It’s been quite a week of client meetings, workshops and presentations. Have observed how many people hesitate to make a decision or take action. What has come to the surface is this – often times, decisions are not made because of fear the decision cannot be undone/updated or corrected. This prompted me to write […]
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Poof, you make up your mind and everything changes, right? Not always! This article from LifeHack provides 18 tricks to help make new habits stick. Suggestion – step by step. What do you wish to change? Why is this important to you? Are you ready to make a commitment to yourself? Build your confidence with
Providing workshops throughout communities, I’ve learned how often we are ill-prepared for any disruption from our “normal” day to day lives. This has been a year filled with natural disasters, of random shootings, accident, illness and other disruptions. Keeping our sights on outcomes we can impact and on the many positive aspects of our lives
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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What a week it has been in Southern California. Fire broke out last Saturday and spread to 139 acres rapidly, within 5 miles of me. Firefighters came from near and far, our community joined together to supply water and keep spirits with a major freeway closure. After three days of intense activity, our lives resumed
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What is adulting, you ask? The Urban Dictionary defines it for us. Adulting (v): to do grown up things and hold responsibilities such as, a 9-5 job, a mortgage/rent, a car payment, or anything else that makes one think of grown ups. Why discuss adulting? Knowledge is power. Learning about various aspect of life as
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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Coming of age signifies becoming an adult. In the United States, the majority of states designate the age of 18 as the age for a young person to be considered an adult. In the states of Arkansas, Nevada, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin the age is either 18 or when one graduates from high
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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The Living Planner continually explores possibilities of how best to relay the benefits of living now, preparing in advance of death and preparing for any transition we encounter while we’re living. When I read this quote by Wayne Dyer it was a “Boom”! How often “the end” that seems to stop us – C*O*L*D from
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