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We have to I’m also proud to be the co-founder of a non- everything we do is connected in some way to

be self-reliant. profit organization called Stand for Health what’s happening out there. We have immense
Freedom. Its sole purpose is to take the egos and power and responsibility if we’re willing to
That’s the logos out of the equation (my own included), so assume it for our individual health destiny as
real lesson that you can take action, using digital software, well as communally for the future of the world.
here. that will directly affect your local decision-
makers and elected officials. This can really HG: In other words, we are a part of the problem
have an impact. We have already seen it affect and the solution. Is that what I hear you saying?
legislation that was dead set on stripping exemp-
tions to vaccination. Stand for Health Freedom SJ: Exactly. I would add that we are not just a
exists because of people who see that we have “part” but we are the majority interest in the
to take responsibility for our future. We cannot outcome. I don’t mean to say that we’re all-
outsource it to politics, hoping that the Trumps powerful, but I do believe, for example, that we
and Bidens of the world are going to save us. can heal any disease. I know that. I’ve witnessed
We have to be self-reliant. That’s the real lesson thousands of examples where people have
here. If we embrace this, there is such a beauti- shown that they don’t need allopathic medicine
ful world waiting for us around the corner, one and can heal from diseases that were called
that we can barely imagine. That is the light at “incurable” or “idiopathic.” That’s amazing.
the end of the tunnel that drives me and Kelly However, until someone knows that is possible,
every single day. there is no way that they are even going to try.
The more people who realize that something far
more beautiful than what is happening now is
HG: On some level, it seems like some of us
are afraid of taking responsibility. Why do you possible, the more likely that it is going to come
think that is? into being. That doesn’t mean that we have to
deny what the darkness is, but it’s about under-
standing that we have a huge amount of power.
SJ: That’s a great question. It helps to under-
stand the psychology of allopathy. Allopathy’s HG: That is a hopeful note to end on. I am en-
sweetest pill is the illusion that disease and the couraged. As we wrap things up, I want to ask
soul itself are secondary to the physical and the you, if listeners could do just one thing to either
physicochemical aspects of life. Nihilism and improve their health, stand up for themselves
chaos are embedded in the ideology around or embrace that power, what would you recom-
conventional medicine and the old biology, mend that they do?
which by the way has completely been eclipsed
by the new biology. SJ: First and foremost, find true compassion
for yourself, because it’s love that will heal
I know that the Weston A. Price Foundation has the world. We spend so much time confusing
been speaking to these beautiful principles from service to others with actual love, or trying to
the beginning. You have been a pillar in helping make other people happy, but we don’t spend
people understand that we don’t have to choose time defining what we ourselves need. We all
the path of allopathy, which is the path of the have children, responsibilities and people who
victim. There are so many ways in which we’re depend on us, but unless we are good and whole
baited into thinking that we’re victims of this or inside, we are not going to discover the profound
that situation. And if ever there was a moment benefits that I believe are available to us. It’s
where we were facing some epic battle against actually as simple as that. When you connect
darkness, it’s this one right now. But the real with and love yourself, things start working
“ask” is, first, to be radically responsible. I’m out, and you start contributing to changing the
trying to integrate my awareness around how world in a way that feels and looks much more
there are no carve-outs. Either we are taking peaceful.
responsibility for our lives or we’re not, and
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