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6 days ago
2 min

Courage is a Mighty Word

Courage is a mighty word. We love the idea of courage. We look for it in all situations to lift us up from our daily lives. We see many e...

Jul 16
2 min

COVID-19: It's a Transformation

We've been through different phases of this COVID thing. We've been through surprise; then buckling down to see this thing through becaus...

Jun 28
2 min

We're Not Surrogates

I know hospice is misunderstood. I encounter this misunderstanding routinely. Hospice is misunderstood because dying is misunderstood. If...

Jun 12
2 min

COVID-19: What 2nd Wave?

There is talk in the news about a "second wave" of COVID-19. I have to ask myself, "What second wave?" We're still not off the first. COV...

Jun 3
2 min

Anger is Pain

In these contentious times where man is pitting himself against his brother in incessant, confrontational, violent ways, I think of one t...

May 28
2 min

Sudden Death: Part 2

I was driven to palliative care by wanting to give peace to the dying. I particularly wanted to give comfort around a process which was s...

May 17
2 min

COVID-19: Where are the answers?

We all want certainty: COVID-19 will officially end on this date. We will have a vaccine by this date. We will no longer have pandemics o...

May 3
2 min

The Silence of ALS

Recently I was told that ALS patients didn't have pain. It was particularly tough to hear this because it came from a family member of an...

Apr 19
2 min

COVID-19: Should We Go Back?

We were living full throttle before. For years. We all sensed we were, although we may or may not have wanted to admit it. Our lives were...

Apr 11
2 min

COVID-19: Do You Care?

In life, in everything you do, you either care or you don't. This may seem like an inconsequential matter but it is not. It is the basis ...

Apr 5
2 min

COVID-19: We Can't Test

It's not easy to get COVID-19 testing right now. An individual I know tried to go to the hospital for suspect symptoms. He already had si...

Mar 30
3 min

Drill & Kill

I recently heard the expression drill and kill. I hadn't heard it before and was told that it meant doing repetitive drills in a domain a...

Mar 22
2 min

COVID-19: What To Do Now?

We've gotten used to being able to move on quickly. With the beginning of this pandemic, we had the mindset that it would take a few week...

Mar 17
2 min

COVID-19: The Difficulties with Self-Isolating

There is an unspoken difficulty with self-isolation. As much as we'd like to pretend that it is easy to do, it is extremely difficult to ...

Mar 14
2 min

COVID-19: Why the Panic?

These are difficult times. We are in the midst of a pandemic which is causing us to halt society through panic about spread. And while th...

Mar 3
2 min

COVID-19: The Etiquette of Health

I was told a story today about a little boy in class who coughed and sneezed, and never covered his mouth or washed his hands. When the l...

Mar 2
2 min

How Honest are You?

Honesty is a tricky subject. We'd all like to think we're unfailingly honest in our communication but in actuality we're only quasi-hones...

Feb 19
4 min

Sudden Death: Part 1

Sudden Death is painful. Whenever we encounter death unexpectedly in a loved one before we have time to prepare ourselves mentally in gri...

Feb 9
2 min

An Epiphany with Chiron

I am a fan of many things, two of which are mythology and astronomy. I was recently reading about Chiron, the centaur and Wounded Healer,...

Feb 2
2 min

A Metaphor for Mindfulness

I went running the other day and thought of mindfulness. My thinking about mindfulness wasn't a good thing. It came about because of the ...

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