On March 3, 2025, Martin Robb released the 20th episode of his podcast series Careful Thinking, entirely dedicated to presence and our book Relational Caring and Presence Theory in Health Care and Social Work. In just an hour, you’ll get a good overview.
At some point in our lives, we will all have the experience of caring for another person – or being cared for ourselves. But what exactly is ‘care’, and what do we mean by ‘good’ care? In the Careful Thinking podcast Martin Robb (Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Car at The Open University) explores these and simular questions. In the march 2025 episode ‘Caring presence’ Martin Robb is joined by Andries Baart and Guus Timmerman.
What does it mean to ‘practise presence’ in caring for others? How did the theory of presence develop from research on everyday care practice? And what are the professional, organisational and political implications of presence theory and relational caring? These are some of the questions explored in the podcast.
You can listen to the episode here or on any of the major podcast platforms (Apple, Spotify, etc.) or via the podcast website. Martin Robb also has written about the podcast episode in post on his Substack newsletter.