Fixing vs. Helping with Rachel Naomi Remen, MD

In this short video, CancerChoices advisor Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, discusses the difference between fixing and helping when responding to illness.

“Helping, as well intentioned as it is, the person helping you is very much in touch with their strengths because that’s what they’re using to help you. And you can become very in touch with your weakness. … So helping is not an egalitarian relationship, as much as we come from our heart place when we do it. You have to be really conscious about how you do this so that it is an egalitarian relationship.”  Watch the video to hear more:

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