In this episode of Mindworks in Conversation, Emily Akins—editorial director at Hallmark and creator of The Beginning of Your Life Book Club and Substack—explore the enduring magic of picture books and their surprising emotional power for readers of all ages.
A simple trip to the dentist becomes a powerful example of narrative practice in action — showing how empathy, listening, and four small words can lift the burden of illness and change an entire experience.
Listen to a conversation with Ssanyu Birigwa—healer, educator, and founder of Narrative Bridge, LLC—about what it means to pursue wholeness in a world that often feels divided.
Join Tony Errichetti, PhD, as he speaks with Amelia Wallace, President-Elect of ASPE and a leader in simulation-based education. Amelia shares how her background in opera, cognitive theory, and simulation fuels her approach to training Standardized Patients (SPs) as active participants and perceptive observers—not just passive actors.
This conversation with Shannon Ivey, MFA, centers on her experience as a cancer survivor, solo parent, and storyteller—focusing on how humor, narrative, and self-advocacy shaped her medical journey.
In this Mindworks in Conversation episode, Cathy Smith, PhD, shares lessons from her decades of work in simulation-based healthcare education—specifically around training and standardizing simulated participants (SPs).
- Storytime Meets Story Care: How Advocate Children’s Hospital and Chicago Libraries Are Advancing Pediatric Literacy
- RX, a Poem: How One Doctor Prescribed Listening, Empathy—and a Poem
- Mindworks Chat - Can Empathy Be Taught? Featuring Andre Lijoi, MD and Elizabeth Tracey, MS
- Mindworks in Conversation featuring Jonathan Chou | Narrative Practice, Memory, and Language
