Over Forty Wellness Podcast

"Treating 1 million Eczema Patients" with Harrison Li

May 30, 2021 vincent Season 1 Episode 42
Over Forty Wellness Podcast
"Treating 1 million Eczema Patients" with Harrison Li
Show Notes

Harrison is the CoFounder and CEO of WeDerm, a health coaching social enterprise established in Hong Kong dedicated to treating one million eczema patients by 2026. Diagnosed with eczema at the age of six, Harrison has tried conventional medicine, Chinese medicine and numerous skincare products without success.

In 2013, he discovered the power of integrated care and has since embarked on a lifelong mission to advocate lifestyle medicine around the world.  Harrison leads "The Eczema Eradication Project.

Timings
3:38
One of the core things that people remember about me is Eczema...
5:49 Definitely it felt hopeless...
7:08 It got worse and worse....
9:09 I came upon a blog... a raw food diet...
9:47 Nutrition is a common pattern... In 2013 I started a nutrition approach...
11:32 I stopped eating those unhealthy breakfasts...
12:34 Nutrition is a very diverse field... Clean food is whole, unprocessed...
14:22 In the beginning of 2013 .... I was making a conscious change... gradual change... I then embarked on a strict diet...
15:55 There is a category of foods called nightshades ..... I removed them... tomatoes, chilli...
16:47 But by the end of the three months it was completely gone ...
17:48 Gradually withdraw from steroid usage...
19:26 When we sweat we would scratch.... one time in the gym I didn't scratch...
20:42 A cure - everyone has a different definition... it's lifestyle dependant...
22:00 I was tressed, going for exams...peer pressure...drinking coffee... my eczema did return up to 20%....mild eczema...
24:06 Now my eczema is at max 10%... very season - fluctuating...
25:56 To see your habits have a direct relationship to your eczema....
27:00 in control and out of control is a good topic ...
28:48 Knowledge above application is not impactfull... I started blogging  "Cure Eczema Slowly" ...page view reached 1 million... What do these numbers mean?  ...Probably 1 in a 100 take action...
31:00 Following through with Coaching... putting action ... creating a plan...
31 :21 I put everything into a book "The Eczema Manual"... I started putting on nutrition workshops...
32:58 A group called "The Eczema Eradication Project Group"... A mastermind group
35:18 The work I do has to be meaningful...
36:09 We joined a competition in Hong Kong ... Hong Kong Social enterprise challenge... WeDerm... we just start with Eczema...
39:39 Question: How do you deal with people who do not want to change... "When the student is ready the teacher will come"...
41:25 Social enterprise is from years of experimentation... Health Coaching and just it...A network of Coaches... Integrated Care Framework..
43:09 SEEDS+ Stress, Environmental Factors, Exercise, Diet and Sleep +Social Health
43:32 Story of Keisha... eczema is not always about nutrition ...
46:23 We have a very standard process... Discovery questionnaire...Initial Coaching session...
48:18 It's a very equal relationship.... a coaching relationship
51:03 Lifestyle medicine... like diabetes, obesity... NCDs they have modifiable risk factors...
Promoting healthy habits..
MTR Quote: You are in Control

Books
Michael Pollan : Food Rules
Harrison Li: The Eczema Manual

Contact Harrison
Website: https://www.wederm.hk
FB:https://www.facebook.com/harrisonli8
IG:https://www.instagram.com/li.harrison/

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