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Overcoming Chronic Illness with Momoko Uno

Badass Women at Any Age

Release Date: 01/09/2024

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Watching her mother struggle with chronic illness Momoko Uno knew by the age of 14 that she wanted to have a career in medicine. Momoko has overcome trauma and adversity to become a doctor of integrative medicine, entrepreneur and author. She grew up in Australia and obtained a medical degree in internal medicine, integrating pharmaceuticals and Chinese herbal medicine. She has a masters in psychology with a certification in Consciousness Health and Healing, and is also a certified functional medicine practitioner and licensed acupuncturist. Momoko came to the United States 25 years ago with borrowed money, two suitcases and her dreams. She served as the department chair of clinical studies at

Pacific College of Health Sciences and taught various classes there as well as at Touro College in 2009. She founded Omni Wellness, a multidisciplinary wellness center in New York City, where she also maintains her private practice.  She holds a particular interest in trauma and its effect on the body and mind and how it plays a role in chronic illnesses. The majority of her patients have exhausted conventional medicine and turn to alternative medicine to treat complicated conditions. Momoko published her first book in 2023, which is a memoir about losing her mother during solitary confinement and how she overcame the traumatic loss. Her stories are ultimately all about healing the mind and spirit while overcoming adversity.

 

 What You Will Hear in This Episode: 

2:15 Momoko’s personal story

8:39 Biggest challenges

13:36 The effects of on chronic illness and  Momoko’s approach

20:57 What conventional medicine misses about trauma and chronic disease

24:15 Signs of poor stress management and proactive solutions

28:20 Gender and chronic illness

 

Quotes

“it's never a real mistake if you actually learn something from it. “

“I try to get the release to come out from different levels, and that's when I find it the most effective because if you just get it physically and you don't get the change on an emotional or mental level, it usually just comes back. “

“Chinese medicine is supposed to be about preventative health, so that means that you're supposed to be going to see a practitioner before there's any symptoms at all. That's Chinese medicine. You go when you're feeling good, “

 

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