Heart of Healthcare
Episodes
The Future & Invitation: Scaling Heart-Based Healthcare with Integrity
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of the Heart of Healthcare mini-series, Prof. Dr. Jan Bonhoeffer and Andrea Gardner look ahead to the next decade of heart-based...
Programs & Impact: How Coordinated Care Changes Lives
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this third episode of the Heart of Healthcare mini-series, Prof. Dr. Jan Bonhoeffer and Andrea Gardner explore how coordinated, integrated care can...
Principles in Action: How Presence Transforms Care
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode of Heart of Healthcare, Prof. Dr. Jan Bonhoeffer and Andrea Gardner explore how the Six Living Principles come to life in real ...
The Journey: From Vision to Foundation
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this opening episode of Heart of Healthcare mini-series, Prof. Dr. Jan Bonhoeffer reflects on the beginnings of the Heart-Based Medicine Foundation...
Holiday Greetings from Heart Based Center
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you are basing your entire approach to another person on the connection between both of your hearts, the outcome is healing. Love is the medicine...
Summer Sabbatical E05 Love, Laughter, & Medicine with Dr Patch Adams
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Patch Adams describes love for himself, love for his family, love of his patients and his love of all people. How does this love translate to his a...
Summer Sabbatical E04 Healing With Love & Forgiveness with Leonard Laskow
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Leonard Laskow discusses the science of love and how to transcend our roles and thinking minds to access healing. As an eminent OB GYN physician fo...
Summer Sabbatical E03 Healing Intelligence Beyond Mind & Body with Master Chunyi Lin
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The ancient Chinese practice of Qigong is well-known to help prevent illnesses and heal chronic challenges. More and more people in the Western world ...
Summer Sabbatical E02 Heart Based Systems with Daniel Schmachtenberger
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Healthcare professionals are often called to a life path in the healing professions because they care about the quality of other people's experience. ...
Summer Sabbatical E01 Empathy & The Placebo Effect with Dr David R Hamilton
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. David Hamilton holds a PhD in organic chemistry and has been designing and developing drugs for many years with large pharmaceutical companies. Wh...
S03E10 Future of Medicine
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from last week’s conversation, our panel of doctors and patients are keen to envisage the next step: how do we move forward? Ruby, Step...
S03E09 Healthcare System
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The last 8 episodes of Heart of Healthcare have guided us on a tour of the healthcare system from the perspective of both doctors and patients. We’v...
S03E08 Disease
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many patients report not feeling truly seen, heard or understood by their healthcare professional. As physicians who see hundreds of patients each mon...
S03E07 Sovereignty
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is your interpretation of personal sovereignty? How do you express it in your own life? In episode 7, our four co-hosts dig into its deeper meani...
S03E06 Self-Awareness
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever pondered who you are? What is this sense of self that exists outside of you, yet is aware of everything you think, feel and do? We’re ...
S03E05 Resonance
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our 5th fascinating episode of Heart of Healthcare, Doctors Jan Bonhoeffer, Dan Dinenberg and Ruby Shah co-host with Stephanie MoDavies to unpack t...
S03E04 Potential
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Jan, Dan, Ruby and Stephanie review the last three episodes of Heart of Healthcare, from both perspectives of doctor and patient, they discuss what...
S03E03 Self-Compassion
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 3 invites Doctors Jan Bonhoeffer and Dan Dinenberg and co-hosts Stephanie MoDavis and Dr Ruby Shah to discuss healthcare versus disease-care. ...
S03E02 Purpose In Pain
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 2, Doctors Jan Bonhoeffer and Dan Dinenberg are joined by co-hosts Stephanie MoDavis and Dr Ruby Shah, Texas-based founders of Awakening He...
S03E01 Sharing Our Healing Journey
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of a 10-series episode kicking off Season 3, the Heart of Healthcare team explores different perspectives about healthcare and how it can...
S02 BONUS: The Lost Art of Convalescence
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's special episode features Medical Herbalist and Educator Pamela Spence who reminds us of the lost art of convalescence. In the aftermath of COV...
S02E10 The Epidemic of Anxiety
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our final episode of series 2, we are excited to welcome Dr Alison Escalante to the mic. A Paediatrician, TEDx Speaker, Writer and Woman on a Missi...
S02E09 Our Global Healthcare has ADHD
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we are excited to learn how Dr John Kruse, a psychiatrist for over 25 years, likens the present medical system to a struggling pat...
S02E08 The Heart of Holistic Nursing
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcoming fellow podcaster, our special guest is Keith Carlson, aka Nurse Keith, a well-loved holistic nursing podcaster and highly successful coach. ...
S02E07 Quantum Healing for Modern Physicians
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Presenting a new vision of healthcare that represents a marriage of cutting-edge science with spiritual wisdom, Dr Shamani Jain is our special guest t...
S02E06 Creating Heart Centred Nursing Teams
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcoming our special guest Dr Julie Donley with her many years of experience as a psychiatric nurse, and an executive nurse in behavioural health, to...
S02E05 Heart Centred Leadership in Healthcare
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's tandem from Missing Logic - Michelle Troseth & Tracy Christopherson - share their expertise on assisting healthcare professionals to find a he...
S02E04 When We Share We Care
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Prof Dr Jan Bonhoeffer and Dr Daniel Dinenberg are excited to talk to Dr Lou Anne Wellford and her son Alex who is about to start ...
S02E03 Pioneering Healthcare in Rural Communities
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's conversation sees physicians from Switzerland, Hawaii and Australia discussing the notion of non-for-profit care. Led by our special guest Dr ...
S02E02 Healing with Joy
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Prof Dr Jan Bonhoeffer & Dr Dan Dinenberg, welcome special guest Dr Sarah Goulding to ask how physicians reclaim their joy and p...
S02E01 Deepening The Healing Connection
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our second Series! Listen in as Prof Dr Jan Bonhoeffer and Dr Daniel Dinenberg invite thought leaders and medical mavericks to join in hear...
S01E10 Sometimes It Pays To Break The Rules
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we close out our first series, we leave you with a challenge. While most rules in medicine are created for safety and protection, sometimes they...
S01E09 Hospitals As Centers Of Wellbeing
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hospitals are built for patients, and in a system where medical errors are one of the leading causes of death and 50% of physicians are experiencing b...
S01E08 Listening Between The Lines
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shifting from 'reading between the lines' to listening between the lines, our panel expand on the profound difference between active listening and dee...
S01E07 – Challenges For Women In Healthcare
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a system where the inherent gender bias has been prevalent for generations, it is time to ponder some positive solutions. While women face specific...
S01E06 – Women, The Natural Healthcare Providers?
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Taking the spotlight during today's episode is Prof Dr Kavitha Chinnaiyan, who shares her unique insight into the potential of ungendered consciousnes...
S01E05 – The Mental Health Stigma
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The discussion around healthcare practitioner burnout continues, diving deeper to challenge the idea that healthcare professionals are expected to be ...
S01E04 – Prioritizing Self-Care In Healthcare
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
They say that self-care is healthcare, but what happens to the healthcare practitioner that neglects their own self-care? In this episode, our panel l...
S01E03 – Integrating Intuition Into Healthcare
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode investigates how healthcare professionals are taught to diagnose and treat patients without necessarily understanding the human that is i...
S01E02 – Challenging Healthcare Norms
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The conversation with our panel continues to challenge the healthcare 'norms', in particular around the notion that a 'one size fits all' approach has...
S01E01 – The Spark of Compassion In Healthcare
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode! Listen in as Prof Dr Jan Bonhoeffer and his panel guests - Dr Daniel Dinenberg and Prof Dr Kavitha Chinnaiyan - discuss ...