The healthiest of men didn’t get there by seeing the doctor...

By: Dr. Lynn Wagner... (a doctor)

We told you that we would be introducing new contributors and they would be bringing the fire. Dr. Lynn Wagner did not disappoint.

Dr. Wags

is transforming healthcare and in the process, helping people feel better and look better naked. There should be a Nobel prize for this kinda thing.

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The healthiest of men didn’t get there by seeing the doctor...

When I decided to pursue a career in medicine, I thought I was entering a healthcare system. Little did I know that with every lecture, every hour I spent in the cadaver lab and every minute I spent with my patients; I was being indoctrinated into a “sick care” system. Medical training is disease focused. We learn how to take care of people who are diseased, not how to prevent them from getting there. It’s about putting bandaids on issues that run deep, or plugging a damn that’s about to burst.

If you’ve been a patient in our current system, you know what I am talking about. You feel depressed – you get some Prozac. Have a little heartburn? Here’s your Prilosec. Can’t get it up, Viagra to the rescue.

This isn’t to say our system is worthless. Medicine saves lives. But what does it do to optimize them?

I am one of the lucky ones. After 10 years of practicing traditional medicine as an ER doc, and a series of events, both health and personal, I was forced to take a long, hard look at the way I was taking care of my patients, and more important, the way I was taking care of myself. I navigated into the world of alternative medicine to find answers.

What I found and experienced was mind-blowing. It took everything I learned in my medical training and spun it on its head. In 11 years of pre-medical and medical training, not once had I learned about supplements. I received less than four hours of nutrition training. And energy healing…that was for hippies and weirdos. But it worked. It changed my life and started to change those whom I doctored.

Taking care of patients in the ER became painful. I’d see a person who was beaten down to a glimmer of their potential. I knew that after I treated their acute illness or injury, they’d go right back to the life and lifestyle that brought them to the hospital in the first place.

I couldn’t unsee what I’d discovered on my personal journey. There had to be a better way.

I found a fellowship that helped western trained doctors learn to approach medicine in a different way. I enrolled, began my studies and the rest is history. It brought formality to what I had personally experienced and set me on a new career path. I opened a private integrative medicine practice and began to doctor my patients the way I had doctored myself.

During this transition, people thought I was crazy. The wellness industry wasn’t what it is today, and my medical colleagues, family and friends thought I was committing career suicide.

But honestly, I didn’t give a fuck. You understand!  As a subscriber to Commandment One, you too probably have a passion, an obsession that makes sense to you and you can’t stop chasing it yet looks like lunacy to others. You’ve ignored the haters, chasing your dream anyway. 

Or you want to and you just don’t know how to do it.  

Which brings me to my role in Commandment One. 

When you signed up for this newsletter, you read:

The healthy man has 1000 wants, the sick man has only one. A newsletter about health, wellness and looking good naked. 

No matter your goals, passions or desires - they are irrelevant if you don’t have good health. 

The words health and wellness are omnipresent. Any scroll through social media, search through popular podcasts or the internet is overflowing with tips on how to get healthy. The wellness renaissance is upon us.

With the exploding amount of health and wellness information now available to the masses and the promise that every new supplement, peptide, or health device will be the answer to all that ails us, it's frankly overwhelming.

 I’m here to separate the wheat from the chaff. With the foundation of my medical training, years of patient experience and a dedication to health and wellness, my greatest joy lies in sharing what I know with others.

The first time I met Nic Peterson on a Zoom call, he asked me what my goal was in working with him. My answer was –”I want to transform medicine.” Now, several years later, I realize, I don’t want to fix a “sick care system.” I want to help people take the reins back on their health so they can reach their potential. Only then can we, as a population, demand a true healthcare system. 

About that “looking good naked” piece…well that comes naturally when you are healthy in mind, body and spirit. I got you covered.

Looking forward to great conversations, providing no bullshit information and of course,  helping you look in your birthday suit.

Learn More About Dr. Wagner:

Dr. Wagners Website I YouTube I Instagram

If you’re on board with getting healthier, feeling better or just looking better naked… join us.

Live to learn. Give to earn.

Commandment One.