Joel and Naomi have a significant thing in common: Both have had open heart surgery! Joel shares his experience with having been diagnosed with CHD until adulthood. He began receiving symptoms at the age of 16 but was not officially diagnosed until a mind-blowing 26!

Shadi is a hospital doctor that has worked in the Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Room, and General Hospital. Shadi shares how overwhelming it is for doctors and how even doctors can develop PTSD from patients having medical complications. Naomi never realized how true that is. Shadi asks Naomi about her experience and Naomi drops MAJOR BOMBSHELLS about how she didn't develop PTSD until 2 years later and how her perspective has ENTIRELY CHANGED ON HER COMFORT CARE SITUATION.

Jeff discusses how meditation benefits your every day life. He says even if you just take 20 minutes a day to meditate, you will be much less stressed. He also mentions the 5 Regulations to meditate successfully.

Jeff also mentions you can order his book, The Yielding Warrior, for FREE!

Jeff's website: theyieldingwarrior.com/book

Naomi went under anesthesia last week. This was the first medical procedure she's had in almost 7 years. Naomi opens up about her feelings of the hospital and surgery. She surprisingly acknowledges how desensitized she is and wonders if there is anyone else out there who feels the same way.

James and Naomi are friends from the CHD community. James was born with the heart condition Tetralogy of Fallot, which consists of a defect in each chamber of the heart. 4 different defects. James discusses his experience in the hospital after his open heart surgeries and how he became involved in the CHD community. James also encourages everyone to take care of your mental health and bravely opens up about his struggle with PTSD.

Disclaimer: If you have medical conditions, please stick to Western, modern day medicine. If we are born with a defect, there is nothing we can do in Eastern to "heal" us. We need to keep our prescription medications, we need hospitals and technology.

Francisco shares what chiropractors do to help patients relieve back pain and joint pain,

Michael was born with Pectus Excavatum. Pectus Excavatum is an encaved chest where the two chest cavity bones were indented. Michael shares how difficult it was to breathe and the pain he was in prior to his surgery. The surgery to fix his chest involved pushing out the chest cavity bones to properly align with the ribcage. Michael shares he can no longer feel the middle of his chest because of the operation. Naomi reveals she can't either. They both conclude it's due to the cartilage that needs to be ripped off to open/pull forward the two chest cavity bones.

It's no secret that doctors who work in hospitals are insanely overworked. So many lead to burn out and dangerously high levels of stress. Ethan is an attorney/agent for doctors in the medical field, helping them maintain a schedule so that they can take care of their patients, but in addition, take care of THEMSELVES. Ethan also shares the cold hard truth: Doctors are SUFFERING, financially and mentally. He shares a heartbreaking story about a doctor who called him asking for a lawyer. She stated, "I'm so burnt out, I'm so stressed out. My salary has JUST BEEN CUT IN HALF. They made me sign a contract after they promised I would be compensated in other ways, and that hasn't happened." Ethan told the woman, "Okay, we can help you out." After that phone call... Ethan NEVER heard from her AGAIN.

Breast cancer, emergency heart transplant, bitter divorce, and your child dying.

Just one of these alone would be traumatizing to go through on its own, but Laura went through all four of these tragedies within... ONE YEAR.

Yes, one YEAR.

Maybe it is time to take a step back and reflect on how good we really have it. Laura's resilience is unfathomable. Her strength is admirable.

Naomi personally believes it is a full-blown miracle Laura was able to keep her SANITY.

If Laura can learn to cope and heal, anybody can recover from anything.

Hug your loved ones, tell them you love them. You never know what can happen to you.

Roman shares his story.