261. Beyond Control - Grief, Health, and Agency with Dr. Lucy McBride

About this episode

"You can't solve uncertainty, but you can empower people with tools and information to navigate it." What happens when grief, illness, caregiving, or unexpected change disrupt the life you thought you'd have? Dr. Lucy McBride, physician, patient advocate, and author of Beyond the Prescription , joins me for a conversation about health, uncertainty, and the difference between agency and control. We explore how grief reshapes our relationship with our bodies, why health is about more than symptoms and lab results, and what it means to care for ourselves when certainty isn't available. Lucy also shares how the sudden loss of her brother Harry influenced her understanding of impermanence and…