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I haven’t had a chance to update this blog in some time, but have found the community on Medium such a valuable home to collaborate and share thoughts. You can find me at https://medium.com/@rachelmmurray
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Creating libraries for systems change, one pattern at a time
The Design Patterns for Mental Health project recently launched, and it’s a great example of something with the seeds to grow into more of a behavior change for how we design more empathetically in the future with mental well being in mind. While strictly for digital health, I can see implications for this across the […]
Read MoreReimagine and disempowering the stigma about death
If you had told me a year ago that New York would be hosting a series of events about death, I would have not believed you, and hell now, I would not have attended. If you think healthcare is a difficult topic for me, or any of us, you can imagine how tough it is […]
Read MorePrecocious scars, visible and beautiful: an example from Princess Eugenie
‘ ‘I wanted my wedding dress to show my scar’ A great story on the BBC today about Princes Eugenie and the presence of scars. Actually a pretty simple and beautiful gesture that is deceptively powerful. We all have scars – some visible and invisible – and showcasing them is really quite poetic and one […]
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We heal the path by running it: on trauma, storytelling and survival
When the stories came, I listened, but not really. I would listen to a survivor’s story, but to listen and to honor it are two different things. I know that now, and feel that to my core. I realized the reason I wasn’t able to listen to the stories was because of the pain. This […]
Read MoreThe project blog
Finally having migrated a bunch of the research on the thesis, now is the time to start that blog. Anyone who knows me knows I have a love/hate relationship with blogging that’s a complicated story I’ll go into in a future post. For the time being, this post is a ‘sticky’ to talk about […]
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