My reflections on holding on, letting go and integrated care following episode 11

This is my last solo reflection of the season and I'm glad it's following this particular conversation.After speaking with Shelli Burton and Katy Hansen about integrated care for pelvic and bladder conditions, three ideas stayed with me long after the recording ended. This reflection is where I sit with them properly.The first is what Katy called "baby birding." That image of holding something just tightly enough. Not so loose it escapes, not so tight you suffocate it. I've been thinking about it ever since in relation to how we pursue recovery, and whether the grip we're applying is helping or getting in the way.The second is Katy's framework of stability, regulation and capacity building and why this matters so much for knowing when to introduce new tools or approaches. If something hasn't worked, it may not be wrong. It may just be the wrong stage.And the third is the thing I keep coming back to from visiting Vanderbilt myself: what it means for a psychologist and a physician to be in the room together. Not as a luxury. As a signal that neither the physical nor the psychological story is more real than the other.This is a short episode, but it carries the weight of a full season's worth of conversations. If you've been listening along, thank you. If this is your first episode, the full conversation with Shelli and Katy is linked below — it's a good place to start.This podcast is supported by Convatec Continence Care and their Me+ programme, which supports people using intermittent catheters with both practical guidance and emotional wellbeing resources. Find out more at www.howwereallyfeel.com/in-partnership-with-convatec.Show notes and resources available here https://www.howwereallyfeel.com/