Link to the Show / Show NotesRachael Kessler is recognized by Daniel Goleman as a "leader in a new movement for emotional literacy," and has developed a framework for nurturing the inner life of students and teachers that honors the interests of educators, parents, and policy-makers. Her groundbreaking book, The Soul of Education: Helping Students Find Connection, Compassion, and Character at School (ASCD 2000), was distributed to over 110,000 educators worldwide. Her work has been endorsed by educators across the spectrum of religious and political belief, progressive to conservative, fundamentalist to agnostic. Howard Gardner wrote that her "examination of the quest for meaning among today's adolescents is both daring and needed."
Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, is Founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal and Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. She is Founder and Director of The Healer's Art Curriculum, which was featured in US News & World Report in 2002 and 2005 and is presently taught in 54 medical schools here and abroad. Her intensive CME programs have enabled thousands of physicians to deepen their sense of calling and service.
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