February 19-21, 2026

The Good Listening Project attends several conferences this spring focused on graduate medical education, including The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)’s annual conference for medical educators.

March 4-6, 2026

The Good Listening Project attends several conferences this spring focused on graduate medical education, including The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)’s annual Residency Leadership Summit.

March 4-7, 2026

We’re excited to share that The Good Listening Project will have a table at the AWP Bookfair this March 4-7, 2026 in Baltimore. We’ll be connecting with the wider literary community, sharing our work, and highlighting books and voices from our Certified Listener Poet community.

April 8-11, 2026

We’re pleased to announce that our workshop proposal, “Holding Space for Caregivers through Poetry: A Workshop to Foster Compassionate Deep Listening” has been accepted for this year’s Health Humanities Consortium Conference, Health Justice: So it Goes?

April 15-19, 2026

We’re excited to announce that our workshop proposal, “Listen Like a Poet: The Transformative Power of Listening in Healthcare” has been accepted for this year’s National Association for Poetry Therapy 2026 Conference: Poetry as a Pathway to Peace.

February 2026

By Beck Klassen (they/them)

The Good Listening Project’s community and the work we do are constantly evolving. We’ve recently welcomed two graduates of CLP Cohort 11 to our Listener Poet team: Elizabeth Torres and Rebecca Wilson.

February 2026

By Yvette Perry, PhD

The Good Listening Project facilitated the closing session of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland last November. Yvette Perry, Listener Poet and Health Equity Programs Lead, led the session: “Going Forward Together: Reflective Poetry as a Catalyst for Collective Action.”

February 2026

Certified Listener Poet Sailaja Devaguptapu, Cohort 2, was invited and served as a judge for INVICTUS. She also served as a juror for Art Neureau 2025 organised by Intersecting Minds.

February 2026

By Latasha Drax

In November 2025, I had the privilege of facilitating a customized workshop, “Listening Leaders: Building Rapport and Community by Listening,” for the Ready TECH Hire program. The workshop moved beyond traditional communication, exploring how holding space, solidarity, and the art of silence serve as essential tools for effective leadership.

February 2026

Congratulations to Certified Listener Poet Sailaja Devaguptapu, Cohort 2, for the publication of her poem “The Lonely Tidings,” which was published in PHRAME by SD Gupta School of Public Health, Indian Institute of Health Management Research University. The poem reflects the experiences shared by a palliative medicine physician.

December 2025

In November we celebrated Certified Listener Poet Cohort 12, as we gathered for a beautiful Practicum reading filled with compassion, insight, and the quality of deep reflection that continues to shape this community. Congratulations to our newest Listener Poets!

December 2025

We’re proud to share that The Good Listening Project team recently attended the End Well Conference 2025 in Los Angeles – joining a rich convening of voices dedicated to how we live, how we die and how we care for one another. The conference brought together thought-leaders, clinicians, advocates and artists in a one-day exploration of truth, technology and transformation in end-of-life care. 

December 2025

By Kathryn West

Though The Good Listening Project (TGLP) and Grace House Akron weren’t designed with one another in mind, their new partnership makes it seem like they very well could have been. Their collaboration is just a few months old and already having an important impact on those involved.

December 2025

A new blog post by Kevin Dieter

CLP alum Kevin Dieter, M.D., FAAHPM, HMDC reflects on his meaningful connection with The Good Listening Project, beginning as a poemee at the 2023 AAHPM Annual Assembly, then completing Listener Poet training with Cohort 11 this summer, and recently volunteering as a poemee once again.

December 2025

By LaShaune Johnson

In October 2025, I participated in a panel celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Medieval/ Renaissance major at Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Massachusetts. During the panel, I was asked a question I’ve gotten a lot: How did a girl who grew up listening to hip hop end up as a Med/Ren major?

December 2025

A new blog post by Dylan Tweney

This summer, my friend Janne-Pekka Manninen, a Finnish journalist and photographer, began a three-month artist’s residency in Berlin. He invited me to follow along with his process as a sort of satellite contributor. Neither of us really knew what this collaboration would mean, except that he was inviting me to respond to his photography with poetry or writing.

December 2025

By Robert Minicucci

With the meteoric rise of artificial intelligence (AI), where does poetry fit in? How it is being influenced (or swayed) by the changing and growing digital environment we live in?

December 2025

Congratulations to Julie Jenson, a member of the Certified Listener Poet Cohort 8, who recently had two poems published in Indelible, Issue #9: Awakening.

November 2025

This collection brings together a unique intersection of narrative medicine, reflective practice, and poetic response. Centered on a live listening session between a practicing neurologist and a Certified Listener Poet, these poems were written by members of Cohort 11 of the Certified Listener Poet Course.

November 2025

Certified Listener Poet Cohort 12 is finishing their practicum and gearing up for their celebration, marking the close of a meaningful journey in listening and poetry. Cohort 13 kicks off in February 2026 with a new 1-week intensive format, offering an immersive introduction to the practice.