You can survive tough situations and even turn them to your advantage by acting as if you are the person you want to be. When you act like that person, you can become that person. The hard parts are...

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Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That's a tough thing to face.

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Your body loves you, but if you do not love your life, it will end it far sooner, thinking it is doing you a favor.

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The mind and body are not separate units, but one integrated system. How we act and what we think, eat, and feel are all related to our health. Physicians should be capable of teaching this behavior...

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Physicians need to be good technicians and know how to prescribe, but for healing to occur they also need to incorporate philosophy and spirituality into their treatment. We need to feel as well as...

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The spiritual message is we lose our lives in pleasing others; if you're the good child who pleases Mommy and Daddy but internalizes anger, you're setting yourself up for disease.

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I decided to become a surgeon named Bernie who writes books and gives seminars to teach people what he has learned and is still learning about how to deal with life's difficulties.

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I use music in the operating room to help create a healing environment for patients and staff. There is a reason that certain heart rates are healthy and certain beats of music heal and relax us.

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As doctors, we are not trained to communicate and understand the power of our words as they relate to a patient's ability and desire to survive.

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You can't control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.

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