Valencia Porter, MD is a leader in Integrative, Preventive, and Environmental Medicine, combining ancient wisdom traditions such as Ayurvedic Medicine with modern science. For more than a decade she worked with Dr. Deepak Chopra, providing integrative medical consultations and teaching health professionals and the community how to achieve total mind, body, spirit health.

Her book, “Resilient Health: How to Thrive in Our Toxic World,” is a handbook for the toxic age based on her research, clinical experience, and personal healing journey. Her clinical practice focuses on health optimization.

• 3:11  Dr. Porter's healing journey that led her to Ayurveda, preventive medicine, and mind-body healing.
• 9:13  How Dr. Porter's studies in Ayurveda shifted her medical practice.
• 12:35  Explaining the three Doshas and the Ayurvedic approach to health.
• 19:33  How Ayurveda is applied to Dr. Porter's practice.
• 21:33  "Living a life in harmony with who you are" — Dr. Porter shares how she healed from stress, loss, and environmental toxins through a mix of modalities and healing paths.
• 28:21  Exploring Dr. Porter's book, “Resilient Health" — a manual for addressing toxicity in the body, mind and spirit.
• 35:05  Practical, actionable advice on steering clear from the toxins present in common everyday products and foods.
• 39:39  Food creates health — How organic farming benefits the whole planet.
• 42:02  A holistic perspective on food, farming, and medicine.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Website: www.valenciaporter.com

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