Mettle Method
Discover The Mettle Method—an immersive educational experience tailored to navigate the intricate dynamics of caregiving relationships. Ideal for caregivers, patients, their loved ones, and healthcare professionals, our program delves into the profound aspects of living with illness and mortality. Rooted in the principles of palliative care, we integrate insights from psychology, philosophy, and spirituality to illuminate the path of compassionate understanding amidst life's toughest trials.
A Different Type of Learning
This course explores big life questions and how we relate to each other during difficult times. It was created by palliative care professionals as a thoughtful response to the way healthcare often handles existential challenges. You don’t need any background in healthcare—either as a patient or a provider—to learn from and benefit from this material.
The Mettle Method is an experiential learning program designed to address the relational dynamics of care. It focuses largely on living with the emotional, social, and existential challenges of illness and mortality. This program is not diagnosis specific; it’s about how we relate to each other as human beings in the full light of hard realities.
Our program is appropriate for lay caregivers, patients, anyone who loves them, and professional clinicians alike. If that sounds unusually inclusive, we heartily agree. It is high time that those giving and those receiving care have opportunities to learn together, with and from each other.
People living with serious, chronic or terminal illness
People caring for someone living with an illness
People working in the healthcare system to care for patients and caregivers
People with aging parents who want to be prepared for the next phase of life
People navigating grief due to the loss of another person
Who Is This Program For?
Mettle Method Modules
The Mettle Method for individuals is offered in three sections that participants can take over time. Each module is live with a facilitator and provided over Zoom.
PRICING: $250 per module
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This module emphasizes understanding health as a dynamic and ever-changing experience for those living with pain or illness. Rather than viewing health as a static goal achieved only through corrective actions, participants are encouraged to recognize health as a fluid state.
Topics
ORIENTING TO HEALTH
CARE AS AN AESTHETIC PRACTICE
MEANING AND MEANINGLESSNESS
CREATED AND IRREDUCIBLE SELVES
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This module challenges the conventional expectations placed on those with chronic or terminal illnesses, advocating for authentic and direct experiences. It encourages a deeper understanding of the dynamic relationship between caregivers and care receivers.
Topics
CLARITY AND SPACIOUSNESS
CONTEXTUALIZATION
SELF OTHER PARADOX
LANGUAGE
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This module focuses on the importance of establishing practices that support each of us within the dynamic of interpersonal relationships. It acknowledges the challenges of caring for others and emphasizes the need for emotional protection and healthy boundaries. Participants are encouraged to take pride in their efforts and to recognize the significance of their roles.
Topics
ADVOCACY, ACTIVISM AND NAVIGATING THE SYSTEM
CAUTIONS
BOUNDARIES
LOVE AND CONNECTION
CLOSURE
Schedule
Orienting to the Person
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
9:30am - 12:30pm PT
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30
9:30am -12:30pm PT
FRIDAY, AUG 29
9:30am - 12:30pm PT
Building Mutual Relationships
FRIDAY, JULY 18
1:00-4:00pm PT
FRIDAY, JULY 25
9:30am - 12:30pm PT
WEDNESDAY, AUG 20
9:30-12:30pm PT
Caring for Yourself
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23
9:30am -12:30pm PT
FRIDAY, AUG 15
1:00-4:00pm PT
What Attendees are Saying
“The Mettle Method workshop was more than just a skills boost — it was a chance to step back and rethink my whole approach to care. Framing palliative care as an "aesthetic practice" and focusing on the principles of deep listening and communication profoundly reshaped my perspective. This workshop is perfect for clinicians who want to to reflect on patient relationships and reevaluate what it means to ease suffering.”
“I came to the training as a human and left wiser and far better equipped with tools for meeting people in pain where they are and being with them there…”
"The Mettle Method approach to communication training is unlike any other communication training I have participated in over the course of my career. Rather than focusing on the “right words” or “right actions” the emphasis is on an ongoing exploration of being in the space of life and death, suffering and grief, with fellow human beings that never ends. …If you are looking for answers, this is not that course. If you are looking for some light to help illuminate your journey, this is the course for you."
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Interested in the Mettle Method for your group? Reach out any time to learn more about scheduling and pricing.