Welcome to The Good Listening Project!
Sign up for your listening sessions and learn more below.
How it works
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Choose a time from the calendar for your one-on-one listening session.
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Click “Book Part 2” button to select the group conversation date/time that works for you.
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We’ll send you a calendar invite with a Zoom link for both sessions.
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You’ll talk with a Listener Poet for 10-15 minutes about anything you’d like to share, then receive a personalized poem based on the conversation.
Afterwards, you’ll join a reflective conversation with a small group of your colleagues.
Part I: One-on-one listening session
There’s no need to prepare, but you’re welcome to consider what you might like your poem to be about in advance of your session. It could be something you care about, something that happened, or something that’s been on your mind.
Your Listener Poet will write your poem, based on the conversation, and email it to you within a few days. The poem will be anonymized and is yours to keep.
A Listener Poet talks with a clinician at Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., January 2020
Part II: Small group conversation
After you’ve completed your session with a Listener Poet and received your poem, you’ll join a reflective conversation with a small group of your colleagues.
This will be an opportunity to connect with each other, reflect on your experiences, support resilience, and contribute to a culture of good listening and wellbeing at UAB. You’ll be invited to share your poem with others as part of this session, but it’s not required to participate.
“From my standpoint as a physician, it really turned the tables to have someone really listen to me. It’s usually my job to listen to my patients.
I walked out feeling a small amount of joy I hadn’t felt before in my heart.”