40 Years Navigating Two Worlds

When Dr. Greg Yuen was twelve, his grandmother died — and at the funeral, placing paper money on her coffin and touching her pillow to say goodbye, he was hit by the realization that one day he would die too. He handled the fear the way a kid does (a lot of Snickers bars) and made himself a promise: he was going to find the secret to living forever. That vow launched a forty-year voyage between two worlds of healing.

Greg became a psychiatrist who prescribed pharmaceuticals for his patients while quietly avoiding them in his own life, studying qigong, tai chi, and massage instead. On this episode he and Jeanne dig into Do-in — the practice of mindful self-massage he now teaches — and the idea at its heart: where the mind goes, the chi goes. He walks Jeanne (and the listener) through a hands-on demonstration of feeling your own vital force, makes the case for treating the whole body rather than chasing one sore spot, and explains why the tools for your own healing are already in your two hands.

Then it’s Two Truths & A Lie: a medical doctor turned fortune teller, a milk bone dog biscuit that helped heal a staph infection, and a psychiatrist who creates transformation through karaoke. Greg tells all three stories before revealing which one he made up — and closes with a self-healing message and a complimentary gift for listeners.