What do storytelling, the healthcare industry and HPV all have in common? For Torrie Fields, Founder and CEO of Votive Health, the personal is political. Torrie designs serious illness programs for insurance companies and healthcare providers, and has dedicated her life to helping people get what they need out of healthcare. Torrie talks with host Caitlin about how serious illness has shaped her life, work, relationships, and why cervical cancer was the best thing that ever happened to her.

Also in this episode: finding health insurance, getting healthcare professionals to listen to you, HPV, dating after a serious illness, a sexual awakening, and asking yourself what you want from your vagina.

Watch Torrie’s Mystery Box Performance HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rkInpk8qvM

Watch Torrie’s EndWell Conference talks: The Personal is Political https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VLWI3bP24g & What Does a Beautiful Death Look Like?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeXHxMhCdHg

Torrie recommends reading A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death By Dr BJ Miller for creating an end of life action plan, at any age. https://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Guide-End-Practical-Advice/dp/1501157167

The End of Life Collective is a community of care givers and care seekers gathered in one place to help you and your family through life’s most important time. https://collective.round.glass/End-of-Life/about

This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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