BJ Miller: Loving What Is

BJ Miller: Loving What Is

BJ Miller: Loving What Is

Everything Happens with Kate Bowler - June 18, 2019 - 30:06

After an accident left BJ Miller with a serious physical disability, he had to learn how to be patient with his limitations. Now, he’s a palliative care physician who works every day to encourage people to be comfortable with limits and maybe even learn to love them, but not in a Pollyanna way. Kate and BJ discuss how living with the end in mind actually makes life… richer.CW: Amputation, doctor describing palliative medicineFor show notes, the transcript, and discussion questions: https://katebowler.com/podcasts/bj-miller-loving-what-is/

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Life isn't always bright and shiny, as Kate Bowler knows. Kate is a young mother, writer and professor who, at age 35, was suddenly diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. In, warm, insightful, often funny conversations, Kate talks with people about what they've learned in difficult times. Kate teaches at Duke Divinity School and is author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) and No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear). Find her online at @katecbowler.