Episode Details

Diagnosed at age 8 with Touret syndrome, Doctor Shirag was born and raised by immigrant parents from lebanon. Throughout his young years, he had to challenge himself and get bullied by his classmate because of his many tics due to Touret. After receiving his diagnosis, he was able to validate his illness and start working on himself to cope with it and having to deal with this illness for the rest of his life. His dream to becoming an NBA basketball player didn’t pan out so he had to put his energy into his studies and becoming a clinical psychologist. He succeeded greatly in everything he did in life despite having Touret and helped thousands of patients through their own journey dealing with mental illness. Even though many of his patients had also similar illness, his focus was in all type of mental issues.

Dr Shirag is a very knowledgeable and down to earth man, husband and father of a 3 year old young boy. We share so many things in common, which is the love for helping others.

If you truly want to get inspired by this man, listen to this podcast and know that if he succeeded in life the way he did, you can too. Don’t let anything stop you from achieving your goals.

Stay tuned for Season 3 for other great guests.