Sarah Piper MD
@sarahpiper.bsky.social
I am a physician, a patient, an advocate for a healthcare system that hears and heals, a sometimes-poet and writer, a beginner in contemplative practice, and a forever fan of gentle and earnest and hopeful and bright-eyed people everywhere.
After spending my career in medicine, I honestly believe that the story of healing us all begins in the soil. For *actionable hope*, watch this:
Common Ground Film
Common Ground is the follow-up film to award winning Kiss The Ground documentary. Directed by Josh & Rebecca Tickell, and narrated by celebrity advocates, the film shares stories & solutions for farm ...
commongroundfilm.org
June 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
After spending my career in medicine, I honestly believe that the story of healing us all begins in the soil. For *actionable hope*, watch this:
The experience of isolation isn't unique to illness, but it is a profound feature of it, many times in very physical ways. This post begins to explore that isolation, perhaps through an unexpected lens.
Alone and Everywhere
“When you face your aloneness, something begins to happen.
open.substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The experience of isolation isn't unique to illness, but it is a profound feature of it, many times in very physical ways. This post begins to explore that isolation, perhaps through an unexpected lens.
A friend who attended one of the Berkeley #HandsOff rallies today reported that the whole crowd was singing this: songsforthegreatturning.net/going-forth/...
We Shall Be Known | Songs for the Great Turning
songsforthegreatturning.net
April 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A friend who attended one of the Berkeley #HandsOff rallies today reported that the whole crowd was singing this: songsforthegreatturning.net/going-forth/...
A brief introductory post as I dip my toe into the Substack waters! And, of course, a poem.
Yay for first, brave steps!
Yay for first, brave steps!
On these little days, I imagine myself big.
As it so often does, for me, it all started with loss.
open.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A brief introductory post as I dip my toe into the Substack waters! And, of course, a poem.
Yay for first, brave steps!
Yay for first, brave steps!
Reposted by Sarah Piper MD
Join great poet Jane Hirshfield Feb 21-23 at Upaya.
ONSITE www.upaya.org/program/the-...
ONLINE www.upaya.org/program/the-...
WIth poet Jimmy Jimmy Santiago Baca, artist translators Ian Boyden and Kazi Tanahashi, and Roshi Joan.
ONSITE www.upaya.org/program/the-...
ONLINE www.upaya.org/program/the-...
WIth poet Jimmy Jimmy Santiago Baca, artist translators Ian Boyden and Kazi Tanahashi, and Roshi Joan.
February 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Join great poet Jane Hirshfield Feb 21-23 at Upaya.
ONSITE www.upaya.org/program/the-...
ONLINE www.upaya.org/program/the-...
WIth poet Jimmy Jimmy Santiago Baca, artist translators Ian Boyden and Kazi Tanahashi, and Roshi Joan.
ONSITE www.upaya.org/program/the-...
ONLINE www.upaya.org/program/the-...
WIth poet Jimmy Jimmy Santiago Baca, artist translators Ian Boyden and Kazi Tanahashi, and Roshi Joan.
Reposted by Sarah Piper MD
We’re asking the entire nation to protest on February 5th at noon. State capitols, city halls, and town halls. Boycott social media except for covering the protests. Pass it on. #NationalDayOfProtest
February 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
We’re asking the entire nation to protest on February 5th at noon. State capitols, city halls, and town halls. Boycott social media except for covering the protests. Pass it on. #NationalDayOfProtest
Reposted by Sarah Piper MD
“In a world full of people who seem to know everything, passionately, based on little (often slanted) information... what a relief it is to be in the company of someone confident enough to stay unsure (that is, perpetually curious).”
Superb read: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/04/09/george-sa…
Superb read: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/04/09/george-sa…
How to Love the World More: George Saunders on the Courage of Uncertainty
“In a world full of people who seem to know everything, passionately, based on little (often slanted) information, where certainty is often mistaken for power, what a relief it is to be in th…
www.themarginalian.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“In a world full of people who seem to know everything, passionately, based on little (often slanted) information... what a relief it is to be in the company of someone confident enough to stay unsure (that is, perpetually curious).”
Superb read: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/04/09/george-sa…
Superb read: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/04/09/george-sa…
Day 1/1459:
A full night's rest
A glass of water
A morning walk at sunrise
A breakfast from the earth and sun
A grounding meditation
A letting go of what weighs me down (overwhelm, despair, fear, shock, disgust) so I can take up the tasks I'm here to do from a place of lightness and strength.
A full night's rest
A glass of water
A morning walk at sunrise
A breakfast from the earth and sun
A grounding meditation
A letting go of what weighs me down (overwhelm, despair, fear, shock, disgust) so I can take up the tasks I'm here to do from a place of lightness and strength.
January 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Day 1/1459:
A full night's rest
A glass of water
A morning walk at sunrise
A breakfast from the earth and sun
A grounding meditation
A letting go of what weighs me down (overwhelm, despair, fear, shock, disgust) so I can take up the tasks I'm here to do from a place of lightness and strength.
A full night's rest
A glass of water
A morning walk at sunrise
A breakfast from the earth and sun
A grounding meditation
A letting go of what weighs me down (overwhelm, despair, fear, shock, disgust) so I can take up the tasks I'm here to do from a place of lightness and strength.
A wise friend reminded me this week:
This is not the whole story. We need to tell the whole story.
I try to imagine what that might sound like—perhaps every human voice, together.
This is not the whole story. We need to tell the whole story.
I try to imagine what that might sound like—perhaps every human voice, together.
January 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A wise friend reminded me this week:
This is not the whole story. We need to tell the whole story.
I try to imagine what that might sound like—perhaps every human voice, together.
This is not the whole story. We need to tell the whole story.
I try to imagine what that might sound like—perhaps every human voice, together.
Reposted by Sarah Piper MD
Dick Van Dyke is the focus of Coldplay’s latest music video, “All My Love.” In a clip, Van Dyke sings, dances barefoot and offers meditations on aging, family and love.
A shorter version of the video will be released Dec. 13 on Van Dyke’s 99th birthday.
A shorter version of the video will be released Dec. 13 on Van Dyke’s 99th birthday.
Dick Van Dyke, Approaching 99, Dances in Coldplay’s Latest Video
In the clip, which was filmed in October, Van Dyke sings, dances barefoot and offers meditations on aging, family and love.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Dick Van Dyke is the focus of Coldplay’s latest music video, “All My Love.” In a clip, Van Dyke sings, dances barefoot and offers meditations on aging, family and love.
A shorter version of the video will be released Dec. 13 on Van Dyke’s 99th birthday.
A shorter version of the video will be released Dec. 13 on Van Dyke’s 99th birthday.
How we do anything might just be how we do everything.
Here's to practicing presence with the "miraculous task" of life.
Here's to nurturing our "love [of] the work."
Here's to practicing presence with the "miraculous task" of life.
Here's to nurturing our "love [of] the work."
December 3, 2024 at 4:08 AM
How we do anything might just be how we do everything.
Here's to practicing presence with the "miraculous task" of life.
Here's to nurturing our "love [of] the work."
Here's to practicing presence with the "miraculous task" of life.
Here's to nurturing our "love [of] the work."
