Ready to give up either/or thinking, transcend the debate and give yourself the best of both worlds? Dr. Marcie Claybon, integrative medicine specialist, shares her wisdom and knowledge. Note: We’re sharing our interview notes, this is not a transcription – for more information please listen to the interview.
Our guest today is Dr. Marcie Claybon, a medical doctor who speaks freely and enthusiastically about her Spirit Guides, and she has some very interesting viewpoints to share with us … Hello Dr. Marcie! Thank you for joining us.
Thank you for having me on the show…
Now, I’m particularly interested in what you are doing, based in my own professional experiences, so I wonder if we can begin with you telling us what you do?
I’m an internal medicine physician by training. I work as the medical director of a private club in Chicago called BIÂN, where I am building a concierge medical practice on-site. For those unfamiliar with concierge medicine, it’s essentially an “active membership” to a private physician. So individuals pay an annual fee to have access to my cell phone and email address 24/7 for medical advice and telehealth beyond traditional office hours.
BIÂN, is a private social social club rooted in holistic wellness. Essentially, this was a project initiated by a group of Chicago-based entrepreneurs who thought: “What if we created a space in which people could hang out or get work done, have coffee, enjoy a meal, work out, go to a yoga class, get a massage, AND see their doctors – all in the same space? What if we could integrate health and wellness into everyday life?”
The intention of BIÂN is truly to represent a home for “integrative” medicine. I think this can be honestly be an elusive and sometimes misunderstood term. But the idea is that we’re actively utilizing a multi-disciplinary team of both traditional and non-traditional practitioners, who work together to promote overall healing. Additionally, there’s an understanding, at least for me, that “integrative medicine” represents the idea that mind, body, and spirit are integrated as one – not separate entities, but one, single entity within a person.
Marcie, as I said, I’ve had some of my own experiences with Integrative Medicine, and back in the 90’s we established an Integrative Health facility here in Cincinnati. First there was one and then suddenly there were more – but I found the enactment frustrating. What I’m finding interesting in your model at Bian is that there is more collaboration. It seems that as a doctor of western medicine, you aren’t automatically in the most senior position, is that fair to say?
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