Dr. Grit: Dr. Brooke Conway Kleven Talks Dual Doctorates, Healing & The Quest to Conquer Brain Tumors

LifeJitsu: Art of Life

Took me darn near 18 months but I finally caught up with Dr. Brooke Conway Kleven, a Las Vegas-based (married) mother of two, studying for her second doctorate, who is armed with amazing optimism and mental toughness as she heals from multiple brain surgeries and life-threatening complications that mystified doctors for most of the past decade. All at the tender age of 28. If you're looking for inspiration, zest for life and a Fighting Spirit, then you've come to the right place. Dr. Conway-Kleven has already survived a stroke and embodies the "one day at a time" wisdom. She is a super-determined odds-defyer, a woman who realized conventional medicine did not have all the answers and solutions to her medical problems -- so this gritty brainiac took matters into her own hands, became a relentless researcher and seeker of off-the-beaten path solutions. We talk about the "WHY" that fuels her, the prescription opiod epidemic in the U.S., the future of Functional Medicine, mindset and so mu