ABOUT ME
An engineer who had a different kind of problem to solve.
I spent twenty-five years building companies. Then, an MRI in May 2019. What followed wasn’t a battle — it was a slow education in what the body, the mind, and something quieter need in order to heal.
THE STORY
The day everything changed
For years, I worked at the intersection of technology and entrepreneurship — building, scaling, and exiting companies across Silicon Valley. Then a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis turned everything upside down.
Faced with the full weight of modern oncology — and a will to survive that surprised even me — I began an unlikely journey that wove together conventional treatment and time-tested practices: oncologists and meditation, clinical care and community.
What emerged from that crucible is the MEDS framework — and my determination to share it with others walking the same road.
THE STORY
How I got here
Silicon Valley years
Twenty-five years building, scaling, and exiting startups across the Bay Area.
Strange mornings at the gym
Missed shots at the table-tennis table. Bumping into things on my left side.
The diagnosis: brain cancer
Stage 4 glioblastoma — one of the most aggressive brain cancers.
Building the MEDS framework
Conventional treatment alongside a parallel practice: meditation, exercise, diet, sleep.
The evolution
Recovery turned out to be a doorway. Healing the body opened onto something larger.
Radical Healing
Published with Inner Light Press — 22 chapters across six parts, with a deep references section.
HOW I THINK ABOUT HEALING
Three principles
Western medicine and clinical evidence are the bedrock. Integrative approaches complement — never replace — proven treatment.
Meditation, breathwork, and inner inquiry carry insights that modern research is increasingly exploring.
No one heals alone. Authentic connection and shared experience are among the most underused medicines we have.
FROM THE PREFACE
Why I wrote this book
In my own words — the story behind the story, taken from the preface of Radical Healing.
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When I was diagnosed with brain cancer, my life was instantly reordered.
The prognosis was grim, and I had to confront not only my mortality but the deeper question of how I wanted to live whatever time I had left.
In the early days, I approached healing in the most practical way I could. I needed structure — something tangible to hold onto when fear threatened to overwhelm me. That led me to a simple framework I later called MEDS, which helped me take consistent, intentional steps toward recovery.
At first my focus was on the physical. But over time I saw that healing couldn’t be confined to the body alone — my mindset, emotions, and inner state played a far greater role than I’d understood. Gradually the process expanded to include the whole person.
What surprised me most was that as my health improved, an inner shift was taking place too. In learning how to heal, I also learned how to listen — and healing became not just a physical recovery but a quiet transformation that unfolded along the way.
As friends watched my progress, they began sharing my story with others facing similar diagnoses. Before long I was in conversations with people searching not only for medical options, but for meaning, agency, and hope. This book is the result of those conversations.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE
This book is not meant to replace medical care or offer guarantees. It’s an invitation to engage with healing as a whole-person process — one that honors the body, the mind, and the deeper dimensions of being human.
Let me be clear: I am not a physician, and this isn’t medical advice. My credentials are not medical degrees but the lived experience of walking through fire and coming out the other side. What follows isn’t a protocol — it’s a personal blueprint that may resonate with you, or inspire you to find your own.
DEDICATION
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To everyone facing this disease — don’t give up. You hold more power to take part in your own healing than you may know.
— Purna
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