Lissa Rankin - Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself

PRAISE FOR MIND OVER MEDICINE

What a pleasure it is to see the next generation of physicians waking up to what I call real medicinethe kind that acknowledges our true power to heal and be well.

Christiane Northrup, M.D., OB/GYN physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers: Womens Bodies, Womens Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause

In this book, Lissa Rankin clearly states what many health care providers (not to mention patients) already know: the way our societys physicians are trained, pressured, and overworked is in many ways inimical to the process of healing. In her life, her work, and her words, Dr. Rankin demonstrates a new way to combine the brilliance of modern science with the wisdom of the heart. Anyone who will ever need a doctor, and certainly anyone who will ever be a doctor, will be enriched and enlightened by her ideas. Just reading Mind Over Medicine is a genuinely healing experience.

Martha Beck, Ph.D., author of Finding Your Way in a Wild New World

Being my own inner physician for years means that Im SUPER thrilled about Dr. Lissa Rankins brilliant new book, Mind Over Medicine. She marries intuition with science and shows us all our healing SUPERPOWERS, and how to live our lives this way. And, Lissas writing style is so exuberant and deep at the same time, it makes me feel like I can do handstands on the ocean!

SARK, author of 16 books, artist, and founder of PlanetSARK.com

Mind Over Medicine modernizes age old messages of wisdom and makes them easier to understand and apply to modern day lifestyles. This book contains much wisdom in easy-to-apply lessons we can all learn from.

Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine & Miracles

With humor, warmth, and compelling research, Dr. Lissa Rankins Mind Over Medicine begins to heal the most critical fracture of our timethe break between our mind, bodies, and spirit. When it comes to our physical and emotional health, we need to tap into our own wisdom and find our voices. Lissas passion and experiences make her the perfect guide for this journey.

Bren Brown, Ph.D., New York Times best-selling author of Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Lissa Rankin is a modern day miracle worker with a message the world needs to hear.

Chris Guillebeau, New York Times best-selling author of The $100 Startup

Dr. Lissa Rankin is a jet-powered force of vibrant health and happiness, for women in the world today. This book is vital. It is the first time a physician has written on behalf of the health of the whole body and soul of woman. She identifies the how tos of optimum health in every aspect of a womans life. It is not only a must-read, it is an urgent, required read!

Regena Thomashauer (a.k.a. Mama Gena), author of Mama Genas School of Womanly Arts

Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which, Swinburne wisely said more than a century ago. But for most of the twentieth century, the body has hogged the show. Now consciousness, mind, and spirit are back in center stage in medicine. In Mind Over Medicine, Dr. Lissa Rankin shows why. This is a compelling, clear, and reader-friendly vision of where medicine and healing are headed, written by an expert medical insider whos been there. Buy two copiesone for you and one for your doctor.

Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Reinventing Medicine, Healing Words, and One Mind

WOW! Just wow! That is how I feel about Lissa Rankins work! Everything she says rings so true to me, and her voice, as a professional medical doctor, is just what is needed in todays drug dependent society. Bravo, Lissa for having the courage to speak out and share your truth. This world needs more like you!

Anita Moorjani, New York Times best-selling author of Dying to Be Me

An extraordinary, evidence-based look at the true impact of mindset and lifestyle on pain, disease, and vitality. An M.D. herself, Rankin takes on the establishment from the inside out, building a compelling argument for a new approach to health and healing that puts the patient in the drivers seat. Prepare to have your mind blow and your body healed.

Jonathan Fields, author of Uncertainty and founder of the Good Life Project

A doctor championing mega-doses of introspection, love, and liberation. A route to health that includes your DNA and your hearts desire? Im in! Lissa Rankin sheds scientific and mystical light on our ability to self-heal. She is a doctor for those of us who know in our bones that vitality is ours for the making.

Danielle LaPorte, author of The Fire Starter Sessions

In a world plying pharmaceutical solutions to all our problems, Dr. Lissa Rankin is an oasis of sanity. The deep attention and intimacy of her approach infuses medicine with intuitive insight and turned-on vitality. Lissa redefines healthcare, calling us to activate our own power in service of true well-beingIm in!

Nicole Daedone, founder of OneTaste and author of Slow Sex: The Art and Craft of the Female Orgasm

Copyright 2013 by Lissa Rankin

Published and distributed in the United States by: Hay House, Inc.: www.hayhouse.com Published and distributed in Australia by: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd.: www.hayhouse.com.au Published and distributed in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.uk Published and distributed in the Republic of South Africa by: Hay House SA (Pty), Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.za Distributed in Canada by: Raincoast: www.raincoast.com Published in India by: Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in

Cover design: Amy Rose Grigoriou
Interior design: Jenny Richards

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private useother than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviewswithout prior written permission of the publisher.

The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rankin, Lissa, 1969
Mind over medicine : scientific proof you can heal yourself / Lissa Rankin, M.D. 1st edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-4019-3998-4 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-4019-4000-3 (digital)
1. Mental healing. 2. Spiritual healing. 3. Mind and body therapies. I. Title.
RZ400.R15 2013
615.8528dc23

2012048461

Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4019-3998-4
Digital ISBN: 978-1-4019-4000-3

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