How can purpose help shape the way we provide care to ourselves and to the patients and communities we serve? In this episode of This Clinical Life, our host, Stephen Beeson, MD, sits down with cardiologist, healthcare leader, and best-selling author Jonathan Fisher, MD, FACC, to explore the impact of clinician well-being on patient care, the power…

From witnessing unprecedented levels of illness and suffering to dealing with high rates of fear, burnout, anxiety, and depression, healthcare workers have endured immense challenges over the last couple of years. In this episode of This Clinical Life, our host, Stephen Beeson, MD sits down with Beth Lown, MD, the Chief Medical Officer of The Schwa…

How can we leverage nursing research to foster a culture where nurses feel empowered and equipped to improve care delivery? In this episode of This Clinical Life, hosted by nurses for nurses, we’re joined by Marla J. Weston, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Lesly Kelly, PhD, RN, FAAN. Together, we’ll discuss the current state of nursing, explore the demographic …

In this episode of This Clinical Life, Stephen Beeson, MD sits down with Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, an esteemed oncologist, community builder, and prominent advocate for gender equity. Together, they will explore impactful strategies aimed at advancing gender equity in healthcare, and share tips to foster a collaborative and supportive environment to e…

Given the challenges facing healthcare, is it possible to enhance the human experience for both patients and providers while also addressing margin pressures and mitigating care team member burnout? In this episode of This Clinical Life, our host, Stephen Beeson, MD, sat down with Jason Wolf, PhD, CPXP, President and CEO of The Beryl Institute, to …

Does caring make a difference? In this episode of This Clinical Life, our host, Stephen Beeson, MD, sits down with Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH, a physician-scientist, professor, and best-selling author of Compassionomics and Wonder Drug, to explore the role of compassion and human connection in healthcare. In this discussion, they will cover a range …

Did you know that we tend to forget almost 80% of what we learn within 30 days? How do we offset this forgetting curve? In this episode of This Clinical Life, our host, Dr. Stephen Beeson, sits down with Dr. Resa Lewiss and Dr. Adaira Landry to explore how breaking down complex skills into bite-sized, easily-digestible pieces of information can tra…

In healthcare, leadership extends beyond decision-making. Now, more than ever, there is an immense need for healthcare leaders to engage teams, advance culture, and develop the skills required to retain clinical talent. In this episode of This Clinical Life, join Stephen Beeson, MD, and retired U.S. Army LTG Mark Hertling as they discuss the crucia…

While there has been considerable emphasis on improving the well-being of clinicians, there is much to be done to alleviate the stress and burnout experienced by the entire healthcare workforce. In this episode of This Clinical Life, we'll explore the importance of cultivating a work environment where everyone in healthcare feels safe to ask for he…

In this episode, Stephen Beeson, MD, and Bob Dent, DNP, RN, FAAN, discuss the significance of nurses in leadership roles and their profound impact on the quality of care delivery. How can nurse leaders continue to bring their clinical expertise, leadership skills, and ability to drive positive change in an ever-changing healthcare landscape? This e…

In this episode of This Clinical Life, we are joined by Mark Shapiro, MD, hospitalist and host of the amazing Explore the Space Podcast, as he shares personal stories about pursuing high-impact endeavors to fuel passion, reignite purpose, and support personal growth. Link to Ebook: https://practicingexcellence.com/ebook-bac/ Link to Dr. Shapiro's E…

How do we advance practical strategies and actions that address nurse workplace violence? How do we make it clear that violence should NOT be part of the job? In this for nurses, by nurses episode of This Clinical Life LIVE, we are joined by Britt DiNatale and Mel Cortez - nurse leaders supporting and advocating for the safety of nurses in the work…

Delivering clinical excellence for patients at a lower cost is one of the greatest challenges we are currently facing. In this episode, Jennifer Main Rutberg, MD, shares valuable insight on the importance of having clear and productive conversations about value-based care. This episode comes from a live recording. If you wish to join the conversati…

In this episode, Dr. Stephen Beeson sits down with Stephanie Abbott, Chief Experience Officer and CEO of Abbott Solutions, to discuss the importance of creating a frictionless care process and paying attention to the moments that transform and define the experience of patients. This episode comes from a live recording. If you wish to join the conve…

This episode features Chris Malone, founder and chairman of Fidelum Health, as well as coauthor of the award-winning book, The HUMAN Brand. Chris has a unique, outside-in perspective on creating patient trust, loyalty, and connection to health care organizations. With our host, Dr. Stephen Beeson, Chris shares valuable insight on how to achieve wid…

In this episode of This Clinical Life, Dr. Simmons shares stories about her search for meaning and the impact it has had on her life. Her story, for any clinician, provides a great framework for finding your "why medicine" again and leading a more fulfilling life. This episode comes from a live recording. If you wish to join the conversation live n…

This episode features Marla Weston, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, former CEO of the American Nurses Association. Join us as she shares her vision for the future of the nursing workforce and the big-picture thinking needed to get us there. This episode comes from a live recording. If you wish to join the conversation live next time, feel free to follow us on our…

Photo by aisvri on Unsplash I wonder. I mean, honestly, this morning, I have an image of Ukrainian grandmas on my mind. As I write this, as I say this, What would a benevolent world actually look like? It's been on my mind all week. This week has been interesting. I think what I came to at least for my own world is that a benevolent world would be …

It’s snowing lightly and the sun’s last glow is obscured by mist. My teenager is practicing cello in a small, quaint cabin nearby while I meander in the woods and along the lakefront, stopping briefly on the dock to see if I can see any stars emerging. I’m listening to a book by Iain McGilchrist called “The Master and His Emissary” and it’s in turn…

Welcome to another episode of Wild + Precious conversations — This week, a replay of our November 12, 2020 conversation with Lisa Richardson. This week I had a chance to speak for the first time with Lisa Richardson, a writer based in Pemberton, British Columbia. Lisa’s writing moves me. It would be wonderful if there were so much strategic plannin…

Wendy here: This is kind of scary to be honest. Welcome. To another episode of wild and precious conversations. An edited, abridged version of the podcast/video cast :) Yes, if you would like to actually look at someone very, very real, I uploaded this to YouTube. But let’s start with that quote, that's often miss attributed to Voltaire. “I disagre…

Invited to have a conversation about the book “The Dawn of Everything”, Jean Russell did her level best to stay on topic. :) I did not help, mostly because her life’s work on Thrivability is so compelling. A brief introduction of Jean: She has been passionate about co-creating a more thrivable world since 2007. <= How cool is that?!? What I find in…

Welcome to a world of collaboration, consent, intimacy and deep rich relationships based on trust! Erica Scott is a consent educator working hard to make consent culture a reality. I feel honored to share our converstaion with you. The book launch begins January 21, 2022, so I am going to make our show notes short this week, in order to get this ep…

Welcome! Wow — 2022. This week I am sharing a short 20 minute episode riffing on what I have learned about effortlessness over the past few days. Specifically, incorporating Julia Gillmor’s Facebook Livestream on Resistance and Russell Brand’s YouTube video on Laziness. Here is the script I read from for the podcast: Hi - Wendy here - welcome to an…

Cultivating Humility. Huge growth potential if you can get comfortable being uncomfortable. (And I would add, let’s make the uncomfortable place as welcoming and inviting as possible.) Joe Burgo’s website announced this course at the bottom of a blog post (as I recall). Marla Estes’ site was a humble outreach; I joined the class and am now an advoc…

Well, good morning! I recorded a new introduction to this, my second ever episode of this podcast. This morning as I was getting my coffee, I was overcome by a wave of hopelessness — things looked bleak. The hopelessness rises when things seem certain — and that’s when I remembered that the one thing we can count on is change and uncertainty. And t…

Recovery — Stephanie Bonastia is an intuitive eating coach who thought she could never feel sane around food — that she was “broken” and unfixable…what she discovered and what she shares in our conversation and in her practice is life changing and hope full. From her website: Life opens up to you. Creativity, passion, and purpose is a part of heali…

Good Enough — Welcome to a Wild and Precious conversation replay where I tell a story about a “Good Enough” life and give some ideas for how you can get one of your own. I forgot about using this photo. I needed one of me and took this with my phone as I was working. Why I look so surprised (and a little bemused, maybe?) For this week — as my young…

Response — Rebecca Hunter went to Fairy Creek to help in the kitchen. While there, she saw sadistic, cruel and unnecessary violence on the part of people whose sole job is to protect and serve. She saw this. Now what? That’s what we’re talking about in this two-part episode of Wild and Precious Conversations. This week we continue but focus on what…

Action — Rebecca Hunter went to Fairy Creek to help in the kitchen. The first morning there, RCMP raided the camp, arrested first only people of color (skipping over the young white women in the peaceful protest line) and wrecked havoc at the camp, taking pictures of their post-wrecking and lying to the public saying that the disarray was caused by…

Otherness: What happens when we are bullied, isolated, left out and “othered” — let’s learn how to heal that part of us so we can move into “Togetherness” I am so happy to have had a chance to talk with Dr. Stacee about her new book: The Healing Otherness Handbook. Our conversation goes from speaking about how to muck around in the compost of our l…

Sustainability: Andrea and I know each other from homeschool days — we’ve seen each other at our most unsustainable and we’re still friends. Andrea runs a {gorgeous} sustainable lifestyle magazine called Trend Privé, so that is how this conversation started… “The part that I think needs to be addressed is that it's totally okay to be overwhelmed an…

Organizing: We take on harm reduction, labour organizing, what happens if we succeed in dismantling capitalism, and why we need access to nature — Can we actually find labour that is not extractive but meaningful and fulfilling, and so. much. more! So…next time you’re at Thanksgiving Dinner, why don’t you ask around and find out a little more about…

Otherness: What happens when we are bullied, isolated, left out and “othered” — let’s learn how to heal that part of us so we can move into “Togetherness” New month, new podcast episode! I am so happy to have had a chance to talk with Dr. Stacee about her new book: The Healing Otherness Handbook. Our conversation goes from speaking about how to muc…

Flourish: To get to flourish, you start with learning how to care — for yourself, your work colleagues, your neighbour. This episode marks our return to podcasting. Season 2 let’s call it. Beginning in February, I needed to take a break due to a family situation. If you want to learn more, I have written about it here. Wild and Precious Conversatio…

Refresh: I know I needed a refresh this week and so I am delighted to share this conversation with Reena Friedman Watts: Entrepreneur, podcaster, mom of four kids, wife, coach, community grower, storytelling junkie. You’ll want to listen for the recurring chorus of fail better, keep doing your best, tell your story, your voice matters, shine on. Re…

Renwal: Our theme for the week led me to a new podcast series: “Loving the Unlovable” First up, a conversation with my sister, Tamara Brown. Her MA in Human Development is what got me to call her but it was our relationship as sisters that helped us talk about the unlovable. What makes us lovable? Why is that such a cringey question? My sister and …

Perception: It’s all in how you see — the angle, the lens, the depth. This week, we continue our conversation on family, immigration, vulnerability and beauty with Stan Smith, adjunct professor of social work at USC. You have to wait until the 37 minute mark to get there, but this is where we end up: “I think it's true. Family is beautiful. Not Jus…

Persist! It’s those little efforts we make that, over time, move mountains. Today I get to share the first part of a two part conversation with Stan Smith, social worker and adjunct professor of social work at USC (University of Southern California). So, awhile back, I asked Stan about children as possibly the most vulnerable members of our society…

Joy! This week, Anna Katarina and I speak about Rumour Mill, the band she created with Aline Daigle — and why you (we) should all sing, support live music, and music, music, music. Sing! Singing helps us move from our reactive (fight, flight, freeze or fawn) “lizard-brains” and into our grounded, responsive, fully-alive, fully-human selves. Singing…

Welcome to another episode of Wild and Precious Conversations. This week, a conversation with Dr. Jennie Barron, executive director of the Mir Center for Peace. Jennie spoke with me about her dissertation which is her research into urban orchards. Urban orchards is code, I found, for some awfully subversive ideas. Jennie unpacked these for me as on…

Welcome to another episode of Wild and Precious Conversations. This week, a conversation with Cam Brewer, lawyer, activist, author. I told Cam that we would be speaking about the commons. Ha. I planned to have this conversation and then put it out as a helpful adjunct to another couple conversations I am waiting to share with you about both our col…

Welcome to another episode of Wild and Precious Conversations. This week, I speak with David Hall, soon-to-be Registered Nurse specializing in Geriatrics. This week I had a chance to speak with my cousin, David Hall. Deciding to make a career chaing in midlife is one thing, becoming a registered nurse specializing in geriatrics is another. First, f…

Welcome to another episode of Wild and Precious Conversations. This week, I am introducing the idea of integrity. Due to a series of unfortunate events, which honestly included a trasnformer blowing up or catching fire (or something like that ) this week’s episode does not have a guest. But I think that’s exactly what needed to happen. Next week, w…

Welcome to another episode of Wild and Precious Conversations. This week, I speak with Lisa Richardson, writer. This week I had a chance to speak for the first time with Lisa Richardson, a writer based in Pemberton, British Columbia. Lisa’s writing moves me. It would be wonderful if there were so much strategic planning around this project that I c…

Welcome to another episode of Wild and Precious Conversations. This week, I speak with Jackie Tahara, licensed surface pattern designer, illustrator, and artist. This week feels really special because wild and precious conversations is again a real conversation! When I met Jackie Tahara years ago, she was a lawyer. Fast forward many years and she m…

Welcome to another episode of Wild and Precious Conversations. This week, I contemplate the power of the curse in our modern lives: The nocebo effect. This week, I have been contemplating the power of our words. There’s quite an industry dedicated to the idea that affirmations, positive thinking, and the like can make you rich, powerful, beautiful …

Welcome to another episode of Wild and Precious Conversations. This week, I introduce you to the FREE Science of Well Being class taught through Cousera by Dr. Laurie Santos at Yale. This week, I think Dr. Laurie Santos’ Yale course was on my mind as I contemplated Magic vs Science. I took her “Happiness Class” a few years ago when my family needed…

Welcome to another episode of Wild and Precious Conversations. This week, you have an assignment: either go and listen to Brene Brown’s Unlocking Us episode interviewing Emily and Amelia Nagosky, or sign up for my free Self Care First Aid Kit Course. This week I spent a good amount of time editing again — I will admit that I had gotten lazy, but a …

Welcome to another episode of Wild and Precious Conversations. This week contemplating happiness, as in why we should not strive for it. I tell the story of Nick Brown, who called “b******t” on a mathematical constant in positive psychology. This week I begin with the story of Nick Brown, a veteran IT guy who, after turning 50, changed into Human R…