May 2026
By Yvette Perry, PhD
This session, “Holding Space for Caregivers through Poetry: A Workshop to Foster Compassionate Deep Listening,” addressed the conference theme ("Health Justice: So it Goes?") by amplifying the voices—often unheard—of informal caregivers within the health care system.
May 2026
By Kathryn West
It is often the case that a person’s first encounter with The Good Listening Project (TGLP) feels more like a happy twist of fate than an inevitability. This was certainly true for Marius Birlea, MD, of University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus; he first came to know TGLP by chance during the difficulty, stress, and uncertainty of COVID-19’s early days.
May 2025
By Geva Thole
Patients in Emplify Health’s Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit are often there because they’ve lost touch with themselves. Some need to reconnect with their values. Others are trying to forgive themselves or contend with a difficult diagnosis. No matter the issue, participating in a Listener Poet session has shown to be helpful.
May 2025
Congratulations to Sailaja Devaguptapu, a member of the Certified Listener Poet Cohort 2, whose poem "The Falling Leaves The Growing Tree" is featured on the cover of Soul Connection, a quarterly multilingual literary magazine by Guwahati Grand Poetry Festival. Be sure to spend a moment with her beautiful, transformative poetry.
March 2025
By Robert Minicucci
“Palliatively Speaking” Host Toby Campbell, MD, speaks to clinicians from all parts of palliative care—physicians, nurses, social workers, scientists, and chaplains. His guests bring guests—a great unexpected switch up that makes for a more interesting conversation. I felt a part of the conversation, as if his guest was speaking to me directly.
March 2025
Certified Listener Poet Erin FitzGerald, Cohort 9, invoked The Good Listening Project in a recent AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine) self care forum, in which she led palliative experts through a breathing exercise and reflection, and introduced the concept of generous listening.