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Good Life Project

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

Good Life Project

Jonathan Fields / Acast

Education, Wellness, Self-improvement, Midlife, Health & Fitness, Intentional Living, Personal Growth, Living Well, How To

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

As a physician with specialties in addiction medicine and psychiatry who has spent her career focusing on stigma reduction and health equity, Nzinga Harrison is uniquely positioned to help people navigate the stress of current events including from opioid crisis and COVID to racial violence and systemic injustice and move from thinking to action with the goal of improving health and society. Dr. Harrison is the Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Eleanor Health, an innovative company who provides comprehensive outpatient care for individuals experiencing opioid and other substance use disorders. She also holds adjunct faculty appointments at the Morehouse School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, is Co-Founder of Physicians for Criminal Justice Reform, Inc. and Campaign Psychiatrist for Let’s Get Mentally Fit, a public education and stigma-reduction campaign. As host of the In Recovery weekly podcast by Lemonada Media, she engages a large audience on all things addiction including drug addiction, but also other addictions, for example food, sex, gambling.


You can find Dr. Harrison at:

Website : https://www.eleanorhealth.com/

In Recovery Podcast : https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/in-recovery/

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0:00.0

My guest today, Dr. and Zingahirasin, was raised by parents who really instilled this profound

0:11.8

sense of confidence, dignity, and service.

0:15.1

And now as an adult, a physician with specialties in addiction medicine and psychiatry who has

0:20.8

spent her career focusing on stigma reduction and health equity, and Zingah is really, she's

0:26.1

uniquely positioned to help people navigate the stress of current events, including everything

0:31.4

from the opioid crisis to COVID to racial violence and systemic injustice and move from

0:37.0

thinking to action with the goal of improving health and society.

0:41.3

Dr. Harasin is the chief medical officer and co-founder of Eleanor Health, a really innovative

0:46.8

company who provides comprehensive outpatient care for individuals experiencing opioid

0:52.6

and other substance use disorders.

0:54.7

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

0:59.3

of Psychiatry.

1:00.4

She's the co-founder of Physicians for Criminal Justice Reform Inc. and Campaign Psychiatrist

1:06.0

for Let's Get Mentally Fit, a public education and stigma reduction campaign.

1:11.3

And as the host of the InRecovery Weekly Podcast by Lemonada Media, she engages in all

1:17.4

things addiction as well as really the broader major psychological and social issues of

1:23.1

the day.

1:24.1

She even draws this really fascinating parallel between racism and addiction, which I

1:28.9

found incredibly eye-opening.

1:31.0

I learned so much from this conversation that goes way beyond a core conversation about

1:37.0

addiction and really talks about the state of society, her fascinating journey.

1:42.9

But it was like really growing up and being raised by parents who championed not staying

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