This week, Jessica sits down with Reverend Eric J. Hall, CEO of the Spiritual Care Association, to explore the often overlooked role of spiritual care in both healthcare and organizational leadership. Drawing on decades of experience across healthcare, nonprofit leadership, and chaplaincy, Eric shares a compelling perspective on why caring for the human spirit is not optional—but essential to true healing and performance.

Eric explains how spiritual care differs from religious care, reframing it as the pursuit of meaning and purpose that applies to everyone, regardless of belief system. He walks through the growing body of research showing that integrating spiritual care into healthcare improves outcomes, shortens recovery times, and supports both patients and staff in high-stakes environments.

The conversation also explores the expansion of chaplaincy beyond hospitals into corporate environments, first responders, and everyday workplaces. Eric addresses common misconceptions, the challenges of funding and perception, and why organizations that invest in supporting the whole person ultimately see stronger culture, retention, and engagement.

About Reverend Eric Hall

Rev. Eric J. Hall is president and CEO of HealthCare Chaplaincy Network™, a 55-year-old global nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the integration of spiritual care in health care to increase patient satisfaction and help people faced with illness and grief find comfort and meaning—whoever they are, whatever they believe, wherever they are. HCCN is a leader in clinical pastoral education and spiritual care research, and provides professional chaplaincy services at major health care institutions in New York, including Hospital for Special Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and NYU Langone Medical Center.

Since Rev. Hall joined the New York-based HCCN in August 2013, the organization has been making important advances in clinical pastoral education, research into the evidence of the value of chaplaincy interventions, and alliances with like-minded organizations.  He has also led the organization’s expansion beyond traditional hospital bedside chaplaincy by innovating a suite of cost-effective, technology-driven programs and services to provide spiritual support to individuals and their families throughout the health care continuum—whether in hospital or outpatient settings, hospice, long-term residences, or at home.

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