Unshackled: Why Medicine Is Failing Doctors (and Patients) —and How We Can Break Free - Softcover

Skeens MD CFMP, Heather

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1953183972 ISBN 13: 9781953183972

Publisher: Thin Leaf Press, 2025

Synopsis

Unshackled: Why Medicine Is Failing Doctors (and Patients)—and How We Can Break Free

~ One story of love and care could heal medicine forever. ~

The medical system is broken. And it's harming the very people who vowed to heal.
Whether you’re a physician, nurse, medical student, patient, or someone who’s watched their loved one suffer at the hands of the current healthcare system, this book will speak to the fire inside you—the part that knows there has to be something better.

Unshackled is for the doctor who's exhausted and wants to know how to break free.
It's for the patient who's tired of being a number.
It's for anyone who still believes that healing should begin with humanity.

In this book, you’ll meet brave doctors rewriting the rules. You’ll witness the costs of silence-and the beauty of speaking out. And you’ll come face-to-face with a story of love and care so powerful, it lit the match for a medical revolution.
This book will challenge you, comfort you, and call you to rise.

If you’re ready to break free from a healthcare system that’s lost its soul...
If you’re craving purpose, balance, and truth in your calling...
If you believe in medicine, but not like the way it currently exists...
Then this book is for you.

Read Unshackled and learn how you can join the revolution in medicine, healing, and life itself.

Unshackled is the powerful, true story of a visionary female physician who stepped away from the conventional healthcare machine and found something extraordinary in the process: love, freedom, and a new model of healing.
In a world where more than half of physicians report burnout and dissatisfaction, Unshackled offers not just insight-but a way out.

This is more than a memoir. It’s a manifesto for a movement.

This book will empower you to:

• See clearly how the current medical system dehumanizes both doctors and patients
• Understand why burnout isn’t a personal failure-it’s a design feature of the system
• Reclaim the doctor-patient relationship from the hands of insurance companies and pharmaceutical giants
• Honor your intuition-and the truth you’ve known all along: this system isn’t working
• Join a growing movement of doctors and patients demanding freedom, dignity, and healing

This is more than a memoir. It’s a manifesto for anyone who knows the soul of medicine is worth saving.
If you’re a physician, this book will help you remember who you are-and remind you that your power never left you.
If you’re a patient, this book will give you the words, courage, and conviction to demand more from the system-and to see your doctor as the human being they are.
If you’ve ever felt alone in your pain, your purpose, or your profession-this book will remind you: you are not alone. And you are not powerless.

Break the silence. Reclaim the relationship. Rewrite the future of medicine.

Read Unshackled and join the revolution.

About this title

About the Authors

Dr. Heather Skeens, MD, CFMP, is a board-certified ophthalmologist, corneal transplant surgeon, and certified functional medicine practitioner who is redefining what it means to be a healer in modern medicine. As the founder of Bellasee(TM) Franchising, the first physician-owned ophthalmic franchise in the world, Dr. Skeens is leading a nationwide movement to restore autonomy, balance, and purpose to the lives of doctors-while bringing holistic, patient-centered care back to the forefront. After years of witnessing both patients and physicians suffer under a broken healthcare system, Dr. Skeens combined her expertise in surgery, functional medicine, and entrepreneurship to create a revolutionary model that supports both healer and patient. Her journey is deeply personal, shaped by the tragic loss of her brother-in-law, Reid, and her own healing from autoimmune disease. Dr. Skeens is also the founder of Bellasee(TM) Education, an online platform training physicians in new surgical techniques, remote clinic operations, and holistic health practices. Her work has empoweredcountless doctors to reclaim their careers and reimagine their lives. She lives in Charleston, West Virginia, where she runs herflagship Bellasee(TM) Eyecare & Bellasee(TM) Skincare & Wellness practices. When she's not in surgery or mentoring other physicians, you'll find her writing, speaking, and continuing the work of building a better future for healthcare-one Bellasee(TM) clinic at a time.

"Ordinary to Extraordinary" is something Erik Seversen lives by. Born into an average, middle-class family in a suburb of Tacoma, Washington, Erik had unusually lofty goals, and he didn't listen when others said he was a dreamer. In fact, he turned those dreams into reality constructing a fulfilled life of success and adventure.A few things about Erik: -He's been to over 95 countries and all 50 states in the USA-had speaking engagements on six continents-won both teaching and speaking awards-seen success: created three companies-seen failure: learned from it and moved on-had a machine gun stuck in his mouth in Nigeria-lived with a remote Indian tribe in the AmazonErik is a writer, speaker, adventurer, entrepreneur, and educator who constructed the life he wanted to live while conducting a deep study of people, love, struggle, and ways of thinking that help him tackle problems in business and in life. Erik's current mission is to inspire people. He holds a master's degree in anthropology and is a certified practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Erik takes from years of teaching at the university level and years of real-life experience to motivate people to take action creating extreme success in business and in life. Erik lives with his wife and two boys in Los Angeles, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thin Leaf Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1953183972
• ISBN 13: 9781953183972
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Covers 100, Sanguenza Dindo
• Number of pages: 180
• Editor: Severson Erik, Cellona Dhanliza