Why Human Dignity Changes Everything | Dr. Kristin Collier

🎙️Why Human Dignity Changes Everything | Dr. Kristin Collier | Lion Counseling Podcast Episode #84What gives a human being value?Is our worth based on intelligence, productivity, independence, health, or achievement? Or is human dignity rooted in something deeper—something that cannot be earned, measured, or taken away?In Episode 84, Mark sits down with Dr. Kristin Collier, an internal medicine physician, professor at the University of Michigan Medical School, and leading Christian voice on medicine, spirituality, bioethics, and human dignity.Together, they explore what happens when a culture begins assigning different levels of value to different human beings—and why the Christian doctrine of the Imago Dei offers a radically different foundation for medicine, psychology, leadership, and everyday life.✅ Why dignity must be based on who a person is—not what they can do✅ How modern medicine can unintentionally create tiers of human value✅ The ethical questions surrounding abortion, physician-assisted suicide, disability, and end-of-life care✅ How to speak Christian truth in public without losing wisdom, compassion, or courage✅ Dr. Collier’s experience surviving a major cancellation attempt✅ Why healing is ultimately an act of submission rather than mastery✅ How physical, emotional, social, and spiritual suffering intersect✅ Why eliminating suffering must never become eliminating the sufferer✅ The Christian understanding of redemptive suffering✅ How the resurrection gives Christians hope beyond medicine, therapy, aging, and deathDr. Collier also turns the conversation toward Mark’s work with EMDR therapy, asking how traumatic memories can be healed and how the mind and body appear naturally oriented toward truth, integration, and restoration.This is a thoughtful and deeply hopeful conversation about medicine, trauma, suffering, faith, and the inherent worth of every human life.🎙️ Connect with Dr. Kristin Collier:https://x.com/HSRDirector🎙️ Book a Clarity Call with Mark:https://escapethecagenow.com/contact/🎙️ Prefer Audio Only?https://lioncounselingpodcast.transistor.fm/🎙️ Get Mark’s Free E-Book:https://escapethecagenow.com/subscribe/🎙️ Mark’s Books & Resources:https://escapethecagenow.com/books/🎙️ Lion Counseling:https://escapethecagenow.com/If this conversation challenged or encouraged you:✅ Like the episode✅ Subscribe to the Lion Counseling Podcast✅ Share it with someone who cares about faith, medicine, human dignity, or ethical leadership✅ Leave a comment: What do you believe is the strongest foundation for human dignity?