What happens when a veteran ER doc hits her physical and emotional limits? In this episode, Joe Fier sits down with Dr. Janet Eng—“recovering emergency physician” turned functional medicine innovator—who candidly shares her own wake-up call. Burned-out, battling sleep and hormone issues, and watching patients cycle through chronic illness, Dr. Eng knew she had to change.
She reveals the science—and real-life urgency—behind viewing the body as a car: functional medicine is tuning the “engine,” while TPE (therapeutic plasma exchange) acts as an “oil change,” flushing out toxins modern life buries deep in our cells.
Dr. Eng unpacks the everyday inflow of hidden toxins, why even “healthy” people get slowed by inflammation, the crucial shift to parasympathetic healing, and how simple habits (like breathwork, red light, and PEMF therapy) can spark real change—at any age or starting point.
If you’ve been ignoring low energy, mysterious aches, or brain fog, this is your must-listen blueprint for recovery—and how advanced therapies and small, doable shifts can restore your engine to full speed.