137. What medicine couldn't fix: one MD's path to mystic healing — Dr. Alexandra Perel-Winkler

All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting · Apr 23, 2026 · 1h 12m · transcript

Alexandra Perel-Winkler is very proud of her MD title, she went to Columbia and worked hard for it, but she still decided to walk away from her prestigious research career to become a soul-centered coach and medicine woman. She’s the founder of The Mystic Medicine, where she explores what it looks like to bridge the gap between science and spirit. In this episode, Alexandra shares about her journey from rheumatology fellow to healer, her father's miraculous recovery from pancreatic cancer, and what happened when Andrea experienced a Mystic Medicine ceremony herself just 24 hours before…