For Our Future:

Storylistening for Humanizing Healthcare

 

Give the Gift of Listening

We are so grateful to be able to provide innovative emotional support projects serving healthcare communities.

Passionate and dedicated donors have funded many of these projects, creating a platform to share stories of equitable access & care, holistic & compassionate health, and flourishing for all.

Thank you for considering becoming a donor this year!

Thank you!

We are so grateful to all of our donors, supporters, and event sponsors. We wouldn’t be having anywhere near as much impact without your support.

As a thank you, we are excited to present a “Poem for Our Future,” which is a curation of our community’s shared hopes for the future of healthcare. Enjoy!

Image is an excerpt from the “Poem for Our Future”

Click to read the full version!

Gift a Listener Poet Session

Listener Poet Session & Custom Poem
$150.00 $195.00

Gift someone a 20-minute one-on-one conversation with a trained Listener Poet. After the session, they’ll receive a personalized poem inspired by what they shared – a thoughtful reflection and lasting keepsake.

How It Works:

  1. Purchase the gift session.
    Complete your payment online.

  2. Receive the digital gift certificate.
    You’ll get an email within 24 hours of your purchase with a downloadable gift certificate that includes simple scheduling instructions.

  3. Share the gift.
    Email or print the certificate to give to your recipient.

  4. They schedule their session.
    The recipient uses the provided link to book a 20-minute conversation at a time that works for them (via phone or Zoom).

  5. They receive their personalized poem.
    After the session, the Listener Poet crafts and sends a custom poem inspired by their story.

Please note: Gift session pricing is for individual use only and does not apply to organizational or group programs.

Your purchase directly supports the work of our trained Listener Poets and furthers the mission of our nonprofit – bringing healing, creativity, and connection to caregivers and healthcare communities.

Shop Our Anthologies

 

Browse our curated collections of poems for healthcare communities to share and support the work of good listening.

 

Why We Listen

 
“I really appreciated your deep heartfelt listening. I rarely feel that heard. The poem is such a vivid reminder of that interaction.”
— Cardiac Nurse
 
“I thought it was very valuable to have a space that gave me the chance to think and talk about something that really mattered to me.

I ended up talking about something that has been on my mind for months. Something I haven’t been able to verbalize, or haven’t allowed myself to give words to before.”
— Healthcare Staff
 
“I’m 50, and that was the first time I’ve ever felt heard.”
— Healthcare Staff
 
“You are such a fine listener, and I am taken aback by your careful recollections of what I said to you.

You truly captured the essence of my grief and the events that tumbled in and became a part of it, too. Your poem is tender and a comfort.”
— Patient
 
 
 
 

Connect with us

 

If you have questions or if you would like to support good listening in your healthcare community, we would love to hear from you.

Contact us
 
 
 

Become a Sponsor for Good Listening

 

Our annual Just Poetry for Health Equity fundraising events bring an audience of donors, healthcare leaders, and others who are committed to systemic change through arts & healing interventions. As an organizational sponsor, here’s how your generous support will be reflected at our events:

 

$1,000

Organizational Level I. We’ll gratefully add your organization’s name and logo on the event page of our website.

$2,500

Organizational Level II. We’ll feature your organization’s name and logo on our event page, plus announce your generous support during the event.

$5,000

Organizational Level III. In addition to featuring your organization on our event page and announcing your sponsorship during the event, we’ll post about you on our Instagram and acknowledge your organization in our 1,000+ subscriber newsletter.

Download the Sponsorship Packet PDF

Connect with us

 

If you have questions or would like to support good listening in your healthcare community, we would love to hear from you.

 

 The Kent Wosepka Innovation Fund

 
 
 

Kent Wosepka had an enormous creative and financial impact on The Good Listening Project (TGLP) before his passing in 2021.

A talented artist himself, he became enthralled by our mission after making a pilgrimage to the art- and community-focused Burning Man in 2018 and connecting with our executive director, a family friend. Frankie had also attended the event and was returning home with the inspiration to found TGLP. 

Kent became our very first board member, treasurer, mentor, and biggest cheerleader. He was  also our most generous individual donor to date.

One person really can make a lasting difference. Kent had been a banker, but he was so much more; he imbued his humanizing spirit of warmth and friendly enthusiasm throughout our organization. We are grateful to Kent for how he helped us become the strong, effective force for wellbeing that we are today.

We’re writing to invite you to help establish a memorial fund in Kent’s honor. 

Every year since our founding, Kent donated to support our work. His annual donations impacted nearly all of our early innovation, including early experimentation with our small group Brave Conversations sessions, as well as our popular Certified Listener Poets course. These innovative investments produced what have now become our core programming. 

 
““I listen for a living as a therapist, and I was surprised by the power of the listening and seeing what I said reflected back to me.””
— Brave Conversation Participant, 2022
 

Growth goes hand in hand with exploration. Kent’s belief in TGLP allowed us to add new members to our team even before we had regular programming revenues to fund them. That trust in TGLP’s vision brought us a world-class, cohesive team, which has only gotten stronger over the years.

TGLP is an innovative nonprofit operating at the intersection of compassionate presence and poetry. We listen to nurses, doctors, social workers, and others on the front lines of the healthcare world, then write poems for them and facilitate their connecting conversations with each other. 

As a 501(c)(3), we rely on the generosity of people like Kent, who share our passionate belief that good listening is healing. 

This year, in Kent’s honor, we’re launching the Kent Wosepka Innovation Fund to help continue his legacy. Our goal is to raise $25,000 by February 28th (the birthday Kent shared with TGLP’s executive director, Frankie). Your support towards this fund gives hope for healthier, more sustainable healthcare systems everywhere.

We hope you’ll consider joining us with an annual donation below.