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What Do We Owe People When Sharing Their Stories Carries Risk?
We often treat honesty as proof that psychological safety exists, but disclosure can carry real emotional, relational and professional risk. This essay invites facilitators, leaders, and care providers to consider an uncomfortable question: what do we owe people after they trust us with what is true?
Unlike the Rest: A Doctor’s Story
To be a poet, you have to be able to examine the world unflinchingly - really look at the gritty underbelly of it, and be able to sit with it. In my role as a doctor, to sit with the hard stuff, I borrow and lean on that skill I developed as a poet.