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Podcast: Creating a New Healthcare
Episode: Episode #205 The Mindful Edge: How Stillness, Compassion, and Gratitude can Transform Healthcare with Gary Jacobs, Author, The Zen Lobbyist
Description: A Zen practice is not something we typically associate with a Washington insider and healthcare lobbyist. But, our guest today has not only made that his personal mission, but his new book, The Zen Lobbyist, makes the argument that mindfulness might be the way we truly transform healthcare.
Despite the division that’s pervasive in American politics today, Gary maintains that what he calls the “mindful edge” is actually the way to cultivate unity. To lead with mindfulness means recognizing that stillness is a strategy and that compassion can actually be influence. The success of Gary’s career is...