Ep. 14: Healing our community with Dr. Jihan Abdul-Haqq.
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In the first season, we talked a lot about healing and wholeness. But this season, we have shifted, and now we're talking about purpose work in the community.
To help with this mission, in this episode, we’re happy to chat with Dr. Jihan, board certified pediatrician, owner of Peace of Mind Pediatrics, and board member of Clara Community Health Center. Dr. Jihan shares some nuggets of gold about finding purpose in healing underserved communities.
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR:
How Dr. Jihan found her way through Medicine [2:06]
The story of her friend’s untimely death that led her to becoming a doctor (instead of being a lawyer, which was her first dream)
How her perspective of health care changed
Her journey as a pediatrician giving out service to underserved communities
The haze of being a doctor (and a mom) [16:40]
Educating patients who have learning difficulties
Dealing with discourteous people
Taking care of oneself
Managing family life
The rewards of being a doctor [27:24]
Saving the lives of young kids
Being able to help the less privileged
Recognizing your purpose [32:08]
Feeling satisfaction and gratitude even amidst chaos
What you’re good at may not necessarily be your purpose (i.e. just because you’re good in Chemistry and Math doesn’t mean you should be an engineer)
Sometimes you just feel it, you just know
If we listen, a lot of times, the universe conspires to lead you to your purpose
Being unafraid to fail and realizing that your mistakes is not the end
Progress over perfection
Biggest advice for those who want to figure out their purpose [43:10]
Stop being upset with things that you can’t change and with things that happened in the past
Mistakes are inevitable, but we can grow from them
How we can help Dr. Jihan empower the community [47:23]
Are there free clinics? Do people know about free clinics?
Are we volunteering our services?
Do we support our health workers?
EPISODE QUOTES:
I think it takes some time to teach people to learn how to adapt, and how to trust themselves enough and trust the process enough. But definitely a skill that is needed to make it especially these days.
- Shaté Hayes
I have different sets of teams in my practice, I have the ones who won't seem to pivot. And we're working on some pivoting, but they are struggling so hard, because they just want what once was, and they can't see that your future may look different than previously we had.
- Dr. Jihan Abdul-Haqq
What we're also finding interesting about so many of these conversations is that people are really exposing that we really have to become masters of being able to pivot. There's so much of what we learn, and what we encounter and what we go through, that really is setting us up for our purpose, our purpose work and is setting forth the framework for us to be able to build the skills that we'll need.
- Scott Hayes
RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:
Listen to some jazz with John Coltrane
CONNECT WITH DR. JIHAN
Follow her on Facebook
Visit Clara Health Center’s website
Follow Clara Community Health Center on Facebook
CHECK IN WITH SCOTT AND SHATÉ:
Spotify Playlist - Music for this moment.
Follow @iamshate on Instagram
Follow @scotthayes_lcsw on Instagram
ABOUT DR. JIHAN
Dr. Noor Jihan Abdul-Haqq is a board certified pediatrician from Oklahoma City, OK. She's a proud graduate of Spelman College with honors with a degree in Biochemistry. Her medical school and residency training were completed through Morehouse School of Medicine where she was active with various medical organizations.
She has done medical work in Barbados, Dominican Republic and Mexico. Her awards include the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award, Practitioner of Excellence Award from Sisters United Organization, Journal Record’s Achievers under 40 award and Outstanding Minority owned busines leader. This summer she recieved a regional award for her work in the OKC Chapter of Jack and Jill of America for providing STEM opportunities for youth. Dr. Abdul-Haqq has been interviewed numerous times on local radio, TV and print media.
Dr. Abdul-Haqq opened her current practice Peace of Mind Pediatrics in Sept of 2015 to serve the community that she grew up in. She will be opening and 2nd location in Spring of 2021. She serves as a mentor for high school and college students and has assisted other physicians with starting their own practices. In September 2020, she helped open the Clara Community Health Center in OKC which is a free clinic for the uninsured.
She and her loving husband are the proud parents to 3 wonderful children.
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