Introducing Maker Therapy

How do you grow an idea? Gokul Krishnan, PhD, asked this question of himself as he developed the first-ever in-hospital innovation spaces. And it is also the spirit of this question which inspires the young creators involved in his Maker Therapy. Gokul was a PhD...

Can a Game be a Digital Therapeutic?

    When we decided to create Shadow’s Edge, the first step was figuring out if a game really could help teens work through their feelings surrounding health challenges in a fun way. The goal of Shadow’s Edge became to empower teens to take charge of their...

Imagine, Believe, and Infuse Healing Thoughts

This title is what Marsha Hammond, one mom who transformed her cancer challenge to bring hope and vitality to others, believes anyone facing chemo can do. Marsha discovered a lump on Mother’s Day when her son was just three years old.  When faced with a sea of...

Telling Your Story is the Greatest Gift

This morning as I drank my coffee, I started thinking about all the gifts I got for the holidays last year. And I realized that I have only a hazy recollection of one or two things. I thought about our gifts to our kids, now 10 and 9, and realized that I could only...