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Proem My privilege offers little experience with the loneliness of severe illness without reliable support. Meaning I have fantastic support. I seldom experience profound loneliness. Hope and support go together. Hope and support provide a foundation upon which to build spiritual health. Spiritual strength hastens recovery toward best health. Much…

Health Hats: I’ll tell you a funny story before we start. One of my first interviews was with this fellow who was a clown. Reading the Room. Lessons from the Clowns. Take 2. He worked at Boston Children’s Hospital with the kids. He talked about being a clown and the…

We need our emerging adults healthy in spirit, mind, body. How can we learn more about their exploding mental illness? Start with people with lived experience. Podcast intro Welcome to Health Hats, the Podcast. I’m Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged cisgender old white man of privilege who knows a little bit…

Where do veteran advocates point people new to advocacy for skills, resources, and research? What are trusted resources? 15 interviews from Healthe Voices 22. Proem Whenever I go to conferences, I prepare two questions to ask people I meet. I don’t always ask those questions, but I like having them in…

Time for gratitude and appreciation for what is. Update on Health Hats, the person, family, music, connection, and activism. New feature: Nuggets from the Mine The awesome circus of life

Patient advocates from the Healthe Voices 2022 conference describe how they recognize success in their advocacy. Snapshots of diverse lived experiences. Proem Several listeners asked, Danny, when did you first realize health was fragile? My parents and grandparents were Holocaust survivors. I attach a photo of my father’s father, Opa Henri…