The belief that ‘women are supposed to hurt’ is deeply embedded in Canadian culture and reflects a systems-level failure that determines who gets diagnosed, who gets believed and who gets left behind.
While many don't keep their resolutions, you almost certainly won’t keep them if you don’t make a list. Here’s my advice for making that list stick—and my own ideas for what should be on it.
None of these lessons came from a conference podium or a journal abstract. They emerged in exam rooms, group circles, silence and moments when nothing was being ‘fixed.’
Just as we count inventory—regularly checking what is on the shelf, what is running low, and what needs to be reordered—we must do the same for our profession.
