Friends—You belong, just as you are, and I’m glad you’re here. The unity that suppresses community is not true unity. The oneness that denies diversity is not true oneness. The strength build on hate is not true strength. This is the message of my new book On Mindful Democracy—check it out!

A new era of war, an old path of healing Walking the Medicine Wheel Free ch 14 Return to the Held Back Place of Goodness www.davidkopacz.com/walking-the-... #HeldBackPlaceOfGoodness #Trauma #Healing @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social

New Webpage Coming Soon Be a part of the new chapter of #TheDoctorasaHumanist @drkopacz.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social @upf.edu @melisupf.bsky.social

InnerViews: On Mindful Democracy Jeremy D Engels interview transcript on Substack shorturl.at/PqcSy @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social @soulinmedicine.bsky.social #OnMindfulDemocracy #DeclarationOfInterdependence

If you’re curious what mindfulness and democracy have to do with each other—or why I argue that democracy does not work without mindfulness—check out this interview with @drkopacz.bsky.social and @chris6572.bsky.social. And follow David and Chris—wonderful brilliant people doing good work.

Inner freedom is the ability to be less reactive, and more responsive, to life’s circumstances. Outer freedom is the ability to work together with others to change the circumstances themselves. It’s a communal practice built upon the foundation of inner freedom. Learn more at this week’s Substack:

Friends—You belong, just as you are, and I’m glad you’re here. The unity that suppresses community is not true unity. The oneness that denies diversity is not true oneness. The strength build on hate is not true strength. This is the message of my new book On Mindful Democracy—check it out!

Dear friends, I’ve started a new Substack: Zen and the Art of Democracy. My goal is to reimagine democracy by returning to foundations—we all suffer, we all want to be happy, and we can only be happy if we learn to care for ourselves, each other, and the world we share. Please subscribe and share!

Becoming a True Human podcast - Episode 15 Guest Cassie Craun Ferguson MD talks about her upcoming book, The Only Life You Could Save - a "love letter" of well-being to medical students Aud shorturl.at/eJxWL Vid shorturl.at/H1w6z @chris6572.bsky.social @soulinmedicine.bsky.social

Irises after a spring rain.

Thanks to Claudiu Murgan for interviewing me for Spiritually Inspired! gnostictv.com/programs/cla...

Caring for Self & Others - won a Nautilus gold book award! Foreword Reviews says “A literary oxygen mask and a paean to health care workers, psychiatrist David Kopacz’s...book illustrates how relatable and treatable issues like burnout are." creativecouragepress.com/our-books/ca...

Episode 10: The Doctor as a Humanist (DASH) - Becoming a True Human Podcast - guest Jonathan McFarland, reminisces about his own human education & how he came to found DASH. Audio: t.ly/6BHxl Video: t.ly/yISVN @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social #medicalhumanities #podcast

Becoming a True Human podcast #9: Illness & Creativity Illness can be inspiration for creativity if we can receive it as a gift - as it creatively recreates who you are. To receive the gift of creativity encourages us to then share the gift with others. Spotify: t.ly/oBhod YouTube: t.ly/dsvMK

You had me at sharing pictures of our dogs. This is my writing companion, Vinny.