August 2025
Dylan Klempner, a member of Certified Listener Poet Cohort 11, has launched Creative for Health – a newsletter and growing community space dedicated to the intersection of creativity and well-being.
Board Spotlight: Nancy Scherlong
August 2025
Nancy Scherlong, LCSW-R, CHHC, SEP, CP, PTR/CJT-CM, brings a deep well of experience – and heart – to The Good Listening Project’s Board of Directors. A psychotherapist, educator, and long-time expressive arts advocate, Nancy believes that “creative resonance” – the feeling of being seen or understood through art – is a “powerful complement to any healing process.”
The Other Revival by Salaam Green
August 2025
Salaam Green, an alum of the first cohort of the The Good Listening Project’s Certified Listener Poet course, has released a poetry collection. The Other Revival is a story of homecoming. This collection of poems revolves around a house built in Harpersville, Alabama in 1841. Thirty-nine people enslaved by Samuel Wallace, the owner of the property, constructed the house and worked the land.
Ravenna Raven’s Poetry Featured in "For the Soul" Exhibition
August 2025
Poet and educator Ravenna Raven was recently featured in For the Soul: A Group Exhibition in Seattle’s Pioneer Square. Curated by Geheim Gallery in partnership with Lion and Lamb Fine Art, the exhibition brought together 20 artists from across the country to explore a resonant question: What does the soul of your work look like?
Dr. Kevin Dieter, CLP Cohort 11, Shares End-of-Life Care Resource
Bringing Poetic Reflection to Medical Education: TGLP at NEOMED
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.