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15th Mar 2022

An Altar Boy Goes East

On this episode of the HRart Worker Book Club Podcast, Samm interviews Medical Qigong Therapist, Acupuncturist and lead instructor at the East Coast Institute of Medical Qigong, Ted O’Brien, about his book An Altar Boy Goes East.

Growing up a devout Catholic and typical workaholic American whose stress-heavy lifestyle was making him sick, Ted found the answers to his healing journey when he traveled East. Learn about what Ted discovered, his insights into the tension that exists between Christianity and Eastern philosophies, and why An Altar Boy Goes East is the book that confirmed for Samm that Qigong would be the next step on her own healing journey. You won’t want to miss this next episode of the HRart Worker Book Club!

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About the Podcast

Energy Studies Book Club
Where Energy Theory Meets the Workplace, One Book at a Time
The Energy Studies Book Club Podcast offers a slow, honest journey through the books shaping the frontier of energetic theory, read in real time by someone still figuring it out. Host Samm Smeltzer, who has a doctorate in Medical Qigong and founded the HRart Center burnout recovery center in York, Pennsylvania, brings over a decade of HR and Organizational Development experience to one bold question: what if energy is the missing piece in how we understand people, work, and wellbeing? Each month, Samm reads, reflects, and shares, connecting Classical Oriental Medicine with workplace culture in ways that are still unfolding. No expert performance. Just cultivation in progress.