Today, I have an excerpt from a presentation given by Dr. Matthew Carmody at our Heart 2 Heart virtual event that was held on March 31, April 1-2, 2023. Dr. Carmody is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. He recently retired from his practice as an Internal Medicine practitioner to focus on lipedema and obesity medicine. In this excerpt, Dr. Carmody talks about the wisdom of the patient in discovering and implementing emergent strategies to better their lives. By coming together as a community, we collaborate together to make our own life as well as the lives of others better.