I am an ex-psychiatrist and Narrative Therapist with an interest in philosophy, social studies, and history, especially poststructuralism, and decoloniality. My daily work for many years was in a Family Medicine residency program, where I tried to help the residents develop some knowledge and skill at understanding people's problems in the context of the many discourses that pull them toward pills, procedures, and "productivity" and away from listening so as to develop narrative empathy for peoples' predicaments. I use this tumblr to share interesting info about these things, and to refine my ability to describe what's precious but not widely appreciated in this complex universe in these tumultuous times. I believe that even in the most disempowered of lives, there is always lived experience that is worth noticing and re-experiencing. Narrative therapists seek to develop ways of thinking and working that bring forth stories of specific persons in specific contexts so that they can lay claim to their otherwise marginalized stories and live out the possibilities those stories reveal for their lives.