What happens when a medical doctor trained at some of the world’s leading institutions begins questioning everything she was taught about health, healing and the human body?
In this episode of the **Remember Who You Are Podcast**, I sit down with **Dr Lara Wegener, MD**, a medical doctor, researcher and visionary whose journey has taken her from conventional medicine and research at institutions including Oxford and Stanford into the rainforests of Mexico, exploring the relationship between **human health, living ecosystems and the intelligence of nature**.
Lara shares how her own health challenges led her to question conventional approaches to medicine and explore nutrition, plants, microorganisms, soil health and ancestral approaches to healing.
We also dive deeply into **success, intuition and purpose**. Lara speaks about moving beyond the version of success she had been conditioned to pursue and discovering that true abundance includes our health, relationships, community, purpose and how our lives actually feel.
### In this episode:
• Lara’s journey from conventional medicine into nature-based healing
• Food, microorganisms, soil health and the microbiome
• Following your intuition and authentic path
• Material success versus true fulfilment
• Plants and the intelligence of nature
• Regenerating damaged ecosystems
• Lara’s vision for **Seeding Earth**
• Technology working alongside nature
• Human potential, abundance and creating a healthier future
This conversation left me feeling incredibly hopeful about what is possible when we stop seeing ourselves as separate from the natural world and remember: **We are nature.**
🌿 **Dr Lara Wegener will also be joining us at the LUMINARIES Summit in Croatia, 21–27 September 2026**, alongside an extraordinary international gathering of speakers, musicians, entrepreneurs and changemakers.
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**Dr Lara Wegener:** https://doctorlarawegener.com/
**Let’s create the world we know is possible.**