Insights, Highlights & Mindworks Chats

Go deeper into the essence of narrative practices with our insights, deep dives, in-depth stories, happenings and chats

Transforming Care: How Hearing A Caregiver’s Story Changed a Patient's Final Days

Jean Determan, 77, was exhausted. It was September 20, 2024. Her husband, Tedd, 87, was nearing what would become the final month of his life.

Risky Business: Artist’s Bold Strokes Aim to Transform Medicine

Risky Business: Artist’s Bold Strokes Aim to Transform Medicine

Lisa Erdman’s career is a dynamic journey, defined by bold risk-taking and invention in the pursuit of what she has coined “artful medicine.”

From Heartbreak to Hope: Eben Pingree’s Mission to Strengthen Family Bonds Through Technology

Eben Pingree’s life was altered forever in 2022 when his mother, 78, and father-in-law, 80, were both diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in the same week. The simultaneous onset of their illnesses sent him on an emotional journey that was both heartbreaking and revelatory. As their conditions worsened, Eben found himself grappling with the agonizing question,  “What can I do?”

Mindworks in Conversation featuring Maura Spiegel, PhD

Listen to a conversation with Maura Spiegel, literary scholar, biographer, contemporary film and fiction teacher, and narrative medicine co-founder.  Maura discusses how her personal history and cultural influences shaped her path in literary and film theory and narrative medicine, emphasizing the roles of empathy, social justice, and the arts in fostering understanding and inclusivity.

Mindworks in Conversation featuring Michelle Pauls

Listen to a conversation with musician, artist and playwright Michelle Pauls as she discusses her work as a grief activist in Philadelphia, and how she has turned her personal grief into an interactive theatrical experience.

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and educator Cathy Fink

Mindworks in Conversation featuring Cathy Fink

Listen to a conversation with Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and educator Cathy Fink, as she reflects on the beginnings of her musical career in Canada during the early 1970s, busking and performing folk music in coffeehouses.

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