📝 Episode Synopsis

What happens when we stop trying to fix people's pain and instead learn how to truly witness it?

In this episode of Classroom Narratives, Dr. Joey Weisler welcomes narrative medicine practitioner and occupational therapist Dr. Rondalyn Whitney for a profound conversation on grief, storytelling, and compassionate listening.

The discussion ultimately invites educators to reconsider what it truly means to respond responsibly—not by carrying another person's pain, but by helping them know they do not have to carry it alone.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What narrative medicine is—and why it is rooted in deep listening rather than treatment.
• Why stories, literature, and writing can become powerful tools for witnessing rather than  ...