Our guest Dr Sonia Henry is a GP and published author, passionate about welfare of doctors, improving health equity, especially in remote Australia and First Nations health. Her first book 'Going Under' was an Australian best seller and her memoir 'Put Your Feet In The Dirt, Girl' is going to be released on May 30.
Sonia came on to discuss her alternative path in medicine and new book!
We discuss:
- Her writing journey & how she became a published author
- Juggling writing & doctoring
- Her amazing debut novel Going Under
- Her journey into the Australian desert & new memoir Put Your Feet In The Dirt, Girl
- The viral post she wrote ‘there is something rotten inside the medical profession’
- Dealing with the ‘online haters’
- How she came to love being a rural doc
- That we can shed our labels and be whoever we want to be
For coaching go here balancedmedics.com/coaching
Reach out to her and check out her book here.
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