<p>When Sonia Henry signed up to work as a GP in a remote mining town in the Pilbara, the experience changed almost everything she believed about Australia.</p><p>An unfortunate romantic entanglement just before her final exams left her questioning everything, just as she was about to qualify as a doctor.</p><p>To escape her life in Sydney, she signed up to work in some of Australia's most far-flung medical clinics.</p><p>While working as a GP in places like the Pilbara, outback NSW, the Northern Territory and Broome Sonia had many experiences with her patients which completely altered how she saw Australia.</p><p>Content Warning – suicide and adult themes. Listener discretion advised.</p><p>Further information</p><p>Put Your Feet in the Dirt, Girl is published by Allen and Unwin</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.lifeline.org.au/">Lifeline</a> on 13 11 14</li><li><a href="http://www.mensline.org.au/Home.html">MensLine Australia</a> on 1300 789 978</li><li><a href="http://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/">Suicide Call Back Service</a> on 1300 659 467</li><li><a href="https://www.beyondblue.org.au/">Beyond Blue</a> on 1300 22 46 36</li><li><a href="https://www.headspace.org.au/">Headspace</a> on 1800 650 890</li><li><a href="http://www.dhas.org.au/" target="_blank">Doctors' Health Advisory Service </a>is a 24 hr support line for doctors, medical students, dentists, veterinarians and students of these professions.</li></ul>