The Medicine Way
The Medicine Way Podcast explores healing, growth, and transformation through Indigenous wisdom, storytelling, and grounded conversations. Hosted by Tama Ross, this podcast bridges traditional knowledge with modern life, featuring elders, healers, change-makers, and seekers who walk the path of spirit, land, and community. Tune in for heart-centered dialogue, real experiences, and teachings that nourish the mind, body, and soul.
The Medicine Way
Episode 1 - The Ice Melts First in the Heart
In this powerful episode of The Medicine Way, host Tama Ross is joined by Dr. Bob Goodwin — a physician whose journey took him from conventional medicine to the sacred teachings of Kalaallit shamans in Greenland and Toltec wisdom keepers in Mexico.
When prescriptions failed and his patients’ pain deepened, Dr. Goodwin began to question everything he knew about healing. What followed was a soul-awakening path that led him to ancient ceremonies, Indigenous elders, and a new understanding of pain, presence, and true transformation.
Now known by the name Kudlik — “Bearded Seal” — Dr. Goodwin shares how listening, storytelling, and ancestral practices helped melt the ice in his own heart… and opened the door to a new kind of medicine.
This episode invites you into a deeply human conversation about reclaiming the soul of healing — through humility, silence, and the courage to unlearn.