Caregiver to Therapist with Kimmie
About this episode
Kimmie shares her transformative experience as a caregiver during a medical crisis and how it led her to become a psychologist working with children.
Another 20+ year reunion! Kimmie was one of Naomi's caregivers at an after school day care back in the 2000s! Kimmie shares a powerful story. Kimmie, who is now 40, was only 21 years old when she rode in the ambulance with Naomi in 2008 after Naomi, age 5 at the time, experienced a massive stroke. Kimmie shares how a medical crisis experience of being the caregiver inspired her to work with children as a psychologist. "I remember that day. When the school called, the timing just so happened to be that I was the one available to come be with you and ride with you in the ambulance. And that was my first experience of being in a medical emergency. And... it really affected me."
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