Your Doctor Friend by Mara Gordon
Mara Gordon, MD, Nancy Reddy, Jessica Slice, Jennifer Reid, MDHealth care is a mess. Let's figure it out together.
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I picked up my son from a playdate this weekend and was chatting with his friend’s mom. She told me she had run a 5K that morning.
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Health care is a mess. Let's figure it out together. I'm a family doctor, mom, and writer. At work on a book about diet culture in medicine, coming 2027.
obsessed with making space for writing in a busy life & helping you do that, too. newest \ud83d\udcda: THE GOOD MOTHER MYTH, St. Martin's 2025. essays in Slate, Romper & other places. author of Pocket Universe & The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood.
Disabled author of Unfit Parent, This Is How We Play, Dateable. NYT, Modern Love, Washington Post, etc. Writing from my adjustable bed.
Dr. Jennifer Reid is a psychiatrist, award-winning educator, and creator & host of A Mind of Her Own. She is also the author of Guilt Free: Reclaiming Your Life from Unreasonable Expectations, with Penguin Life, available now.
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