Radical Loving Care
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Days 207-211 How Leaders Never Miss an Opportunity to Miss an Opportunity
Culture determines behavior. Leaders determine culture. Leaders have a massive opportunity to create cultures of loving care. When they waste that they betray the mission of the hospitals where they lead. Continue reading
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Days 123-127 – The Finest of Fine Arts
Caregiving is, in fact, the finest of Fine Arts. A good thing to remember during Nurse’s Month. Continue reading
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Days 46-50 Agathokakological: The Only Word Describing Human Nature
Since caregiving can dominate your whole life it may be wise to accept that no one (not even doctors) is perfect. Continue reading
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Days 32-36 I Am A Child of Love
Magic happens in the life of each person that marries their calling to bone-deep love. It starts & continues by repeating this truth: “I am a child of God quietly building my own cathedral by living love not fear. My… Continue reading
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Days 25-29 – Why Be Average?
On July 1, 1983, the day I became president of Riverside Methodist Hospital, we planted the seeds of Radical Loving Care. In 1984 I became founding president of OhioHealth. Success came through one core achievement: creating a culture where the… Continue reading
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Days 307-311 – The 85/15 Rule
Do you love anyone enough to put up with whatever percent of their behavior you cannot stand? That is relationship’s ultimate question. The answer turns on a strange equation that mixes logic with something that has no logic: Love. Continue reading
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Days 293-297 – One of Your Angels*
Let David Whyte’s light shine into your life & you will experience the soul-refreshing presence of one of your angels. Continue reading
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Days 278-282 – Praying for our enemies?
Radical Loving Care calls us to heal even if our patient is hateful. That can feel harder for some caregivers than practicing curative medicine. And it is the calling of all who claim the title of caregiver. Continue reading
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Day 187 – Friday’s Featured Art!
The Journal is offering a new Friday feature – a single poem will appear each week to enrich your day. The first offering is “Turning West” by Dr. Terry Chapman. Continue reading
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Days 169-173 – Meaningful Relationships
The radical thing about Radical Loving Care is that the heart’s sensitivity, newly tuned to Joy, becomes exquisitely vulnerable to suffering. Pain is integral to meaningful relationships. Continue reading
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