Experiential Anatomy

Today our hosts explore the principle of our bodies being committed to wholeness and vitality and the powerful impact this belief can have on everything–from each individual to our collective structural systems. Joan shares about her lifelong anxiety and how a shift towards this perspective changed how she experienced anxiousness, both in and out of patient rooms. And Jamie dives deeper into what it means to live a life that feels good and how it’s each of our birthrights to do so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen in, to hear Joan’s voice memo about a new bodily experience this week and Jamie’s appreciation for Joan’s embodiment progress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twin coughs can’t hold our hosts back as they express gratitude for their respiratory symptoms and dive into the topic of bodies being truth-tellers. They explore the idea that our bodies can’t lie, but sometimes the data they signal can be outdated. Jamie explains how diagnoses can be either helpful doorways or unhelpful destinations. And Joan shares a few stories about how this principle has made practicing medicine more enjoyable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen in as Joan and Jamie share voice memos from this past week about feeling life coursing through their bodies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know your body is alive? Today, Joan and Jamie explore the idea that our bodies are not inanimate objects that can be fully understood and controlled but, rather, our partners in this life requiring a communicative relationship. They discuss how transformative this concept was for their careers and share stories of how they now relate better to the bodies in their care. Listen in to better understand what it means to be a living body.  If you’d like to connect with us, we invite you to join us on Substack! https://exanatomy.substack.com/ is the home for the Experiential Anatomy podcast. Find us on Instagram @jamieleefinch and @joanchanmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the Jamie episode! Today we travel back in time with our hosts and journey along Jamie’s quest of finding her body. She shares that as an infant she failed to thrive, as an adolescent she brutalized her body, and as an adult, she burned out. But when she finally got curious and quiet, she learned what her body had been trying to communicate since the very beginning. Listen in as the hosts discuss the formation of Jamie’s deep belief that all bodies are capable of health and vitality and the authors and creators Jamie credits most for helping her along the way.   If you’d like to connect with us, we invite you to join us on Substack! https://exanatomy.substack.com/ is the home for the Experiential Anatomy podcast. Find us on Instagram @jamieleefinch and @joanchanmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the Joan episode! Today we get to hear all about the little girl who dreamed of being a teacher and instead followed both her parents’ footsteps to become a fifth-generation doctor. Joan shares with us when her deep need for certainty began in childhood and explains why she is now deliberately stepping away from that particular value. Jamie’s questions bring us insight into Joan’s life as a mother, a daughter, a family physician, and a body. Then we get a peek into her favorite Instagram accounts and find out who the artist is that inspired Joan’s current ukelele lessons. Listen in to learn all about our dear host, Joan Chan!  If you’d like to connect with us, we invite you to join us on Substack! https://exanatomy.substack.com/ is the home for the Experiential Anatomy podcast. Find us on Instagram @jamieleefinch and @joanchanmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re doing this! Welcome to our very first episode of Experiential Anatomy. We are Joan and Jamie and we love to talk about bodies–feeling them, healing them, and regulating them. Today, we’re sharing a bit about ourselves, why we are starting a podcast, and our vision for future conversations. We hope you’ll decide to listen in again next week and join us this season as we journey toward embodiment. If you’d like to connect with us, we invite you to join us on Substack! https://exanatomy.substack.com/ is the home for the Experiential Anatomy podcast. Find us on Instagram @jamieleefinch and @joanchanmd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When was the last time you experienced your anatomy? Join Joan Chan, MD, and Jamie Lee Finch, LMT, as they explore what's missing in the way modern healthcare experiences the body. They invite you to come sit with them and experience the beautiful, loving, complex person that is your body.  New episodes dropping on October 8, 2024! Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices