by Sue Cosgrove | Mar 9, 2026 | Checking in
In Healthcare and Education, Compassion is part of the job description. These professions are built on noticing others’ needs, offering patience, and extending understanding even on the toughest days. Many people in these fields can walk into a room and instinctively...
by Sue Cosgrove | Mar 3, 2026 | Checking in
This Week, I Noticed My Listening Was Slipping In the last couple of weeks, I’ve had to face something uncomfortable: I’ve made mistakes with my listening. Not dramatic ones — just the very human kind that creep in when we’re tired, stretched, or carrying too much in...
by Sue Cosgrove | Feb 23, 2026 | Checking in
Every team has a culture — not the posters on the wall, not the mission statement, but the lived experience of how people show up with one another each day. And one of the biggest influences on that culture is something deceptively simple: self‑awareness. When team...
by Sue Cosgrove | Feb 16, 2026 | Checking in
In caring professions, we often extend deep compassion to others while quietly overlooking our own needs. Kristin Neff’s model of self‑compassion offers a simple, evidence‑based framework that helps us turn some of that care inward. Her model is built on three core...
by Sue Cosgrove | Feb 9, 2026 | Checking in
In the pace of modern life, caring and education roles, it’s easy to move from one commitment to the next without pausing long enough to check in with your inner voice and sense of self. When the work is constant and deeply relational, you can gradually become...
by Sue Cosgrove | Feb 2, 2026 | Checking in
Over the past three weeks, teams across our healthcare communities have taken part in a simple but powerful practice: pausing each day to notice what’s good, what’s steady, and what supports us in the work we do. Today, we celebrate everyone who showed up for the...
