Highlights

Member's blog series, headlines and happenings in the world of narrative practices.

Must Love Dogs: How a Designer’s Devotion to Canines Fuels a Life of Purpose and Creativity

Jen Rarey blends her passion for dogs with powerful storytelling and design—partnering with veterinary practices, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations to create meaningful, emotionally resonant work.

“It’s Not Your Fault”: The Power of Being Seen

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.

Storytime Meets Story Care: How Advocate Children’s Hospital and Chicago Libraries Are Advancing Pediatric Literacy

“Reading is a Right,” that’s the idea at the heart of a pioneering partnership between Advocate Children’s Hospital (ACH) and Chicago-area suburban libraries.

RX, a Poem: How One Doctor Prescribed Listening, Empathy—and a Poem

RX, a Poem: How One Doctor Prescribed Listening, Empathy—and a Poem

When Tracie LaNier, a social worker in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Advocate Health, lost her brother, Clayton Henderson, 64, in an unexpected death earlier this year, support came from a source she hadn’t anticipated: the members of the hospital system’s Narrative Medicine program team.

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What The Far Side Taught Me About Belonging in Science

Perpetually late to the game, I was watching The Crown on my laptop Friday night, the wonderful episode set in the summer of 1969, when astronauts landed on the moon. While the world gazed into the heavens, series creator Peter Morgan looked around here on Earth and asked, What does it all mean?

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