#147 - Compassion through Crisis, Stories of Hope & Gratitude for Healthcare Workers
Apr 25, 2020
My three guests today speak from the heart about their experiences during COVID-19 as patient advocate (Lara Loverro) and healthcare workers (Shannon Hughes and Katy Gaston). We discuss the meaning of compassion “to suffer together” and how the personal and collective traumas we’re experiencing challenge us to reframe our value, how and why we practice Body Kindness for resilience and personal growth.
Here’s a glimpse of what what we discussed:
- Human kindness and how altruism and compassion give people the biological drive to help.
- Gratitude to healthcare workers, Shannon Hayes a physician assistant and dietitian and Katy Gatson, a clinical registered dietitian specializing in respiratory issues.
- How we can best show our gratitude and support to healthcare workers and advocate for our needs as families and communities.
- The story behind the healthcare workers counter-protests throughout the U.S.
About Lara
Lara Loverro is holistic health and lifestyle coach.
She works with individuals to help them reconnect with food, their
bodies and their lives. She is a Certified Health Coach, Certified
Intuitive Eating Counselor, Certified Eating Disorder Recovery
Coach and Certified Personal Trainer.
Website | Instagram | Facebook: Recovery from Disordered Eating and Diet Culture with
Lara
About Shannon
Shannon Hughes, MMS, RDN, PA-C is a registered dietitian and
physician assistant. These days she wears two professional hats in
her career. One is as a pediatric physician assistant at a large
children's hospital where she specializes in Infectious Diseases.
But following her passion as a Registered Dietitian she founded The
Lifestyle Nutrition RD, a nutrition and weight-inclusive private
practice. Here she specializes in helping individuals transform
their health and well-being through a mindfulness-based approach to
self care including finding freedom with food and their bodies. She
believes everyone, no matter what their size, deserves
compassionate care and to live their life unapologetically.
Website | Instagram
About Katy
Katy Gaston is a registered dietitian working as a clinical RD in a
long term acute care hospital in San Francisco. She also has a
private practice where she sees clients virtually with a focus on
intuitive eating and healing relationships with food.
Website | Instagram
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