Contributing Columnist | Kayla (Isaac) Branstetter - English Instructor at Crowder College, TEDx Speaker, Writer, Artist, and Women’s Activist. Kayla discusses the critical importance of empathy in healthcare, drawing from personal experiences to illustrate how understanding patients' perspectives can improve care and human connection.
Meet Dr. David Thoele: A pediatric cardiologist who bikes 25 miles daily to work, Dr. Thoele is also a leader in narrative medicine. Through his innovative 3-Minute Mental Makeover, he empowers patients, families, and healthcare providers to manage stress and foster empathy through storytelling. Read more about his journey and how narrative medicine shapes his practice.
Please join The Simulationists and Narrative Mindworks for close listening, discussion, and free writing to a new work by Loie Rawding, who will read her lyrical essay Star Days.
Members only event: Please join us on Wednesday, October 16th, 4pm Pacific-7pm Eastern, for the this co-sponsored Mindworks Chat.
Narrative Medicine Bridging Divides: Cultivating Empathy, Connection and Healing
Members only event: Please join us on October 15th, 5-6pm EDT, for the next Mindworks Chat.
Listen to a conversation with Nancy Scherlong LCSW, Psychotherapist, Coach about her work as narrative therapist.
Listen a conversation with Aaren Yeatts Perry the president of Education Action Resources and poet and creative writing teacher for 20 years.
- The Body in Question Part 1: The Female Gaze: Beauty, Power and Resistance on the Walls of Naples
- Mindworks Chat | Sept 24th | Exploring the Assumptions of Narrative Medicine (Concluded)
- Re-Authoring: Nurse, Writer & Consultant Helps Nurse Leaders Explore and Redefine Their Own Narratives of Healing
- Ode to a Medical Student, Narrative Medicine Scholar, and Award-Winning Poet
