Beyond practical menopause advice, discover thoughtful essays exploring the space where stories illuminate the meeting place of people, medicine, and imperfect systems.
Have you ever finished scrolling and felt strangely hollow?
Like you’d eaten something that didn’t nourish you at all.
I felt it too… so I went looking for the complex carbs of the written word.
That search led me to Juxtaposition in Medicine, my home on Substack, where I write about the beautiful collision of our shared humanity and the complex medical systems we all navigate.
Raw, real, reflective.
With a sprinkle of serendipity. ✨
I love that word – juxtaposition – and the power it holds in placing two unlike things side by side until something true emerges between them.
The human condition paired with technology.
Intimate healing thwarted by broken systems.
Connection undone by isolation.
Medicine, it turns out, is full of these moments, and I write about them from a vantage point that is equal parts challenging and profound: I am both physician and patient.
If MenopauseMenu is where I serve up practical wisdom and nourishing recipes, then Substack is where I offer the deeper courses – the long-form essays meant to be savored slowly, with a cup of tea and a little space to think.
These are original writings, meant to make you feel, reflect, and perhaps see your own health journey a little differently.
Because some things deserve more permanent ink than a fleeting post.
I’d love for you to read along, wander through the ideas, and share your own thoughts in the comments, because the best conversations happen when we bring our whole selves to the table.
In the space between,
Susan
P.S. Essays arrive every couple of weeks, just enough to give each one the space it deserves. Come pull up a chair and find your place in the juxtaposition. 🪑
