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Dr Ben Reebs, founder of the Portland Clinic of Natural health joins me on the show today and it is a brilliant look at Complex Chronic Illness and the biggest things that he\u2019s found to be helpful as a doctor. The questions I ask him are: 

How did you arrive at 7 laws of healing - not just for your book but in the way you practice medicine? 

Those laws are Vitality, Disease, Cure, Compensation, Resonance, Synergy, Intention and I\u2019m looking forward to diving into some of them\u2026 

You start your book with a quote about commitment from William H Murray and my mind went to a bit of an aha \u201cToday, in our modern world we have to commit consciously and proactively to our health, instead of it being culturally and naturally a way of life - we have to choose it because our instinct and surrounds to help us \u2018be it\u2019 are mostly gone\u2026 is this why health might feel \u2018hard\u2019 to people in modern life? It can be a lot of energy to constantly swim against the tide, right? 

At the very start of discussing vitality you say \u201cNo one can heal you. There is only self-healing in the laws of nature\u201d. I love this because for the main people are so disempowered in their health journeys and often forget it\u2019s an inside job and you need to find the right supporting partners to help facilitate that healing - so often I hear \u201cI\u2019ve tried everything\u201d and they\u2019re in a really bad way, eating 4 foods, reacting to everything, inflamed, in pain all over: when someone is in that \u201cI\u2019ve tried everything\u201d boat - what are some gentle words of wisdom to share as they look within and look to find a better way forward? 

You talk about a move from acute infection-style illnesses, to chronic illnesses such as autoimmune, as vitality wanes - what is the mechanism of this change in the immune system? 

Talking about signs and symptoms that are trying to promote balance/get our attention - how can we listen to them more effectively and act accordingly rather than medicate them to make them go away - almost feels like medicating is a part of the reason we\u2019re forgetting to speak the language of vitality/homeostasis ( outside of an SOS context for physical mental health challenges that require that short term \u2018get out of crisis\u2019 to work on the long game of course) Thinking back to all those tylenols to fix the headache, instead of \u2018hmm maybe it\u2019s the fragrance cloud I\u2019m working in at the department store every day, not a Tylenol deficiency, right? Can you give us some more examples of seemingly innocent quick fixes we use, leading us down the path of potential chronic disease because we\u2019re not listening enough? 

At the end of the Vitality chapter you invite us to simply list 5 things that bring us vitality - and prescribe MORE of them, and 5 things that make us feel LESS vital and do less of them. I love this. It\u2019s like a little \u2018stock take\u2019 - how often do you do this in your own life and check in? 

Then we look at the Law of disease and we\u2019re reminded that when we go against nature\u2019s order it produces toxicity, deficiency and disease. 

Do you see the many modern environmental and lifestyle changes of the past half century as the culprits of this draining of vitality and creation of chronic disease?

Something doctors - naturopathic and integrative/functional have answered the call to is supporting people with these\u2026 Lyme comes up a lot; Mold too. With your deep understanding of these infections, can you shed light on how our modern lifestyles and environments might be exacerbating the risks of these conditions? It\u2019s never just \u2018the tick bite\u2019 or \u2018the mold exposure\u2019 is it? 

And can we go a bit granular on some of the things that set the stage for chronic illness and talk about \u2018leakiness\u2019? Gut, brain, cells\u2026 basics/deep dive, would love to spend some time here\u2026

Enjoy the show

Alexx

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