In this moving episode of Wellness Connection MD, Dr. Jim McMinn and Coach Lindsay Mathews explore a subject medical education rarely gives its due: the intersection of medicine and loving kindness. Drawing on nearly four decades of clinical practice — and his own experiences as a patient — Dr. McMinn makes the case that empathy and compassion belong at the center of healthcare, not at the margins. The episode opens with the show's mission: honest, commercial-free, unbiased information on fun...

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Welcome to the Wellness Connection MD podcast, where Dr. McMinn and Coach Lindsey become your partners on a quest for optimal wellness. &nbsp; Simply stated, our goal is to bring to you up-to-date, honest, vetted, unbiased, evidence-based information about health and wellness, along with practical solutions, in order to empower you to overcome your healthcare challenges, and to optimize your health in mind, body, and spirit.&nbsp;&nbsp;As our population ages, and we are faced with an alarming epidemic of chronic diseases.&nbsp; Clearly, the current drug-based sick-care model of healthcare is simply not working.&nbsp; The cost of healthcare is skyrocketing for patients, and for our society at large, and legions of patients with chronic diseases are falling through the cracks of modern medicine.&nbsp; These people are often&nbsp; desperate to be heard, to be taken seriously, and to have their concerns adequately addressed.&nbsp; &nbsp; On the Wellness Connection MD podcast we will focus more on a preventive, lifestyle-based, functional, and integrative approach to optimal wellness.&nbsp; &nbsp; We challenge the medical community to&nbsp; "think different," while remaining evidence-based, while opening our minds to other viable therapies beyond drugs and surgery.&nbsp; We also advocate that this shift in thinking be accompanied by a renaissance&nbsp; of "loving kindness" in healthcare.&nbsp; Providers and patients would all benefit.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;We are hopeful for the future of health care.&nbsp; Patients are demanding a new approach, and big medicine is beginning to listen.&nbsp; Fifteen years ago when we embarked on this journey integrative and functional medicine were hardly on the radar screen.&nbsp; However we now&nbsp; see that many of our most esteemed healthcare institutions have dedicated integrative or functional programs, such as Harvard, Duke, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Vanderbilt,&nbsp; UCSF and many others. &nbsp; Integrative and functional medicine are gaining credibility across the nation and around the world.&nbsp; We will all be better off for the change.&nbsp;We hope that you will join us on this journey to optimal wellness on Wellness Connection MD. &nbsp; Take care and be well.