Helping individuals with chronic illness can be very difficult because there are not always clear answers to their problems. That can be challenging, especially for doctors whose years of training have taught them to find problems and ultimately fix those problems. To overcome this, Eva stresses the importance of making a human connection with patients and validating their pain even if there may not be clear answers to their problems. Eva remarks in our conversation that the focus needs to be on not just the patient, but also the relationship. 
– Tim Hamilton, host of Planning on Call

This week is a little different - we’re re-publishing Eva’s guest interview on the Planning on Call podcast!

Hosted by Tim Hamilton, CFP®, CIMA, CSLP, ‘Planning on Call’ is a series of podcasts, blog posts, and other content focused on providing medical professionals, and their spouses, the important information they need to know as they plan their future.

Other episodes of the Planning on Call podcast can be found here:https://atlaspwm.com/category/planning-on-call

In this episode of Planning on Call, Eva and Tim discuss the following:

·      Eva’s build-block story that led to her chronic conditions and related career path

·      Her views on the disconnect between doctor-patient relationships

·      How to humanize healthcare

You can listen to this episode on the original Planning on Call podcast here:https://atlaspwm.com/planning-on-call-blog-12-humanizing-healthcare-chronic-illness

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 You can also find out more about Tim and financial planning resources for medical professionals here: https://atlaspwm.com/medical-professionals

Eva’s bio from the original Planning on Call show, written by Tim Hamilton:

I had an amazing conversation with Eva Minkoff in my latest episode of Planning on Call. In this episode, I had the opportunity to learn about living with chronic illness and the support structures that can be built through humanizing healthcare. A Planning on Call listener connected me to Eva because they thought she had a unique perspective to discuss, and I could not agree more! Chronic illness and its treatment is a topic I knew very little about before speaking with Eva. I found our conversation very illuminating personally, so I hope it resonates with listeners as well.

Eva has an impressive background which consists of but is not limited to being a serial entrepreneur in healthcare, Nutrition Scientist, and NASM Certified Personal Trainer. She also has spent a lot of time developing an impactful podcast, [Human]Care . This podcast features conversations with health entrepreneurs, care professionals from all walks of life, patient advocates, and industry change-makers all with the mission to humanize healthcare… and is part of a top-rated chronic illness podcast and network, Invisible Not Broken. Also, you can listen to her TEDx Talk, “5 Minutes to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System”, this talk boldly hypothesizes how elevating the patient-physician relationship through a proposed structured conversation can improve the healthcare systems.

Eva has dealt with chronic illness in her own life, suffering from Fibromyalgia, Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (among other ailments). Navigating the difficulties of living with, diagnosing, and treating chronic illness for most of her life has given her the firsthand experience needed to help find solutions for other individuals living, struggling, and persevering with chronic illnesses.