October represents the beginning of the final quarter of the year. Q4 is upon us. How are you doing with the goals you have set for yourself personally and professionally? Goal setting may or may not be your forte. For those who are interested in theory, Dr Edwin Locke and Dr Gary Latham spent many […]
When we complete a task we have set forward to complete, there can be a feeling of satisfaction, of completeness such as “yes, that’s done”! We move on from that task onto the next task after placing a “check-mark” on the list of things to do. If we think of filing tax returns, this feeling
I’m participating in an OpenIDEO initiative that asks the question, “How might we reimagine the end-of-life experience for ourselves and our loved ones? IDEO is a design and innovation consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. The challenge runs through July in collaboration with Sutter Health, Ungerleider Fund and HELIX Centre. Thought leaders from around
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The Living Planner Advisory Perspective Series presents questions to professionals each month. We provide our readers with this information to help them prepare for meetings with professionals they may consider using to help them plan and prepare for life. This month, it is my pleasure to introduce Shawna Rose, the Founder of Destination Sleep in
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Beginning in 2016, Medicare now provides reimbursement for End of Life Discussions between doctors and patients. Curious about the effectiveness of this policy, I began reading. Not surprising, numerous articles reference how uncomfortable doctors are having these conversations. Doctors are trained to heal and to save, while seeing so often the impact of critical illness,
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If Prince were your client, here’s the best piece of advice he should have heard When the news came this week of Prince’s death, then that he had no will, the incongruity seemed odd with his apparent control of the other areas of his music career and life. Leaving no directions through a will/trust, what
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Today is National Health Care Decisions Day, I’ve made my decisions, have you? K.V. Scruggs, wrote the following article. It’s a great read for today, enjoy! The Dirty Secret about CPR in the Hospital (That Doctors Desperately Want You to Know) April 11, 2016 129 Comments “A few things have changed in medicine over the last
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Today’s blog comes to you early in the new year with a topic that fascinates me – Communication. Particularly, communication about planning health care directives. The topic of communication can be defined in many ways. Merriam Webster defines communication as: the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange
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Was asked a question last week while speaking in the Bay Area about “digital assets”. The question was “What are Digital Assets and what should be done with them? ” The Puget Sound Business Journal March 13, 2015 Laura Hoexter defines Digital Assets in the following: “Digital assets are intangible personal assets formatted into a
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“Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is
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