In today’s interview, I got to sit down with Dr. Andrea Leonard-Segal, a board certified rheumatologist who not only worked collaboratively with Dr. Sarno for over twenty years, but even wrote one of the chapters in his masterpiece, The Divided Mind. Andrea is a staunch supporter of Dr. Sarno, not only in terms of the way he helped hundreds of thousands people, but also in his manner as a person.

Andrea shares her personal and professional memories of Dr. Sarno and how his culture of mutual respect made such a difference for her and her patients. But we spent a good deal of time exploring what it was that allowed Dr. Sarno to be so able to focus on science and rational thinking so that he could see past what the rest of the medical field could not.

Andrea and I also explored the issues patients can face in rheumatology with respect to mind body experience and her tremendous expertise and wisdom that has helped countless other people. It was a pleasure connecting with Andrea and getting to relate how her chapter helped me personally as well.