September 25-26, 2019
Frankie Abralind, Co-Founder of The Good Listening Project,talks about why and how to be a better listener.
Poetry Reading
Ravenna Raven
July 2026
What can deep listening and poetry reveal about flourishing that ordinary conversation cannot? Learners, Listener Poets, and members of the Kern National Network for Flourishing in Health (KNN) community will join together for an evening of poetry in the KNN FOREST where we explore this question together.
Certified Listener Poet
Ravenna Raven
July 2026
Since January of this year, Certified Listener Poet alum Anne Marie Wells (Cohort 9) has been putting her Listener Poet skills to good use in collaboration with a project called "Conceptualizing 'The Patient Voice' in Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)."
Certified Listener Poet, Publications
Ravenna Raven
July 2026
The following poem and story is an excerpt from the book See Us, Know Us; Profiles of Disability by Jennifer Chassman Browne, Certified Listener Poet Cohort 10 alum, forthcoming in October 2026. This book contains profiles of 30 people with disabilities. Each profile contains a portrait, a narrative biography, and an origin story and poem.
Certified Listener Poet, Conference
Ravenna Raven
June 2026
We’re delighted to share that The Good Listening Project presented our workshop, "Listen Like a Poet: The Transformative Power of Listening in Healthcare," at the 2026 National Association for Poetry Therapy (NAPT) Conference in Chicago, facilitated by Listener Poets Nancy S. Scherlong, Leigh Finnegan-Hosey, and Ravenna Raven.
Certified Listener Poet, Program Spotlight, Project Spotlight
Ravenna Raven
June 2026
Listener Poet Joseph M. Jablonski, Cohort 1 alum, had the opportunity to sit with LoudounNow photojournalist Douglas Graham through the Inova Schar Cancer Arts and Healing Program, at the newest location for our longest-standing partnership offering in-person listening sessions.