About the Author

Lissa Rankin, M.D., is a mind-body medicine physician, author, speaker, artist, and blogger at LissaRankin.com. Passionate about what makes people healthy and what predisposes them to illness, she studies how doctors might better care for patients and how patients might better care for themselves. She trains physicians and other healing professionals, and she empowers others at I Can Do It events, TEDx conferences, health conferences, hospitals, and on her popular blog. When not spreading the word, she paints, practices yoga, and hikes in Marin County, CA with her husband and daughter.Website: lissarankin.com

Reviews

"What a pleasure it is to see the next generation of physicians waking up to what I call real medicine--the kind that acknowledges our true power to heal and be well."-- Christiane Northrup, M.D., OB/GYN physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers: Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause
"In this book, Lissa Rankin clearly states what many health care providers (not to mention patients) already know: the way our society's physicians are trained, pres-sured, and overworked is in many ways inimical to the process of healing. In her life, her work, and her words, Dr. Rankin demonstrates a new way to combine the bril-liance of modern science with the wisdom of the heart. Anyone who will ever need a doctor, and certainly anyone who will ever be a doctor, will be enriched and enlight-ened by her ideas. Just reading Mind Over Medicine is a genuinely healing experience."-- Martha Beck, Ph.D., author of Finding Your Way in a Wild New World
"Being my own inner physician for years means that I'm SUPER thrilled about Dr. Lissa Rankin's brilliant new book, Mind Over Medicine. She marries intuition with science and shows us all our healing SUPERPOWERS, and how to live our lives this way. And, Lissa's writing style is so exuberant and deep at the same time, it makes me feel like I can do handstands on the ocean!"-- SARK, author of 16 books, artist, and founder of PlanetSARK.com
"Mind Over Medicine modernizes age old messages of wisdom and makes them easier to understand and apply to modern day lifestyles. This book contains much wisdom in easy-to-apply lessons we can all learn from."-- Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine & Miracles
"With humor, warmth, and compelling research, Dr. Lissa Rankin's Mind Over Medicine begins to heal the most critical fracture of our time--the break between our mind, bodies, and spirit. When it comes to our physical and emotional health, we need to tap into our own wisdom and find our voices. Lissa's passion and experiences make her the perfect guide for this journey."-- Brené Brown, Ph.D., New York Times best-selling author of Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
"Lissa Rankin is a modern day miracle worker with a message the world needs to hear."-- Chris Guillebeau, New York Times best-selling author of The $100 Startup "Dr. Lissa Rankin is a jet-powered force of vibrant health and happiness, for women in the world today. This book is vital. It is the first time a physician has written on behalf of the health of the whole body and soul of woman. She identifies the how to's of optimum health in every aspect of a woman's life. It is not only a must-read, it is an urgent, required read!"-- Regena Thomashauer (a.k.a. "Mama Gena"), author of Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts
"'Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which, ' Swinburne wisely said more than a century ago. But for most of the twentieth century, the body has hogged the show. Now consciousness, mind, and spirit are back in center stage in medicine. In Mind Over Medicine, Dr. Lissa Rankin shows why. This is a compelling, clear, and reader-friendly vision of where medicine and healing are headed, written by an expert medical insider who's been there. Buy two copies--one for you and one for your doctor."-- Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Reinventing Medicine, Healing Words, and One Mind
"WOW! Just wow! That is how I feel about Lissa Rankin's work! Everything she says rings so true to me, and her voice, as a professional medical doctor, is just what is needed in today's drug dependent society. Bravo, Lissa for having the courage to speak out and share your truth. This world needs more like you!"-- Anita Moorjani, New York Times best-selling author of Dying to Be Me
"An extraordinary, evidence-based look at the true impact of mindset and lifestyle on pain, disease, and vitality. An M.D. herself, Rankin takes on the establishment from the inside out, building a compelling argument for a new approach to health and healing that puts the patient in the driver's seat. Prepare to have your mind blow . . . and your body healed."-- Jonathan Fields, author of Uncertainty and founder of the Good Life Project
"A doctor championing mega-doses of introspection, love, and liberation. A route to health that includes your DNA and your heart's desire? I'm in! Lissa Rankin sheds scientific and mystical light on our ability to self-heal. She is a doctor for those of us who know in our bones that vitality is ours for the making."-- Danielle LaPorte, author of The Fire Starter Sessions
"In a world plying pharmaceutical solutions to all our problems, Dr. Lissa Rankin is an oasis of sanity. The deep attention and intimacy of her approach infuses medicine with intuitive insight and turned-on vitality. Lissa redefines healthcare, calling us to activate our own power in service of true well-being--I'm in!"-- Nicole Daedone, founder of OneTaste and author of Slow Sex: The Art and Craft of the Female Orgasm

Recent diatribes against the forthcoming DSM-5 have called for medical professionals to put down the book from time to time and look patients in the eye. Rankin takes it one step further and tells folks to look inside to heal themselves, both mentally and physically. After years of working in a traditional medical setting and dealing with her own failing health, Rankin undertook extensive research into the medical literature of the past 50 years and discovered the true power of an optimistic outlook on the body's ability to heal itself. But it's difficult work being an optimist-it requires faith in one's abilities to heal, and it necessitates a serious attitude adjustment. As such-and always with the skeptics in mind-Rankin walks readers through self-assessment techniques, methods of self-diagnosis, and how to plan a "prescription" for going forward. She does not dismiss the benefits of modern medicine; rather, she urges patients and health care providers to seek mind and body solutions in order to secure the best care possible. Rankin's insightful and compassionate treatise may not convince everyone, but it's a refreshing alternative to a handful of pills. Agent: Michele Martin, CSG Literary Partners/MDM Management. (May 1) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.