By Anthony Fleg
Anthony Fleg, MD / MPH 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…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. 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 blog project which spawned Writing to Heal the book and now the sequel Writing to Heal: The Journey Continues.
A Word From the Author
“Writing to Heal is a project that began in the throes of the pandemic, March 2020. I write with an expectation that words heal, that stories heal. I write with understanding that each of us carries beautiful gifts for healing, hoping that I can help us awaken these gifts on an individual and collective level.
This book is a collection of stories, poetry, and art. It represents a larger community that inspires and supports me and my family, from people whose stories I tell to those who contributed to the pieces on healing at the end of the book.
I am thankful to the three artistic collaborators whose creative energy is a part of this work: Crystal Dugi, Lindsey Hancock, and Mallery Quetawki. Thank you for sharing with me and our readers your storytelling through art.
And to my four children – Nizhoni, Bah’Hozhooni, Shandiin and Sihasin – thank you for your contributions to the book as well. Daddy is proud to be a co-author with you!
A few years ago, my book Writing to Heal carried the by-line: A Pandemic Journey to Healing.
Today,
Full of joy, I proclaim, “The Journey Continues!”
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