About this Event
The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice of an Inspired Life, by Suleika Jaouad is a collection of contemplations by well-known writers and thinkers along with inspiring writing prompts. It has been shown that journaling reduces stress, sharpens the thinking process and increases a sense of agency in your life. And, perhaps most importantly, journaling helps with burnout and compassion fatigue, two issues students and health-care workers alike experience.
This month we will read and discuss Jaouad's chapter titled, "On the Body," where she talks about her body after leukemia treatments and how it was viewed both by herself and others. After a 30 minute discussion, we will then write. You will have the choice of two prompts from her book to work from. This is a contemplative, calming hour at the end of your semester which will hopefully leaving you feeling inspired and restored.
Copies of The Book of Alchemy will be available for students after the discussion. Lunch will be provided.
Facilitator:
Katherine Hubbard, MA, Teaching Instructor, JeffMD Humanities Selectives, Sidney Kimmel Medical College.
Participants are expected to read in advance, and come prepared to discuss, the text selected for each session. To access the reading, participants must visit the Health Humanities Reading Group module in the Jefferson Humanities & Health organization on Canvas or the JMD 153 or the JMD 252 Asano Certificate courses on Canvas. Most Asano students are already users in these Humanities & Health Canvas courses. If that is not the case, participants may email Kirsten Bowen, Humanities Program Coordinator, at [email protected].
About the Health Humanities Reading Group:
The Health Humanities Reading Group gathers regularly to think critically about health as it is understood through various disciplinary perspectives, social contexts and value systems. This ongoing program is open to students, faculty and staff, and offers an informal learning environment facilitated by participants. Participants are expected to read, and come prepared to discuss, the text selected for each session.
Credit available for the Asano Humanities & Health Certificate.
Event venue & nearby stays
Scott Memorial Library, Room 200A, 1020 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, United States
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