Radical Loving Care
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Days 215-219 – Caring for the Caregiver’s Soul
Caregiving is a matter of soul as well as body. We are all caregivers or in need of one – or, importantly, both. The finest tonic for the caregiver’s soul is the belief that their healing work is meaningful. Repetition and… Continue reading
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Days 201-205- Heart Sweeping
Are we more loving than we were ten years ago? Can we sweep regrets & impatience from our hearts or are we hostages to the shifting sands of brain chemistry? Continue reading
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Days 173-177 – Midnight Friends
Who are your middle-of-the-night friends – people you can count on no matter what? To whom are you such a friend? Continue reading
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Days 139-143 – America’s Newest Healing Hospital – Bingham Memorial
Few hospitals deliver healing as well as curing. Bingham Memorial Hospital has recently become Healing Hospital Certified as a place that offers both. Continue reading
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Days 102-106 – Symbols of Love
Joseph Campbell defined a symbol as “an energy evoking, and directing, agent.” Hospitals & hospices signal anxiety. The right symbols help Compassion defeat Fear opening the door to healing. Continue reading
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Days 100-101: Kindness
"No act of kindness no matter how small…is ever wasted." -Aesop An empathetic gesture, a word of caring or a random act of kindness can awaken one's heart. These experiences evoke a metamorphosis of sorts. Yet it is a very private experience,… Continue reading
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Days 94-99 – “Just a bunch of rocks”
Words matter. Seeing a beach as “just sand” blocks Beauty’s embrace. Caregivers who label patients cannot heal. Compassionate language helps caregivers become healers. Continue reading
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Days 346-350 – Saving A Child
Yvan was born with a death sentence. His crime? Club feet. American children receive love & treatment. In Yvan’s Ivory Coast village the tradition is to kill “disfigured” children. That was Yvan’s fate until he found a pair of angels. Continue reading
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Days 220-221 A Moments Sunshine
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Note: this reflection is offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel Last night I had the good fortune to attend the… Continue reading
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Days 180-184 – Calling All Good People
“The surest way for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing.” Who appeals to our highest & best self? Donald Trump’s success fuels every bullying boss in America. His message to leaders is that you win using… Continue reading
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