In episode 11 of The One Percent Doctor, Adam Lamb sits down with Dr. Natalie Bonthius — An Emergency Medicine doctor. with a deep background in wilderness medicine, trauma, and global relief work — to explore how the brain rewires itself through survival, stress, and spiritual transformation.
Dr. Natalie Bonthius, shares the lessons learned from building a business, writing her story, and training people to care for others when there’s no hospital in sight.
Together, they discuss how high performers often suppress emotion in the name of excellence, the power of reconnection with nature, and why the most profound medicine often begins when we leave the traditional model behind.
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
[00:01:02] Wilderness medicine and trauma response
[00:04:15] Life in refugee camps and disaster zones
[00:06:44] Finding spiritual clarity through chaos
[00:09:23] What trauma really does to the brain
[00:12:08] Neurology meets soul work
[00:14:31] Suppression in high-performing professionals
[00:16:50] Modern disconnection from nature and intuition
[00:19:37] Breaking the myth of productivity as identity
[00:21:55] Surrender, presence, and emotional reset
[00:24:13] Dr. Bonthius' time in Asia and silent practice
[00:26:40] The role of stillness in recovery
[00:29:17] Stories from the field and cross-cultural healing
[00:31:49] Rethinking medicine as a human-centered practice
[00:33:58] Tuning into the body’s signals
[00:36:14] Integration of science, spirituality, and the wild
[00:38:43] The nervous system in survival mode
[00:40:55] Final thoughts on healing in chaos
💬 QUOTES
“My first experience in medicine wasn’t in a hospital. It was in the jungle, with no electricity, no running water, and people whose needs were far beyond our tools — but they trusted us anyway.” – Dr. Natalie Bonthius
“You cannot heal what you haven’t felt. We see this in doctors, in athletes, in CEOs — when they don’t make time to process, the body eventually forces them to.” – Dr. Natalie Bonthius
“The wilderness has a way of stripping away everything that isn’t real. What’s left is truth — and healing starts there.” – Dr. Natalie Bonthius
“At some point, excellence becomes armor. And it stops serving you.” – Adam Lamb
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
Dr. Natalie Bonthius
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nataliebonthius/
Adam Lamb
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adamlamb33/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adam.lamb.718/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-lamb-tx/
Website
One Percent Doctor: https://theonepercentlife.com/
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