@Shannon Sullivan Oh man do I have a story for you...lmao. the staff nurses in hawaii told me that I just needed to be "hawaiianized" and that one day I wouldn't care as much about every little thing that happened with my patients. (this actually came from management) I worked in emergency cardiac medicine, it was my literal job to care about every single thing that was happening to that patient....Oof. i'm sorry that you felt isolated in what you were feeling and experiencing. I'm sure so many people in this group can relate to your experience though. The ones that cared too much became nurse coaches! YASSS! I can't wait to chat with you further and would love to hear your poems! I just published a haiku book for a writer in Alaska and I'm OBSESSED with it!!

@Natasha Fernandez Thank you for this welcome!! Did you feel profound relief after your diagnosis? I think it made every single confusing, awkward thing in my life make so much more sense. LOL. CHEERS TO THE NEUROSPICY HUMANS! lol. I started journaling pretty consistently during the pandemic, I guess it was about 3 years after writing consistently that I actually published my first book. Are you still in the hospital or have you started coaching?

I can TOTALLY see what you’re saying!! I truly believe that everything that is crashing with politics, healthcare, and the rest of the world is meant to rise and burn away… Holistic medicine/ plant medicine/ true/ authentic healing is going to continue to grow, people are waking up to the fact that our system is beyond repair and only making the patients and the workers sicker. Holistic medicine is literally a wide open field right now, you can get as niched down and crazy as you want to with this thing. I have friends that are payed to hug people (with clothes on) for an hour just to help those people reset their nervous systems! Human connection is the medicine. Real, true, authentic human connection. I think we have a unique advantage right now while we are in the upside down of things, those of us who have seen the truth and know how to teach the truth will be part of the new frontier of medicine. The cracks are starting to show, once exposed to the light, the only thing that will stand is the truth. Love this perspective and reflection though! Damn. Now I have to rewatch this episode. lol