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.
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).
In this episode of Mindworks in Conversation, psychiatrist, poet, and USC Narrative Medicine faculty member Jonathan Chou shares how writing his award-winning poetry collection Resemblance helped him explore identity, diaspora, and the emotional complexities of history and memory.
Discover how narrative practice, medical humanities, and ethical storytelling shape Amanda Caleb’s work - bridging history, healthcare, and human connection - in this insightful Mindworks in Conversation episode.
Discover how narrative practice gave new life to Rita Basuray’s lifelong passion for visual art.
Discover how narrative practice and poetry help Maya Sorini, MD, navigate pain, memory, and the moral complexity of medicine in this powerful Mindworks in Conversation episode.
Marissa Spear brings a tapestry of experiences to narrative practice—she’s a writer with a disability historian, YA author, program evaluator, and former dancer from Northwest Arkansas. Her journey has been shaped by personal illness, political inquiry, academic research, a deep embodied commitment to health justice, cultural storytelling, and the radical possibilities of narrative.
