Restore Healthcare Project

Dr. Jennifer Kang
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Restore Healthcare Project is a bold podcast targeting licensed healthcare professionals, presenting hopeful and innovative ideas to challenge current ideas of what makes good healthcare. This podcast highlights some essential elements that have degraded in modern healthcare as the presence and power of God has been pushed aside. We also uplift and celebrate the brilliant advances of science and technology that have broken through millennia of human suffering with life-sustaining discoveries. The podcast aims to propose and defend the claim that God is still present and vitally involved in responding to the needs and brokenness of humanity, evidenced in the beautiful work of healing professionals. These conversations propose solutions for health professionals to crisis-level needs such as compassion fatigue, clinician resilience, bioethics dilemmas, resource deficits, and mindset corruption. They also provide a source of hope through the real-life storytelling and honest vulnerability of active healthcare clinicians finding their way toward their patients and toward greater freedom from disease and despair. Clinicians relate their journeys from dreaming of their destiny, to floundering in the realities of our broken healthcare systems, and onward to the wisdom they have uncovered that saved their dreams and fuels their compassion. Ours are the stories that are not being told in the mainstream doomsday narratives about healthcare, but they are the stories that have the power to draw, transform, and sustain a new movement of paradigm-shifting, compassion-bursting healthcare innovators. They tell healthcare professionals that their sacrifices are legitimate and sustain them in a holy and fulfilling calling. They point us to a source of strength and drive that cannot be explained through science, and yet which also simultaneously embraces the outlandishly bright expressions of science as the best of God’s heart toward us. Ours are the stories of Hope in healthcare.

  1. 3d ago

    The Doctor Within | #100

    Dr. Amy Hayton joins Dr. Jennifer Kang to talk about what it means to form physicians, beyond just educating them. Raised as a pastor's kid who assumed she was headed into ministry, she found her way into medicine and now serves as associate dean of physician formation and wellness at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. She discusses how formation of novice physicians often happens whether or not anyone is paying attention—shaped by a healthcare system that quietly tells learners their worth comes from efficiency and endurance. Informed through her own personal burnout experiences, she has helped develop reflection groups, life communities, and a whole person care clerkship built on the conviction that formation happens through relationships far more than lectures, and that the Holy Spirit can be a vital part of this positive clinician formation. Listeners can come away from this episode remembering that they are not valuable because they are efficient or because they know the answer, and that the God who cares for each patient more than they do is already at work in the room before they walk in. Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554104156850&mibextid=eQY6cl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tiktok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@restorehealthcareproject?_t=8rCih8fjAH0&_r=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@restorehealthcareproject⁠⁠ Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.restorehealthcareproject.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Selah Health International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.selahhealthinternational.org/

  2. Sep 25

    Discernment in a Noisy World | #99

    In this episode of the Restore Healthcare Project, Dr. Jennifer King sits down with Paul Manwaring, registered nurse, church leader, and dear friend of the podcast, to explore spiritual discernment as a whole-person practice rather than a mystical gift reserved for a select few. Paul opens up the biblical word studies behind discernment, tracing how Scripture connects it to the soul, to diagnosis, to asking questions, and to the Word of God itself, and he gently pushes back on the idea that discernment belongs only to the prophet or the spiritually elite. Drawing from his own experiences in nursing and church leadership, he shares how discernment grows through community, repetition, and a culture of truth, nuance, and connection. He and Dr. King reflect on how healthcare professionals are already trained in discernment through the diagnostic process, and how those same skills can be offered back to God and to the people around them. Along the way, they name what has been lost in a polarized, individualistic world and what it might look like to restore the kingdom culture that makes discernment possible; one marked by wisdom, understanding, and love. Listeners will come away with a broader, more hopeful vision of discernment as something that belongs to the whole body of Christ and is meant to be lived out in community, at work, and in the ordinary moments of walking with others. Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554104156850&mibextid=eQY6cl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tiktok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@restorehealthcareproject?_t=8rCih8fjAH0&_r=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@restorehealthcareproject⁠ Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.restorehealthcareproject.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Selah Health International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.selahhealthinternational.org/

  3. Sep 18

    Deliver Us From Evil | #98

    In this episode of the Restore Healthcare Project, Dr. Jennifer Kang sits down with clinical psychologist Dr. Sean Tobin, whose path from a degree in philosophy and theology, to years in religious life as a monk, to a doctorate in psychology has given him a rare vantage point on the intersection of mental health, spiritual formation, and deliverance ministry. Dr. Tobin shares how his early encounters with demonic manifestations during charismatic prayer conferences stirred questions that would eventually shape his clinical work—questions not so much about identifying darkness, but about what the enemy’s activity reveals about wounds, hidden fears, and the places where we have struggled to receive the love of God. Rather than treating deliverance as a formula or a power struggle, he describes a posture of curiosity and patience, one that trusts the presence of Jesus to draw out what needs healing and to disarm resistance without force. The conversation touches on how trauma fragments our inner world, how the gospel itself is a kind of exorcism of the whole person, and how healthcare professionals can participate in healing simply by carrying presence—by standing in the truth of who God is for someone else until their own defenses begin to soften. Dr. Tobin’s stories of sitting with clients as Jesus enters their memories, honors their boundaries, and fills dark spaces with light offer a grounded picture of what it means to be a healer who does not separate the clinical from the sacred. Listeners may walk away less concerned with categorizing symptoms as purely spiritual or purely psychological, and more aware that the answer to division—whether in a person’s mind, body, or spirit—is integration, and that integration always begins with the nearness of God. Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554104156850&mibextid=eQY6cl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tiktok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@restorehealthcareproject?_t=8rCih8fjAH0&_r=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@restorehealthcareproject Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.restorehealthcareproject.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Selah Health International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.selahhealthinternational.org/

  4. Sep 11

    The Grace Note | #97

    In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Kang sits down with Dr. Lysa Owen for a reflective conversation about apology, forgiveness, and the quiet courage it takes to pursue reconciliation. Dr. Owen shares the story behind her viral talk on giving a good apology, including the four-step framework she first learned while teaching her own young children to say sorry well. She speaks honestly about what it was like to see that framework gain widespread attention, and to then find herself needing to use it in a real workplace conflict. Rather than approaching the conversation as a how-to, she explores why saying sorry feels so difficult in our current culture, where justice and victimhood often crowd out the possibility of restoration. Drawing on her Christian worldview, she points to grace as the only foundation strong enough to support real forgiveness:  the kind that does not deny wrongdoing but releases the need for vengeance and makes room for second chances. Throughout, the conversation carries a quiet conviction that healthcare professionals, and all of us, are invited to become people known for restoration rather than resentment. Listeners will come away with a renewed sense that apology is not about liability or performance, but about honoring another person’s humanity—and that the work of repair, though costly, is one of the most hopeful things we can offer one another. Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554104156850&mibextid=eQY6cl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tiktok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@restorehealthcareproject?_t=8rCih8fjAH0&_r=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@restorehealthcareproject⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.restorehealthcareproject.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Selah Health International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.selahhealthinternational.org/

  5. Sep 4

    The Great Paradox of Autonomy | #96

    In this episode of the Restore Healthcare Project, Dr. Jennifer Kang examines the deeply held value of patient autonomy and the growing dilemmas it creates for those who practice medicine. She traces the historical and philosophical roots of autonomy, noting how its strongest foundation actually rests in the Christian understanding of humans made in the image of God, yet observes how modern culture has distorted that freedom into something isolated and self-referential. Through her own experience as an obstetrician, she reveals the moral injury clinicians carry when autonomy becomes absolute and the healer’s own humanity is forgotten. Dr. Kang contrasts the modern pursuit of self-governance with the biblical picture of freedom as stewardship, accountability, and love that bends toward others, pointing to Jesus as the model of one who freely laid down his rights for the sake of the vulnerable. She argues that the resolution to healthcare’s conflicts lies not in perfect ethical frameworks but in mutual submission, the recognition that we are renters rather than owners of our bodies, and the willingness to let God’s design bring peace to systems strained by self-interest. Listeners will leave with a renewed vision for practicing medicine not as a battleground of competing rights, but as an arena where the laying down of freedom for another becomes the truest expression of healing. Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554104156850&mibextid=eQY6cl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tiktok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@restorehealthcareproject?_t=8rCih8fjAH0&_r=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@restorehealthcareproject⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.restorehealthcareproject.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Selah Health International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.selahhealthinternational.org/

  6. Aug 28

    The Security of Stillness | #95

    In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Kang continues her conversation with Dr. Brenda Jones, drawing from Psalm 46 and the familiar call to be still and know that God is God—especially in the middle of chaos. Dr. Jones reflects on her long journey through nursing, midwifery, and education, naming the very real anxiety that arises when life and death rest on human skill and timing. She shares honestly about learning to see struggle not as failure but as part of transformation, much like Jacob wrestling through the night and coming away changed. Together, they explore how the inner work of surrender often precedes the outer change we are asking God to bring. The conversation invites listeners to recognize that even in the intensity of healthcare, there is room to pause, to practice again and again, and to trust that the God who lives within makes the streets safe, both in the heart and in the work. Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554104156850&mibextid=eQY6cl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tiktok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@restorehealthcareproject?_t=8rCih8fjAH0&_r=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@restorehealthcareprojectWebsite - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.restorehealthcareproject.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Selah Health International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.selahhealthinternational.org/

  7. Aug 21

    Caring for the Soul | #94

    In this episode, Dr. Jennifer King sits down with Margretta Shen, a licensed marriage and family therapist whose journey from full-time ministry into the mental health field carries the fingerprints of divine timing all over it. Margretta shares the story of how a single unsettling weekend at Fuller Seminary became the turning point that shifted her entire trajectory, and how her own experience of receiving healing in therapy opened her eyes to the deep need for holistic care within the church and beyond. She reflects on what it looks like to bring the presence of the Holy Spirit into the therapy room, not through overt religious language, but through a quiet attentiveness to the gold hidden inside every person. Her perspective on grace as a therapeutic posture, not just a theological idea, is both disarming and deeply hopeful, and it echoes the way Jesus paired compassion with actual solutions rather than leaving people stuck in their darkness. This episode paints a picture of a clinician who refuses to reduce people to their symptoms, choosing instead to believe that every client is made with dignity and intention, and that true transformation is always possible. Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554104156850&mibextid=eQY6cl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tiktok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@restorehealthcareproject?_t=8rCih8fjAH0&_r=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@restorehealthcareprojectWebsite - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.restorehealthcareproject.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Selah Health International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.selahhealthinternational.org/

  8. Aug 14

    Wellness for Clinicians 3: Innovating Resilience | #93

    In this episode, Dr. Jennifer King sits down with Dr. Susie Hunt for a deeply honest and refreshing conversation that redefines what it means to be resilient in healthcare. They unpack the quiet danger of confusing endurance for transformation and explore how burnout often wears different masks: lowered volume, quick irritability, or a creeping cynicism you assume no one else notices. Using a simple image of a balloon under pressure, Susie reframes resilience not as bouncing back to the same worn shape but as bouncing forward into a new way of living that actually fits. From stepping outside under the sky to abandoning the poison of comparison, this conversation gives permission to discover what truly revives your specific soul in your specific season, and why that's far from selfish. Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554104156850&mibextid=eQY6cl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tiktok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@restorehealthcareproject?_t=8rCih8fjAH0&_r=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@restorehealthcareproject⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.restorehealthcareproject.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Selah Health International - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.selahhealthinternational.org/

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Restore Healthcare Project is a bold podcast targeting licensed healthcare professionals, presenting hopeful and innovative ideas to challenge current ideas of what makes good healthcare. This podcast highlights some essential elements that have degraded in modern healthcare as the presence and power of God has been pushed aside. We also uplift and celebrate the brilliant advances of science and technology that have broken through millennia of human suffering with life-sustaining discoveries. The podcast aims to propose and defend the claim that God is still present and vitally involved in responding to the needs and brokenness of humanity, evidenced in the beautiful work of healing professionals. These conversations propose solutions for health professionals to crisis-level needs such as compassion fatigue, clinician resilience, bioethics dilemmas, resource deficits, and mindset corruption. They also provide a source of hope through the real-life storytelling and honest vulnerability of active healthcare clinicians finding their way toward their patients and toward greater freedom from disease and despair. Clinicians relate their journeys from dreaming of their destiny, to floundering in the realities of our broken healthcare systems, and onward to the wisdom they have uncovered that saved their dreams and fuels their compassion. Ours are the stories that are not being told in the mainstream doomsday narratives about healthcare, but they are the stories that have the power to draw, transform, and sustain a new movement of paradigm-shifting, compassion-bursting healthcare innovators. They tell healthcare professionals that their sacrifices are legitimate and sustain them in a holy and fulfilling calling. They point us to a source of strength and drive that cannot be explained through science, and yet which also simultaneously embraces the outlandishly bright expressions of science as the best of God’s heart toward us. Ours are the stories of Hope in healthcare.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Jennifer Kang
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    101
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Dr. Jennifer Kang
  • Show Website
    Restore Healthcare Project

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