"The Macrobiotic Way" with Srdjan Dobic

Srdjan “Serg” Dobic is a macrobiotic and nutritional counselor, educator and chef. Serg spent a large part of his childhood in the former Yugoslavia before moving to the United States. His mother, Mina was diagnosed with a stage IV ovarian cancer that had already spread to several parts of the body. Serg tells more details of his mother’s recovery and his journey to becoming a macrobiotic counselor in the podcast. 

 Mina and Serg make up a renowned macrobiotic counselling team who have worked with numerous clients over the last thirty years including many A list celebrities including amongst others Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow. Serg tells the story in the podcast of Dr. Benjamin Spock, one of his former clients.

Serg goes into detail in the podcast of the macrobiotic approach to Health and Wellness and offers some easy to implement tips on how listeners can improve their Health using Macrobiotic Principles. Currently living in Hong Kong and offering counselling service on both an individual and in group settings and we discuss this in the podcast.

Timings
3:33 Most of my childhood and some of my teenage years I grew up in the former Yugoslavia...
4:23 When I was about 15 and a half years old my mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer ... stage IV...given 2 months to live...she stared practicing a macrobiotic lifestyle... a year later she was cancer free...
:06 We 5decided to come to the United States to study more... about macrobiotics...I've lived there for the last 30 years...
6:33 My mother is a very strong woman... we started practicing macrobiotics... it was for me a very strange food...
9:11 You have a lot of symptoms but you ignore over a period of time things get worse...
10:10 We have three types of Macrobiotics, s It took 6 months for the body to start fighting the cancer...standard... gourmet...and medicinal
13:03 She had a consultation in Boston... at the Kushi Institute... Michio Kushi considers to be the father of modern Day Macrobiotics... he had a consultation with her... a three day course...
15:02 [In former Yugoslavia]They decided to take out he ovaries... full hysterectomy... following this she was on a plane to the Kushi Institute...
17:07 "How you do one thing is how you do everything". My mother is a perfect example of that...
18:07 [ Iassist people]With Macrobiotic approach...
19:14 Everything we put in our body should have a life force...
21:18 Every person is different...
24:35 My mother and I were a team back in the United States... we worked with some celebrities like Madonna, Gwynth Paltrow, Alicia Silverstone...
25:15 Dr Spock story...
26:27 Macrobiotics is all encompassing...
28:07 Macrobiotic nutrition is evolving...
30:19[Tips] Choosing Organic food...prepare at least one meal per day at home...using whole foods... choosing more vegetables...
37:00 It's very practical there are no pills and powder...
37:50[My passion} Seeing other people succeed...
40:48 I always consider myself to be a nightbird...
Quote : You are what you eat.

Books
My Beautiful Life - Mina Dobic
The Macrobiotic Way - Michio Kushi
The Cancer Prevention Diet - Michio Kushi
Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy - Dirk Benedict
Recalled by Life - Dr Anthony J Sattilaro

Contact Serg
https://equilibrium-hk.com
email: [email protected]
WhatsApp + 852 6112 4183

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