Free Listening Through July 2, 2013: What often passes for dialogue these days is negotiation or debate. However, Backman feels the true aim of dialogue isn’t about convincing another to see things the way you see them, “Dialogue is aimed at mutual understanding …to nudge [toward the] reality of the situation as it is.  [I]t’s about understanding one another much more deeply so that, if we do have to act together, we might be able to take [...]

Free Listening Through June 25, 2013: Having had had two spinal surgeries, ending up with kidney failure, ulcers and post-operative infection, Hanscom has first-hand knowledge of chronic pain. This has left him with extreme empathy for patients who come to him. Since medical school he’s educated himself on mind/body syndromes. Discovering he had a lot of anger issues he says, “I wrote a section in my book called the disguises of anger and, looking backward, I could [...]