Beyond Medicine: A Physician's Revolutionary Prescription for Achieving Absolute Health and Finding Inner Peace

by Patricia A. Muehsam

Overview

A pioneer in the synthesis of science, holistic health, and contemporary spirituality, Dr. Patricia Muehsam introduces and explores a path to health and well-being that is extraordinary in its ease and profound in its results. This groundbreaking work explores what health and healing — physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual — really mean and offers a revolutionary new way to think about health. You’ll discover experiences of illness and healing that defy conventional thinking, explore the ancient wisdom and the modern science of consciousness, and learn practical tools for experiencing Absolute Health — which are also tools for navigating being human.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608687008
Publisher:	New World Library
Publication date:	11/16/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	305,603
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

PATRICIA A. MUEHSAM, MD, a pioneer in the synthesis of science, holistic health, and contemporary spirituality, has distinguished herself as a practitioner, educator, and research scientist and has been an influential force in shaping the landscape of health-care options available today. Dr. Muehsam is the founder of Transformational Medicine™, a whole-person approach to health and well-being, offering tools and resources for individuals and communities in person and online. She lives in New York City. More information at www.TransformationalMedicine.org.

Table of Contents

Foreword Larry Dossey, MD xiii

Introduction: Finding My Way Home 1

Part 1 Welcome to the Guest House

Chapter 1 Home Sweet Home 17

Chapter 2 The Healer Within 37

Chapter 3 Healing Practices 63

Chapter 4 Healing Partnerships 84

Part 2 Healing from the Inside Out

Chapter 5 Emotional Healing 93

Chapter 6 Anger 113

Chapter 7 Fear 124

Chapter 8 Sadness 130

Chapter 9 Emotional Healing and Physical Pain 136

Part 3 Manifesting from the Inside Out

Chapter 10 From Feeling Feelings to Feeling Well-Being 147

Chapter 11 Making Things Happen 154

Part 4 Beyond the Guest House: The Unseen World

Chapter 12 On Consciousness: Beyond Mind and Body, Beyond Space and Time 167

Chapter 13 Miracles Are the Natural Order of Things 195

Part 5 The Garden of Forking Paths: All Paths Lead Us Home

Chapter 14 Many Medicines, Many Ways Home 213

Chapter 15 You Are the Medicine 222

Conclusion: Finding Your Way Home 231

Appendix: Additional Resources 235

Acknowledgments 253

Endnotes 258

Index 275

About the Author 289

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Beyond Medicine introduces you to a powerful healer with special abilities: you. In this empowering book, Patricia Muehsam shows that everyone, including you, has great healing abilities within, just waiting to be tapped. Her warmth and authenticity draw readers in, inviting them to become participants in a journey toward Absolute Health.”
— Marci Shimoff, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Happy for No Reason and coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul

“Beyond Medicine may be the only health-and-healing book you will ever need. In it, physician-researcher Patricia Muehsam guides us to the rock-bottom essence of health: peace of mind. Like all truly great teachers, Muehsam has ‘been there,’ and this fact lends a powerful genuineness and authenticity to this book. If you are tired of chasing one healing practice after another, you will discover that health consists of being and surrender, not doing and struggling.”
— Larry Dossey, MD, author of One Mind and Healing Words

“Dr. Muehsam is the physician we have all been waiting for! In this exquisite book, she offers the ground floor to your ever-expanding path to overall well-being. Greater health and vitality are within us all. They always have been. This book will help you find your way in with a gentle touch and an accepting heart.”
— Emily A. Francis, author of The Body Heals Itself, Whole Body Healing, and Healing Ourselves Whole

“An in-depth guide to better understanding possibilities for rejuvenating and healing our body/mind. Anyone can benefit from the wisdom Dr. Muehsam has transmitted in this cutting-edge book.”
— Dr. Marc Grossman, OD, LAc, author of Magic Eye Beyond 3D and medical director, Natural Eye Care

“Beyond Medicine reflects Dr. Muehsam’s years of exploration into the science and art of healing; she gathers all that she has learned — informed by research and personal stories — into a book that not only educates but inspires. It was a great read, and I learned so much. I love that it is experiential; truly a guidebook and such a brilliant way to assemble a wide breadth of knowledge. I will repeatedly turn to this book as a resource.”
— Laurin Bellg, MD, author of Near Death in the ICU, board-certified critical care physician, chair of medicine and ICU director, ThedaCare Regional Medical Center

“Patricia Muehsam has been on a remarkable journey, one that has tested her soul and challenged modern definitions of sickness, health, and healing. In the process she has made astonishing discoveries about our virtually limitless capacities to determine our own state of wellness. This is not woo-woo stuff; you don’t help found an office within the National Institutes of Health or work at a Harlem methadone clinic unless you’re the real deal. Dr. Muehsam is the real deal, and what she has to share is as important as anything in the world of health today.”
— John David Mann, coauthor of the New York Times bestselling and award-winning The Go-Giver

“In Beyond Medicine Dr. Muehsam has provided a valuable resource for understanding the interconnection of mind and body. The book offers do-it-yourself tools for getting in touch with the emotional links to not just physical health but any and all life challenges. It also provides a succinct overview of various health-care practices, drawing from both ancient traditions and modern research, all of which inform Dr. Muehsam’s model of Absolute Health. I particularly appreciate her recognition that mainstream and alternative medicine are complementary, rather than conflicting.”
— Brenda J. Dunne, PhD, president of International Consciousness Research Laboratories (ICRL), former manager of Princeton University’s PEAR laboratory, and coauthor (with Robert Jahn, PhD) of Margins of Reality

“This brilliant book offers us clarity and solutions for vibrant health, from an expert guide who stands by us to light the way. It brings us exactly what we’ve been waiting for — a comforting, useful, and timely guide for feeling well, getting well, and living well.”
— Amy Scher, bestselling author of How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can

“Beyond Medicine respects what conventional medicine has to offer while also acknowledging its limits. Dr. Muehsam steps in and invites us to take a more active role in our own health and happiness by harnessing the power of deep inner peace — and enjoying its many biological and psychological benefits. The best part? She gives you step-by-step exercises you can do right now to reach a powerful state of inner peace. Beyond Medicine is a must-read for anyone looking to change the course of their life for the better.”
— Kelly A. Turner, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Radical Hope and Radical Remission

“Patricia Muehsam’s book, Beyond Medicine, is a treasure that we all need to read in order to learn from her experience and wisdom. When I began speaking and writing books, I was called controversial. What Dr. Muehsam writes about is not controversial. It is her experience and mine, too. She has the courage to practice what she preaches and to accept and learn from her experiences. Doctors are trained to treat the diagnosis but not the patient, but Dr. Muehsam shows how the patient needs to come back into the process to actively participate to find Absolute Health. So read Dr. Muehsam’s prescription to help you find health and inner peace.”
— Bernie Siegel, MD, author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and The Art of Healing

“A pioneering perspective and a revolutionary prescription, Beyond Medicine is grounded in modern science and graced with ancient wisdom. Dr. Muehsam’s book is a must-read for anyone seeking to claim or reclaim their health and well-being. Readers will learn, firsthand, through the tools that Dr. Muehsam offers, how to do just that: how to find their way to Absolute Health and inner peace. That way is extraordinarily simple — a remarkable offering, given the sophistication and complexity of human biology and our long-held beliefs about what it takes to get well and be well. In fact, Dr. Muehsam teaches us that it takes very little, that our way to health and well-being is easy and effortless.”
— Daniel P. Eskinazi, DDS, PhD, LAc, founding deputy director, National Institutes of Health, Office of Alternative Medicine

“A groundbreaking work that explores what physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health and healing really mean and offers a revolutionary new way to think about health. . . .Very well written, organized and presented for the benefit of the non-specialist general reader.”
— Midwest Book Review