Laurel Braitman is the Director of Writing and Storytelling at The Medicine and the Muse Program at Stanford School of Medicine.  There, she helps clinical students, staff, and physicians communicate more clearly and vulnerably – for their own benefit as well as that of their patients. Braitman is also the founder of “Writing Medicine”, a global community of health care professionals. Her new memoir, What Looks Like Bravery: An Epic Journey Through Loss to Love, examines grief and chronicles a life spent learning how to outfish fishermen, keep bees, and fix cars – all against the backdrop of a parent with terminal illness. On March 31, 2023, Laurel Braitman came to the Sydney Goldstein Theater for an on-stage conversation with her longtime friend Samin Nosrat.  Nosrat’s a cook, teacher, podcaster, and the author of the cookbook Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, which became a Netflix series.