A Different Approach...Episode 66 with Tanya Beaubrun

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Hi, Miki. Great to see you.

Hi. Welcome. So happy to have you here and to be able to hear your share, for you to share your story and your perspective. So I'd love to jump right in and have you share a bit about your work in the world.

Hi. Okay. I am a family physician and a certified wellness and lifestyle empowerment coach. I have been a family physician for about 25 years now. And after about 15 years, I began to feel a pull towards something deeper and to try to get more meaning in my life. I wasn't happy with how healthcare was being delivered to my patients and I felt that I owed it to them to do something more, to give them something more. And I thought that by doing health coaching I would be able to tend to their bodies and their minds. As a doctor, I tend to their bodies and as a health coach I would do both. So I ended up doing that and ended up being transformed myself in the whole process of trying to transform and change the work that I did in the world.

I love that. I'd love to hear what was it that transformed for you as you started.

To do that shift in the field of coaching? There was a lot of in depth work in looking at your life with the view of being able to help other clients. But I realized that as I got into it and started working with clients and their stories, many of their stories mirrored mine. And it is said that you end up teaching what you need to know. And it was obvious that I was directed by the universe along this path for me to learn things about myself. And in learning these things, I became a better person, a better doctor, a better coach, and better able to deliver the services that I had to deliver because I felt it was a calling. And that's really how I look at it now. I was transformed from just having a career into having a vocation. Looking at what I did as being of service and using my unique gifts to deliver something unique to the world. That's beautiful.

So would you be willing to tell us a little bit about your path to coming into this work that you're doing? Like, what is your story? A lot of times it works out that some people have, like, a very direct path and some people have a very windy path that brings them into this work that feels like they're calling. And I'd love to hear what your experience was that brought you here.

The initial part was very straightforward. I ended up. I went into medical school. I knew from the age of nine that I was going to be a doctor. I always knew that that was what I was. So straight from high school and college, completed university, and I was. I did everything very early. So I was practicing medicine in private practice as a family physician by the time I was 12, 25, 25, 26, I was already. And it brought me a lot of joy. I cannot say it didn't, but as time progressed, and I think the turning point came when I realized that my job and what I was doing was actually being directed by the pharmaceutical industry. And I didn't feel comfortable. And the turning point, I remember vividly when a patient came with a prescription from another physician and said, can you just please rewrite my prescription for me? And on that prescription were nine different drugs. And I looked at her and I said, there are nine drugs on this. Are you comfortable taking care of, you know, taking those? And she says, yes, I have everything planned. And I take three in the morning and some at midday, and then I take the others. And she was quite happily brought out her Ziploc bag with little pill boxes all divided. But when I looked at the drugs, I just didn't feel comfortable because some of the drugs give side effects, and there were other drugs that counteracted these side effects. And I didn't think that I was following the Hippocratic oath of first do no harm. I felt that in writing those nine drugs, I was actually harming her. But I had to write it because it was prescribed by another doctor. And each line I wrote on that prescription, I felt the pull further away from what I was doing. And then I had. I just thought maybe I was going through a midlife crisis. Maybe, you know, you think all these things, you usually think it's a problem with yourself. And it took me a while to own up and fess up to the fact that, listen, the healthcare system was failing the patients, and that I could no longer sit back and not say something and not do something. So I enrolled in health coaching, and I wanted to take a more integrative health approach, so I did the IIN program. And doing that program transformed me in so many ways. I was exposed to different points of view, new ways of thinking, and I ended up actually taking a sabbatical to enroll in the fellowship program at Metabolic Medicine Institute. So that's what I'm doing now because I really want to deliver the kind of care for my patients that I feel they deserve and the kind of care that I feel I deserve to give to them.

That's beautiful. So what does it look like now when you're working with patients with this amazing new perspective?

So I sort of follow the course in miracles. And one of the. One of the basic tenets of it is that every encounter is an opportunity for a holy encounter, which is that you can be transformed as well as the patient. When a patient first comes to me, I just say a prayer. Use me. Just use me in whatever way it might be that I need to use.50% physician, 30% coaching, 20% metabolic medicine, and variations of that. So whatever is in the toolbox, I pull out. So I may spend an hour and a half, two hours with one patient, but the patient leaves more satisfied. I am more fulfilled. And I know in my heart that they have been cared for versus treated. So I have treated a person in a more holistic way versus what we did before and what we were trained to do, which is to treat a disease. And the patients are definitely more. They heal better and they are more satisfied, and they have a. They play a bigger role in their care because I empower them. And that's what functional medicine and metabolic medicine does. We empower the patient to be an active participant in their healing process.

So when you're working with your patients now, do you. It sounds like you're coming from the place that underneath like that the whatever's showing up for them are the symptoms, and there's something else that's going on underneath, like there's like a different root.

I have come. I firmly believe that every physical ailment has an emotional component. Louise Hay, in her Heal youl Life book, said that, and that was years ago. And there's a very interesting story I like to tell people where I had a child coming in with recurrent ear infections. And after the fifth time, I just felt I couldn't write a prescription anymore. And I don't know what led me, because I have the book in my office and I just pulled it off the shelf. I didn't know what it would say. And I spoke to the father. I said, this is not woohoo medicine, but I would like you to open this book and read what it says about ear infections. And it was, the child does not want to hear what's going on. Parents were going through a separation and there was a lot of turmoil and fighting in the house, and they were quarreling so much. The child would hear, and I think that the air infections would her way of blocking out what she was hearing. And it shocked me, but I was very happy. I didn't know what it would say. But he then made the decision to move out, and the child eventually got better. And that's where I've come to realize that definitely there is an emotional component to every physical ailment. And I tell the patients, I said, what do you think is causing this? I'm not saying there's not a physical thing and it doesn't exist. It's very real. It exists. But there's always an emotional component. And if we only focus on the physical and don't try and heal the emotional, the patient will not get truly healed.

And so how are people responding to that?

Some of them are surprised, but happy. They are taken aback when I ask because I've always asked, what do you think is wrong? Or whatever? And they, after a lot of reflection and you have to hold hands, there always a lot of tears shed because they then become an active participant in the whole healing process. And sometimes just by labeling what the emotion is, starts a remarkable healing journey just by speaking it and say, listen, this is what I know. Many times it's a woman who's in a relationship she is unhappy in or a job that she's not happy in or something. And just by being able to verbalize it starts the healing process. And that has brought me such joy to see somebody come into the office and they look ill, but when you look into their eyes, you see it's dull. And then after you've worked with them, they come back and there's a sparkle in their eyes. And, you know, they. They're happy again. They started something. And that really has been empowering for me because it took a while for me to be able to articulate that that is what I wanted to do with my patients because I was afraid that I would lose patients that my colleagues wouldn't understand. And some of them still don't. But most importantly, the patients are coming around to this type of healing process. And it's been an amazing journey watching that. Yeah.

That's so powerful. And I love that you hold that for them, that you though you hold the knowing that there's more there, even though it's new, that's so powerful. I'm curious, too, for you. You know, I'm imagining that coming from a medical school kind of background, everything is very intellectualized. Right. And there's a lot of facts and, you know, that kind of thing. And it sounds like you're also allowing your intuition to guide you. And so I'm curious if there's more that you can share around what that looks like for you to really integrate those two pieces together.

The intuition part has grown. As soon as I acknowledged that I was unhappy and that I knew I had a message and there was something more. I'll tell you an interesting story with myself where I knew that I was. When I had a chest infection, I knew something was wrong, but I listened to what the doctors were saying about it. But deep down, I knew there was something else. And as soon as I got quiet and I listened, I was able to say, listen, this is what you need to do. But that was the first time I allowed my gut or the intuition to really guide me. And then when I thought about it, I realized that right through my practice, I had done things, things like that, where I would think about a patient and say, listen, I haven't seen this patient in a few days. Something is not right. They're on my mind. Call them. And they would. They would need to come in for whatever reason, or they. Or they would actually call within a day of me mentioning their names. And as I. Instead of fighting those situations, I just allowed it. I didn't question it. I didn't tell anybody about it. I just. If I mentioned the patient's name and they called, in fact, I began to expect these things to happen. I would know where to look for some reason. I would know if there was more of an emotional component. I would sense that, and I would know if to push further than if they said nothing's wrong. I would sort of sense that I needed to push further and then get to the bottom of it. I haven't thought too hard about it. I have just allowed it to happen. But as you've asked me that question, I realized that a lot of what I do is intuitive with the patients.

Yeah. And it's. What I love about what you're saying, too, is that you have the experiences like a lot of people have the experiences of thinking of someone and then they call or Whatever it might be. But there's another element to it where you're listening to it and paying attention to it.

Right.

And it's starting to become purposeful instead of just random.

It's no longer random. It happens. It no longer surprises me when these incidents happen. I have come to expect it. So I will know when a patient needs me or somebody. I will send a message and say, you're on my mind, what's going on? And usually there's something happening. And I've just. I just thank God that I have this gift and I pray every day that I am able to use this gift to be of service.

And how lucky are your patients? That's beautiful.

But I think I am lucky as well because as they are healed, so am I. Because. Yeah.

And that's what you're going into it believing. Right. So that's also going to help you to have that experience. Yeah. So one of the things that I love to ask people, because sometimes it's different, but sometimes it's not, is what is your definition of success look like? Right. What does it look like right now? Because for some people it changes and sometimes it doesn't. But I believe that our definition of success changes over time and it can evolve. And I'm curious what it looks like for you right now.

For me, I think it's. It's having a sense of contentment in your life. And when all areas of your life have gotten. Seem to be in a place where you are happy with it, whether they're good or bad, you've accepted where you are. So you may accept that your career is one place, it may not be where you envision it to be 20 years from then, but you have reached a point where you can accept that this is where you are and you are content with the decisions that you've made in the past. But if you can extend through all areas of your life and say, listen, I may not have achieved X, Y and Z, but I did A, B and C, and that has brought me joy, then I think you have achieved an element of success. And that's where I am looking. I have come to the realization that it has very little to do with finances or material things. It is. It's more to do with what's inside of you and the joy that bubbles up inside.

Oh, yes, I love it. So if people are wanting to find out more about you and the work that you're doing, where can they go?

I am on facebook@drtanyabogren and my website tanyabobrun.com there is a wonderful free Opt in Dream Catcher workbook that I designed to help people find their dreams and fuel their passion. I'm very proud of it because it's a lot of things that I did to get myself to the point that I got into doing the coaching and the integrative medicine work. So I'm hoping people enjoy that and that if two people are able to find a new passion and the contentment, then, you know, that would be success.

That's beautiful. Thank you so much, Tanya. It was so great to connect with you and I love that you're willing to share your story.

Thank you, Mickey. Thanks for having me.

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