David Notter's guest appearances

David Notter

Art of Community NCW podcast

David Smith

Tom Green

Matt Brown

Barbara Walters

Steve Scott

Paul Hessburg

Rob Tidd

Andre Vasquez

Camille Jones

Matt Canlis

Jon Magnus

Bill Layman

Lisa Bradshaw

Abel Noah

Rory Turner

OwlTail

This is a follow-up conversation with Dr. David Notter, the retired cancer doctor in North Central Washington and we focus on how playing music has helped him through some tough times and helped his patients and their families.  In our conversation, he talks about the healing power of music and unique experience of performing classical music and bluegrass. As a recovering violinist, this gave me new insights into the experience of playing bluegrass and impact playing the music has on the performers and the audience.  He shared four short segments of fiddle playing. It is a conversation that lingers with me still. 

This is a follow-up conversation with Dr. David Notter, the retired cancer doctor in North Central Washington and we focus on how playing music has helped him through some tough times and helped his patients and their families.  In our conversation, he talks about the healing power of music and unique experience of performing classical music and bluegrass. As a recovering violinist, this gave me new insights into the experience of playing bluegrass and impact playing the music has on the performers and the audience.  He shared four short segments of fiddle playing. It is a conversation that lingers with me still.

#69 David Notter and the healing power of music

My guest for this podcast is Dr. David Notter, a retired Wenatchee oncologist. Notter talks about the power of empathy – of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes – and the strong relationships he developed with patients, their families and others in the community. He learned as much or more from his patients about healing than he taught them. He talks about the difference between healing and curing and the powerful lessons that his patients taught him.  “If you watch and listen to patients with serious illness, they teach you immensely. They teach you about caring, and thereby about forces which foster empathy and ‘healing,’” he said. Notter is one of four elders in the valley who will be sharing their wisdom and perspectives at a virtual event Sept. 20 that is sponsored by the Ripple Foundation. I hope you enjoy our conversation.

My guest for this podcast is Dr. David Notter, a retired Wenatchee oncologist. Notter talks about the power of empathy – of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes – and the strong relationships he developed with patients, their families and others in the community. He learned as much or more from his patients about healing than he taught them. He talks about the difference between healing and curing and the powerful lessons that his patients taught him.  “If you watch and listen to patients with serious illness, they teach you immensely. They teach you about caring, and thereby about forces which foster empathy and ‘healing,’” he said. Notter is one of four elders in the valley who will be sharing their wisdom and perspectives at a virtual event Sept. 20 that is sponsored by the Ripple Foundation. I hope you enjoy our conversation.

#68 Dr. David Notter: Lessons from a healer