David Kopacz, MD
@drkopacz.bsky.social
Psychiatrist & integrative medicine
Author:
Caring for Self & Others: Transforming Burnout
Re-humanizing Medicine
Becoming Medicine and others...
davidkopacz.com https://beingfullyhuman.com
Becoming a True Human podcast: t.ly/lkPHx
Author:
Caring for Self & Others: Transforming Burnout
Re-humanizing Medicine
Becoming Medicine and others...
davidkopacz.com https://beingfullyhuman.com
Becoming a True Human podcast: t.ly/lkPHx
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Episode 14: What is the Story that is Enough
YouTube video by Becoming a True Human
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Episode 14: What is the Story that is Enough?
Becoming a True Human Podcast
Chris & Dave explore what kind of story is enough to help shift these dark times - along the way discussing Elie Wiesel, PK Dick, Brecht, & David Wagoner
Aud: tinyurl.com/dtvhbk74
Vid: youtu.be/0oXcLZKB02Q
#story #enough
Becoming a True Human Podcast
Chris & Dave explore what kind of story is enough to help shift these dark times - along the way discussing Elie Wiesel, PK Dick, Brecht, & David Wagoner
Aud: tinyurl.com/dtvhbk74
Vid: youtu.be/0oXcLZKB02Q
#story #enough
As a physician licensed in NY, IL, WI, WA
I'm happy to support personal and public health during flu and Covid season by providing a physician letter
Any MDs in AL?
I'm happy to support personal and public health during flu and Covid season by providing a physician letter
Any MDs in AL?
Say what?👂
ICE can mask, and not have badges and warrants?
While protesters can’t wear masks?
WTF‼️
ICE can mask, and not have badges and warrants?
While protesters can’t wear masks?
WTF‼️
Sadly, the push for anti-mask laws is back. The Alabama House has passed a bill that would criminalize protesting in a mask without a doctor’s note.
January 30, 2026 at 2:04 AM
As a physician licensed in NY, IL, WI, WA
I'm happy to support personal and public health during flu and Covid season by providing a physician letter
Any MDs in AL?
I'm happy to support personal and public health during flu and Covid season by providing a physician letter
Any MDs in AL?
Jung's Life and Work
P. 304
P. 304
January 29, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Jung's Life and Work
P. 304
P. 304
Reposted by David Kopacz, MD
Honoured to be speaking on #medicalhumanism at #SMBT in India on Friday 30 January @drkopacz.bsky.social @melisupf.bsky.social @upf.edu @upfinternational.bsky.social @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Honoured to be speaking on #medicalhumanism at #SMBT in India on Friday 30 January @drkopacz.bsky.social @melisupf.bsky.social @upf.edu @upfinternational.bsky.social @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social
Until further notice
I will be wearing black everyday in mourning for our democracy
I will be wearing black everyday in mourning for our democracy
January 28, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Until further notice
I will be wearing black everyday in mourning for our democracy
I will be wearing black everyday in mourning for our democracy
How about
Becoming A True Human?
We'd love to have you!
Aud: tinyurl.com/dtvhbk74
Vid: youtu.be/0oXcLZKB02Q
Becoming A True Human?
We'd love to have you!
Aud: tinyurl.com/dtvhbk74
Vid: youtu.be/0oXcLZKB02Q
January 28, 2026 at 2:29 PM
How about
Becoming A True Human?
We'd love to have you!
Aud: tinyurl.com/dtvhbk74
Vid: youtu.be/0oXcLZKB02Q
Becoming A True Human?
We'd love to have you!
Aud: tinyurl.com/dtvhbk74
Vid: youtu.be/0oXcLZKB02Q
Reposted by David Kopacz, MD
Nurses' Strike: www.facebook.com/events/21824...
#JusticeForAlex #DefundICE #AbolishICE #ICEOutForGood #ICEout #Nurse #NurseLife #NurseSky #MedSky
#JusticeForAlex #DefundICE #AbolishICE #ICEOutForGood #ICEout #Nurse #NurseLife #NurseSky #MedSky
January 28, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Reposted by David Kopacz, MD
Two Democratic members of Congress attacked in three days. Maxwell Frost was assaulted on Saturday, Ilan Omar tonight.
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Two Democratic members of Congress attacked in three days. Maxwell Frost was assaulted on Saturday, Ilan Omar tonight.
Reposted by David Kopacz, MD
My new book is released in one week. We need a new Declaration of Inter-dependence to renew our democracy. Check it out!
Speaking engagements coming up in PA, Los Angeles, Flagstaff, Kansas, Portland, and San Francisco (and others). See you soon!
#democracy #America250 #mindfulness
Speaking engagements coming up in PA, Los Angeles, Flagstaff, Kansas, Portland, and San Francisco (and others). See you soon!
#democracy #America250 #mindfulness
On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World
250 years after the US Declaration of Independence, this incisive Declaration of dependence is a timely, tender, and transformative guide for citizens who care deeply about the world but feel disill...
www.amazon.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:55 PM
My new book is released in one week. We need a new Declaration of Inter-dependence to renew our democracy. Check it out!
Speaking engagements coming up in PA, Los Angeles, Flagstaff, Kansas, Portland, and San Francisco (and others). See you soon!
#democracy #America250 #mindfulness
Speaking engagements coming up in PA, Los Angeles, Flagstaff, Kansas, Portland, and San Francisco (and others). See you soon!
#democracy #America250 #mindfulness
Paris Agreement withdrawal takes effect
The U.S. is officially out of the Paris Agreement, a global climate pact that seeks to limit the Earth’s rising temperatures.
thehill.com/homenews/570...
The U.S. is officially out of the Paris Agreement, a global climate pact that seeks to limit the Earth’s rising temperatures.
thehill.com/homenews/570...
thehill.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Paris Agreement withdrawal takes effect
The U.S. is officially out of the Paris Agreement, a global climate pact that seeks to limit the Earth’s rising temperatures.
thehill.com/homenews/570...
The U.S. is officially out of the Paris Agreement, a global climate pact that seeks to limit the Earth’s rising temperatures.
thehill.com/homenews/570...
Reposted by David Kopacz, MD
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
Reposted by David Kopacz, MD
Federal agents hiding behind masks contributes to abuses. It signals no accountability. It lets agents know they can act as a nameless, faceless, camouflaged, armed abuser and nobody will know who did it. It is antithetical to everything this liberty loving country stands for.
January 27, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Federal agents hiding behind masks contributes to abuses. It signals no accountability. It lets agents know they can act as a nameless, faceless, camouflaged, armed abuser and nobody will know who did it. It is antithetical to everything this liberty loving country stands for.
Warren calls for Noem's impeachment
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Warren calls for Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Congress should move to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem if she does not resign from office. In a video posted Monday to the social platform X, t…
thehill.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Warren calls for Noem's impeachment
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Reposted by David Kopacz, MD
Moderna have announced that they won't run new phase three trials now with massive impacts for new vaccine development- why- its because of RFK Jr and his anti-vaccine campaigns and cancelling mRNA vaccine research which affect the sales the company can then make 🧪🧵 #PublicHealth
Moderna Won’t Run Phase III Vaccine Trials as Skepticism Grows in US: Bloomberg
Growing opposition to vaccines in the U.S., driven by recent government policy changes, makes it difficult to see a return on investment in vaccine development, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said this w...
www.biospace.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Moderna have announced that they won't run new phase three trials now with massive impacts for new vaccine development- why- its because of RFK Jr and his anti-vaccine campaigns and cancelling mRNA vaccine research which affect the sales the company can then make 🧪🧵 #PublicHealth
Reposted by David Kopacz, MD
The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
"Pretti was a VA nurse, which is to say he chose a special path. These talented, loving people dedicate themselves to serving veterans, and they represent the best in us.:
Simha Reddy MD
Editorial by my friend from Seattle VA - kind, compassionate & dedicated
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lett...
Simha Reddy MD
Editorial by my friend from Seattle VA - kind, compassionate & dedicated
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lett...
ICE killings: ‘Accountability and restraint’
Re: “Minn. man shot, killed by federal agent” (Jan. 25, A1): On Saturday, federal agents killed Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital. Instead of CPR, ...
www.seattletimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 AM
"Pretti was a VA nurse, which is to say he chose a special path. These talented, loving people dedicate themselves to serving veterans, and they represent the best in us.:
Simha Reddy MD
Editorial by my friend from Seattle VA - kind, compassionate & dedicated
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lett...
Simha Reddy MD
Editorial by my friend from Seattle VA - kind, compassionate & dedicated
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lett...
"A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold the universe together."
apnews.com/article/dark...
apnews.com/article/dark...
Mysterious dark matter may be better understood through a new map of far-off galaxies
A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand the mysterious dark matter holding the universe together.
apnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:48 PM
"A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold the universe together."
apnews.com/article/dark...
apnews.com/article/dark...
Reposted by David Kopacz, MD
Words Create Worlds.11
What Are We Going to Do Now?
What we can learn from The Clash's song "Clampdown"
about the present Clampdown in Minneapolis
#WordsCreateWorlds #ReneeNicoleGood #AlexPretti #ICE #TheClash #Clampdown #StopWorkingForTheClampdown
shorturl.at/a8D9k
What Are We Going to Do Now?
What we can learn from The Clash's song "Clampdown"
about the present Clampdown in Minneapolis
#WordsCreateWorlds #ReneeNicoleGood #AlexPretti #ICE #TheClash #Clampdown #StopWorkingForTheClampdown
shorturl.at/a8D9k
Words Create Worlds.11: What Are We Going to Do Now?
Images: Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti were shot and killed by ICE in January, 2026. ICE photo by David Guttenfelder/The New York Times/Redux. The cover of The Clash’s 1979 album London Ca…
shorturl.at
January 25, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Words Create Worlds.11
What Are We Going to Do Now?
What we can learn from The Clash's song "Clampdown"
about the present Clampdown in Minneapolis
#WordsCreateWorlds #ReneeNicoleGood #AlexPretti #ICE #TheClash #Clampdown #StopWorkingForTheClampdown
shorturl.at/a8D9k
What Are We Going to Do Now?
What we can learn from The Clash's song "Clampdown"
about the present Clampdown in Minneapolis
#WordsCreateWorlds #ReneeNicoleGood #AlexPretti #ICE #TheClash #Clampdown #StopWorkingForTheClampdown
shorturl.at/a8D9k
Reposted by David Kopacz, MD
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis | Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a g... | www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis | Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a g... | www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Reposted by David Kopacz, MD
“THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY DOING THE WORK AND HAVE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME”
Here’s how to find some of them:
Here’s how to find some of them:
As state terror amps up, here's a list of actions you can take now--
a lot of resources
and a list of upcoming virtual trainings on a number of topics:
a lot of resources
and a list of upcoming virtual trainings on a number of topics:
actions to take as ICE intensifies
ways to support MN and your own community
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:27 AM
“THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY DOING THE WORK AND HAVE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME”
Here’s how to find some of them:
Here’s how to find some of them:
Words Create Worlds.11
What Are We Going to Do Now?
What we can learn from The Clash's song "Clampdown"
about the present Clampdown in Minneapolis
#WordsCreateWorlds #ReneeNicoleGood #AlexPretti #ICE #TheClash #Clampdown #StopWorkingForTheClampdown
shorturl.at/a8D9k
What Are We Going to Do Now?
What we can learn from The Clash's song "Clampdown"
about the present Clampdown in Minneapolis
#WordsCreateWorlds #ReneeNicoleGood #AlexPretti #ICE #TheClash #Clampdown #StopWorkingForTheClampdown
shorturl.at/a8D9k
Words Create Worlds.11: What Are We Going to Do Now?
Images: Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti were shot and killed by ICE in January, 2026. ICE photo by David Guttenfelder/The New York Times/Redux. The cover of The Clash’s 1979 album London Ca…
shorturl.at
January 25, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Words Create Worlds.11
What Are We Going to Do Now?
What we can learn from The Clash's song "Clampdown"
about the present Clampdown in Minneapolis
#WordsCreateWorlds #ReneeNicoleGood #AlexPretti #ICE #TheClash #Clampdown #StopWorkingForTheClampdown
shorturl.at/a8D9k
What Are We Going to Do Now?
What we can learn from The Clash's song "Clampdown"
about the present Clampdown in Minneapolis
#WordsCreateWorlds #ReneeNicoleGood #AlexPretti #ICE #TheClash #Clampdown #StopWorkingForTheClampdown
shorturl.at/a8D9k
Reposted by David Kopacz, MD
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
"What are we going to do now?"
The Clash
Clampdown
Live - Fridays 1980: shorturl.at/TdE5A
London Calling album: rb.gy/kdhzxe
#TheClash #Clampdown #InTheseDaysOfEvilPresidentes #WhatAreWeGoingToDoNow #WeWillTeachOurTwistedSpeechToTheYoungBelievers
Lyrics in thread
What are we going to do now?...
The Clash
Clampdown
Live - Fridays 1980: shorturl.at/TdE5A
London Calling album: rb.gy/kdhzxe
#TheClash #Clampdown #InTheseDaysOfEvilPresidentes #WhatAreWeGoingToDoNow #WeWillTeachOurTwistedSpeechToTheYoungBelievers
Lyrics in thread
What are we going to do now?...
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January 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
"What are we going to do now?"
The Clash
Clampdown
Live - Fridays 1980: shorturl.at/TdE5A
London Calling album: rb.gy/kdhzxe
#TheClash #Clampdown #InTheseDaysOfEvilPresidentes #WhatAreWeGoingToDoNow #WeWillTeachOurTwistedSpeechToTheYoungBelievers
Lyrics in thread
What are we going to do now?...
The Clash
Clampdown
Live - Fridays 1980: shorturl.at/TdE5A
London Calling album: rb.gy/kdhzxe
#TheClash #Clampdown #InTheseDaysOfEvilPresidentes #WhatAreWeGoingToDoNow #WeWillTeachOurTwistedSpeechToTheYoungBelievers
Lyrics in thread
What are we going to do now?...
Re-posting this as still relevant:
Words Create Worlds.6
Doctors Against Fascism
#DoctorsAgainstFascism #HumanRights #DutyToWarn #WitnessingProfessional #RJLifton #SpiritualDemocracy #AlexPreti
@soulinmedicine.bsky.social
beingfullyhuman.com/2020/10/16/w...
Words Create Worlds.6
Doctors Against Fascism
#DoctorsAgainstFascism #HumanRights #DutyToWarn #WitnessingProfessional #RJLifton #SpiritualDemocracy #AlexPreti
@soulinmedicine.bsky.social
beingfullyhuman.com/2020/10/16/w...
Words Create Worlds.6 Doctors Against Fascism
“Words create worlds,” Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.[1] “Words create worlds.” These are the words of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, here is the full quote, remembered by his daughter, Susannah Hesc…
beingfullyhuman.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Re-posting this as still relevant:
Words Create Worlds.6
Doctors Against Fascism
#DoctorsAgainstFascism #HumanRights #DutyToWarn #WitnessingProfessional #RJLifton #SpiritualDemocracy #AlexPreti
@soulinmedicine.bsky.social
beingfullyhuman.com/2020/10/16/w...
Words Create Worlds.6
Doctors Against Fascism
#DoctorsAgainstFascism #HumanRights #DutyToWarn #WitnessingProfessional #RJLifton #SpiritualDemocracy #AlexPreti
@soulinmedicine.bsky.social
beingfullyhuman.com/2020/10/16/w...
Statement from the American Nurses Association regarding the death of registered nurse Alex Pretti
"ANA calls for a full, unencumbered investigation, and urges that findings be shared promptly and clearly so Alex’s loved ones and the public have answers."
www.nursingworld.org/news/news-re...
"ANA calls for a full, unencumbered investigation, and urges that findings be shared promptly and clearly so Alex’s loved ones and the public have answers."
www.nursingworld.org/news/news-re...
Statement from the American Nurses Association regarding the death of registered nurse Alex Pretti
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is deeply disturbed and saddened to learn of the death of Alex Pretti, a registered nurse, in Minneapolis earlier today. We extend our condolences to Alex’s loved...
www.nursingworld.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Statement from the American Nurses Association regarding the death of registered nurse Alex Pretti
"ANA calls for a full, unencumbered investigation, and urges that findings be shared promptly and clearly so Alex’s loved ones and the public have answers."
www.nursingworld.org/news/news-re...
"ANA calls for a full, unencumbered investigation, and urges that findings be shared promptly and clearly so Alex’s loved ones and the public have answers."
www.nursingworld.org/news/news-re...