Diane Shad­er Smith has a vibrant career as a writer, speak­er, pub­li­cist and fundrais­er. In 2017, Diane’s daugh­ter Mal­lo­ry died at the age of 25. This would prove to be the inflec­tion point in Diane’s life as her cat­a­stroph­ic loss would lead her into a field pre­vi­ous­ly unknown to her: nar­ra­tive med­i­cine, which would guide her work mov­ing forward.