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Enlightened Empaths

Ending Chronic Pain with Dr. David Clarke

Enlightened Empaths

Samantha Fey and Denise Correll

Self-improvement, Religion, Education, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary






Please join us in welcoming Dr. David Clarke, the President of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association (PPDA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to ending the chronic pain epidemic. Dr. Clarke graduated from Williams College with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, and he holds an MD from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He is Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. His organization’s mission is to advance the awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of stress-related and brain-generated medical conditions. The PPDA supports an evidence-based, biopsychosocial approach that is safer, more affordable, and more effective than traditional treatments of chronic pain. With a focus on uncovering stress and identifying trauma, the PPDA encourages patients to take control of their symptoms without drugs, surgery, or expensive treatments. Dr. Clarke is the organization’s president, a renowned gastroenterologist, author of three books, producer of three films, and an international lecturer on psychophysiologic disorders. Learn more at EndChronicPain.org.




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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to enlightened empaths, your community for the spiritually awakened

0:04.9

Empaths, where we discuss, explore and connect with fellow Empaths,

0:11.5

healers, intuitive, and seekers. and so happy to have you join us this week. Our guest today is Dr. David Clark,

0:24.8

is president of the Psychophysologic Disorders Association PPPDA, which is a 501c3

0:32.2

nonprofit dedicated to ending the chronic pain epidemic.

0:37.0

Dr. Clark holds an MD from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine

0:42.0

and is board certified in internal medicine and

0:44.5

Gastroontrology. His organization's mission is to advance the awareness, diagnosis,

0:49.6

and treatment of stress-related and pain brain-generated medical conditions. You can learn more

0:57.1

at n-cronic pain.org and we'll put that website in our show notes so you can be sure to check it out.

1:04.3

Welcome to the show Dr Dave, we're really happy to have you here.

1:07.7

Great to be with you. Thank you so much for the chance to have a discussion with you.

1:13.0

Well, let's start off by talking a little bit about how you came to be so passionate

1:18.4

about this and a little bit of the focus on why there's such a need for this organization,

1:24.8

especially in today's current society.

1:27.9

Yeah, absolutely. You know, I started out in my career very successfully. Medical School I won an award for excellence. I got great

1:37.6

scores on the national board examinations. I was in a top residency training program.

1:44.0

I had finished seven years of formal training.

1:48.0

So I was completely unprepared to encounter a patient.

1:52.0

I didn't know the first thing about diagnosing or treating.

1:55.5

This happened actually in the eighth year of my training. I was a patient referred to us

2:00.7

from another university because they couldn't figure out what was going on.

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