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Talking- Let’s shift from should and get to the good.
Would you rather listen instead? Click here for the 13-minute audio recording. I don’t like being told what to do. When I first entered the senior care realm – when MY family members were aging and I had to respond - I was hit with all these articles and info...
There’s still some F.U.D.G.E. left… The ‘E’ in F.U.D.G.E. is for Exhaustion
Would you rather listen instead? Click here for the 18-minute audio recording. Are you still sampling the holiday fudge? I hear it freezes well. Hello F.U.D.G.E.-Folks, and the people that love them and the professionals that work with them. I'm back with...
Thought-Full Considerations Over the Holidays
Do you have a special place you go to? Somewhere to really settle down and think about what is important? There’s this place I go to every year, sometimes more than once if I am able. It’s a little rental I had the good fortune to find years ago, hosted by a lovely...
Holiday Traditions – An Unexpected Rumination
Would you rather listen instead? Click here for the 11-minute audio recording. In 2019 a good friend of mine, Nancy Loeffler of Being With Grief, queried me and others about any new holiday traditions that came about as a result of change or loss. I sat down to...
The “G” in F.U.D.G.E. is for Guilt
Would you rather listen instead? Click here for the 13-minute audio recording. The holidays are here, are you beginning to see FUDGE? Today I am discussing GUILT, the G in F.U.D.G.E. As you will remember I get a lot of mileage out of this concept of F.U.D.G.E....
I Won’t Let you See Me
Would you rather listen instead? Click here for the 10-minute audio recording. In a minute, I am going into character. You see, I wrote a blog a few years back, written in the voice of someone’s Mom. She was savvy – she was on to her Adult Children and as you...
Sam’s Coming to Know, a Thanksgiving Story
Would you rather listen instead? Click here for the 10-minute audio recording. This is the time of year that loved ones begin to gather, and while you may have your own emotions about that (anticipation or apprehension, family dynamics being what they are),...
Pass the F.U.D.G.E. – Today’s Ingredient is DOUBT
Would you rather listen instead? Click here for the 10-minute audio recording. Today I am back to offer you some more F.U.D.G.E…Those of you who read my social media may already know that this concept of F.U.D.G.E. means Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt, Guilt, and...
Advance Directives For End of Life Care: Gifts to Give and Receive
Hello Everyone, It’s moving week for me so I selected a favorite post to share with you, one full of gifts that we can “Give and Get”. If there were a way to get something you want and give a gift at the same time, would you consider it? Advance Directives for...