How Healthcare Works, LLC

by Jeanette R. Harrison, MPH This is a rewrite. Not because I am retracting anything I said in my earlier post, but because after rereading it, I realized I had completely missed the point. Today's gratitude practice was supposed to be about being grateful for myself. Instead, I spent almost the entire post talking about other people. That realization, in and of itself, taught me something. Today's lesson is this: we often have a much easier time seeing the good in other people than we do in ourselves. Over the past several years, I have spent a great deal of time trying to understand why certain people have treated me the way they have. Some of those relationships go back decades because I continued attending the church that sponsored the college I attended, and many of those same people continued to intersect throughout my adult life. Whether people agree with my interpretation of those experiences really isn't the point. The point is that I have spent years trying to und...

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My name is Jeanette Harrison, and I am the owner and CEO of How Healthcare Works, LLC. For years, I have worked in healthcare, education, consulting, and writing while building a business focused on helping people better understand healthcare systems, burnout prevention, and practical approaches to improving health and well-being. Six years ago, I restarted my life in Idaho with approximately $2,400 and my dog after leaving an abusive relationship. Since then, I have rebuilt my life through full-time work, consulting, writing, and entrepreneurship. Along the way, I earned a Master's degree in Public Health, published books, launched educational resources, and continued investing in work that helps others navigate complex healthcare challenges. Today, I am working to move from survival mode into a period of focused growth. To do that, I am launching a small capital campaign with a goal of raising $5,000 in working capital for How Healthcare Works. The purpose of this campaign is sim...

by Jeanette R. Harrison, MPH  Part of life is making mistakes. One of my biggest mistakes has been believing people cared about me when they didn't. I have spent years giving people the benefit of the doubt, believing they would eventually treat me with kindness, honesty, and respect. Instead, I found myself repeatedly dealing with manipulation, lies, control, and blame. When I objected to how I was treated, I was often told that I was the problem. When I spoke up, I was accused of blaming others. When I questioned what was happening around me, I was told I was "way off base." I've been very open about not wanting my sister in my life. I'm tired of the narrative that every mention of my family in any way is somehow an attack on my family. The other day, someone complained because I said I wasn't allowed to wear sweatpants to school. It was one of my mom's rules because she thought sweatpants looked sloppy. That isn't a bad thing. It's just a story....

By Jeanette R. Harrison I haven't written since I moved into my new apartment. That's right. I was especially blessed to find a new apartment, and it is so nice to have a beautiful home to live in. At the same time, it has been stressful. The day I moved in, I received a different bill than I expected. Since then, I have felt like I don't have enough money. You know what has happened since that day? I didn't get paid the amount I was supposed to, a client couldn't pay for a course through my portal, and a bill was unexpectedly paid out of my account. Last night, I literally lay in bed crying because I was afraid I was going to lose my newly won apartment after everything I went through to get here. Living in a hotel was not fun, and every day I prayed to God that I would find a new place to live. Now, I am praying that I can keep my apartment. I really do love it. Today, I walked around thanking God and the Universe for this apartment. I talked about how much I love...

by Jeanette R. Harrison Today’s gratitude practice is about wishing happiness for three people. Honestly, this feels especially difficult right now because I am currently living in a hotel, and if I am being honest, I do not feel like many people genuinely care about my happiness, my well-being, or my emotional safety right now. In many ways, I do not feel like people have cared about those things for the past six years. What I feel instead is that people expect me to perform happiness for them while keeping me emotionally at arm’s length. They want me to be positive, resilient, grateful, productive, inspiring, and emotionally self-sufficient so they do not have to feel uncomfortable about what I am going through. They want me to overcome everything quietly while simultaneously making me feel like I am too much if I openly admit that I am struggling. Photo is AI Generated  The three people I picked for today’s exercise are X, Y, and Z. One of the things I keep realizing lately is h...