LIFE INTERRUPTED: Dr. Dua's Survival Guide |The Podcast Companion|

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Dr. Parul Dua Makkar joins Hospitalist, Family and Rural Medicine Physician, and one of Manu's closest friends since university, Dr. Branko Lazarevic.

Topics discussed:

• Manu and B...

Dr. Parul Dua Makkar joins Dentist Career Coach and Cancer Patient Warrior/Survivor, Dr. Laura Brenner.

Topics discussed:

• Laura and Manu's first connection.
• Laura's impression from Manu's last article on DentalTown.
• The importance of feeling understood by others.
• The barriers to leaving clinical practice.
• Without fear, there is no courage.
• The definition of a warrior.
• Getting comfortable with the idea of dying.
• If you think ab...

Dr. Parul Dua Makkar joins Emergency Medicine Physician and younger brother figure, Dr. Maninder Kahlon.

Topics discussed:

• Manu, the writer.
• Meeting Manu.
• Punjabi college boys and college parties.
• How Maninder and Manu would relax after exams.
• Manu, the foodie.
• Delayed gratification.
• Manu, the athlete.
• Patience of a wise old man with child-like soul.
• Manu, the well-rounded human.
• Manu's use of language to portray comedic side ...

Dr. Parul Dua Makkar joins orthodontist and soul sister, Dr. Dana Van Elslande. 

Topics discussed:

• Manu, the rugby player.
• Manu, the unfiltered friend.
• Manu, the skilled practicioner.
• Being outspoken about the reality of practicing dentistry.
• Contemplating a career in dentistry, outside the operatory.
• Manu going through cancer journey alone, found peace in writing.
• Going through one difficult life event, does not provide immun...

Dr. Parul Dua Makkar joins periodontist and fan of awareness, meditation, consciousness, Dr. Kulbir Manhas. 

Topics discussed:

• How Manu and Kulbir met.
• Manu's best era in his life.
• Manu's scientific approach to how enjoy hockey.
• The Old Soul factor.
• Manu's calm before death.
• Hope as a tool.
• Process-driven vs. Content-driven way of living.
• Archetypes of humanity.
• Life needs contrast.
• The role of luck.
• A Porsche for the weekend.
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Dr. Parul Dua Makkar joins pediatric dentist and fellow sister-in-mourning, Dr. Prabhdeep Chahal.  Topics discussed:

• How Prabhdeep came to get to know Manu.
• How Prabhdeep wears all the hats: mom, wife, business owner, doctor.
• Prabhdeep's children's understanding of loss.
• Belonging to a sisterhood, helping each other in loss, through grief.
• Normalizing sickness and health to children, to foster compassion.
• Writing as a coping m...

Dr. Parul Dua Makkar joins the founder of DentalTown and one of Dr. Manu Dua's most esteemed mentors, Dr. Howard Farran.

Topics discussed:

• Manu's immersion in the DentalTown Community - a place where he could be vulnerable.

• Timing of Manu's death.

• Why the book is titled "Life Interrupted."

• Howard's advi...

Welcome to the podcast companion for the book, Life Interrupted: Dr. Dua's Survival Guide. 

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