What's on in The Central African Republic with Katie Treble

From A Need To Read by Ed Cunningham

August 7, 2025 · 59 min · Episode 195

About this episode

Katie Treble shares her experiences working as a medical doctor in the Central African Republic with Doctors Without Borders.

Katie spent 6 months in one of the world’s most forgotten countries — the Central African Republic. In this episode, we sit down in person to chat about her experiences there working as a medical doctor with Doctors Without Borders. This is a story of people who have been ignored for too long — of grief, resilience, and what it means to show up in the darkest places. Her book, Field Notes from Death’s Door, is available wherever you get your books. It’s excellent, and I genuinely recommend you give it a read if you can. Today’s paid partner is BetterHelp, to get 10% off your first month of online therapy with a credentialed therapist head to www.betterhelp.com/aneedtoread A Need To Read is partnered with The Breath Space, a online Breath-work education and practise portal that I have been using for the last couple of months, alongside my course to become a breath-work facilitator. To check out how breathwork can help you, follow the link and use the code ED for 50% off your first 2 months. https://courses.thebreathspace.co.uk/your-breath-space-online-membership You can also support my work by heading to www.buymeacoffee.com/aneedtoread Any feedback is welcome…

People in this episode

Host: Ed Cunningham

Guest: Katie Treble

Topics covered

Central African Republic
medical experiences
resilience
grief
Doctors Without Borders
breathwork
self-improvement

Keywords

Central African Republic
Doctors Without Borders
medical doctor
resilience
grief
Field Notes from Death’s Door
BetterHelp
breathwork

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Doctors Without Borders

Products: Field Notes from Death’s Door