Where creativity, kindness, and clinical excellence work hand-in-hand for the wellbeing and safety of all involved.
Research proves that focusing on positive behaviours like kindness drives real results: higher engagement, shared accountability, and effective solutions to burnout and toxic culture. When we prioritise kindness, everyone benefits through improved safety and well-being.
Arts-based experiences amplify this by releasing natural chemicals that help people connect more deeply and collaborate more effectively.
The science is clear: kindness and the arts create meaningful, lasting change.
Our creative and interactive programs and events support you to build and lead a culture where kindness is a core competency. Our self-paced Kindness in Action modules, Gathering of Kindness events and bespoke presentations and workshops arm individuals and teams with evidence-based tools to embed kindness, safety, and wellbeing into everyday care.
We create art that ignites change. From our renowned and award winning original music to Hush Health Plays, original literature and Kindness Gatherings reaching tens of thousands of people around the world - our performances, AV installations, and community events unite patients, families, and staff in a shared celebration of the best of humanity in healthcare.
Hush Music has grown to encompass over 20 albums that are now used in healthcare environments across the country and internationally. You’ll find it playing in palliative care units, aged care facilities, paediatric wards, and adult treatment centres. Each piece has been thoughtfully composed for people navigating challenging times and difficult transitions. Because the music is carefully crafted for these sensitive moments, it resonates deeply in everyday life as well.
“It is such a beautifully intentioned initiative, to bring kindness into spaces of sickness or disconnection or isolation, it is such a simple and yet powerful human thing to bring to people when they are at their most vulnerable.” (Mama Kin, Singer-Songwriter)
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Hush Healthcare Plays
“The Hush Health play “Hear Me” has been a firm fixture in the Melbourne Medical School’s curriculum. Presented to all 350 senior medical students in the week before they graduated as doctors, the play engages its audience at both cognitive and emotional levels to give patient safety an immediacy that standard teaching techniques simply cannot.”
Gathering of Kindness
“Having attended many conferences about bullying, workplace relations and ‘healthy workplaces’, I was inspired to see one which addressed the issues head on, with moral courage, practical wisdom and operational nous. At the Gathering of Kindness, the calibre of speakers was top notch. The audience members were humming in every break, talking about how they would apply the learnings when they got back to their health service. A day to remember.”
Hush Music
“When I visited Cath and her team and saw their work, I could see exactly the reason she saw music as being such an important part of health care. The sterile environment, bright lights and funny clothing of an operating theatre can be an anxiety-ridden experience. Music written for a therapeutic reason can be helpful for parents and children and provide much broader benefits for society.”
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