Surprise — our CEO Jody Thomas, PhD’s published (again)! 🎉 Our very own Dr. Jody has a chapter in the just-released book Pandemic Voices: Unheard Stories from the Front Lines—and it’s everything you’d hope for: honest, fierce, and full of heart. The chapter’s called “Turning Pain into Progress,” and it’s Jody at her most raw and real. (And if you’ve read her raw before—this isn’t that. It’s deeper. Still relatable, but it just hits different.) So what’s it like to be an expert in fear and uncertainty when the entire world is suddenly drowning in it? What does it mean to sit with grieving families when you’re grieving too? And how do you take something that awful—and turn it into something useful? “We might as well get something out of it. Personally, professionally, and just as human beings sharing this very messed up planet.” This isn’t a highlight reel. It’s a story about showing up, breaking down, and still trying to make something good. It’s hard and hopeful all at once. About the book: Pandemic Voices: Unheard Stories from the Front Lines is a global collection of deeply personal reflections from healthcare workers, caregivers, and patients who lived through the chaos of COVID-19. Through raw storytelling and hard-won insights, it captures how people coped, innovated, and endured—often without the recognition they deserved. https://lnkd.in/gx-sNXSf
Founder and CEO of the Meg Foundation, Adjunct Faculty Stanford School of Medicine, Consultant, Stanford Children's Health
When you write a book chapter, it can be such a long delay that it can feel unreal and far off. But then you get to hold the book in your hand! 😊😀 It was honestly cathartic and powerful to write in such a raw and honest way about my work as a medical provider during the pandemic. From very bad things comes very meaningful growth. I appreciate the opportunity to put it into the world, and share space next to others telling their incredible stories. Thanks to the amazing Nathan Nielsen for inviting me to this moving project. Thanks to the University of Toronto Press for making it happen. “In sharing the heartbreaks, the triumphs, and the scars that left none of us untouched, Pandemic Voices assesses what we have been through – what went well, what did not – in order to learn and, in time, hopefully to heal. Sharing stories of innovation, resilience, loss, and sacrifice, Pandemic Voices uncovers international perspectives of patients, health care workers, and communities during the most challenging moments of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gWPASUVu