Boarding The Plane | Katherina Thomas, Author, Scientist | EP 17

Katherina Thomas is a writer, narrative practitioner, medical humanities researcher and infectious diseases social scientist working with stories as a medium in healthcare. However, she is also a daughter who worked lovingly with her father before his passing to co-author an incredible story. Together, they “boarded the plane” of life through words, creating a treasure she will never forget and have forever. 

“Illness is the night side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.”

― Susan Sontag, Illness as Metaphor

This episode, Halle and Elizabeth speak with Katherina in depth about her writing journey with her father, and how doctors recognized this process as therapeutic treatment during her father’s time in the hospital. 

Connect with Katherina Thomas online:

Katherinathomas.com

Twitter: @klgthomas