People Before Patients

An important read for anyone in the practice of supporting patients: The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine "The profession of medicine is being pushed and pulled into new areas, both by its technology and by the demands of its patients. Attempting to understand what suffering is and how physicians might truly be devoted to its relief will require that medicine and its critics overcome the dichotomy between mind and body, and the associated dichotomies between subjective and objective, and between person and object." Full article here: https://lnkd.in/gGw7pGUS

Does your life feel beautiful?   In September 2024, we continue our Growing Through What you Go Through journey into the Experience of BEAUTY.    In a world that often feels mired in difficulty, conflict and separation, how do we invite the experience of that which is good, true, and beautiful? This is an opportunity to come back home to the intrinsic richness that is all around us and to re-discover the vibrancy of life.    Beauty can open us to a deep well of expression and self-awareness. It is the heartbeat of our longing for a world that makes sense and the canvas of our lives. What does the picture of your life look and feel like?   JOIN US as we take a deep dive into the aesthetics of our experience and begin to re-see the extraordinary amidst the ordinary.    Sessions begin on September 9th at 12 pm EDT and take place twice per week.  https://lnkd.in/geAAtnHz

Health through a broad ecological lens - courtesy of Nora Bateson.

Time well spent: https://lnkd.in/g5nuxVEz

We're sharing some key health care Insights from the paper: Development in Progress authored by The Consilience Project and published on July 16, 2024. The article explores current and a renewed way of sensemaking around progress. It stresses how critical our ideas around progress are given how much it shapes our behaviour and outlook and the subsequent impacts on our individual, collective and planetary health. It imagines a world where we enlarge the progress narrative and tap into a deeper capacity for human wisdom and maturity. Part 1 of the paper explores the unconsidered side effects of our progress narrative. It cites several inventions that had negative health consequences far beyond what was considered at conception.  The parameters of how we understand solving problems creates a cascade of new and sometimes more wicked problems. “Not all change is progress […] Progress worth believing in—progress that is really about increasing betterment, increasing the goodness in the world—must still be able to be considered “good” once it has taken account of all perspectives and externalities.” The paper references the increase in global life expectancy as an example and provides a wider context on the price we have paid in quality of life for this change: “While life expectancy has increased over the last two hundred years of industrial growth, we have simultaneously toxified the environment, eradicated countless other species, and vastly increased the unnatural disease burden globally.” Part 2 of the paper focuses on how we can mature our idea of progress and step out of the failure traps that accompany narrow definitions of progress. The following are highlighted as some of the ways we can expand our sensemaking around progress: -Doing a better job of forecasting the consequences of our actions. Taking a meta view and understanding the nth order effects of our actions. “Yellow teaming”. -Regulatory frameworks that reflect the scale and potential impact of modern technological inventions. -Designing for human betterment – creating positive externalities. Focusing on synergistic designs that address multiple needs at the same time. -Becoming more oriented to complexities and mutually interacting points of view (1st, 2nd and 3rd person perspectives). -Renewing our sense of deep connection to one another (inter-being) and addressing our feelings of separation. -Developing a healthy optimism that blends hopefulness and discernment. We encourage you to read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/e_cxEurb

Yesterday was our inaugural Basecamp gathering of health practitioners. We explored the question: What do we mean by practice? Some things that we discovered together: -Practice straddles the disciplines of art and science -Practice can be like a canvas and a rich palette of colors -Time can feel like the enemy of practice -Healing is in a very intimate relationship to creating If you are in health care practice and would like to experience a refuge dedicated to cultivating deep wisdom and insight through togetherness, please reach out to our Founding Director Mark Stolow.

What would a conflict-free life feel like?   Life can weigh heavily upon us, especially during adversity. Our habitual or primal responses often compound the challenges we face. But what if we could meet adversity with an unwavering smile? Let's meet on the path of unconditional lightheartedness, even amidst life's most daunting moments. In August we continue our Growing Through What You Go Through journey as we explore the experience of LIGHTHEARTEDNESS led by our somatic wisdom wizard Brian Trzaskos. What would it feel like if your body-mind was more deeply attuned to feeling of at-ease-ness and life didn’t feel like a series of hurdles to overcome? REGISTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/geJ6s-QX

In truly nourishing conversations, you may not even remember what you talked about, only how it felt. It felt like we were in some place your body can't visit, some place with no ceiling and no walls and no floor and no boundaries. If you crave rich and thought-provoking conversations and deeper connections - join us.

When was the last time you had a more beautiful conversation?   We are many months into the Fireside Chats experience and what we have collectively noticed is that people are hungry for meaningful spaces to share and explore that are free of judgment and draw from our collective wisdom. Fireside Chats began with the intention of holding space for the discovery of the beauty in being more in tune with ourselves and each other. If you are curious to experience time by the fire, simply respond YES to this message in the comments and we will send you an invitation to join us. Fireside Chats take place via Zoom every two weeks on Wednesdays at 12 pm EDT. Our next session is July 24th. All members of our LinkedIn community are welcome to join.

Living in memory. Living in fantasy. Living in the presence. What's the difference? Find out next Monday July 8th at 12 pm EDT: https://lnkd.in/giUTW9Re