Anne Basting PhD

Kathryn interviews Pediatric Anesthesiologist & Professor, Stanford University Medical Center Greg Hammer MD, author of "GAIN Without Pain: The Happiness Handbook for Health Care Professionals". The rising costs of burnout are staggering as health care professionals sacrifice their health, happiness and relationships. Dr. Hammer helps health care professionals prevent burnout and reclaim happiness. He's a featured speaker at Harvard, UPenn, USC, Northwestern and Stanford universities. Kathryn also interviews Founder of TimeSlips Anne Basting PhD, author of "Creative Care: A Revolutionary Approach to Dementia and Elder Care". Caring for the elderly during this pandemic has its own set of challenges. To alleviate elders' sense of aloneness, she's developed a radical approach engaging the elderly, using imagination and creativity to help bridge the communications void. Her work has been featured in a PBS documentary and she is the recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant.