessons we’ve learned along the way about how to run a successful visionary business so you can earn plenty of money doing what you love and serving those who need you. But many others have led programs like that, and we want to go deeper with you.
In addition to helping you thrive in business, we also want to support you in staying aligned with the spiritual service of your purpose and letting your soul run your business, rather than letting your ego make your business decisions. When we gather together as light workers, free of ego and led by our souls, we align with God’s holy ideas, the Universe rolls out the red carpet, and together, we can uplift the world.