Bedside Reading
A medical humanities podcast where we explore themes from fiction, memoir and other non traditional non-textbooks which help to make us better at what we do.
Hosted by Dr Tara George, a GP and medical educator, in each episode a different guest explores a book that has changed their practice. Follow us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social Facebook or Instagram @bedsidereadingpodcast. If you'd like to recommend a book or to come on the podcast as a guest please email: bedsidereadingpodcast@gmail.com. Episodes hosted by Tara George, edited by Levi Gee
Bedside Reading
Defy
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There might be a little bit of squealy fangirling from me today... I'm delighted to welcome Lee David to the podcast. Lee is a GP by background. She's also a CBT therapist and I remember her from when I was a GP registrar, when she introduced the concept of 15-minute CBT and ran lots of amazing workshops around this.
Lee also hosts an amazing podcast of her own but we're here today to talk about a book called Defy by Sunita Sah which is about why we just go along with things why sometimes, even when all of our body is crying out to us, "no, no, no, this is a terrible mistake" we agree to things. we think about how we can start to recognise that tension and to make different choices keeping our actions aligned with our values.
Lee is an absolutely wonderful speaker and she's somebody who really makes me think and often when I listen to her podcast and and it's been a real delight to host her online today and talk about this brilliant book.
Follow her podcast "The Choice Space" here: https://thechoicespace.co.uk/podcast/
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