Catherine Forest is a former family medicine physician and public health specialist who has turned to toward her writing since “refinement“ in 2020. She has published a few pieces about her work on the front lines of safety net clinics and advocating for health justice. When she is not writing, she is involved in Climate justice, work, and social justice work along with hiking and birding
Since the turn of the century, Catherine writes what she calls a ‘textku’ every day. She takes a picture of an element of beauty on this earth, pauses to be in the moment and write a haiku, and then sends that combination to someone she loves. She teaches this practice, to many physicians as a mindfulness practice. Currently, she strives to put words to the anomy that many people feel in order to foster hope.
