Lauren Shurson Lauren Shurson

A System That Devours Its Own: Why Providers Are Set Up to Fail

If you’ve ever felt like the system is working against you as a provider, it’s not just in your head. Between burnout, moral injury, impossible documentation, and disappearing flexibility, many clinicians are at their breaking point. In this second part of our series, we turn the lens toward those giving care—and ask: how can we build a system that actually sustains the people it needs most?

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Lauren Shurson Lauren Shurson

The Sound of Everything

We are surrounded by noise—not just in our cities, but in our minds. This post explores what we’ve lost in the absence of true quiet, how overstimulation is reshaping our capacity for joy, and why doing “nothing” might be more meaningful than we think. Featuring Tolkien, Gordon Hempton, and an unexpected return of Winnie the Pooh.

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