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(PLEASE SEE update below 12-24-19)
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This is a really bizarre interview. It’s the supposed plea of a worried fiance, Shane Carey, whose future-bride-to-be, Heidi Broussard, is missing along with their newborn daughter.

What I find jarring is his lack of concern for her. I got four minutes into the video and there is no pleas for her at all. There is no concern, or worry about her. He just rambles so out of place!

It’s all about him, talking about his thoughts. And he seems to like attention when its directed at him. He seems to totally forget about her.

I don’t see genuine sadness either. I see someone who is in a surreal place and who feels really weird, but I don’t see sadness. I sense feelings of being overwhelmed, and that could support the truth or a lie.

This doesn’t feel right to me, though. It feel off-center. Could there be a reason for this? What do you think?

What do you see?

UPDATE: 12-24-19 12:05 PM CST

News reports are stating that Shane’s baby will be reunited with him shortly. Shane is also NOT considered a suspect according to news reports.

Shane was a very difficult person to read because he demonstrated behaviors that many people who are deceptive do– a lack of saddness, inappropriate smiles and happiness, and a lack of concern.

In my original assessment I noted these oddities, however, I did say things didn’t feel right to me and that they were off-center, but I did ask if there could be a reason for this.

I am a strong advocate of playing the devil’s advocate. It isn’t until we explore all reasons that we can be assured someone is deceptive. I am adamant about this in my teachings and in my class. If you’ve followed me, you know this.

When you don’t explore all the potentials, you end up being inaccurate in your assessments. I opened up this possibility for people to explore and I left this open in my assessment above.

As I stated in my original assessment, Shane was “in a surreal place” and “felt really weird”. I noted he didn’t feel sadness and I think that is still accurate.

What I suspect we witnessed was man who couldn’t accept the reality of what was happening to him. He wouldn’t grasp it and that is what we saw–a form of denial. He wasn’t sad. He wasn’t able to live in that reality. He was living in the reality this was something simple and explanable, probably. A segment of people cope like this– and its normal. Denial or the inability to accept a crisis like this makes people seem distant, detached and unconcerned, but it’s not for the reasons we think!

I hope this is valuable less for everyone. We must learn from these situations to be better at deception.

Years ago articles online and in magazines started identify top doctors. Do you remember when it all started? It was a brilliant idea in concept. The premise was a logical one: a service interviewed doctors through surveys to find who among their peers they would send their family to in health situation, which doctors got top reviews by patients, and didn’t have malpractice issues, etc.

Who wouldn’t want to see that? Yes, of course, I was totally interested.

I quickly found out even back then when the lists came out that when I compared doctors in these “great” lists to patient reviews, they didn’t always jive, so I made sure to only pick those with top reviews on multiple sites from those lists. The first time I did that, I was rewarded with a top surgeon, hands down.

Fast forward a decade later, when I search for the best or top doctor, I am bombarded by not just one group doing this now, but many! Many websites claim they have identified the best doctor now.

How does that even make sense?

It absolutely doesn’t, and it’s a huge red flag something is up! You can’t have 10 different lists and have them all valid. And worse, it used to be five or ten doctors per health category. Now the lists are getting longer and longer. It’s raises my eyebrows high!

Logically you can guess these doctors draw in a lot of patients and a large revenue stream. Everyone will want to see them. So it would make sense these lists are lucrative. Very lucrative for doctors and the hospitals/healthcare systems they work for. It’s a gold mine!

So clearly there is a reason for this ideal premise to become corrupt, untrustworthy and flawed and when I dug, there is it! You can read about the homework others have done here and here. They explain it better than I could.

Furthermore, I have noticed two more jaw dropping elements in healthcare. These “top doctors” will take in patients, see them once and then push them off to other less popular, less liked colleagues to keep the revenue going.

I am just experiencing this firsthand right now. I saw a top doctor who billed me over $2.5K for a visit and blood tests (ridiculous!!!), only to suggest before our second visit, another doctor would be good to take over my care. And when I look at the other doctor, she has less experience, doesn’t even specialize in the area of care I am in need due to tests (which my current doctor does). It flat makes no sense except for the hospital to make more money and populate patients from their lucrative revenue stream to those who can’t drive it.

No thank you.

And last, hospitals and healthcare systems have wised up to the power of reviews. They are now controlling them on their own websites, which I have absolutely zero faith in. They can delete any negative review they get–it benefits them to do so!

So when I see reviews, if it comes from patients on a hospital website or a healthcare system, I refuse to even read them! I only trust third party reviews from patients on websites like healthgrades.com. And when you compare the hospital reviews to healthgrades, there are huge differences that should make you aware of what the truth is!