Andrew Weil: How would you describe yourself in three words? — FLAPSS

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How would you describe yourself in three words?

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Andrew Weil

Physician; founder of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona

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I had a family physician when I was growing up who was a mentor and steered me towards studying medicine.

Olivendo, Olivendo, 17 October 2022 source ↗

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Sensitive, kind, silly.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2023 source ↗

Michelle Visage

Loyal, funny, driven.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2024 source ↗

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Founder and executive chairperson of Biocon

I am very impatient, impulsive, proactive and often act in haste.

Recorded Dr. Pritam Singh and Dr. Asha Bhandarker, People Matters, 15 March 2011 source ↗

Natural, caring, thoughtful.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗

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I had a family physician when I was growing up who was a mentor and steered me towards studying medicine.

Recorded Olivendo, Olivendo, 17 October 2022 source ↗

Question What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in the last six months? Money & investment

Yes. Well, one of them I’m holding in my hand right now. And my daughter turned me onto these. She’s now 28. Computer glasses, which I got on Amazon. I don’t know. They were less than $20. But these are yellow-tinted glasses that enlarge things slightly. That has totally changed my comfort in sitting in front of a screen.

Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 10 December 2018 source ↗

Question What does love feel like? Relationships

I had a family physician when I was growing up who was a mentor and steered me towards studying medicine.

Recorded Olivendo, Olivendo, 17 October 2022 source ↗

Question What do you value most in your friends? Relationships

I had a family physician when I was growing up who was a mentor and steered me towards studying medicine.

Recorded Olivendo, Olivendo, 17 October 2022 source ↗

Question What is the most rewarding part of being a parent? Relationships

I had a family physician when I was growing up who was a mentor and steered me towards studying medicine.

Recorded Olivendo, Olivendo, 17 October 2022 source ↗

Question Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought? Money & investment

I had a family physician when I was growing up who was a mentor and steered me towards studying medicine.

Recorded Olivendo, Olivendo, 17 October 2022 source ↗

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