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Imagine a world where healing goes beyond treating symptoms; a world where healthcare practitioners address the root causes of their patients' issues. Dr Aisling Quiery’s story brings this vision to life, as she shares her views on shifting the paradigms of patient and healthcare provider well-being, to:

- Bridge the gap between traditional medicine and holistic healing.
- Recognize that our minds and bodies are intricately connected
- Uncover hidden links between our past experiences and present health challenges
- Address complex mental and physical issues as interconnected parts of a whole
- Move beyond symptom management to true healing
- Reduce unnecessary tests and investigations
- Create more fulfilling experiences for everyone involved

By recognizing the profound impact of childhood adversity and trauma on our physical and mental well-being, Aisling opened up a world of possibility that goes beyond treating illness to nurturing wellness from the inside out. 

By questioning the limitations of the current medical model and exploring holistic healing, Aisling discovered a more fulfilling and effective way to practice medicine. She invites frustrated healthcare practitioners experiencing burnout to learn to regulate their own nervous systems, as this can lead to both enhanced patient outcomes and a renewed sense of purpose. She stresses that it’s not about adding to an already overwhelming workload, but rediscovering the essence of healing; doing less while achieving more, and creating a more efficient and effective healthcare system for all.

Listen in to learn more about the future Aisling envisions, where every individual is seen as a whole person, and the power of the mind-body connection is harnessed to transform lives… an approach that will not only reduce healthcare burdens, but pave the way for a healthier, more empowered society.

About Dr Aisling Quiery: 

Aisling is a Family Doctor (GP) with experience in addictions work and homelessness, a Compassionate Inquiry® Practitioner and a Health/Life Coach. She has also worked as an Honorary Clinical Research Fellow for Imperial College London's Psilopain trial (Psilocybin for Fibromyalgia). 

 

She brings together her skills and knowledge as a medical doctor and her training in Compassionate Inquiry® and Coaching to help people to heal through connection to their authentic selves, to the present moment, and to each other. Aisling supports people to move beyond symptom management, towards healing. 

She trained as a doctor in Scotland and worked as a GP in an economically deprived area of North Edinburgh where she also ran a community Hepatitis C clinic and a service for people who inject drugs. Aisling also worked in a primary care service in Edinburgh for people experiencing homelessness. It was through her addictions work that she first came across the work of Gabor Maté. 

 

Aisling attended a plant medicine retreat with Gabor and the Shipibo healers in Peru in 2019 and went on to train in Compassionate Inquiry®, a modality that has changed how she sees herself, her patients and the medical model. She lives on an organic farm in County Down in the North of Ireland and works at GP practices in her local area as well as doing private work with individuals and groups using Compassionate Inquiry®. 

 

Resources:

Websites:

Professional Website
Compassionate Inquiry Profile
Compassionate Inquiry®

Studies:

Original ACEs Study

2018 ACEs Study

Take the ACEs Quiz

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAislingQuiery
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/draislingquiery/

Books:

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity