SOLEFUL

For Freedoms Media

Hosted by Tony Patrick and Michelle Woo, SOLEFUL is an immersive podcast experience brought to you by the School of Lived Experience and Executive Produced by For Freedoms Media. Created and co-produced by artists Tony Patrick, Michelle Woo, Micheline Pierrette Berry, and Miguel Rivera, SOLEFUL explores pathways to wholeness and wellbeing through art, mindfulness, storytelling, sound design and conversation. www.sole.house

  1. 03/20/2025

    Episode 7 - Sonya Dolan - The Senses, Art, & Deep Listening in Palliative Care

    Michelle Woo and Tony Patrick continue their heartfelt conversations with Sonya Dolan, the COO and a co-founder of Mettle Health. Caring for the caretakerArt as a means of opening up difficult conversationsThe role of the senses, deep listening, play and spontaneity in palliative careCreativity as a space of being  About our guest: Sonya Dolan is the co-founder of Mettle Health, an online platform dedicated to offering personalized, holistic consultations to patients and caregivers navigating the complex emotional, practical, and existential challenges associated with serious illness, death, and grief. Sonya’s career in hospice and palliative care was shaped by the loss of her mother. This, combined with her role as a caregiver, profoundly shaped her professional path. After transitioning from event management to hospice administration, she worked closely with clinicians, patients, and families to deliver comprehensive programs, logistical support, and customer care. Her hospice work also introduced her to her co-founder BJ Miller, and palliative care, and the rest is history.  Her extensive experience in caring for those navigating illness and death, coupled with her journey as a breast cancer survivor, has provided Sonya with a deep understanding of both the strengths and limitations of the healthcare system. She is particularly committed to working with empathy and compassion, learning from clinicians, and recognizing the essential role of heart-centered care in improving the patient and caregiver experience. For more information about today’s episode, visit:  www.sole.house www.mettlehealth.com IG: @schooloflivedexperience Together we explore the art of care and why it is important.Navigating serious, acute or chronic health issues for yourself or someone you’re caring for can be a challenge. Mettle Health can help address immediate needs or help you plan for, and navigate, the road ahead. Book a free 20-min consultation to learn more

    19 min
  2. 02/27/2025

    Episode 6 - BJ Miller - How Art and Imagination Can Prepare Us for Life and Death

    Welcome back to Season 2 of SOLEFUL: The Art of Care! In this opening episode, Michelle Woo and Tony Patrick sit down with BJ Miller, Co-Founder of Mettle Health. Together they explore: *How can art and imagination prepare us for life and death? *The role imagination plays in providing care and showing up in the world? *What is Death? If death is not the end, what remains after someone has died?  About our Guest: Dr. BJ Miller is a longtime Hospice and Palliative Medicine physician and educator. He is a co-founder of Mettle Health, an online service created to provide personalized, holistic consultations for any patient or caregiver who needs help navigating the practical, emotional and existential issues that come with serious illness and disability.  Led by his own near-death experiences as a patient, BJ advocates for the roles of our senses, community and presence in designing a better ending. His interests are in working across disciplines to affect broad based culture change, cultivating a civic model for aging and dying, and furthering the message that suffering, illness and dying are fundamental and intrinsic aspects of life. For more information about today’s episode, visit:  www.sole.house www.mettlehealth.com IG: @schooloflivedexperience IG: @mettle_health Navigating serious, acute or chronic health issues for yourself or someone you’re caring for can be a challenge. Mettle Health can help address immediate needs or help you plan for, and navigate, the road ahead. Book a free 20-min consultation to learn more

    28 min

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Hosted by Tony Patrick and Michelle Woo, SOLEFUL is an immersive podcast experience brought to you by the School of Lived Experience and Executive Produced by For Freedoms Media. Created and co-produced by artists Tony Patrick, Michelle Woo, Micheline Pierrette Berry, and Miguel Rivera, SOLEFUL explores pathways to wholeness and wellbeing through art, mindfulness, storytelling, sound design and conversation. www.sole.house