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June 27th, 2025

The Fundamental Difference between Whole Body, Holistic and Conventional Medicine |

  1. The Fundamental Difference between Whole Body, Holistic and Conventional Medicine | Clarissa Kristjansson and Chitra Eder 1:03:52

This episode Chitra Eder and I dived deep into the Whole Body Medicine approach and how it is covered within Ayurveda and TCM.

Some of our key talking points in this live included

* What do we mean by the Whole Body Approach in Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine?

* How Western medicine has witnessed the rise of ‘heroic’ medicine that is very focused on tests, symptoms, and fixing problems, and how that leads to a narrow definition of Health

* Is holistic medicine truly holistic?

* How do Chitra and I work with patients and clients to bring whole person support, aka the questions we ask, the diagnosis types..

* Our wishes for the future and how to marry the best of allopathic and whole person medicine

We would Love to hear your comments and questions.

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Clarissa Kristjansson Independant Podcaster

At 62 Clarissa Kristjansson knows that menopause can be positive, transformational and an upgrade in our creativity. Clarissa is an internationally recognized menopause educator, third-age women's health coach, and certified mindfulness and medical qi gong practitioner.

A neuroscientist and former corporate high-flyer it was her own perimenopause experience that set her on a different path to empower women. And by cracking open the conversation about our beliefs and behaviour we can shift the collective mindset to seeing menopause not as the end but as an opportunity for reinvention and revitalization.

She is the host of the popular Thriving Thru Menopause podcast.