The Dream Chasers Podcast hosted by Samantha Ainsworth Episode 8 Bess Stillman Bess Stillman is an emergency physician and writer. Her newsletter, Everything Is An Emergency, explores themes of health, cancer, love, resilience, and also answers reader healthcare questions. You can read her work at bessstillman.substack.com. She writes with her husband, Jake Seliger, whose essays can be found at JakeSeliger.com Dreams take on many forms. As a society, we often focus solely on the results of goal-setting an dream chasing and not the journey itself. Because of this, many folks are shy about talking about their Big Fat Dreams until they achieve them. BUT what if we simply celebrate the journey TOWARDS the dream? The journey is often overlooked but can truly be the life-changing event... even more so that the realized dream. In each episode, we will discuss a new dream, an old dream, a realized dream, or perhaps a dream that didn't turn out the way we expected. Harlem by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?