I remember that during medical school, we students were constantly stressed by the notion of needing to plan our careers. In the almost 20 years since graduating I have learned that one's career has a way of unfolding in wonderful unforeseen and unplanned ways. Last year, I had the good fortune of moving into a new role as a facilitator of integrative medicine group visits. Following are some notes from the field. They are 14 women and 2 brave men. Fifteen people of color and 1 white person. They carry diagnoses of posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, fibromyalgia, chronic pain of all types, hypertension, and obesity. They have visited specialists, been injected, exercised in physical therapy, and ingested numerous medications to minimal avail. They are survivors of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual abuse, violent crimes, and vicarious trauma and now are pioneers of a new program, Integrative Medicine Group Visits, funded by a Patient-centered Outcomes Research Instit...