Dr Anna Forbes revisits the material she presented at the Yes to Life Annual Conference.

Starting from an extensive career in conventional medicine, Dr Anna Forbes has acquired a broad training in a range of disciplines from psychotherapy through functional medicine, nutrition, Qigong and more. On her medical journey of discovery, she has placed increasing importance on the invisible, unmeasurable aspects of wellbeing. This interest placed her in line with the topic of this year’s Yes to Life Conferences – Reclaiming Our True Nature – at which she gave a comprehensive talk in September on the role of the Integrative Doctor. She now places equal importance on the physical therapies such as nutrition, lifestyle, medication, exercise or sleep as she does on the less tangible aspects of health, for example, beliefs, relationships or purpose and meaning. That said, she also acknowledges that the best approach is an individual one, one that responds to people where they are, not a prescriptive insistence on any particular formula. She says, “The Integrative Doctor does not own the patient’s wisdom – we help them find their way back to it.”

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