Dear Barbara, Can you recommend a book guiding a new hospice volunteer (me) with spiritual support to a dying person whose views are very different from my own? I do not have a book to recommend that tells you how to support a patient with spiritual views other than your own. BUT I can tell […]
Women receive less medical care for their health problems than men with the same conditions, research shows. And doctors are more likely to tell women their symptoms are emotional rather than physical. Differential treatment for men and women also exists in another corner of the healthcare system: workers’ compensation claims. Women injured on the job […]
It’s the first day of autumn! A time of hot chocolatey mornings, and toasty marshmallow evenings, and best of all, leaping into leaves!” Winnie the Pooh Like Pooh Bear, we love the fall! A season when the weather drops in degrees, we pull out our sweaters and sip on our favorite fall drinks. Fall officially […]
As readers of my ravings likely know by now, my father was a U.S. Marine. To him — and, so, to us — time was an adversarial construct. There was no later. There was no gradually. There was no patience. There were just two things: (1) Now. (2) Now, God damn it! Growing up in […]
I’ve always considered myself a bit of a contrarian. When it comes to midlife, the common consensus is that midlife starts at age 45. I however believe that midlife starts for most of us in our 30s due to circumstances, not due to age. Circumstances causing our midlife season to begin are unique to each […]
Author’s Bio: Denise Giddings was born in Illinois and currently resides in Texas. She enjoys reading, writing, coffee, and hanging out with friends. She is a business major who is using writing to tap into her creative side. Her debut novel, Boomerang, has garnered rave reviews and established her as an author to watch […]
When you touch minds, people are willing to walk a dozen miles for you; and when you touch hearts, people are willing to walk a thousand miles for you; but when you touch souls, people are willing to walk a million miles for you. ―Matshona Dhliwayo “There’s no place like home. There’s no place like […]
Say what you will about social media such as Facebook and Instagram, but for retirees, it has been a portal for us to connect with old friends. Following a class reunion, way before the pandemic took hold and many of us retired, we shared our contact information or invited each other to be friends on […]
The need for social connection and the benefits of intergenerational relationships is undisputed. The success of innovative programs to address these issues is no more evident than in the Japanese Solutions to elder isolation and loneliness. According to New York Times article, In rural areas, like the remote mountain village Nagoro, the last child was […]
Job descriptions expect it. Social media “influencers” claim it. And we listen to those we assume are one. An “expert”. But who is really an expert? What Are the Requirements to be an Expert? Is it someone who has multiple advanced degrees and took place in hundreds of clinical trials but has never worked outside […]
