by Jackie Acho | Aug 13, 2021 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, #PoliceReform
On August 4th, I had the pleasure of speaking in the Amphitheater at the Chautauqua Institution, joined virtually and in-person by colleagues from the Cleveland Police 4th District and Community. It was wonderful to be absorbed in my chosen work (vs inside-out cancer...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Feb 15, 2021 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer, Music Therapy, Ovarian Cancer
Tori, Hollis*, and I share openly and honestly about life, death, cancer, and the transcendent power of music in this global music therapy conference. Click here to watch. *Another client of Tori; Hollis passed from pancreatic cancer just as I was beginning treatment...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Nov 3, 2020 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Election, Empathy
“This first episode is SO timely. Jackie and I discuss the election, empathy, what we do when we disagree with someone and how we can do family better in the midst of this pandemic. It’s the perfect way to center your mind and heart.” – Jessica...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Oct 27, 2020 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cleveland Police
Thanks to Danita Harris for an enlightening, timely, and succinct conversation about empathy and the police. “We are dealing with a pandemic, racial reckoning, an election, natural disasters and remote learning. We are stressed to the max and trying to find...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Aug 19, 2020 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer, Healing, Healing from Cancer, Music Therapy, Ovarian Cancer
“The LIft” “In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Victor...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Jul 21, 2020 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, #LifeOverCancer, Cancer, Empathy, Fear, Healing from Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Resilience
LeMay Family 2007 and 2020 “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela Do you remember quotes? I usually don’t, but some version of that one has been on the tip of my tongue for decades. I’ve been afraid many times. Stepping...
