Atlas of Care inspires people



Our mission is to transform how we care for ourselves and our communities through agile solutions, rich collaborations, and innovative research. We work with a variety of communities to deliver practical, evidence-based tools and educational experiences to increase people’s empathy, sense of interrelatedness, and ability to care for each other. Learn More

 

MAPPING OURSELVES

Our program helps people see and understand their interrelatedness, the impacts of day-to-day life on wellbeing, and discover the power of their collective capacity to help each other and impact change.
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ATLAS CAREMAP

The Atlas CareMap is a diagram of a person’s care ecosystem, drawn by hand, showing who cares for whom, and how. The drawing and a process for self-reflection and action, which also provides a catalyst for conversation
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RESEARCH & IMPACT

The practice of Personal Science helps people understand and manage their lives. By discovering the emotional and practical value of learning from each other, communities are strengthened and relationships are deepened.
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Partners

Partners and Collaborators

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Weaving With Care
by Rajiv Mehta.
On November 17, I had a rich conversation with members of the Weave community on “Seeing the Care That is All Around Us”. It was an honor speaking with this group, as their vision of weaving a rich social fabric is so in line with our efforts at Atlas of Care. Weave: The social fabric...
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Tools for Life: An exploration on the value of personal science for care, wellbeing and community in Michigan
by Rajiv Mehta.
“We need a vision of community that is relevant and future-facing. A vision that brings us closer to one another, allows us to be vulnerable and imperfect, to grieve and stumble, to be held accountable and loved deeply. We need models of success and leadership that fundamentally value love, care, and generosity of resources and...
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What is Empathy, Really?
by Susan Williams.
Empathy is not a state to acheive. Empathy is a continuous unfolding process of listening and our ability to connecting with ourselves is the foundational ingredient to being able empathize with others.
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Visioning Exercise: A glimpse of a possible future
by Susan Williams.
A vision of the future of a company that integrated the Mapping Ourselves program into its culture.
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Our Impact: Mapping Ourselves in Michigan
by Susan Williams.
Testimonials from Mapping Ourselves workshop participants in Michigan that speak to the impact on their lives.
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Community – BLOCK: How Communities Become Gender Equitable Villages of Care
by Susan Williams.
A new coalition coming together for the first time, to take on the issue of gender equity as a community building bloc, and unpaid care as the very first brick that must be laid to create a foundation of human health and resilience.
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Yes, You Can Successfully Teach Empathy Online
by Rajiv Mehta.
Online Mapping Ourselves workshop participants came to learn more deeply, both about themselves and about others.
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COVID Times: Youth + Loneliness
by Susan Williams.
The beta Mapping Ourselves Online workshop was an opportunity to speak about the CareMap, our other Mapping Ourselves tools, and the personal science practice with the pandemic as a backdrop.
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Belonging
by Susan Williams.
The beta Mapping Ourselves Online workshop was an opportunity to speak about the CareMap, our other Mapping Ourselves tools, and the personal science practice with the pandemic as a backdrop.
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Drawing Our Future
by Susan Williams.
Our Mapping Ourselves program came to a screeching halt in March. We developed a Beta online program and this is the feedback we received.
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