About Empathy
About Empathy is a healthCARE podcast that focuses on patient, caregiver and healthcare provider stories. We believe these stories of hope, struggle, love and grief can help inspire compassion and humanism. Podcast guests discuss their personal stories, while the hosts reflect on those stories to help enable and support empathic interactions in the healthcare community.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 34
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2023
Season 5 Episode 6: Making Space for non-physical suffering - Dr Maxxine Rattner
Dr. Maxxine Rattner is a hospice/palliative care clinician and educator who recently completed her PhD on the topic of non-physical suffering. In this episode, we discuss the challenges in addressing…
Season 5 Episode 5: Cultural humility in healthcare - Dr Zhimeng Jia
Dr. Zhimeng Jia is a palliative care physician at the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care in Toronto. Through a combination of personal and clinical experiences, Dr. Jia developed an interest in…
Season 5 Episode 4: Wrap Around Support: Caring for the Seriously Ill Child - Dr Dave Lysecki
Dr. David Lysecki is the Founder and Medical Director of the Quality of Life & Advanced Care Program at McMaster Children's Hospital. In this episode, Dr. Lysecki discusses his experience working in …
Season 5 Episode 3: Finding Joy in Every Day: When your child is diagnosed with a terminal illness - Mishi Methven
Shortly after Mishi Methven and her partner Aimee’s daughter Stella turned two, they were given the devastating news that Stella only had months to live. In this episode, Mishi shares how they navig…
Season 5 Episode 2: Through the Patient’s Lens: Advocacy from the Inside - Julie Vizza
Julie Vizza was born with a multifaceted genetic condition, beta thalassemia-major. She joins the podcast today to discuss her journey in the healthcare system and how these experiences have inspired…
Season 5 Episode 1: Breaking the Barriers of Ableism - Billy Bridges
In this episode, Billy Bridges shares his inspiring ideas for addressing Ableism with empathy and offers a rallying cry for disability advocacy. Billy Bridges is an extraordinary Canadian athlete who…
Season 4 Episode 6: Doctor as Patient - Serena Tejpar
At the young age of 18, Serena Tejpar was injured in a car collision as a backseat passenger that left her in critical condition with almost no chance of survival. Despite the many challenges that c…
Season 4 Episode 5: Brian’s Story: Living Fully and Completely - Brian Smith
In 2022, Brian Smith’s life was profoundly changed by a diagnosis of metastatic cancer. In this episode, Brian shares his experiences of living with cancer, the supports he relied on to get him throu…
Season 4 Episode 4: Person-Centered Care Pearls: A Conversation with Dr. Harvey Chochinov (Part 2)
In this 2 part episode, we chat about the importance of compassionate and dignity conserving care. He provides the learners with many pearls on how to bring this important and essential style of care…
Season 4 Episode 3: Person-Centered Care Pearls: A Conversation with Dr. Harvey Chochinov (Part 1)
In this 2 part episode, we chat about the importance of compassionate and dignity conserving care. He provides the learners with many pearls on how to bring this important and essential style of care…
Season 4 Episode 2: Compassionate virtual care during a pandemic - Anat Baron
Season 4 Episode 1: A Father's Legacy - Mitchell Consky
Mitchell Consky is a Toronto- based journalist. His work has been published in the Globe and Mail, CTV News and other international news outlets. Mitch has written and published a book entitled Home …
Season 3 Episode 7: Advanced Care Planning
Even when an Advance Care Plan is in place, Dr Maria Muraca learned that unforeseen circumstances can come up. Maria was the Power of Attorney for her father, Michele, who died one year ago of idiopa…
Season 3 Episode 5: Gun Control Advocacy
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Season 3 Episode 2: Combating Systemic Racism in Health Care
Over the last year, the impact of systemic racism in healthcare has come into sharper focus. From racialized populations being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, to the cruel and senseless deat…
Season 3 Episode 1: Grieving and Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Stacey (Greenberg) is here today to tell us about her father who lived with Multiple Sclerosis in a long-term care facility since 2014. During the pandemic, Stacey had limited contact with her father…