September 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.
August 2026
This summer marks the third year of our partnership with the KNN, as The Good Listening Project continues to capture voices across the Healthcare Graduate Education Continuum. Together, we are now creating the third volume of our collaborative anthology, with this year’s theme, The Poetry of Human Flourishing, exploring the experiences, values, and relationships that sustain those who care for others.
August 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.
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.
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)."
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.
February 2026
By Yvette Perry, PhD
The Good Listening Project facilitated the closing session of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland last November. Yvette Perry, Listener Poet and Health Equity Programs Lead, led the session: “Going Forward Together: Reflective Poetry as a Catalyst for Collective Action.”
February 2026
By Latasha Drax
In November 2025, I had the privilege of facilitating a customized workshop, “Listening Leaders: Building Rapport and Community by Listening,” for the Ready TECH Hire program. The workshop moved beyond traditional communication, exploring how holding space, solidarity, and the art of silence serve as essential tools for effective leadership.
February 2026
Congratulations to Certified Listener Poet Sailaja Devaguptapu, Cohort 2, for the publication of her poem “The Lonely Tidings,” which was published in PHRAME by SD Gupta School of Public Health, Indian Institute of Health Management Research University. The poem reflects the experiences shared by a palliative medicine physician.