Dr Erica Elliott – From Mountains to Medicine: Scaling the Heights in Search of my Calling
How did Erica find her life’s purpose?
From Mountains to Medicine is the story of Dr Erica Elliott’s magical, mind-bending, and heart-opening journey of self-discovery in search of her life’s purpose.
A courageous woman with insatiable curiosity, Elliott shares her compelling story with disarming honesty. Right from the beginning, she draws the reader into her narrative as she threads her way through the turbulent early years of her life, overcoming many daunting challenges along the way. Her guiding star is her search for meaning and purpose, which leads her to some spellbinding adventures, including perilous climbs of daunting peaks, one of which was subsequently named after her.
One reader wrote: “Elliott’s writing is intimate, intoxicating, and full of wisdom. I found myself laughing out loud, holding my breath, opening my eyes wide in shock, at times exclaiming ‘holy sh*t!’—and I imagine you will too. It is much more than a memoir. It is so engrossing I forgot I was reading a book, and I look forward to the day when it is made into a movie.”
Ultimately, Elliott’s wise heart leads her home to discover what was there all along—her destiny to be a healer.
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About the speaker:
Erica Elliott is a medical doctor in Santa Fe, New Mexico, nicknamed “The Health Detective,” because she treats people from across the US who have difficult-to-diagnose medical conditions. Erica has lived in many different countries while growing up, including England in primary school and Germany in high school. Her adult life began as a schoolteacher on the Navajo Reservation in the early 1970s, and then Peace Corps volunteer in South America working as a bilingual educator, high-altitude mountain climber in the Andes, Outward Bound Instructor in the Colorado Rockies, and finally a medical doctor in New Mexico for the past 38 years. She helped found a co-housing community in Santa Fe, called The Commons, described in a TED talk she gave in 2015. She is the author of Medicine and Miracle in the High Desert: My Life Among the Navajo People, and From Mountains to Medicine: Scaling the Heights in Search of My Calling. Her blog site is www.musingsmemoirandmedicine.com
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Erica ElliottMedical DoctorDr Erica Elliott is a medical doctor in Santa Fe, New Mexico, nicknamed “The Health Detective,” because she treats people from across the US who have difficult-to-diagnose medical conditions. Erica has lived in many different countries while growing up, including England in primary school and Germany in high school. Her adult life began as a schoolteacher on the Navajo Reservation in the early 1970s, and then Peace Corps volunteer in South America working as a bilingual educator, high-altitude mountain climber in the Andes, Outward Bound Instructor in the Colorado Rockies, and finally a medical doctor in New Mexico for the past 38 years. She helped found a co-housing community in Santa Fe, called The Commons, described in a TED talk she gave in 2015. She is the author of Medicine and Miracle in the High Desert: My Life Among the Navajo People, and From Mountains to Medicine: Scaling the Heights in Search of My Calling. Her blog site is www.musingsmemoirandmedicine.com
