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From Pain to Purpose: Transforming Healthcare After My Hysterectomy Nightmare
My experience with a complicated hysterectomy and the subsequent challenges in receiving appropriate care have profoundly shaped my perspective and purpose. My aim is to turn my pain into a force for positive change, ensuring that no patient has to endure what I went through. Together, we can create a healthcare system that truly heals, supports, and uplifts every individual, regardless of their background or circumstances.
The Necessity of Joy
If I am dedicated to creating more joy and abundance for others, I have to recognize how my own attachment to suffering and a scarcity mindset were antithetical to what I was working to achieve. For me, violence prevention work is grounded in a belief and a hope in our capacity- individually and collectively- to heal and make real and lasting change. I cannot facilitate change if I have not allowed myself to experience it. I cannot cultivate the possibility of joy for others if I don’t think I deserve to feel it.