accepting body changes with disability and serious illness |

Описание: With illness our sense of self changes, but our bodies change too. The idea of sexuality and 'sexy' we pick up from society is very narrow and most of the time doesn't include people with disability and serious illness.

Sometimes it's hard to feel sexy when you feel pain or your body is unappealing to you.

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Dr. BJ Miller leads an informal and interactive discussion on intimacy, sexuality and sensuality as relates to serious illness and disability.

Deep physical connection is a primal need, but for people with serious illness or disability, intimacy and sexuality can be particularly hard. Sometimes that’s by choice, but too often it’s by the defaults and presumptions of the healthcare system and others around us. Exploring intimacy with fresh eyes can be a profound way to feel alive all the way to the end. In fact, there’s no need to die before we die.

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About BJ Miller
BJ has practiced and taught in all major settings: home, hospital, clinic, and residential care facility. In his work he draws upon his personal experiences with disability and his undergraduate studies in art history as much as his medical education. BJ speaks internationally on the themes of living well in the face of illness and death. He has been profiled in the New York Times, interviewed by Oprah Winfrey, Tim Ferriss, and Krista Tippett and co-authored the book, A Beginner’s Guide to the End (Simon & Schuster, 2019).
MD: Internal Medicine; Hospice & Palliative Medicine

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