74. Dr Zach Bush: Breaking Free From Emotional Addiction
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Dr. Zach Bush brings a unique perspective to understanding human emotions and healing, drawing from his 17-year background in academic medicine running ICUs and bone marrow transplant units, combined with his deep study of Chinese medicine, energy healing, and nature's intelligence. After leaving conventional medicine in 2010, he established an integrated medical center where he absorbed extensive knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture. His discovery that emotions are at the root of all diseases, backed by 5,000 years of Chinese medical science, led him to develop innovative approaches to emotional healing. Dr. Bush's current work with Project Biome involves studying nature's patterns and cycles, giving him unprecedented insights into how human emotional patterns mirror larger natural systems.
In this powerful episode, you'll learn:
- The crucial difference between emotions and feelings, and why this distinction matters for healing
- How our addiction to emotional patterns keeps us stuck in victim-perpetrator cycles
- Why nature has no purpose, and how this understanding can liberate us from emotional suffering
- The role of beauty in experiencing unconditional love and breaking free from emotional patterns
- How unprocessed grief and trauma manifest physically and can be released through feeling
- Ways to move from intellectual understanding to embodied feeling
- The importance of being witnessed in our authentic expression
- How natural cycles of death and rebirth apply to emotional healing
- Practical approaches to feeling more deeply and metabolizing emotions naturally
Key Takeaway: Our addiction to processed emotions - much like processed foods - keeps us disconnected from the natural flow of feeling that exists in nature. By learning to distinguish between conditioned emotional patterns and raw, authentic feelings, we can break free from this addiction. The path forward isn't about managing or controlling emotions, but rather allowing ourselves to feel more deeply and completely, just as nature does. When we can embrace this natural way of being, our emotional struggles begin to metabolize and transform on their own, leading to genuine healing and liberation.
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Connect with Dr. Bush:
Website: https://journeyofintrinsichealth.com/
Join Dr Bush’s Community: https://journeyofintrinsichealth.com/
Instagram: @zachbushmd
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