The Practitioner's Heart: Practical Buddhist Wisdom for Therapists and Healthcare Professionals
The Practitioner’s Heart offers practical Buddhist wisdom to help therapists and healthcare workers stay grounded, open, and connected in their work and daily lives. Hosted by psychologist and Buddhist practitioner Poh Gan, this podcast explores how to integrate mindfulness, compassion, and awareness into real‑world clinical practice—beyond theory and into lived experience. Each episode includes gentle reflections, sharing of buddhist teachings, and conversations with fellow practitioners walking a similar spiritual path. Whether you’re seeking to calm a busy mind, deepen your inner resources, or reconnect with purpose, this is a space to feel supported, inspired, and be part of a community of helpers cultivating clarity and an open heart.
The Practitioner's Heart: Practical Buddhist Wisdom for Therapists and Healthcare Professionals
Latest Episodes
Beyond Cognitive Insight: Why Therapists Need Embodied Clarity
In this episode of The Practitioner’s Heart, we explore the powerful difference between cognitive insight and embodied clarity — and why this distinction matters so deeply for therapists, psychologists, counsellors, socia...
How Buddhist Wisdom Can Help Us Stay Human in the Age of AI
In this reflective and heartfelt episode, host Poh Gan explores a question many modern therapists quietly hold: How do we stay grounded, wise, and spiritually aligned in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence?
The Power of Dharma Friendship: Why Therapists Need Spiritual Community and Support
In this episode of The Practitioner’s Heart, we explore one of the most powerful – and often misunderstood – sources of support for therapists: dharma friendship.Whether you call it spiritual fri...
How Buddhist Practice promote secured attachment and nervous system regulation for therapists?
In this episode, Poh explores how Buddhist practice can support therapists in cultivating secure attachment within themselves — and how this inner steadiness naturally supports nervous system regulation, compassionate presence, and therapeutic ...
A Conversation with Dr Hayley D. Quinn: Reclaiming Wellbeing and Creating A Life That Fits (Part 2)
In Part 2 of my deeply nourishing conversation with Dr. Hayley D. Quinn, we turn toward the realities so many therapists, psychologists, and helping professionals quietly carry: burnout, self‑neglect, emotional labour, and the pressure to keep ...
