Let’s name what the system doesn’t:
Medical care isn’t just about your body.
It’s about your bank account, your time, your nervous system, and your capacity to ask for help when you’re already stretched to the edge.
And yet—we’re told to “advocate for ourselves” like it’s simple.
Like it doesn’t cost something.
Like it doesn’t hurt sometimes to even try.
You can go to the appointment and still leave feeling dismissed.
You can get the bill and feel punished, not supported.
You can know your rights and still freeze when you’re asked to explain yourself—again.
And you know what? That doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong.
That means the system wasn’t designed for how real care actually works.
Because care isn’t just physical.
It’s emotional—when you have to manage how you’re perceived just to be taken seriously.
It’s financial—when you’re expected to navigate impossible bills with no roadmap.
It’s energetic—when your whole body tenses at the thought of calling insurance again.
This is the truth for so many of us. Especially if you’ve been gaslit, misdiagnosed, dismissed, or made to feel like you’re “too sensitive.”
You’re not too sensitive.
The system is too narrow.
And that’s why we need tools—not more pressure to “be strong” or “just speak up.”
✊ Here’s where to start.
Get the Free: 5 Scripts for Self-Advocacy
Real-world language for hard moments.
The words you wish you had when you’re overwhelmed, dismissed, or trying to hold your ground.
[→ Download the free scripts here]
Ready to go deeper? The Patient Power Guide is for you.
This low-cost resource gives you:
- Real talk on how to prepare for appointments
- How to track + document your experiences
- What to say (and when to say it) when you’re getting the runaround
- How to protect your peace while still getting what you need
It’s a no-fluff, high-compassion guide to reclaiming your role in the room—without burning yourself out.
[→ Grab the Patient Power Guide here]
You deserve care that considers all of you.
Not just your diagnosis. Not just your paperwork.
But your whole, audacious, feeling, exhausted, powerful self.
Let’s stop pretending care is simple. Let’s start giving ourselves the full spectrum support we’ve always deserved.
In audacity and truth,
Mallory
Founder, The Audacious Patient