2013 Film
A film about healing, destiny, and the quiet pull of the heart.
There are some films that feel like companions. The Physician is one of those for me.
Set in the 11th century, it tells the story of Rob Cole, a young English boy who loses his mother and discovers,through grief,his calling to heal. He sets out across the known world to study medicine, guided by an unshakable sense that there is more to learn, more to offer, and more to become. Along the way, he apprentices with the great Persian physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna), and eventually discovers that real healing requires not only knowledge, but heart, intuition, and the courage to cross thresholds others fear.
I watched this film shortly after returning from a life-changing Enneagram retreat, and it stayed with me. Like Rob, I lost a parent young; my father died suddenly of a heart attack and I’ve often felt that loss as a quiet ember in my work. Like Rob, I was called to medicine in my own way, driven by a desire to understand suffering and offer something meaningful in response.
The Physician reminds me of why I do what I do. It’s a story about the sacred longing to serve, about listening inwardly, and about honoring the subtle ways we are shaped by grief and guided by purpose.
As you explore this site, if you’re looking for someone who understands how loss can transform into meaning and how healing is both an art and a science, you’re in the right place. That’s the heart behind You’re Not Alone Psychiatry.
“The patient is not just a body. He is also a soul.”
— The Physician (2013)
