Practical wisdom to the best of my knowledge.
Teaching Pearl
Welcome back to Rounds & Rants, where we tackle the myths, misunderstandings, and maddening habits that make living harder than it needs to be. For today’s topic I thought I'd bring us back from the clouds where I lived for the first few points and talk about
Changing the World
In specialist palliative care, we talk about “compassion training” as if it’s a discrete skill you can add to a checklist. Joan Halifax’s enactive model challenges that notion: compassion isn’t a module; it emerges when attentional clarity, affective balance, ethical intention, and embodied engagement cohere in context.
Communication Skills
From time-to-time, I will publish articles that have recently crossed my path with my analysis of what they tell us. This will be the first in that series.