Authenticity as Medicine: The Most Overlooked Biomarker for Health

Here’s my truth: I’m vain.

I want to live as long as possible while looking as good as possible while doing it. If I can die as a good-looking corpse, I’ve won. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: Finally, someone who feels like me. Hahaha—exactly.

A sense of beauty, I’ve come to realize, is hardwired into me. How do I know? Well, for starters, I grew up with a plastic surgeon as a father. I saw before-and-after pictures more than I saw cartoons. I learned early on that we can change the way we look—and if done strategically and subtly, it can look damn good.

But I didn’t fully grasp what beauty meant in a spiritual or healing sense until much later in life.

For the more ‘woo-woo’ crowd out there (a group I now fully identify with), I had Connie Kaplan, author of ‘The Invisible Garment’, create my personal garment pattern. She helps people understand their soul's purpose through the analysis of their astrological birth charts. Before you roll your eyes like I used to, I suggest you give her a shot. What she offers isn’t your run-of-the-mill newspaper astrology. It’s profound, personal, and—if you're open—life-changing.

The idea is this: your soul enters your body at a specific time and place, which imprints you with a set of spiritual gifts—your “invisible garment.” These gifts are the energetic tools you’ve been given to grow, evolve, and show up in the world. Out of the twelve gifts in my garment, three of them were Beauty. And honestly, neither my wife nor I was surprised.

But here’s the twist: the spiritual gift of beauty isn’t about vanity. The Principle of Beauty is the ability to perceive, generate, and amplify harmony. It’s about recognizing divine order in everything, not just in physical looks, but in sound, movement, design, language, and relationships. Beauty is not passive. It’s a force—a harmonizing, aligning presence in the world. People born with this principle are meant to:

• Bring symmetry to chaos.

• Inspire through grace and elegance.

• Embody the truth that Beauty = Truth = Divine Order.

Those with the gift of Beauty often become artists, healers, designers, or teachers—not necessarily in profession, but in presence. This insight helped me realize that my affinity for aesthetics isn’t just surface-level. I’m not just vain (okay, maybe a little)—I’m also honoring my soul’s blueprint.

And this is something we all have. You have a garment, too—your unique combination of spiritual tools. Knowing and owning them is one of the most powerful ways to navigate this warp-speed world we live in—something I touched on in last week’s newsletter.

I share all this because I encourage beauty in others. Take our DEXA body composition scan, for example. Sure, it quantifies things like fat-to-muscle ratios, which our culture has (somewhat arbitrarily) deemed measures of beauty. But my intention is never to judge or shame, but to help people better harmonize their body’s signals. Beauty, when seen only through a human lens, can seem superficial. However, when we zoom out spiritually, it becomes expansive, integrative, and deeply healing, much like other misunderstood spiritual gifts, such as desire, randomness, or resistance.

Even Brad Pitt, let’s be honest, has had a little help, whether he owns it or not. Me? I prefer to be transparent. Because if I can’t be authentic to who I am—inside and out—then I’m living two lives: the one I feel, and the one I present. And that misalignment between inner truth and outer action, in my experience, is the #1 predictor of dis-ease.

Suppose I, as a physician, only view patients through the lens of anatomy, physiology, and lab markers. In that case, I’m missing the most transformative piece of science available to us today: Quantum Physics.

Quantum science teaches us that everything—and I mean everything—is made of energy: even our cells, our organs, our thoughts. And when energetic misalignments build, things can go nuclear. But when we lean into authenticity—when we align our thoughts, emotions, and actions—we activate a healing frequency that supports vitality over dis-ease. And the ripple effect? It’s not just within. Our alignment radiates outward, influencing our relationships, our communities, and beyond—like dropping a pebble in a pond and watching the harmony spread.

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Kevin Hoffarth MD, IFMCP
BioFIT Medicine