Portfolio of Impact

From Presence to Impact
How Creative Engagement Transforms Care and Community
Real Stories, Real Change: The Measurable Outcomes of Our Work
Explore a collection of innovative projects that bring The Good Listening Project’s mission to life. From hospital-based poetry collections to reflective storytelling workshops and creative installations, each initiative demonstrates the power of listening and poetic reflection in real-world settings.
These projects span diverse healthcare and community environments – designed to alleviate burnout, uplift marginalized voices, and cultivate cultures of empathy and presence.
Scroll through the stories below to see how listening becomes art, and poetry becomes a catalyst for connection, healing, and meaningful change.
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.
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.
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.
June 2025
This volume uplifts the lived experiences of people with uteruses (and those who love them) through poetry that is unapologetically honest, moving, and needed.
March 2025
On Friday, March 28th, Cedars-Sinai hosted the Henrietta Lacks Symposium, a special event that also highlighted the release of a new anthology featuring poems by Listener Poets from The Good Listening Project (TGLP).
March 2025
On March 20th, The Good Listening Project (TGLP) had the honor of hosting Our Why, a poetry reading and story showcase for the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) Patient Support Team.
September 2022
By Frankie Abralind
Medical students are hungry for the humanities. Unfortunately, it’s not commonly included in their learning curricula. One professor, Dr. Dawn Schocken, DNP, is changing that.
April 2022
Reflections on the presentation: “The Poetry of Good Listening: Implications for Undergraduate Medical Education from Voices Across Academic Medicine.”
April 2022
Reflections on our half-day leadership workshop with the Cambia Sojourns Scholars Community.
Summer 2021
We partnered with the Neurology Wellness Committee at CU Anschutz to deliver our newest signature program: Brave Conversations. Here, we share more about the program, along with highlights from our work at CU Anschutz.
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