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Ep0078 "The Powerful Patient"- with Robin FarmanFarmaian
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At 16, Robin was mis-diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, losing her entire large intestine and told she was "cured." By the age of 26, she was prescribed methadone to manage the pain. She slowly became a shut-in and once she hit rock bottom, she fired her medical team and decided to take charge of her healthcare and went into remission OVERNIGHT! She writes about her experience in her best-selling book, "The Patient as CEO." But it doesn't stop there...
- She went from being bed-ridden, to a best-selling author to now, an entrepreneur poised to impact 100M patients via Angel Investing.
- How she overcame gender-bias in Silicon Valley and her reaction to the #MeToo movement is powerful and effective.
- Her opinion on vaccines.
- The Thought Leader Formula is her second book highlighting her Her 5-step plan to helping package speakers.
See our Guest Offerings at SelfTalkRadioShow.com
123 episodes
Manage episode 236693945 series 1148491
At 16, Robin was mis-diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, losing her entire large intestine and told she was "cured." By the age of 26, she was prescribed methadone to manage the pain. She slowly became a shut-in and once she hit rock bottom, she fired her medical team and decided to take charge of her healthcare and went into remission OVERNIGHT! She writes about her experience in her best-selling book, "The Patient as CEO." But it doesn't stop there...
- She went from being bed-ridden, to a best-selling author to now, an entrepreneur poised to impact 100M patients via Angel Investing.
- How she overcame gender-bias in Silicon Valley and her reaction to the #MeToo movement is powerful and effective.
- Her opinion on vaccines.
- The Thought Leader Formula is her second book highlighting her Her 5-step plan to helping package speakers.
See our Guest Offerings at SelfTalkRadioShow.com
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