Stop Reflect Connect
An invitation to pause.
Once each week we gather to arrive, reflect, and reconnect with ourselves, one another, and the practice of medicine.
Each session begins with a brief reflection on an aspect of clinical practice that is often present yet rarely explored, followed by speaking and deep listening in pairs or threes, and an uncommented poem, before returning to the working day.
What happens?
Thirty minutes -
Brief enough to fit within the working week.
Long enough to remember what matters.
Arrival
settling into the session
Reflection
a question from clinical life
Deep Listening
in pairs or small groups
Closing poem
returning quietly to the day
Archive
Some themes are familiar. Others are unexpected.
All begin with the same question: what in our working lives is asking to be noticed?
Over time, Stop Reflect Connect has explored themes such as:
Waiting
Beauty
Contradiction
Heartsink
Wind Phone
Don't Know
Collegiality
Burnout
Looking Closely
Patience
Silence
Rules
Flourishing
Scars
Microaggressions
Genius
Gratitude
Uncertainty
Each week brings new questions.
The conversation continues.
"I found commonality in the thoughts and emotions we all experience, but don't really talk about."
- Neurologist, Stop Reflect Connect Participant
Current sessions
For medical practitioners at all stages of practice
Wednesdays
7.30 - 8.00 am Melbourne (Australia)
Zoom
Free
Before your first session, please read:
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Deep listening as a contemplative practice: cultivating curiosity, presence, and respect for another person's experience.
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Confidentiality and caring for what is entrusted to us.