iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"Change does not necessarily bring progress, and we should have learned this by now, but I fear humans often confuse change with progress." substack.com/@jonathanmcf... #hippocrates #ethics #Greece #MedicalHumanities @soulinmedicine.bsky.social

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The First Annual ‘Silk Road Universities Network’ Medical Forum

The Ethical Legacy of Hippocrates in 21st-Century Medicine

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Jonathan McFarland @soulinmedicine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Next week we will celebrate the First Silk Road Universities Network Health Fórum in Athens and Kos @drkopacz.bsky.social @melisupf.bsky.social

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

An Eco-Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Model...we aren’t isolated individuals, but interconnected organisms whose health depends...on the health of our physical, social, technological, political & spiritual environments shorturl.at/8OtEs @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @climatepsychiatry.bsky.social #EBPSS

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Earth, wind, and fire: the need for a new kind of medicine - CLOSLER

By David Kopacz, MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine If we’re truly going to address illness and promote health, we need to not only look inside the human organism (bio- and psycho-), th...

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Toward an eco-biopsychosocial-spiritual model of health "The world around us is burning, flooding, blowing, shaking - we’re acutely aware that the elements meant to sustain us could flip from nurturing to threatening" shorturl.at/8OtEs @soulinmedicine.bsky.social #eco-biopsychosocial-spiritual

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Earth, wind, and fire: the need for a new kind of medicine - CLOSLER

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can't wait to see you all there!!!

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"In short, we are up against an ideology that has given up not only on the premise and promise of liberal democracy but on the livability of our shared world – on its beauty, on its people, on our children, on other species." www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... @soulinmedicine.bsky.social

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The end times fascists are plotting their escape from our world. Our mission is clear | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

An unholy alliance is working toward an apocalyptic future from which only a chosen few will emerge unscathed. It’s becoming clear how we stop them

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Caring for Body: Grounding Traumas may have happened in the past, you may be anxious about the future, but right here, right now, you are safe & secure in your body youtu.be/MC0k0UCLxLE @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social #grounding #caring #healing #meditation #Embodying #body

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Caring for Body: Grounding Exercises

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

1st video from Caring for Self & Others: Transforming Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Soul Loss (2024) - overview of the book which explores how we can transform pain & suffering into compassion youtu.be/aamQUz3tETw @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social #caring #burnout #healing

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Caring for Self & Others Overview

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

My last week at my tele-psychiatry job. Lots of goodbyes all day long. What an amazing honor it has been to be able to walk alongside so many incredible people on their journeys of growth and transformation! closler.org/lifelong-lea... @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social

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The lifelong learning of saying goodbye - CLOSLER

By David Kopacz, MD, Clinical Tele-Psychiatry Practice I’m in the process of leaving my 10th job in almost 30 years of clinical psychiatry practice. It never really gets easier saying goodbye to pat...

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

"Perhaps part of what they are expressing is not only grief but moral injury: the distress that arises when our values and our actions drift dangerously apart." @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social #MoralInjury #EcologicalMoralInjury

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 26/05/2026

An artist spoke of inner gems, Only his reds were as red as these. He grew at the centre of the bud, His name was Charles Beauty. Every man, woman, baby Envied him that name. Wanted To believe him, about the inner gems. A poem by @tricialockwood.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Patricia Lockwood · Poem: ‘Rosarita’

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

“I realized...it's okay to pivot and realize you are greater than that. I think no matter what struggle anyone listens to this podcast is going through, you are greater than that struggle" Nikhil Parekh @chris6572.bsky.social @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @miriamcolleran2.bsky.social #Struggle

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Inner Democracy.2: Struggle & the Journey of Inner Democracy "Struggle is inherent to any practice, and so it is inherent in the practice of inner democracy" shorturl.at/aOmfJ @chris6572.bsky.social @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social #Struggle #JourneyOfInnerDemocracy

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Jonathan McFarland @soulinmedicine.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I know ….. next time in person 🙏🙏

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

"A technician’s job can be completed, but a healer’s work is never done—there’s always more to learn—for ourselves and for patients"

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

"I view many of the failings of doctors and the medical system as stemming from professionals having only an identity as technicians and not as healers. Technicians follow protocols, but healers connect with humanity—their own as well as that of the patient." #Technician #Healer

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

"We can all use illness as our teacher to become better healers and humans."

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Gannet colony Muriwai New Zealand www.davidkopacz.com/photography-... @larkwren.bsky.social @soulinmedicine.bsky.social #Gannet #Muriwai #NewZealand #bird #photography #nature

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Just started @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social The Ethics of Oneness: Emerson, Whitman, & the Bhagavad Gita Great book! Wondering if distinction b/w Emerson & Whitman is a focus on Transcendent vs Immanent Oneness? @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social #Oneness #Gita #Democracy #Whitman

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Gannet Muriwai, New Zealand www.davidkopacz.com/photography-... #NewZealand #Muriwai #Gannet #photography

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Jonathan McFarland @soulinmedicine.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Really looking forward to talking at the Liverpool Medical Institution on Humanism in Surgery on 27th March at 6pm UK Time Here is the link liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Jonathan McFarland @soulinmedicine.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Prof J. McFarland - Humanism in surgery: how we can learn from the past

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Jonathan McFarland @soulinmedicine.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Excited to speaking on Hunanism in Surgery at the Liverpool Medical Institution on 27 March at 6pm UK time Link here www.eventbrite.com/e/prof-j-mcf...

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Damn it, Jim I'm a doctor - not a supporter of a fascist regime! memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/I%27m_a.... #DamnItJim #I'mADoctor #MedicalActivism #StarTrekAndDemocracy #MedicalHumanism @soulinmedicine.bsky.social

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

A new era of war, an old path of healing Walking the Medicine Wheel Free ch 14 Return to the Held Back Place of Goodness www.davidkopacz.com/walking-the-... #HeldBackPlaceOfGoodness #Trauma #Healing @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

"Art, I think, is about necessity. It's about struggle. It's about human struggle, about the deep layers of humanity, because our aesthetics always relate to our philosophy and moral judgments" Ai Weiwei #Art #Struggle #Humanity @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social

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