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Many years ago Bernard began recording short stories from the consulting room — the spirit that passes between a doctor and the person in front of him. He calls them his songs. Here are five of them in his own voice, with his podcast conversations below.
Bringing Spirit Back into Medicine
Five short readings. The voice is free to everyone — the four stories after the introduction open their full text inside membership.
Medicine · Free
Many years ago I began writing these short stories to capture the spirit present in the consulting room — where the appointment becomes a meeting, or dance, between two magical beings. I like to think of them as my songs.
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Journey · Members
Judy had lived for years on antidepressants — stable, but an observer of her own life. “I have lost my passion,” she said. “I want to feel connected again.” A story about the courage to feel.
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Medicine · Members
Strange how the eyes can reveal the soul, and tell stories the body cannot. Mrs Marcus would not let me see hers — and I needed to, to know how to treat her.
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Journey · Members
Mrs GM respects the husband she has lived with for twenty years — but the sparkle has gone, and her deep feelings are no longer with him. Friendship, or love? A doctor sits with a choice that is not his to make.
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Medicine · Members
Mrs Krige never forgot my birthday. Ten years of small gifts and shared laughter — and a reminder that medicine is not an exact science but a dance in which two beings find a song that works.
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In conversation
Longer conversations where Bernard talks through the ideas behind the work. They play here only when you press play — nothing loads from Spotify or YouTube before then.
Podcast episode · Spotify
A conversation with Dr Bernard Brom on illness as an invitation rather than an enemy — on healing, on finding home within, and on living in awe.
Conversation · coMra Therapy
Dr Bernard Brom in conversation with coMra Therapy on what “healthy medicine” really means — and why we become ill. A clear way into the whole-person view that runs through his writing.