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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Our featured professional this month for The Living Planner Advisory Perspective Series is Dean Finkenberg, the Founder and CEO of Plans In Place. He is a business leader, innovator and dynamic mentor with an impressive history as a senior executive in companies ranging from ground-level startups to businesses with over $500 million in annual revenues.
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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
The Living Planner’s monthly Advisory Series in March features Erin Furlong, from Danmar Insurance Services in Temecula, CA. Danmar is a family owned and operated insurance agency established in the late 1970s as a means to provide quality multi-line insurance to the Southern California area. They have since expanded our ability to write insurance in
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What is the “psychology of avoidance”? Curiosity drove me to gain an understanding of why people stay away from particular situations, activities, environments, people, things or subjects of thought. After reading journal articles from educational institutions and from behavioral specialists, the findings thus far are: a) anticipation of negative consequences; b) anticipation of painful feelings;
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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CONCURRENT COVERAGE OF HOSPICE AND CURATIVE CARE Medicare. We tend to put off knowing too much about it until we come of age (mid-sixties) to receive Medicare benefits, unless we are helping our parents, grandparents or others. It’s a complicated web of policies, rules, choices and coverage that stymies many. As population in the US
Have had some interesting conversations of late about life. Being a proponent of living life, it is a conscious decision to reflect upon the gazillion little things that comprise it. Why is it that it seems those pesky little things become most important in times of crisis? Why not every day? What if we learned
