Anthony Fleg is a family medicine physician, a healer whose work is grounded in love, culture and community. He is originally from Baltimore, MD and has three younger brothers. His familial roots include Germany, Poland and Russia. Anthony lives in Albuquerque, NM with his wife Shannon, a Dine’ (Navajo) woman who guides him in life’s adventures. They co-direct the Native Health Initiative and have four children (Nizhoni, Bah’Hozhooni, Shandiin and Sihasin) that are the center of their lives.
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He is deeply influenced by Indigenous culture and worldview through his marriage and twenty years of life working for and with Indigenous communities. As a white person, he continues to unpack White Privilege and acknowledges the honor it is to be welcomed into Indigenous communities. His hope is to share what some of what he has learned with respect, honor and humility as an ally and advocate for these communities.
In terms of writing, Anthony considers this one of his medicines and a part of his identity as a healer. He brings writing into his clinical work as part of a patient’s treatment plan and has begun teaching writing as a form of wellness and self-care to fellow healers. When the pandemic began, his writing came out of dormancy as he started the Writing to Heal project.
