WE ARE ALL PERFECTLY FINE

An ode to the vulnerability of healers, this is a funny, fresh, and deeply affecting story of a married mother of
three on the brink of personal and professional collapse who attends rehab with a twist: a week long meditation retreat for burnt out doctors.

At first, she is deeply uncomfortable with the spartan accommodation, silent meals, and scheduled bonding sessions. But as this group of wounded healers struggles through awkward first encounters, guided meditation, and breathing exercises, something remarkable happens: World-class surgeons, psychiatrists, pediatricians, and general practitioners open up and share stories of the secret guilt and grief they carry, the cases they can't forget, and their deep-seated fear that they will fall short of the expectations that define them.
In this moving memoir that will make you laugh and break your heart in equal measure, Dr. Jillian Horton throws open a window onto the flawed system that shapes medical professionals, the rarely acknowledged stresses that cause doctors to commit suicide at the highest rate of any white-collar profession, and the crucial role compassion plays in not only treating others but also in taking care of ourselves.

DR. JILLIAN HORTON is an award-winning medical educator whose op-eds have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and who hosts “Med Life with Dr. Horton,” an interview podcast that explores the emotions and complexities of the human side of medicine and deepens the conversation about physician health. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.