Nzinga A. Harrison, MD | Power, Recovery & Equity

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  My guest today, Doctor Nzinga Harrison, was raised by parents who really instilled this profound sense of confidence, dignity and service.

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  And now, as an adult, a physician with specialties in addiction medicine and psychiatry who has spent her career focusing on stigma reduction and health equity.

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  And Zynga is really.

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  She's uniquely positioned to help people navigate the stress of current events, including everything from the open opioid crisis to Covid to racial violence and systemic injustice, and move from thinking to action with the goal of improving health and society.

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  Doctor Harrison is the chief medical officer and co founder of Eleanor Health, a really innovative company who provides comprehensive outpatient care for individuals experiencing opioid and other substance use disorders.

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  She also holds adjunct faculty appointments at the Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry.

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  She's the co founder of Physicians for Criminal Justice Reform and campaign psychiatrist for let's get mentally fit, a public education and stigma reduction campaign.

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  And as the host of the in Recovery weekly podcast by Lemonade media, she engages in all things addiction, as well as, really, the broader major psychological and social issues of the day.

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  She even draws this really fascinating parallel between racism and addiction, which I found incredibly eye opening.

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  I learned so much from this conversation that goes way beyond a core conversation about addiction and really talks about the state of society.

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  Her fascinating journey, what it was like really growing up and being raised by parents who championed not staying silent and having a voice, and how that inspired her to go out into the world and do incredible things.

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  So excited to share this conversation with you.

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  I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is good life project.

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  Just really interested in you and in the work you're doing and what inspired it.

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  And also, there is a rumor floating around the Internet that you were the student who actually loved organic chemistry in high school.

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  My favorite.

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  But I need to know where is this rumor on the Internet?

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  I cannot reveal my source.

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  Deepest secrets.

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  I just remember there was one person in high school who loved again, and I'm like, I found the person.

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