Food for Thought; Poem-making as a Healing Modality with Redwing Keyssar

This video is an invitation to honor your own creativity and become a “poem-maker.” Allowing words and feelings to flow through us is a healing modality for grief and burn-out and a prescription for resiliency.

“Poetic Medicine” sessions through the UCSF MERI Center have established an International community of healing and honoring each other, simply through the playfulness and freedom of words. Try it!

About The Artist
Judith Redwing Keyssar has traversed a 30+ year journey during the evolution of Palliative Care. She is an RN with experience in Oncology, Critical Care, Hospice and Palliative Care, a Midwife to the dying, author, poet, teacher, and national presenter. She is the 2019 recipient of the prestigious AAHPM Humanities Award, (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine) for her commitment and passion to include poem-making and story-telling as part of the healing in healthcare. Redwing is the Director of Patient and Caregiver Education at the MERI Center for Education in Palliative Care at UCSF.