We have put this group together here for just a little while and I am truly grateful about the little space you are creating in your life for you. But more importantly, the space you are creating in your HEAD.My sister has a saying when I do anything positive:“Keep going”.That goes for this message, too. Keep carving time out for you to increase yourNET PEACE.Remember my talk about what is NET PEACE and how to make it more positive? I…
“You are afraid of Surrender. Because you don’t want to lose control. But you never had control; All you had was Anxiety.” -Elizabeth Gilbert This sentiment popped up online July 17th of this year. The art that goes with this saying is actually very simple and beautiful. But the meaning behind these very simple words made my jaw drop. You may recognize the author. Eat, pray, love. When I read it, I stopped what I was doing. Read it again. Thought about…
“Live.So you do not haveTo look back and sayGod. How I haveWasted my life.” Elisabeth Kubler-Ross So if you have never sat through a palliative care consultation, this may be a little interesting to you. Our team is made up of a palliative care physician, chaplain, social worker and an RN. We are not always there together in a consultation, but resources permitting we try to be. We walk down the halls together, holding our own individual folding chair as…
I just realized that it is almost end of August. Year 2020. Did that just go so fast that you think this year was an out of body experience? I know it’s COVID and everything is shut down and our lives are bizarre. This whole year whizzed by like lightning. But I have to tell you as a 50 year old person, I have realized that the years are moving fast anyway. When my kids were little, time stood still….
Today I want to share with you something that I have been thinking about a lot lately. What is your NET PEACE? You know, how everyone talks about your net worth? Not how much money you do or don’t have in the bank. But add up all the assets and subtract all your debts and that is your ‘net worth’ if you did not know what that is… If you are someone with a lot of net worth, and that…
How was your weekend? Did you get recharged or at least purposefully pause for an hour or two? To be more of who you are… Who are you? I did my palliative care education training at Harvard. I had the most exceptional mentors. One of my all time favorite teachers was a visiting professor from Minnesota who was a psychiatrist. He did this exercise with our group of 40 or so people in the room. I want to do the…
“Don’t let the concept of change scare you as much as the prospect of remaining unhappy.” I don’t know who needs to hear that bit of advice. I know change is hard. It’s the unknown and uncharted territory. Believe me I know. I also know that we are given one precious life, and to live it fully we have to know our worth. Do change to be in a better situation (at work, with relationships or circumstances). I feel like…