The Day I Realized People Would Rather Die Than Meal Prep

Leaving medicine, escaping corruption, and learning the truth about willpower at a liquor store

The Conversation That Left Me Shaking My Head

Since leaving the hospital, I have been on a long, unfiltered journey to understand what “health” truly means. I walked away from medicine when I could no longer stomach the sight of people being murdered and maimed while a corrupt system applauded itself for “saving lives.” The institutions that claim to heal have become factories of harm, rewarding compliance and silencing anyone who dares to challenge the machine.

I believed the medical freedom movement would be different. I thought I had found people who valued truth over politics and human life over profit. What I found instead was another layer of deception, a world rotting from the inside out, filled with egos, opportunists, and traitors disguised as advocates. They preach freedom while selling their souls for relevance, stomping on and abusing the very people who were involved in the movement, using them and then throwing them away as they climbed the celebrity ladder. I don’t need to name names. My readers already know exactly who I am talking about.

So I left that, too.

Somewhere between burning down my old identity and building my newer authentic self, I created Facet 58 Consultants, my digital marketing and branding firm. I started living off my own ventures and wrote Get Healthy or Get Dead — a book born out of equal parts truth-telling and exhaustion. For a while, that freedom felt damn good.

Then reality showed up, and my money got tight. I was reminded that good intentions don’t always pay the bills. I had spent years helping people for free, pouring out all of my years of expertise and energy, yet most still failed to recognize the value of the healing work I offered. They wanted the results, not the responsibility.

In that time, I have branded a Substack, a book, and a coaching company. I then turned my attention to local business owners refining and elevating their brands with the same love, precision, and creative force that helped explode the FLCCC and launch Dr. Pierre Kory’s telehealth practice.

So, I did what any grounded, practical person does, I picked up a part-time job as a sales rep for a local, family-owned beverage distributor. Thank God, I’ve managed to avoid going back into those death traps called hospitals. Now I walk into bars, restaurants, gas stations, and grocery stores to take beverage orders.

In the short time I’ve been doing this, it hasn’t taught me anything new. It has in fact only confirmed what I already knew about people: comfort has replaced discipline, convenience has replaced effort, and the obsession with quick fixes has made genuine health a lost art.

That truth slapped me in the face one afternoon when my customer looked me dead in the eye and asked,
“Which is healthier — McDonald’s or gas station food?”