About this episode

This episode explores how poetry and community care can address moral distress in healthcare through a conversation with Dr. Anu Gorukanti and Laura Holford.

What happens when a nurse and a pediatrician decide that the antidote to moral distress might be poetry, circles, and the Artist's Way? In this episode, I sit down with Laura Holford, RN and Dr. Anu Gorukanti, co-founders of Introspective Spaces, to talk about contemplative practice, community care, and what it actually looks like to bring your whole weird human self to work. We get into activism, interfaith community, blackout poetry in the NICU, and why creativity isn't a luxury — it's an ethical necessity. This one lit a little firework show in my brain, and I think it might do the same for you. Connect with our guests: https://www.introspectivespaces.com https://www.instagram.com/introspectivespaces/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/introspectivespaces/ Learn more about Hippocratic Collective: https://hippocraticcollective.org/ Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd

People in this episode

Host: Joan Chan

Guests: Dr. Anu Gorukanti, Laura Holford

Topics covered

• moral distress
• poetry
• community care
• creativity
• activism
• contemplative practice

Keywords

• moral distress
• poetry
• community care
• creativity
• activism
• healthcare
• contemplative practice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Introspective Spaces, Hippocratic Collective

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