“Narrative medicine is like water, it can seep into the cracks and heal and nurture,” -Laurie Kovens

Listen to the conversation with Narrative Mindworks member Temple West on her research into the parallel between how standardized patients and actual patients are treated, and her thoughts on the development of empathy in medical students.

Narrative Mindworks member Elizabeth Tracey, MS, and her colleagues at Johns Hopkins are doing groundbreaking work.

For many people and in many parts of the world it is spring. As the earth around us bursts into bloom and color, we thought of another type of rebirth, Dr. Oliver Sacks's "Awakenings."

In the November 1, 2023 issue of the Washington Post, Nitasha Tiku, Kevin Schaul, and Szu Yu Chen wrote an article entitled, This is How Image Generators See the World. The subtitle: These fake images reveal how AI amplifies our worst stereotypes.

Bringing narrative skills to women living in the shadow of uncertainty to help build community.

Bethesda Maryland, April 2, 2024. Amid the buzz of voices in the expansive lobby at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, people embrace in reunion. The space is filled with volunteers, sponsors, active military personnel, former patients, families, and artists coming together.

Emmett Furey, writer, designer, and transmedia producer, is the author of Narrative Evolution, a series about the evolution, semantics, and the discourse of narrative. http://emmettfurey.com/. Michelle Pauls and Tony Errichetti join him in the conversation about how participatory storytelling works to involve participants in the creation of live, interactive narratives. Follow the Narrative Evolution series on Narrative Mindworks.