Essentials of Medical Intuition

Awards Winner: 2023 Silver Nautilus Book Award in Body-Mind-Spirit Practices; 2023 American Book Fest Best Book Award in Health: Alternative Medicine; 2023 International Book Award in Health: Alternative Medicine; 2024 American Legacy Book Award in Health: Alternative Medicine.

Aimed at wellness professionals who want to use their intuition in their practice, and anyone seeking answers to their health issues from their own body and energy systems, this is the most comprehensive and nuanced guide to using Medical Intuition to promote wellbeing.

Are you a wellness professional experiencing burnout, frustration, and disillusionment with the current healthcare systems?

Are you a patient or client who’s curious about seeking answers to your health issues from your own body and energy systems?


This comprehensive and accessible guide, grounded in the most up-to-date scientific research and case studies, explains everything you need to know about medical intuition – a revolutionary new perspective in healthcare.  

The illuminating skill of medical intuition is designed to provide fast, pertinent intuitive health assessments that can be used as both a standalone practice and as a powerful support to health and wellness care of every kind. Intended to uncover the hidden sources of energetic resistance that may be blocking optimal wellbeing, medical intuition is now being increasingly discussed in integrative healthcare, its efficacy supported by innovative, growing research and case studies. 


In this thought-provoking new guide, discover exactly what medical intuition is – and how it can transform the lives of practitioners, patients, and clients."Essentials of Medical Intuition brings groundbreaking research in medical intuition and proposes a new paradigm for the future of healthcare. Wendie Colter's dedication to helping us recognize the value of medical intuition and its inclusion into healthcare and further scientific research will define the use of this important skill for decades to come."
- Paul J. Mills, PhD, Director of the Center of Excellence for Research and Training in Integrative Health, University of California, San Diego

"Wendie Colter is an extraordinary guide, helping us explore, understand and appreciate the wondrous gifts and potential of medical intuition, a new frontier in healthcare. Essentials of Medical Intuition shows us simply and practically how to cultivate our intuition for our own personal growth and to benefit those we serve. Filled with scientific research, case studies and guidance, it is an important book for any healthcare professional interested in developing their intuitive abilities."
-       Lucia Thornton, ThD, RN, Past President, American Holistic Nurses Association, Past Chair, Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine, author of Whole Person Caring

"We need to integrate medicine so people are not a diagnosis or a body part but are a story, which needs to be heard and responded to. Colter’s Essentials of Medical Intuition brings this expanded vision of healthcare to the forefront."
-       Bernie Siegel, MD, author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and The Art of Healing

"A fascinating journey through the concepts, current uses, and future possibilities of medical intuition. With compelling case studies and evidence-supported science, Wendie presents a convincing case for including medical intuition in healthcare training and education."
-       Hyla Cass MD, author of 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health

"There is a domain of knowing we all possess that lies beyond language, logic, and thought. Colter's book describes this natural ability and how to allow it to flower in our daily life."
-       Larry Dossey, MD, author of One Mind

"In Essentials of Medical Intuition, Wendie Colter describes how medical intuition, along with professional judgment, can reveal the intrinsic links between our life experiences, our beliefs, and our health, as well as the transformative possibilities of incorporating this unique skill into an effective, integrative approach to healthcare."
- Kenneth R. Pelletier, PhD, MD, author of Change Your Genes, Change Your Life

"In her clear, concise, and practical book, Essentials of Medical Intuition, Wendie Colter envisions medical intuition assessment as fully integrated into whole-person wellness. She also provides specific self-directed intuitive instructions for mind, body and spirit for vital health and wellbeing."
-       Lori Chortkoff Hops, PhD, President, Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology

"What a beautiful book about medical intuition this truly is. Wendie Colter has chosen to remind us all of the “art” of medicine – an essential yet oft-neglected consideration. I hope that in the future, universities will be able to add this important component of medicine to their curricula. "
-       Dominique Fradin-Read, MD, MPH

"Essentials of Medical Intuition is a seminal contribution to the field. With clarity and wisdom, Wendie Colter demystifies medical intuition and demonstrates how it can revolutionize and positively impact the delivery of holistic healthcare."
-       Midge Murphy, JD, author of Practice Energy Healing in Integrity

"A comprehensive framework for medical intuition that blends scientific evidence with persuasive anecdotal accounts. Essentials of Medical Intuition is written for all readers and is a necessary work that presents a critical skill destined to enhance the health and wellbeing of our patients and clients. It is a game changer for the healthcare field."
- Erika Cappelluti, MD, PhD, Fellowship Director, Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine
 

"In Essentials of Medical Intuition, Wendie Colter scientifically affirms that the intuitive nature of wellbeing is present in everyone, and that the role of the certified medical intuitive is to identify and facilitate the emergence of innate information to heal mind, body and spirit."
- Gilah Yelin Hirsch, MFA, Professor of Art Emerita, California State University Dominguez Hills

"One of Colter’s most important messages is that healthcare professionals can and should be trained to develop “intuitive assessment" skills. Such information merits consideration along with evidence from clinical trials and clinical experience of whole-person care."
-       Richard Hammerschlag, PhD, Dean Emeritus of Research, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine

"Wendie Colter has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the nonlocal aspect of consciousness.  She presents the reader with a comprehensive well-grounded scientific view of an aspect of nonlocal awareness that has not previously received the attention it deserves. Essentials of Medical Intuition is a book well worth your attention."
- Stephan A. Schwartz, author of The 8 Laws of Change and Opening to the InfiniteWendie Colter has been a professional medical intuitive for more than 20 years. The founder/CEO of The Practical Path®, Inc., she offers intuitive development programs to clinical health professionals, complementary and alternative practitioners and the general public. She is an invited speaker and instructor at some of the premier integrative health centres in the US. Her accredited certification program, Medical Intuitive Training™, has been pivotal in helping holistic health professionals from every discipline develop and optimize their inherent intuition. Wendie’s trailblazing research in medical intuition has been published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine.