July 2025
Jenny Hegland and Yvette Perry delivered a workshop to medical school faculty at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) in Rootstown, Ohio in May.
Where Poetry Meets Advocacy: The Blood Project features Dr. Julia McDonald's "Teenager Again"
July 2025
A poem by Certified Listener Poet Cohort 9 Alum, Dr. Julia McDonald, is now part of the educational offerings available through The Blood Project (TBP). The mission of TBP is to cultivate a deeper understanding of blood disorders for clinicians through modules, tutorials, and the humanities.
Welcoming Our New Board Members – Exciting Leadership Ahead!
CLP Cohort 11’s Nicole (Nix) Demos Publishes "Not a Burden Just Me"
TGLP Brings Essential Listening to NAF’s Annual Conference
June 2025
Listener Poets Dr. Julia McDonald and Dr. Erin FitzGerald representing The Good Listening Project (TGLP) offered a powerful presence at a recent national healthcare conference by facilitating in-person listening sessions. Many shared that TGLP’s focus on provider wellness and resilience filled a much-needed gap in the conference experience.
What You Will Call Me: Centering the Sickle Cell Experience
June 2025
By Ingrid Berg
A poem by Yvette Perry, TGLP Listener Poet was featured as part of an ethics education event for a large healthcare organization on April 29, 2025. “Living With Sickle Cell Disease” was the theme of the Spring 2025 “Ethics on the Big Screen” presentation held at the Benson Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska, sponsored by CommonSpirit.
Hysteriography by Dr. Julia McDonald
MHHJ's Poetic Health Justice: A Voice to Cancer Lore
Welcoming Our New Development Partners: The Olympia Collective
Listening to Heal: How Poetry Enhances Clinical Practice in Behavioral Health Settings
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.
Congratulations to Sailaja Devaguptapu
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.
The Cedars-Sinai Community Honors Henrietta Lacks' Legacy
"Our Why" Poetry Reading for the American Cancer Society's Patient Support Team
Bringing Poetry To MIT
Listening for Justice: TGLP’s Elizabeth Pringle Directs The Laramie Project
"Find Folks Who Will Step Out Of Meetings To Hear You Cry"
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.
“Bringing together our listening hearts”
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.