“I was just getting tired of writing prescriptions…” Dr. Michael Sharp explains to me this morning, when asked of why he decided several years ago to expand his practice well beyond what he’d learned as a graduate of Harvard Medical School, and as a professor at the UNC School of Medicine.

Years ago, many of Dr. Sharp’s patients came to him reporting positive results from a number of other approaches they’d been trying, including naturopathy, Chinese medicine, and a variety of other “alternative” approaches to medicine. So, Dr. Sharp decided to begin studying these approaches to medicine as well, and ultimately discovered that the standard American MD approach is a very limited and restricted window through which health care can be practiced.
He now believes in a variety of other approaches, rarely prescribes drugs, examines a patient’s diet, activities, stress load and more to get a much broader picture of a patient’s life, rather than just treating the symptoms themselves.
Recently, I’ve been taking the time to contact and interview a number of health care professionals who practice well beyond the limited window of everyday “sick care” which so many of us have come to know as “health care” in America. I’ve been learning many fascinating things; and, after the Walk, I plan to work on interviewing, editing and sharing more from currently practicing “integrative” health care professionals
After interviewing Dr. Sharp at his home-based office, I had and was able to take advantage of a spur-of-the-moment opportunity to spend time with and interview Kathleen, his health coach wife, and healthy-promoting friends of hers as well.

They ended up inviting me to a delicious home-cooked meal before returning me to hosts Steve & Phil.

What great people! Thank You, Dr. Sharp, Kathleen, Beth and Patricia for your time!