Bi-Directional Empathy in Healthcare
Our co-founder, Christine Bechtel, was recently a guest on Anita Nowak’s Purposeful Empathy podcast, where she discussed the importance...
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3rd Conversation
- May 16
- 2 min
Patients and physicians join forces to promote clinician well-being
Our founder, Jennifer Sweeney, who has served as a non-clinician member on ACP's Physician Well-being and Professional Fulfillment...
3rd Conversation
- Jan 3
- 3 min
My child, the doctor -- Oy vey!
By Lois Frankel I suspect that most of us try to keep our work separate from our home life. This may be to distance ourselves at the end...
3rd Conversation
- Nov 30, 2021
- 1 min
Meet our Team: Sarah Wood
Sarah is a communication consultant who focuses primarily in the science, health, and nonprofit arenas. A communicator by trade, and by...
3rd Conversation
- Nov 16, 2021
- 1 min
Meet our Team: Matt Lewis
A writer, teacher, and storyteller at heart, Matt is an expert in leveraging the power of narrative to create social good, systems...
3rd Conversation
- Oct 28, 2021
- 1 min
Meet our Team: Christine Bechtel
Christine has spent her career shaping both public policies and on-the-ground practices that result in better health and care. She is a...
3rd Conversation
- Oct 11, 2021
- 1 min
Meet our Team: Lois Frankel
A believer in leveraging expertise for the greater good Lois design, conducts, and oversees X4 Health programs, including 3rd...
3rd Conversation
- Aug 31, 2021
- 1 min
Meet our Team: Darin Harris
Darin Harris brings energy, curiosity, and inspiration to address complex challenges in today's chaotic times. Groups from around the...
3rd Conversation
- Aug 27, 2021
- 1 min
Meet our Team: Nomali Perera
Nomali Perera has been in the field of leadership development coaching, facilitation and teaching since 2007. Her passion for seeing...
3rd Conversation
- Aug 23, 2021
- 1 min
Meet our Team: Larry Dressler
Larry Dressler is a skilled designer and convener of high-stakes conversations, and an advisor to leaders who seek to weave authentic...
3rd Conversation
- Mar 23, 2021
- 3 min
A care team that goes beyond
At every 3rd Conversation Spark event, we invite both a clinician and a patient to act as storytellers – to share with us a powerful...
3rd Conversation
- Mar 2, 2021
- 1 min
3C co-founder reappointed to physician wellbeing committee
We're proud to announce that Jennifer Sweeney, a co-founder of 3rd Conversation, has been reappointed to the Physician Wellbeing and...
3rd Conversation
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
Sometimes when I’m talking to a patient, I feel like I’m talking to my dad
At every 3rd Conversation event, we invite both a clinician and a patient to act as storytellers – to share with us a powerful experience...
3rd Conversation
- Jan 25, 2021
- 1 min
Where has 3rd Conversation been lately...
Miners Practice, Coaldale, PA Finger Lakes Community Health, Penn Yan, NY Virtually, of course! Due to the COVID pandemic, we pivoted our...
3rd Conversation
- Dec 7, 2020
- 1 min
How the patient/clinician relationship will help us survive the pandemic: Webinar
Christine Bechtel, co-founder of X4 Health, 3rd Conversation, and a patient advocate and Matt Lewis, chief Storyteller of 3rd...
3rd Conversation
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
Compassion from the Sidelines
by Lois Frankel The majority of my workday is centered around supporting the 3rd Conversation. On bringing together disparate groups,...
3rd Conversation
- Oct 28, 2020
- 3 min
Empathy and dialogue are more important now than ever
Authored by Jennifer Sweeney The reality today is that we are all interdependent and have to co-exist on this small planet. Therefore,...
3rd Conversation
- Sep 30, 2020
- 2 min
Get ready, New York: 3rd Conversation is expanding
COVID has thrown everyone a curveball. To protect participants’ health during this tumultuous time, 3rd Conversation made the decision to...
3rd Conversation
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
Primary Care Patients 'Heartbroken' about Potential Practice Closures
New data released this week by the Larry Green Center, in collaboration with 3rd Conversation and the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC),...
3rd Conversation
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
Thank You: From Our Homes to Your Hearts
By 3rd Conversation 3rd Conversation is about in-person, intentional gathering to create human connection between clinicians and...