Within: A Spiritual Awakening to Love & Weight Loss - Softcover

Dr. Habib Sadeghi, DO, is the cofounder of Be Hive of Healing, an integrative health center based in Los Angeles. He is a highly respected physician and researcher in the fields of integrative, osteopathic, anthroposophical, environmental, family, and German new medicine, as well as homeopathy and clinical pharmacology. He has served as an attending physician and clinical facilitator at UCLA–Santa Monica Medical Center, as well as a clinical instructor of family medicine at Western University of Health Sciences. He is a member of the Physician’s Association for Anthroposophic Medicine and the International Post-Graduate Medical Training for Anthroposophic Medicine. An active member of the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation and the American Holistic Medical Association, he is regularly sought after as an expert in the fields of nutritional therapy, dietary supplementation, and detoxification for chronic conditions such as heart disease, cancer, and autoimmune diseases at venues around the world.

Having recovered from cancer decades ago through his unique combination of integrative medical protocols, his services are in great demand. His patients come from as far as Columbia, Mexico, Germany, Thailand, France, Canada, Israel, and the United Kingdom, seeking his specialized combination of integrative therapies.

Dr. Sadeghi serves as an on-air health expert for Fox News and Geraldo at Large. He is coauthor of the book The Light, along with renowned spiritual teachers Don Miguel Ruiz (The Four Agreements), Terry Tillman (Writings on the Wall), Barbara Marx Hubbard (Emergence: Shift from Ego to Essence), John-Roger (Living the Spiritual Principles of Health and Wellbeing) and Marci Shimoff (coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and Love for No Reason). He was also one of the first two osteopathic physicians ever to be included as a medical expert in the nationally televised cancer research fundraising telethon Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C), executive produced by Gwyneth Paltrow. He is the publisher of Be Hive of Healing Medical Corporation’s monthly newsletter and the spiritual health magazine MegaZen. 

Foreword

When you get to a certain point in life, you begin to realize there are larger forces at work in the universe, or at least you suspect there might be.  Maybe things don’t happen randomly.  Maybe everything does have a purpose.  Maybe my role in this life isn’t what it appears to be and just maybe; I’m more powerful than I ever allowed myself to believe. Then, you meet someone who’s living from this awareness and it changes everything.  

That’s how I felt when I met Dr. Habib Sadeghi.  His expertise in integrative medicine is what brings patients to him from all over the world, but it’s really his understanding of how the mind, body and spirit are connected that creates dramatic changes in people’s lives; mine included.  He understands what much of modern medicine is only now beginning to explore.  Our thoughts and emotions have far more influence on our health than we’ve ever imagined.  In fact, it’s so significant that you might think of our bodies as just the physical printouts of what’s already going on in our hearts.  Dr. Sadeghi knows that regardless of the challenges someone might be facing, healing has to start at a deeper level for it to be complete and lasting.  

Since 2008, I’ve been a part of the Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) organization that raises funding for cancer research.  Every other year, the program holds a telethon to raise money for grant awards that will go to emerging research projects around the world.  Celebrities, musicians, professional athletes and world-renowned cancer researchers take part in the event to bring awareness to the issue and provide updates on finding a cure.  Last year, we raised $81 million for a total of $137 million since the SU2C movement began.

   In 2012, I wanted to bring a new perspective to the SU2C event.  I wanted to give a voice to the emerging science of how the mind and body communicate with each other in working to produce our state of health.  For me, that voice is Dr. Sadeghi.  He knows more about the mind/body balance than anyone I know.  It’s not just because he’s an international expert on integrative medicine.  It’s because he has the kind of experience that can’t be taught.  He’s a doctor who’s also been a patient.  He’s been to the edge of what looked like an insurmountable situation and overcame it.  He didn’t just survive.  He thrives by applying the life principles you’ll read in this book.  Yes, he really does practice what he preaches.  

   I truly believe that the best teacher anyone can have is someone who’s “been there” and Dr. Sadeghi has been there…and back.  That’s why last year, he became one of the first osteopathic physicians to ever participate in SU2C, providing his life-changing wisdom alongside researchers and Nobel Laureates from around the world.

   I like to think of Dr. Sadeghi’s approach to healing as active compassion.  He has a way of intuitively connecting with people that makes them feel instantly understood, safe and at ease.  He also gives them the tools they need to affect real change in their lives.  That’s more than just encouraging.  It’s empowering.  Isn’t that what we all want during the times we feel vulnerable?  We want our power back.  

   It’s my privilege to call Dr. Sadeghi my friend.  He’s brought clarity to my life in ways that only someone with an old soul truly can.  I guess that’s why some people actually do call him the Old Soul Doctor.  As you read these pages, I’ve no doubt that his insights will touch you in very much the same way.  While the focus of Within might be on weight loss, please remember that the principles it teaches can be applied to any challenge you’re facing.  Whether you want to lose weight, improve your health, repair your relationships or something else, the cause of how we’re creating our personal world is always found Within.  That’s where you’ll find the answer, too.  

Gwyneth Paltrow
Los Angeles
2013