Personal Reflections Illness & Care
Chaplaincy and Not Knowing
Having worked as a registered nurse for decades, Cheryl Barnes-Neff says chaplaincy taught her that there’s more to patient care than having all the right answers.
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Personal Reflections Illness & Care
Inviting Everything into the Room
A palliative care physician reflects on how his Buddhist practice has transformed his ability to accompany patients through illness and death.
Pretending to Be Sick
Illness and awakening in The Sutra That Vimalakirti Speaks
Harvard’s Chan School Opens Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health
New center will pursue evidence-based approaches to improve health and well-being through mindfulness
Mindfulness for Teens Today
A spotlight on two programs offering different approaches to mindfulness training amid a soaring mental health crisis
The Many Flavors of Grief
Buddhist hospice founder Frank Ostaseski talks with media scholar Bernhard Poerksen about the invisibility of death and the virtualization of dying in the pandemic.
Deepening Our Resolve
Three years into the challenges of life during a pandemic, a chapter from the Diamond Sutra offers light and guidance.
A Reciprocity of Presence
While investigating how psilocybin can support healthcare workers experiencing burnout from the pandemic, a palliative care physician discovers another mode of healing: being present.
‘The Same Storm’: A Lockdown Look Back
The film, shot on iPhones and laptops in the early days of the pandemic, goes further than simply expressing our interconnection.
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