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Scenario

When couples both work in healthcare and face racism differently

My partner and I are both Black healthcare workers and we're burning out from constantly advocating for our patients while dealing with microaggressions from colleagues, but we process this stress so differently — they internalize everything and I get angry — and it's creating distance between us when we need each other most.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people fighting the same battle are struggling to support each other because trauma manifests differently in each person.

Your guide for this
Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Healthcare equity and structural racism in medicine?”

Peri

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