Narrative Mindworks member Eli Strzelecka has created an enterprise called “CONSPICUIS – Artificial Intelligence for Mental Health” - www.conspicuis.xyz.
"Poets Reading Poems by Other Poets" is a new series from Narrative Mindworks that bridges the worlds of creation and appreciation within the realm of poetry. Each episode features a poet or writer reading a favorite poem, offering unique readings and insights that illuminate the interconnectedness of the poetic community.
Meet some of your fellow Mindworks members doing incredible work in their communities and around the world. See how your community is actualizing narrative practice, helping heal and unite families, groups, patients and communities through the power of story.
A hospice chaplain/grief counselor and a pastor offer a first-hand and realistic depiction of death and dying
A Q & A with the Rev. Matt Holmes, who draws from two decades as a hospice chaplain, grief counselor, nurses’ aide, and emergency medical technician, and invites us to peer into the often-occulted dimensions of life’s endings. From bedsores to isolation to neglect to deep, desperate love, modern death’s characteristics are navigated here with insight, honesty, depth, and clarity. Following the sense of horror and humor evoked in each narrative are theopoetic and theological reflections from the Rev. Thomas R. Gaulke, PhD.
Join us as we welcome writer, narrative designer, and transmedia producer Emmett Furey to Narrative Mindworks, presenting his insightful series on the evolution of storytelling and its integral role in human development. Dive into "Narrative Evolution," an exploration that delves into how our species has harnessed the power of narrative to shape our perception of the world.
The Neuroscience of Consciousness: Humans’ subjective awareness of the world and our internal thoughts and feelings are what distinguish wakefulness from sleep or other unconscious states. A network of brain regions including the thalamus and brainstem – called the ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) – function together as the command center and are fundamental prerequisites for conscious awareness. Consciousness-making activities are determined by verbal, physical and visual stimuli interacting with the ARAS.
