Dr. Davis explores the practical application of empathy. She highlights stories from her extensive research on empathy and how it is use to facilitate better practitioner-patient relationships to improve healthcare. She highlights how this is can be used to improve listening and relationships inside and out of schools.

Guest:
Dr. Carol Davis. Carol is an international lecturer and consultant and a respected author in rehabilitation literature. She is the author of Integrative Therapies in Rehabilitation, and Patient-Practitioner Interaction, both published by Slack Books, Inc., and several textbook chapters, many focusing on the science of energy medicine and complementary therapies. She has published over 30 articles in peer reviewed journals. Her areas of scholarly interest include educating students in the affective domain, particularly in professional interactions in health care, ethics, empathy , and using the self as a therapeutic presence with patients. In addition, she is interested in reading and translating for broad understanding fascia, biotensegrity and the essentials of quantum physics and how subatomic particles and vibration affect our physiology and cellular function.

To learn more about Dr. Davis, please visit:
https://freelyhuman.com/about-carol-davis/
https://www.youtube.com/@Drcmdavis
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Carol-M.-Davis/author/B000APLEKU?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1742664674&sr=1-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Please note the time stamps for podcast content:
4:00 - Concept - http://www.biotensegrity.com/
4:50 - Personal Story - What led to exploring Empathy?
8:50 - History - How Empathy was Taught Over Time
9:30 - Empathy Scale -
10:20 - Concept - Sympathy vs. Empathy
11:20 - Research - The Problem with Empathy (Stein)
12:30 - Concept - 3 Aspects of Empathy (Stein)
14:00 - Personal Story - Nursing Example with Empathy
18:40 - Concept - How to Teach Empathy?
23:30 - Concept - Transposal & Identification (Cognitive Problem Solving and Emotional Connection)
27:00 - Concept - Talking Transposal vs. Empathy in Schools
30:25 - Personal Story - Empathy Skills to Improve Relationships & Professional Effectiveness
37:30 - Concept - Common Barriers to Being Empathic
38:07 - Research - Mean 17.4 Minutes - Time Allocation in Primary Care Office Visits (Tai-Seale, 2007)
39:00 - Barrier to Empathy - Judgment vs. Perception
39:00 - Barrier to Empathy - Active Listening/Presence
39:00 - Barrier to Empathy - Curiosity and Questioning Dominant Cultures
41:00 - Barrier to Empathy - Copy Parental Interaction
41:00 - Barrier to Empathy - Hidden Bias
45:00 - Student Strategy - Raise Consciousness
47:30 - Personal Story - Awareness on Impact of Past Experiences
48:40 - Student Strategy - Explore Core Values
50:05 - Personal Story - Using Complex Stories to Explore Personal Values
53:30 - Parent Barrier to Empathy - Just Love
55:20 - Parent Barrier to Empathy - Practice Exploring the Experience of Others
63:00 - Book Recommendation - Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being - Niel Theise
68:00 - Book Recommendation - Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Paperback – Suzanne Simard
68:00 - Personal Practice - Contemplative Practice
71:00 - Book Recommendation - Yes, and: Daily Meditations - Richard Rohr
72:00 - Book Recommendation - Braiding Sweetgrass - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants - Robin Kimmerer


Special thanks to musical artists:
Psalm Trees: https://psalmtreesbeats.bandcamp.com/
Marysia Osu: https://marysiaosu.bandcamp.com/

To provide suggestions for new topics in future episodes, visit:
present-mind.org/podcast

ShowYouSuck talks about the power of curiosity . This episode continues conversations about different approaches to heal from trauma. She shares her story and explains how indigenous wisdom can be a guide to process difficult life experiences and help to live a richer emotional life.

Guest:
ShowYouSuck. Clinton Sandifer creates under the name ShowYouSuck. A Rapper/Producer/Performance artist, one half of the band Air Credits, based in Chicago who releases self produced music and videos on a regular basis via Bandcamp and Youtube. Show also hosts a monthly variety show at Subterranean called the Dream Blunt Rotation, every last Wednesday of the month.

To learn more about ShowYouSuck, please visit:
https://showyousuck.bandcamp.com/

Please note the time stamps for podcast content:
2:44 - Concept - Creativity in Life
4:50 - Personal Story - Personal Stories on Creativity
10:00 - Concept - Just Saying Yes
10:40 - Study - Creativity and Wellbeing: A Meta Analysis (Acar et al., 2020)
11:00 - Concept - Everyone Needs to Make Things
14:15 - Concept - What is Your Creative Process Like?
14:20 - Book - Flow (Csikszentmihalyi, 2008)
18:45 - Study - Creativity in Everyday Life (Cropley, 1990)
19:30 - Concept - Everyday Creativity
22:00 - Study - Being Creative Makes You Happier (Tan et al., 2021)
22:45 - Student Idea - Don't Fixate on Finishing a Thing
23:45 - Student Idea - Learn to Tinker
25:40 - Concept - Process in an Outcomes Driven Culture
29:30 - Concept - Enjoying the Process
35:30 - Concept - You Dont Control the Outcome, Only the Process
45:15 - Story - Where to Push Yourself Creatively
45:50 - Personal Strategy - Creating a Comfortable Space


Special thanks to musical artists:
Psalm Trees: https://psalmtreesbeats.bandcamp.com/
ShowYouSuck: https://showyousuck.bandcamp.com/

To provide suggestions for new topics in future episodes, visit:
present-mind.org/podcast

Mairead talks about the power of curiosity . This episode continues conversations about different approaches to heal from trauma. She shares her story and explains how indigenous wisdom can be a guide to process difficult life experiences and help to live a richer emotional life.

Guest:
Mairead Ashcroft. Art Therapist. Counselor. Nature Lover. Mairead uses compassion to support others who have experienced similar challenging life events resulting in Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Mairead has dedicated many years of study on the effects of trauma on the brain and body, enhancing her counselling, art therapy and life coaching practice and her approach to recovery. Mairead participated in changing Australian laws by speaking in Parliament during the Victorian Inquiry 2011, and Australian Royal Commission into institutional responses into childhood sexual abuse 2014. In 2012 Mairead was awarded and Inspirational Woman’s Award by the Hobson’s Bay City Council in the area of childhood sexual abuse and domestic violence advocacy. Mairead and her adorable side kick, Moon Shadow the Therapy Dog are friendly faces in their hometown of Altona, Melbourne.

To learn more about Mairead or somatic bathing, please visit:
www.artoflifewithmairead.com
www.artoflifewithmairead.blogspot.com.au

Please note the time stamps for podcast content:
5:00 - Concept - Trauma and Protecting From Feeling
8:30 - Concept - Openness and Healing
9:30 - Story - Personal Experience of Trauma
13:00 - Concept - Replacing Judgment with Curiosity
14:30 - Example - Reframing Judgment to Curiosity around Trauma
19:30 - Idea - Strategies to Let Go of Judgement
22:00 - Strategy - Mindfulness
24:00 - Idea - Openness to Experience
28:00 - Idea - Power of Circles in the Healing Process
34:00 - Strategy - Use of Circles from Art of Life and Curiosity
39:00 - Idea - Connecting Circles, Mindfulness, and Curiosity related to Trauma
42:00 - Idea - Applying Curiosity and Taking Risk in Life
49:00 - Idea - Expressing Emotion and Full Range of Emotional Experience
50:00 - Strategies - Don't Do Everything on your Own
57:00 - Strategies - Power of Listening
60:00 - Quote - People don't really listen. They just wait for their turn to talk. -Chuck Palahnuik.
62:00 - Strategies - Listen, Dont Fix. Allow space for feelings.
64:00 - Idea - Prioritizing a Full Range of Feeling
65:00 - Book - The Emotional Lives of Teenagers - Lisa Damour
67:33 - Research - How trait curiosity influences psychological well-being and emotional exhaustion - Wang & Lei, 2015
70:00 - Concept - Curiosity in Turbulent Times
78:00 - Strategies - Look for People You Want to Emulate and Learn From
86:00 - Personal Strategy - Art!


Special thanks to musical artists:
Psalm Trees: https://psalmtreesbeats.bandcamp.com/
Zendo: https://zendobeats.bandcamp.com/

To provide suggestions for new topics in future episodes, visit:
present-mind.org/podcast