Category Archives: Conversation
Conversing about emergency medical decisions = loving
To have the conversation about emergency medical decisions is a loving thing to do—for them and for you. It makes their soul-searching easier when they are deciding for you, it allows them to know they are doing the last most … Continue reading
Want more?
In Senior Living Environments, of what do we want more? What is being done well? :- Doug.
Hearing takes more effort than listening
Hearing takes more effort than listening Hearing draws a smaller circle —in us —of the other Hearing makes the other real to us & opens our heart Though this circle is smaller It serves the all by opening us out … Continue reading
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Is tells us Do
Is tells us Do Emergency! How do you make the best decisions for your loved one in a medical emergency? You need to converse. The conversation’s words do not give a recipe for what to do; we cannot cover every … Continue reading
Would you like a way?
Would you like to have a way to get your family talking about emergency medical decisions? :- Doug.
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Is conversation important to your family?
Is conversation important to your family? What conversation would be especially important? :- Doug.
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Stitching people together
Story is how we stitch people together. :- Doug. Story is how we
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The world turns on conversation
The world turns on conversation. :- Doug.
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Quotation: the cords between people
Especially in this time of managed care, more emphasis seems to be placed upon medication and the quick amelioration of symptoms, short-term work and privatized, profit-making clinics, than upon the lovely and mysterious alchemy that comprises the cords between people, … Continue reading
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What questions?
What questions do you need to ask each other? What do you need to say? :- Doug.
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What good could 20 ordinary folks do…?
What good could 20 ordinary folks do together that one keep-it-for-my-own person won’t? :- Doug.
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Two gardens
Two gardens we are given to tend The one within our fence The one without, embracing it :- Doug.
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Starting the conversation
Viki Kind, one of my favorite authors has a suggestion new on my list of ways to get the conversation started with Grandma, the conversation about emergency medical and end of life decisions. It really is simple and straightforward: Get … Continue reading
Is it right for a lawyer to ask…?
Is it right for a lawyer to ask questions about death and medical wishes? There is no one else out there inviting us to these conversations. :- Doug.
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Gaining a bigger picture, greater depth
Longer conversations give us all a bigger picture and greater depth. :- Doug.
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