Dana came to Dr. Goldberg as a patient first, burnt out from years of medical doctors trying to cure the cancer, and she asked him: “what’s your snake oil?” He answered two things. The first was mistletoe therapy. The second changed everything: “I need to meet your inner physician, so I can partner with that part of you.”
He had her stand and imagine herself as a physician; she imagined herself in a white coat, stethoscope slung around her neck, an all-knowing being. And Dr. Goldberg exclaimed: “That’s who I want to talk to.” That moment was the page-turner in her cancer journey; she moved from victim to conqueror, from passive to agency.
Dana shaped the Path to Health Center so that patients arrive somewhere that feels like a place of belonging rather than a floodlit clinic; they integrated wood, warmth, curved windows, a permaculture garden, all while holding the rigor a serious medical practice requires.
