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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...
Health-SCARE Encounters
This week departs from our usual routine of video food for thought and weekly blog. I am taking advantage of the Halloween season to provide you with a compilation of healthscare (er, healthcare) facts and fiction. Maybe you find it interesting to read stuff like...
‘Uncertainty is the only certainty there is’ (Gee, thanks.)
Would you rather listen instead? Click here for the 10-minute audio recording. 'Uncertainty is the only certainty there is’ was coined by mathematician John Allen Paulos. While that is novel, a head-scratcher perhaps, the phrase holds little hope. In a previous...
Caregiving: from Here, There, Anywhere (but how?)
What is long-distance caregiving? And who is a long-distance caregiver? We read and hear this term, but what does it really mean? Aside from being hard and scary, what else is significant? As the term suggests, it is: providing care for another, locating care and...
The F in F.U.D.G.E. Stands For Fear (I’m not FUDGE’ing here.)
A couple of weeks ago, I introduced you to the concept of F.U.D.G.E (Fear Uncertainty Doubt Guilt and Exhaustion). I will begin and, over time, will break down the elements of F.U.D.G.E, beginning with F for Fear. We can nibble on F.U.D.G.E and overeat at times, and...
Me and Change, We’re Having a Meet ‘n Greet!
“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” - Woodrow Wilson I am in the middle of change and learning so much about how to greet it. Use it. That’s right, change is occurring, and I have the choice of it happening to me, change being thrust upon me, or I...