23. Michele Harper on Being a Guardian of the Vulnerable

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">NY Times bestselling author Michele Harper, MD on setting boundaries, pre-shift routines, guarding the vulnerable, microaggressions, racism in the emergency department, and why inaction is just as much a choice as action. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guest Bio:</span> <a href= "https://micheleharper.com/"><strong>Dr. Michele Harper</strong></a><strong>,</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is an emergency physician and author of The New York Times best selling memoir,</span> <a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50043108-the-beauty-in-breaking"> <strong><em>The Beauty in Breaking</em></strong></a><strong>.</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">She's been interviewed on Trevor Noah, Fresh Air, CNN, NBC, amongst many others. Michele is also a widely published essayist, often focusing on race and medicine. Her writing shares her personal journey that started as a child in an abusive household, then to undergrad at Harvard, medical school at Stony Brook, New York, and now her life as an attending physician. And as you'll hear, she's got a personal mission to be a guardian for the vulnerable.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode is brought to you by</span> <a href="https://hubs.ly/H0xqyzc0"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">RingRescue</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, the new standard for stuck ring removal.</span> <a href="https://hubs.ly/H0xqyzc0"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">RingRescue</span></a> helps <span style= "font-weight: 400;">remove stuck rings in a non-destructive way and, when used with their non-hydrating lubricant, significantly reduces the need for ring cutting.  Use the code <strong>stimulus</strong> at checkout when you purchase your</span> <a href="https://hubs.ly/H0xqyzc0"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">RingRescue</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">finger compression device to get an</span> <strong><em>extra</em></strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">bottle of their lube. Extra