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October 23, 2025
Ravenna Raven
TGLP has earned a 2025 Candid Gold Seal of ...

November 2025

As a nonprofit, we rely on our Candid profile to gather support and interest. Our Gold Seal enables potential partners and donors to easily find us, validate key facts, and learn about our mission and impact.

October 23, 2025
Conference
Ravenna Raven
The Good Listening Project Presents at VCU's ...

November 2025

The Good Listening Project was invited to present at VCU Health’s annual Good Grief Conference, which highlights the presence and impact of grief in health care spaces. Our session, “Listening Like a Poet: Practice for Meaning-Making and Resilience in Bereavement Care,” aligned beautifully with this year’s theme: resilience in relationships.

October 23, 2025
Certified Listener Poet
Ravenna Raven
Reflections from the Women in Medicine ...

November 2025

The Good Listening Project was honored to be part of the September Women in Medicine Conference at Hofstra University in NYC. Certified Listener Poet Cohort 7 alum Gray Davidson Carroll was on-site holding Listener Poet sessions with attendees.

October 20, 2025
Event
Ravenna Raven
"Listening Together" Poetry Reading Program

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Each anthology represents countless conversations between Listener Poets and the people they met in healthcare communities — moments of story, memory, and meaning transformed into poems.

September 28, 2025
Anthologies, Listener Poets, Project Spotlight, Publications, Conference
Ravenna Raven
TGLP at the KNN Conference: Poetry, Reflection, ...

October 2025

The Good Listening Project was honored to once again take part in the annual KNN conference in Minneapolis this year. We also shared copies of our newly published KNN Anthology: Stories of Residents & Fellows, which was available to all participants.

Jenny Hegland
July 28, 2021
What We're Reading, Article

What Jenny's Reading

Jenny Hegland
July 28, 2021
What We're Reading, Article

July 2021

Our second recommender, Listener Poet Jenny Hegland.

Tagged: 2021

Ravenna Raven
July 18, 2021
Event, Listener Poets

Typewriter Poets' Roundtable

Ravenna Raven
July 18, 2021
Event, Listener Poets

July 18, 2021

Listener Poets Yvette Perry and Frankie Abralind were featured guests at the Typewriter Poets' Roundtable.

Tagged: 2021

Yvette Perry {TGLP}
June 29, 2021
What We're Reading, Article

What Yvette's Reading

Yvette Perry {TGLP}
June 29, 2021
What We're Reading, Article

June 2021

Our first recommender, Listener Poet Yvette Perry.

Tagged: Yvette Perry, 2021

Ravenna Raven
May 26, 2021
Title Page

How can we listen?

Ravenna Raven
May 26, 2021
Title Page

Summer 2020

There are so many different reasons for listening. In this series, we’re presenting a range of inquiries as a way to think about how and why we listen, and how our intentions affect the experience.

Ravenna Raven
November 29, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

Listening to Love

Ravenna Raven
November 29, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

What happens when people feel supported?

Ravenna Raven
November 25, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

Listening to Humanize

Ravenna Raven
November 25, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

What happens when we thank someone for listening to us?

Ravenna Raven
November 23, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

Listening to Forgive

Ravenna Raven
November 23, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

What happens when we believe a person can change?

Ravenna Raven
November 10, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

Listening to Apologize

Ravenna Raven
November 10, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

What happens when we seek to understand?

Ravenna Raven
October 26, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

Listening to Hold

Ravenna Raven
October 26, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

What happens when we just hold space and listen?

Ravenna Raven
October 12, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

Listening to Witness

Ravenna Raven
October 12, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

What happens when we focus on the present?

Ravenna Raven
September 1, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

Listening to Expand Curiosity

Ravenna Raven
September 1, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

What happens when we listen with humility?

Ravenna Raven
August 12, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

Listening to Support Healing

Ravenna Raven
August 12, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

What happens when we ask: "Is there anything else on your mind?"

Ravenna Raven
July 23, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

Listening to Relate

Ravenna Raven
July 23, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

What happens when we reflect back what someone has said?

Ravenna Raven
July 20, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

Listening to Grow

Ravenna Raven
July 20, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

What happens when we ask thoughtful questions?

Ravenna Raven
July 14, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

Listening to Learn

Ravenna Raven
July 14, 2020
How Can We Listen, Article

What happens when we invite someone to talk?

Ravenna Raven
March 26, 2020
Event, Listener Poets

Good Listening for Times Like These

Ravenna Raven
March 26, 2020
Event, Listener Poets

March 26, 2020

We hosted this webinar about how good listening can help healthcare workers amid COVID-19 challenges.

Tagged: 2020

Ravenna Raven
September 25, 2019
Event, Listener Poets, Conference

The Mayo Clinic Transform Conference

Ravenna Raven
September 25, 2019
Event, Listener Poets, Conference

September 25-26, 2019

Frankie Abralind, Co-Founder of The Good Listening Project,talks about why and how to be a better listener.

Tagged: 2019

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