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Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

Lisa Joworski, Life Story Resource and Digital Storytelling Facilitator

18 episodes

17 hours ago

Send us a text Dr. Marie Savundranayagam's innovative virtual reality training program is transforming dementia care by teaching healthcare providers person-centred communication skills in an immersive, judgment-free environment. Her research and personal caregiving experience have shaped a program that helps frontline workers see beyond the condition to connect with the whole person, improving care outcomes while rekindling caregivers' passion for their profession. • Be Epic VR uses conver...

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Send us a text Dr. Marie Savundranayagam's innovative virtual reality training program is transforming dementia care by teaching healthcare providers person-centred communication skills in an immersive, judgment-free environment. Her research and personal caregiving experience have shaped a program that helps frontline workers see beyond the condition to connect with the whole person, improving care outcomes while rekindling caregivers' passion for their profession. • Be Epic VR uses conver...

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Episodes (18/18)

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

17. Revolutionizing Dementia Care Through VR Training

Send us a text Dr. Marie Savundranayagam's innovative virtual reality training program is transforming dementia care by teaching healthcare providers person-centred communication skills in an immersive, judgment-free environment. Her research and personal caregiving experience have shaped a program that helps frontline workers see beyond the condition to connect with the whole person, improving care outcomes while rekindling caregivers' passion for their profession. • Be Epic VR uses conver...

4 days ago

1 hour 1 minute

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

16. The Waiting Room Revolution with Dr. Samantha Winemaker: How to Show Up as a Whole Person in Healthcare

Send us a text Dr. Sammy Winemaker shares how patients can present themselves as unique individuals to the healthcare system rather than becoming "a cog in a wheel." We explore practical ways to ensure your personhood remains at the center of your healthcare journey, even when time with providers is limited. • Healthcare systems value efficiency and standardization, which can wash away personhood from patient care • Patients need to actively present themselves as unique individuals with spec...

2 weeks ago

28 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

15. The Power of Guided Autobiography With Dr. Cheryl Svensson

Send us a text Episode Description: Feeling like your story doesn't matter? Worried your children or grandchildren won't appreciate your life experiences? Discover how Guided Autobiography (GAB) transforms personal memories into powerful legacies that strengthen families across generations. In this episode, Dr. Cheryl Svensson, Director of the Birren Center for Autobiographical Studies, reveals how a structured approach to life story writing can provide emotional support, reduce caregiver bur...

1 month ago

38 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

14. From Nonprofit Leader to Story Doula: How Photography and Video Preserve Life Stories

Send us a text Storytelling photographer Heather Knox shares her journey from international nonprofit work to helping people capture their life stories through guided autobiography and digital storytelling. With deep experience in service, photography, and nonprofit leadership, Heather now focuses on helping seniors in Mexico preserve their stories before they're lost. Key Points Discussed: • Over 30 years in nonprofit sector spanning multiple countries and causes • Founded Project Somos Lea...

1 month ago

28 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

13. Beyond Self-Doubt: How Dr. Flora Brown Uses Guided Autobiography to Rewrite Limiting Beliefs Into Life Purpose

Send us a text Dr. Flora Brown shares her journey as a life story coach and guided autobiography facilitator, revealing how childhood experiences eavesdropping in her mother's beauty shop shaped her passion for helping others capture their life stories. She discusses the transformative power of personal storytelling and how it helps people gain new perspectives on their experiences. Discussion Points: • Combining Digital Storytelling (DST) with Guided Autobiography (GAB) to create powerful pe...

2 months ago

37 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

12. From Ministry to Memory Care: The Simple Conversation Starters That Unlock Life's Sacred Stories

Send us a text Whitney Myers, owner and founder of Sacred Stories, shares how personal storytelling through video preserves legacies and enhances care. Her background in ministry, memory care, and family documentation created a natural path toward helping others preserve their life stories through high-quality filmed interviews. Discussion points: • Following life's "arrows" rather than looking for definitive answers when making important decisions • The critical importance of knowing someon...

2 months ago

32 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

11. Beyond the Chart: How Visual Stories are Healing Healthcare

Send us a text Visual narratives can impact healthcare by humanizing patient experiences and reconnecting clinical expertise with empathy. Krystle Schofield reveals how by sharing her own journey from photographer to digital storyteller. Key Messages: Photography evolved from a creative passion to a therapeutic tool when Krystle's second child was diagnosed with a rare diseaseDocumentary family photography captures unposed, authentic moments in family life, preserving both joyful and ch...

2 months ago

36 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

10. Digital Storytelling from a Nursing Perspective: How 3-Minute Patient Videos Improve Care

Send us a text Show Notes: Maureen Leier, a registered nurse in public health and digital storyteller, joins Lisa to explore how integrating personal life stories into healthcare transforms the quality of care and creates meaningful connections between caregivers and patients. Key Points Discussed: • Digital storytelling creates a framework for seeing patients as complete humans with rich life experiences • Deep listening skills are essential for both healthcare and storytelling—hearing what'...

3 months ago

43 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

9. The Power of Reframing Your Caregiving Story with Ron Beleno

Send us a text Ron Beleno is an active advocate for dementia, caregiving, aging and research communities. From lived experience, he encourages others to transform the challenging caregiving journey into one of growth and resilience through his innovative approach to narrative reframing and community building. In caring for his father who had Alzheimer's for over ten years, Ron shares practical strategies that changed his perspective and improved quality of life for his entire family. &n...

3 months ago

46 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

8. Reclaiming Narrative Agency: How Stories Empower Persons Living with Dementia

Send us a text About Our Guest Laura Bowley is the Director of Communications & Development for To Whom I May Concern®, and a senior facilitator and trainer. Since 2012, Laura has collaborated with Maureen Matthews, blending participatory management, storytelling, and theatre to co-create narratives with individuals diagnosed with dementia. Inspired by her personal connection to the disease through her late mother who had vascular dementia, Laura supports others on similar journeys by eng...

4 months ago

53 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

7. Family Story Preservation: How Video Biographies Save Memories

Send us a text Preserving Family Stories: The Urgent Need for Video BiographyWhen family voices fade into silence, irreplaceable stories disappear forever. Sean Daigle, founder of Memoria Films, shares why capturing video biographies is critical for family preservation—and why waiting could mean losing these precious memories permanently. The Hidden Cost of Delayed Action Sean's personal story illustrates a common regret: losing his grandmother at 16 without recording her memories. "I didn't...

4 months ago

42 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

6. Why Baby Boomers Aren't Preparing for Aging (And How Person-Centred Care Can Help)

The oldest Baby Boomers will turn 80 in just four years, yet most aren't preparing for aging. Why do we avoid these crucial conversations? In this episode, I explore the gap between our aging reality and our readiness, drawing from research showing Baby Boomers' underestimated impact on society and healthcare. We'll discuss how stigma prevents preparation, the cost of not having these conversations, and why person-centred care approaches can help us feel more at ease with aging. You'll learn:...

5 months ago

12 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

5. Storytelling as Healing: Kristy Wolfe on Vulnerability and Authenticity in Digital Narratives

Show Notes Kristy Wolfe is a digital storytelling facilitator and a Wolfe Pack Warrior. She believes there is beauty in every story and she champions real stories in marketing and communication. Kristy exposes the human side of any organization, with consideration for ethics in storytelling, as well as storyteller wellness every step of the way. As a Common Language DST Certified Facilitator and Trainer, Kristy helps individuals and social purpose organizations share meaningful stories, turni...

5 months ago

33 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

4. Digital Life Stories for Person-Centered Care: How Echobox Memory Vault Enhances Healthcare Storytelling

Show Notes: Tim and Tannis Roberts take time to share about the evolution of Echobox Memory Vault, a storytelling, memory-keeping, ad-free technology that can enhance quality of life for individuals by having opportunities to share their stories and capture what matters to them which loved ones and other care partners can then learn from to develop person-centred and relationship-centred approaches. "Echobox Memory Vault began as a sketch and a set of notes on our kitchen table", Tim and Tann...

6 months ago

25 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

3. The Art and Science of Digital Storytelling: Dr. Mike Lang on Reshaping Healthcare Through Patient Narratives

Dr. Mike Lang is a Digital Storytelling Specialist, Researcher, Film Director/Producer and Social Entrepreneur. He shares with us what Digital Storytelling is and the impact it has as it relates to making positive change in healthcare policies. We also talk about: Digital storytelling as a productDigital storytelling as a processA variety of ways a digital story can be used (for education, advocacy, research and therapeutic intent)Making sense of our own storiesGaining wisdom thr...

6 months ago

37 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

2. Hidden Visual Treasures: How Home Videos Can Revolutionize Personalized Dementia Care

Have you ever thought about how pictures and videos that you already have stored away somewhere could be used to enhance your own health care experience? Join me as I share my own shift in caring for someone after seeing a daughter's home video of her Mom years before her diagnosis of dementia. Please subscribe and listen wherever you get your podcasts! Interested in learning more? Check out my Etsy Shop Visit my YouTube channel or website Intro and outro music with thank...

7 months ago

6 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

1. Living with Dignity: Dementia Advocate Mary Beth Wighton on Capturing Essence and Improving Healthcare

Join our discussion with Mary Beth Wighton, inspiring international dementia advocate, writer and speaker as we talk about what it's like living with a diagnosis of probable Frontal Temporal Dementia and learn how she captures her essence. Our conversation covers: what receiving the diagnosis is like and the importance of bedside manner;coming to terms with a diagnosis not just for herself but for family; choosing to live with purpose and the role of being an advocate;creating cul...

7 months ago

38 minutes

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

Capturing Essence for Care: Life Stories Transforming Healthcare Experiences

Capturing Essence for Care: Stories to Transform HealthcareJoin Lisa Joworski, Therapeutic Recreation and Life Story Resource specialist, as she explores how sharing our personal narratives can reduce judgments and transform patient-centred care. This podcast bridges the gap between healthcare professionals, care partners, individuals with lived experiences, and storytellers through meaningful conversations about the power of personal stories. Each episode features discussions with people who...

7 months ago

3 minutes