This episode of The Nocturness is sponsored by the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care,

creator of the Contemplative Medicine Fellowship, an evidence-based training for physicians,

advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, who want to cultivate well-being

and joy in medicine through the integration of contemplative practices. Learn more at zencare.org

slash find joy. Support for the nocturnist comes from the California Medical Association.

At the nocturnist, we are careful to ensure that all stories comply with health care privacy laws.

Details may have been changed to ensure patient confidentiality.

All views expressed are those of the person speaking and not their employer.

You're listening to The Nocturnists.

Stories from the world of medicine.

I'm Emily Silverman.

Sometimes our emotions can feel like quantum states,

inhabiting multiple dimensions at the same time.

We're sad, yet we're cozy in our sadness.

We're excited, yet we're anxious and uncomfortable in our excitement. We're exhausted, yet we're exhilarated. In today's story, physician Tiffany

Albrecht describes one of those moments, when joy and grief washed over her simultaneously,

leading to a catharsis so massive, it was almost funny when it was abruptly interrupted.

After the story, Tiffany and I talk about what it looks like to navigate the extremes of life,

from death to birth and everything in between, and ultimately what it looks like to navigate the extremes of life, from death to birth and everything

in between, and ultimately what it looks like to embrace the hope of a new beginning.

Tiffany completed her residency and chief residency at the University of Minnesota, and is now

a Medpede's primary care physician in Inver Grove Heights.

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