FINDING MY WAY: Memoirs and short stories

by Peter Deadman

Peter Deadman is a well-known figure in the field of Chinese medicine, health promotion and qigong. However it wasn't always like that. This memoir - interspersed with many of his short stories - is an account of his childhood, teen rebellion, hippie travelling years, career in natural foods, discovery of Chinese medicine and the slow transition into the fine upstanding citizen he is now. Profits from the sale of this book will be given to the Chinese Medicine Forestry Trust.

329 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 2, 2020

About the author

Peter Deadman is the founder of Infinity Foods, a natural health food store in the 1970s. He studied acupuncture at The International College of Oriental Medicine in East Grinstead, England, graduating as a Bachelor of Acupuncture in 1978. Since 1979 he has lectured on Chinese medicine and acupuncture throughout the world. Peter Deadman is the founder, editor and publisher of “The Journal of Chinese Medicine” which has been published continuously since 1979.

The JCM has played a vital role in raising the standards of education and practice in Chinese medicine throughout the English-speaking world. In 1998, Peter co-authored “A Manual of Acupuncture”, a textbook that is a compulsory requirement for nearly all acupuncture schools in the English-speaking world.

He has lectured internationally on Chinese medicine and related topics for the last thirty years. Moreover, Peter has practised qigong for the last seventeen years. Peter’s interest in traditional health preservation practices is complemented by his study of more than fifteen years of modern lifestyle research.

Reviews

[Raymond Goss · Rating 3 out of 5]

First half was a life journey, which was of a story of a wondering adult trying to find his way. Eventually have luck back in England. There is a little bit about his trips to china. The second half was mir fiction and wasn’t as entertaining.