When she least expected it writer and teacher Jacqueline Genovese became a mother after her older sister made her guardian of her two children before she lost the battle with cancer. Jacqueline built a life for her new son and daughter and soon, a third child, while managing her career and nurturing her marriage. Over the next few years she would lose another sister and then her mother to cancer and her marriage would end.
As her children grew she became fascinated with the toll a life of service can take, especially for those in medicine and the military. Today she is Executive Director of the Medicine & the Muse Program at Stanford and teaches War Literature & Writing class for military affiliated students where she focuses on the intersection of literature and medicine and the power of writing to lift and support military veterans and help them process what they have been through. In this episode Jacqueline shares the story of adopting her sister’s young children, holding space for the trauma doctors and veterans experience, and what she’s learned about loving through loss.
Connect with Jacqueline:
Stanford Profile
Connect With Ronit:
For more about this episode click here!
Youtube
Girl Left Behind featuring Judy Temes
Recovering from Diet Culture featuring Stefanie Bonastia
A Dream Come True featuring Robert Miller
Healing Sexual Wounds featuring Leah Carey
Find Your Harbor: Life in the Wake of Loss featuring Margo Fowkes
Shaking off the Past: From Difficult Childhood to a Place of Peace featuring Michael Arterberry
A Better Culture for Women in the Workplace and Beyond featuring Laurel Anne Stark
Life After Childhood on a Commune Featuring Phoebe Pilaro
Generation Cult featuring Dhyana Levey
Parents Who Leave for Cults featuring Lily Dunn
Emma's Laugh: The Gift of Second Chances featuring Diana Kupershmit
Finally Safe at Home featuring Sabrina Osso
Two Sisters on an Organizing Mission featuring Kelly and Katie McNemamin
A Life in 147 Days featuring Andrea Wilson Woods
Strong Like Water featuring Laila Tarraf
Salvation, Injury, and Reinvention: A Football Story featuring Kenneth Scott
Fostering and Nurturing Children with Autism featuring Dr. Lynette Louise
Life After Pregnancy Losses featuring Kim Hooper
From Athlete to Human featuring Kacee Hoffer
Your Body Is Not A Problem featuring Katherine Yasi
Join Podbean Ads Marketplace and connect with engaged listeners.
Advertise Today
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
Voices of Misery Podcast
House of Whimsical Terror
Dairyland Frights
Stuff You Should Know
Timcast IRL