Rethinking Recovery
A little while back, I stumbled across a teeny tiny book called Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence. I read the whole thing in one very short sitting, and then excitedly messaged my producer Philly telling her I must interview its author, Dr. Gavin Francis.
The book is a meditation on recovery and that’s what we’ll be exploring in the latest episode of The Rest Room podcast. If recovery doesn’t have to be about a total absence of ill health. What should we be thinking about?
We hear from Dr. Francis about what recovery means to him, what needs to change to give people the best chance of recovery and about how our society isn’t set up to allow people the time they need to recover. We also consider the roles fresh air, nature and our own beliefs play in our health and how you might start to reimagine or re-write your story when you live with a long-term condition.
It definitely gave me a lot to think about.
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