Life in Parallel with Matt Marr and Kenneth Suarez
Oct 22, 2026 · 1 hr 55 min · 19 segments
At 28, Dr. James Q Simmons walked away from a six-figure job at PepsiCo to become a nurse. His dad's first question was about the pension. Matt's longtime friend grew up in Omaha, survived a hate…
And Matt and I were talking before you came on about how we can't be the expert of everything.
And I think often when somebody's speaking past us, we don't necessarily connect with them.
We're just taking them on face value and then getting really pissed if they're wrong.
But if somebody has, I know my, I've only had one doctor in my entire life that's had good bedside matters.
And, and it was like, you know, it was, it was, I was uncomfortable with it at first.
I'm like, you're actually sitting here and talking to me and looking me in the eye.
But I think when you experience what you're talking about, just speaking purely as a patient, it engenders trust immediately.
Because you're speaking on my level about things that I'm concerned about, especially when it comes to health, right? We're all so vulnerable when we go to the doctor or the hospital.
And I think that's nurses in particular and nurse practitioners are Really nurses, nurse practitioners really hit the sweet spot because nurse practitioners and nurses in general or whatever, but are with people in their most vulnerable in their worst times.
First of all, almost no one likes going to see their primary care provider, their clinician, whoever we're going to call your doctor.
And Matt and I were talking before you came on about how we can't be the expert of everything.
And I think often when somebody's speaking past us, we don't necessarily connect with them.
We're just taking them on face value and then getting really pissed if they're wrong.
But if somebody has, I know my, I've only had one doctor in my entire life that's had good bedside matters.
And, and it was like, you know, it was, it was, I was uncomfortable with it at first.
I'm like, you're actually sitting here and talking to me and looking me in the eye.
But I think when you experience what you're talking about, just speaking purely as a patient, it engenders trust immediately.
Because you're speaking on my level about things that I'm concerned about, especially when it comes to health, right? We're all so vulnerable when we go to the doctor or the hospital.
And I think that's nurses in particular and nurse practitioners are Really nurses, nurse practitioners really hit the sweet spot because nurse practitioners and nurses in general or whatever, but are with people in their most vulnerable in their worst times.
First of all, almost no one likes going to see their primary care provider, their clinician, whoever we're going to call your doctor.
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