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I became a doctor because I wanted to help people. My training was long and stressful, but I loved shedding light on how people could partner with their bodies to improve their health. I found joy explaining complicated ideas in simple ways. Despite this, I realized that there are many barriers and pitfalls in the current American health care system. The pandemic highlighted these struggles as well as the significant racial and other biases leading to health disparities (people being treated differently despite having the same symptoms or issues). I decided to start my own coaching practice. My hope is to support folks that are marginalized by American health care. Although I am white and middle class, I hold several marginalized identities. I’m fat, queer, disabled, and have chronic physical and mental illnesses as well a history of trauma as a child and youth. The health care system seldom treated me as a vibrant individual deserving of dignity and compassion. I knew enough about the current American health care system to advocate for myself. With a ton of internal work and external support, I now have a helpful health care team that listens to me. I want to teach you to do the same. I love to write, listen to music, play video games, and snuggle my cat, who may make an appearance on coaching calls from time to time.