In this engaging exchange, Jim interviews Dr. Elliott Dacher, a physician who encourages medical professionals to practice medicine with heart, underlining the nobility of it. He explains how he transitioned from traditional medical practice to integral healing, foregrounding the importance of human flourishing in healthcare. According to him, the full scope of human flourishing includes serenity, natural wisdom, enduring happiness, self-compassion, and freedom from the known. Dr. Dacher emphasizes the individual's development to bring rich compassion and care in healing and elaborates on the relevance of integral theory and self-cultivation techniques in the life of a medical professional. 00:00 Introduction to the Healers Council 00:57 Conversation with Elliot Dacher MD: A Physician's Journey 02:12 Elliot's Motivation to Become a Healer 04:09 The Evolution of Elliot's Healing Practice 04:42 Elliot's Transformational Journey to India 05:52 The Importance of Curiosity and Social Justice in Healing 06:36 The Lost Potential of Modern Medicine 09:17 Elliot's Transition from Traditional Medicine 09:34 The Role of Community in Healing 10:11 Elliot's Experience with Traditional Allopathic Medicine 10:34 The Shift to a More Patient-Centered Practice 11:37 The Teachable Moment in Disease and Illness 13:20 The Courage to Transition and the Stages of Change 14:46 The Call to a New Phase of Life and Healing 22:04 The In-Between Time and the Sacred Marriage 24:10 Rediscovering the Self Beyond the Healer's Identity 25:19 Understanding the Essence of Self 25:38 The Struggle of Identity in Professional Health Schools 25:51 The Glimpse of Truth and the Source of Desire 26:59 The Ego Grind and the Habit of Identity 27:29 The Misconception of Ego and Identity 28:02 The Essence of Being and the Obscuration of Identity 28:47 The Return to Culture and the Embrace of Biomedicine 30:23 The Power of Presence in Healing 34:39 The Concept of Integral Healing 39:52 Understanding Human Flourishing 46:31 The Importance of Self-Cultivation in Healing 49:53 Advice for Aspiring Healers www.edacher.org