The decorators at Dewey's Bakery made this cake for an Arts For Life event benefitting Brenner Children's Hospital! Allen, a patient at Brenner, painted his idea for a Super Mario cake design and Dewey's made it into a real-life work of edible art for the raffle. About
Interview with Harry Lawrence, a patient that participated in our LivingStories program at Novant Health. LivingStories is a free program that is based on extensive research in Life Narrative Interviews. Based on research conducted between 2014 and 2015 at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in partnership with
Listen to the interview on: wfdd.org Novant Health is implementing a new program that focuses on narrative medicine. The LivingStories initiative uses a process called "life narrative interviews" to help patients improve their coping skills and outlook. Program Manager of Integrative Arts at Novant Health, Sharon Nelson, says
Published by: shawnachor.com Harvard Business Review, Shawn Achor & Michelle Gielan December 2015 The most forward-looking companies are willing to take risks to achieve greatness. Most leaders give lip service to this idea, but few actually do it. We have worked with banks willing to take on toxic
Dewey's Bakery played their part as a sponsor for the annual Hospice Hope Run in Winston-Salem. [caption id="attachment_257" align="aligncenter" width="684"] Dewey’s Bakery had a group of walkers and runners. They received the “Team Up For Hope” award.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_258" align="aligncenter" width="684"] Dewey's also gave out free treats
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in partnership with StoryWork International will certify our first class of LivingStories volunteers on May 3. LivingStories is a free program for patients at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center. Based in extensive research around Life Narrative Interviews, specially
Originally posted by Novanthealth.com Sharing of stories helps patients cope Everybody has a story to tell, even a self-professed average Joe. That was the lesson that Doug Lawrence of Galax, Virginia, learned last December, and he’s much more at peace because of it. Around Christmas, 66-year-old Lawrence was hospitalized
Originally posted by Hbr.org Written by Shawn Achor ARTWORK: YUE MINJUN, LAUGHING PAINTER, 2003, OIL ON CANVAS, 70 X 50 CM In July 2010 Burt’s Bees, a personal-care products company, was undergoing enormous change as it began a global expansion into 19 new countries. In this kind of high-pressure
Originally posted by Ideas.ted.com Written by Thu-Huong Ha The key to success at work is being happy — not the other way around, says Shawn Achor (TED Talk: The happy secret to better work). To learn more about his positive philosophy of the workplace, meet the people who laid the groundwork for