SPIRITUALITY AND MEDICINE
An award winning author and primary care physician explains why her English and poetry classes were more relevant to her clinical work than her science classes.
A Stanford physician and his oncologist explore the nuances of hope and the value of spiritual practice in the context of a Stage IV lung cancer diagnosis.
A gerontologist and New York Times best-selling author plots a path toward more joyful aging — one rich with renewal, connection, and purpose.
A third-generation family physician and fellow at Duke Divinity school’s Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative shares a first-hand experience with facing the difficult question – What does it mean to willingly receive the suffering of someone which you cannot fix?
A world expert in social ecology and well-being explains why novel experiences that bring both positive and negative emotions are a key ingredient to a fulfilling life.
Harvard’s humanist chaplain provides a non-religious framework for meaning making and illustrates how technology has become a religion of its own.
A hospitalist, palliative care physician, and professor at Duke Divinity School advocates for recentering medicine on a fundamental question: “What is Good?”
A hospice chaplain and author discusses how she helps patients navigate through the “spiritual work of dying”—and shares lessons learned on suffering, pride, redemption, regret, and hope.
A writer and literary critic shares what we can all learn about purposeful rest and reflection from the tradition of the Sabbath.
A leading ICU physician and writer shares his fight to restore humanity in the ICU by “finding the person in the patient, using touch first and technology second.”