Brian Alexander

Kathryn interviews Mindfulness Mentor Hunter Clarke-Fields MSAE, author of "Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids." She advocates for parents' self-care as well as positive approaches to parenting challenges. Host of the Mindful Mama podcast and creator of the Mindful Parenting online course, her writing has appeared in CNBC, NBC, HuffPost, Tiny Buddha, MOPS, Elephant Journal, Mothering and more. Kathryn also interviews Brian Alexander, author of "The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town." He strips away the wonkiness of policy to reveal Americans' struggle for health against a powerful system that's stacked against them, but yet so fragile it blows apart when the pandemic hits. He's a contributing writer to The Atlantic and has written for the NY Times, LA Times, Esquire and more.