Category Archives: Conversation

First, let life through

Posted on April 25, 2014 by dgermann

First, let life through. :- Doug.

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to engender wholeness

Posted on April 21, 2014 by dgermann

Come meet with us help create wholeness :- Doug.

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People can come together

Posted on April 20, 2014 by dgermann

People can come together think together care together, again (it does happen) you can find your way some folks will share a map :- Doug.

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We all want to be vulnerable

Posted on April 17, 2014 by dgermann

More than you’d suspect We all want to be vulnerable Just in a safe place To let our shoulders down Be our true flawed self :- Doug.

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maps of the territory

Posted on April 13, 2014 by dgermann

I have maps of the territory and can act as your guide. :- Doug.

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There’s a thread runs among us

Posted on April 9, 2014 by dgermann

There’s a thread runs among us It’s not silver, it’s not gold Finer than flesh, finer than words :- Doug.

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Honor your conversations

Posted on April 8, 2014 by dgermann

Honor your conversations. :- Doug.

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What about the end of life conversation draws you?

Posted on April 7, 2014 by dgermann

What is about the end of life conversation that draws you? How does it draw—picture—re-vision—you? :- Doug.

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Healing

Posted on April 5, 2014 by dgermann

Awareness is healing Conversing is healing Being heard is healing You are healing :- Doug.

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Healing the heart of families

Posted on March 28, 2014 by dgermann

As an elder caring attorney I see the conversations I invite healing the heart of families. :- Doug.

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Getting through

Posted on March 25, 2014 by dgermann

For the doctor the purpose is getting through the difficult conversation. For the healer, the purpose is in the getting through. :- Doug.

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Family, syncopated

Posted on March 23, 2014 by dgermann

Family, turning to one another, is by that alone made both richer and simpler. We are symmetrical, resembling each other, and syncopated in the large. :- Doug.

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We make the world whole by turning to one another

Posted on March 22, 2014 by dgermann

We make the world whole by turning to one another. I help families turn to one another when one is seriously. :- Doug.

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Trying mainly to get through the conversation?

Posted on March 21, 2014 by dgermann

Are the medical people trying mainly to get through the conversation? Or to help the families in front of them? Am I? :- Doug.

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Declaring possibility creates it

Posted on March 15, 2014 by dgermann

Declaring possibility creates it. :- Doug.

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It is possible for families to come together. It is possible for families to live while they are dying, some sooner than others. It is possible to have good times in tear time. Tenderness toward one another, knowing and being … Continue reading →

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Engaged with one another

Posted on March 11, 2014 by dgermann

Encouraging the end of life conversation is an entry point, but the vision is bigger: Conversation on a rarer plane, made more common. Rare and common are not opposites but refer to qualities of the conversation. People thinking to converse … Continue reading →

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