On this episode of the Restore Healthcare Podcast, Dr. Kang explores the link between connection and healthcare. Sharing a story from medical school, she reflects on the loss of a patient and the chaotic process of grief among medical professionals. In medicine’s culture, blame often leads to perfectionism and relentless striving. But we’re not meant to be perfect—and there’s real freedom in embracing that truth.Western medicine, shaped by religious performance culture, often values measurement over connection. But what if we nurtured connection instead? Tools like Holy Spirit guidance, connection assessments, and strong communication can help build safer environments where professionals learn and grow without fear. Performance-driven cultures don’t deliver whole-person care—connection does. Innovation, growth, and true healing flow when we live from who I am is who I am becoming, not from perfectionism.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - Craving connection

2:44 - Med-school story

8:10 - Patient loss aftermath

9:10 - Requires perfection

11:00 - Medicine and Religious culture

12:15 - Constant measurement

13:30 - Connection defined

16:15 - Nurturing connection

18:45 - Connection assessments

19:50 - Does performance work?

20:30 - Vision, value, voice

22:00 - Patients need connection

24:00 - Performance doesn’t work

26:26 - Culture characteristics

28:20 - Who I am

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