EP03: Awakening our Understanding of Illness: 100-years of Fundamentals of Therapy
Season One: Awakening our Understanding of Illness: 100-years of Fundamentals of Therapy
In Episode 3, we discuss Chapter 5 of Fundamentals of Therapy.
Medical education expects young doctors to memorize tremendous amounts of factual information, but offers much less guidance for making the information their own. Modern medicine similarly focuses mostly on quantitative measures—what are you blood tests?—but can forget to see the person behind the lab results. Neither way of working allows for much life. Anthroposophic medicines sees more, much more. It recognizes four levels of being.
We can compare it to four possible steps for becoming a poet: first, you find a good poem in a book and see that it exists (step 1); you work further with it, it comes alive, and you start to remember it (step 2). Then a really good poem actually stirs and inspires your soul life (step 3); and in time, if you love enough poems, you start to write your own poetry (step 4).
Our body makes the same steps with substance. Chapter five shows us this beautiful, fourfold physiology of body, soul and spirit.
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Creators and Guests
Host
Adam Blanning
Adam Blanning MD practices anthroposophic family medicine in Denver, Colorado, USA, and is a co-leader of the Medical Section at the Goetheanum. He received an English literature degree (1995), Doctor of Medicine (1999) and completed a family medicine residency (2002) all at the University of Colorado. He taught family medicine at both New York Medical College and the University of Colorado School of Medicine before starting his anthroposophic medical practice. While he sees patients of all ages and for a wide variety of conditions, healthy development and the special needs of children has always been a core interest. For more than 20 years he has worked collaboratively with Waldorf schools, particularly around methods for observing and better understanding children’s behaviors and needs. He teaches nationally and internationally, co-directs the physician training programs for anthroposophic medicine in the U.S. and Canada, and is a past president of the Anthroposophic Health Association (AHA). Dr. Blanning is the author of Understanding Deeper Developmental Needs: Holistic Approaches for Challenging Behaviors in Children and Raising Sound Sleepers: Helping Children Use their Senses to Rest and Self-Soothe. He lives with his wife and two children in Colorado. https://medicalsection.goetheanum.ch https://www.denvertherapies.com.
Host
Laura Scappaticci
Laura Scappaticci is a multifaceted professional known for her work as a writer, podcaster, and non-profit leader who focuses on spirituality, anthroposophy, and personal growth. Her work addresses the forces of materialism and connecting people to the living. Laura lives in northern California, and is a mother of three children. Her recent works includes: * That Good May Become, exploring spiritual experiences in everyday life. * More than 40 online and face-to-face programs and events for the Anthroposophical Society in America * The Anthroposopher podcast— Interviews with spiritual educators on topics like meditation, death and dying, mindful money, and more * Simplicity Parenting coaching certification, a philosophy that enriches and simplifies family life by working with the natural rhythms of childhood.
