EPISODE · Feb 19, 2021 · 36 MIN
Michele Harper on the calling to work in ER
from The Clearing with Katherine May
Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.This week Katherine chats to Michele Harper, author of 'The Beauty In Breaking'.Michele Harper's career as a physician is a true vocation - the result, she says, of a childhood spent with an abusive father. In this conversation, she and Katherine talk about the nature of her calling to help, and her experience of racism in the workplace, where she has found herself both on the receiving end, and taking the role as a defender of her Black patients. Underlying it all is a mission to bring about change.Hear Michele also expand on how nothing feels strange anymore through her incredible experience dynamic, her personal toolkit for managing her day a piece at a time, her own upbringing and how it energised her own intuitions and instincts in the ER environment, spiritual and mental health, societys felief valves, and her own seemingly unending optimism.MICHELE LINKSOnlineBuy 'The Beauty In Breaking'Other titles by MicheleEssaysEkhart TolleKATHERINE LINKSHomepageTwitterInstagramThe Wintering SessionsKatherine's writing class Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.This week Katherine chats to Michele Harper, author of 'The Beauty In Breaking'.Michele Harper's career as a physician is a true vocation - the result, she says, of a childhood spent with an abusive father. In this conversation, she and Katherine talk about the nature of her calling to help, and her experience of racism in the workplace, where she has found herself both on the receiving end, and taking the role as a defender of her Black patients. Underlying it all is a mission to bring about change.Hear Michele also expand on how nothing feels strange anymore through her incredible experience dynamic, her personal toolkit for managing her day a piece at a time, her own upbringing and how it energised her own intuitions and instincts in the ER environment, spiritual and mental health, societys felief valves, and her own seemingly unending optimism.MICHELE LINKSOnlineBuy 'The Beauty In Breaking'Other titles by MicheleEssaysEkhart TolleKATHERINE LINKSHomepageTwitterInstagramThe Wintering SessionsKatherine's writing class Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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