A Mental Escape Podcast Playlist From a Healthcare Provider
By Alicia Jones
As a healthcare provider, it is exceptionally difficult to read about my peers around the world struggling with mental and physical health in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an attempt to focus on the good in the world and avoid a full-on anxiety spiral as healthcare systems continue to be overrun, I’d like to share the audio I’ve come to know as my happy place.
If you’re in need of a mental escape, this playlist is for you.
Kind World — “Is Everything OK?”
This is a story about Lynn Schutzman, a pharmacist who set herself up to be self-sufficient. Doing life on her own after her husband’s death, she found herself fighting through both acute and chronic debilitating health problems. Lynn was forced to downsize to be able to pay her bills but it just wasn’t enough. She and her dogs ended up living in her car for two years until one day when she was noticed by someone in her community. Lynn was asked, “Is everything OK?”, and although she said yes, it was apparent…
