“Medical intuition is not medicine. It’s not the practice of medicine at all. It is not diagnosis. It’s not prescription. It is information.” — Wendie Coulter
In this episode of the OneMedicine Podcast, Rob Lutz sits down with Wendie Colter, a professional medical intuitive, and Leonard Wisneski, MD, a physician who credits medical intuition with helping him to resolve a particularly confounding case. Both guests discuss a study published in June 2026 with the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS). In it, physicians, patients, and medical intuitives met together in one session to explore difficult, unresolved cases.
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
- What medical intuition is, and what it isn’t (an assessment skill, not a diagnosis, treatment, or modality)
- The fever-of-unknown-origin case that led Dr. Wisneski to take medical intuition seriously
- How the IONS study worked: 6 physicians, about 40 patients, and a 45-minute blinded session
- What the physicians reported: all six rated the intuitives as accurate and said they would use them in practice and recommend them to colleagues
- Results of the earlier 2020 study: 94% rated accurate for evaluation and location, and 98% for life history
- A case study on how a wrist injury connected to a patient’s life history
- Why Dr. Wisneski urges caution about what has and hasn’t been scientifically proven
- How medical intuition could fit into busy healthcare systems, and possibly medical school
Key Moments:
00:00 – Intro
12:39 – What medical intuition is (and isn’t)
21:34 – Inside the one-year medical intuition training program
31:04 – The new IONS physician study
35:33 – Case study: the wrist, the tennis court, and the life history
42:32 – The future of medical intuition and key takeaways
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About the Guests:
Wendie Colter is a professional medical intuitive with over 20 years of experience. She is the founder and CEO of The Practical Path, an accredited medical intuition training program for healthcare and wellness professionals. She is also president of the National Organization for Medical Intuition (NOMI) and author of “Essentials of Medical Intuition: A Visionary Path to Wellness,” winner of a Nautilus Silver Award.
Leonard Wisneski, MD, is a board-certified endocrinologist and professor with a long career in integrative medicine. He served as vice chair of the NIH consensus panel on acupuncture and helped launch some of the first integrative medicine centers in the U.S.
Related Content:
- Medical Intuition Resource Center: https://todayspractitioner.com/medical-intuition/
- What to Look for in a Professional Medical Intuitive: https://todayspractitioner.com/medical-intuition/what-to-look-for-in-a-professional-medical-intuitive/
- A Physician’s Perspective on Medical Intuition: https://todayspractitioner.com/medical-intuition/a-physicians-perspective-on-medical-intuition/
