As a conventionally trained doctor, I spent years treating patients with a wide array of health issues. However, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was missing in the way we approached healthcare. Day after day, I saw patients who seemed to be stuck in a cycle of chronic illness, never truly getting better despite our best efforts. It was disheartening to see the same faces return to my clinic, their conditions unchanged or even worsening. Perhaps even more troubling were the cases where the side effects of our treatment were worse than the actual disease. I knew there had to be a better way to practice medicine, a way to focus on wellness rather than the disease, a way to focus on the patient rather than the prescriptions and a way to change my patient’s stories.