Category Archives: Healing and Wholeness

not primarily legal

Posted on June 28, 2012 by dgermann

The end of life conversation is not only or primarily legal. The end of life conversation is not only or primarily medical. The end of life conversation is not only but is primarily familial—of the human family. :- Doug.

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Elder fun

Posted on June 27, 2012 by dgermann

Friends– http://www.deepfun.com/fun/category/theory/elder-fun/ :- Doug.

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Invite conversations of life and.

Posted on June 27, 2012 by dgermann

I invite conversations of life and. :- Doug.

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Law is not about forcing someone

Posted on June 26, 2012 by dgermann

Law is not about forcing someone to do what you want, but about inventing your way to live together, to thrive together. :- Doug.

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3 Tools to start the end of life conversation

Posted on June 25, 2012 by dgermann

Friends– Here is an excellent article with really good advice: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/03/3-tools-start-life-conversation.html We would all do well to read it! :- Doug.

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Do you have soft edges?

Posted on June 25, 2012 by dgermann

This lawyer has soft edges. :- Doug.

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Not a problem: a paradox

Posted on June 19, 2012 by dgermann

Our tribe is not A problem for solving But a paradox To be lived, loved, Made ever more whole :- Doug.

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A special couple

Posted on June 11, 2012 by dgermann

In 1998 I was attending a continuing legal education seminar in Indianapolis, and it was the first time I had been downtown since the new Center City Mall had opened, so I decided to go there for lunch. … Continue reading →

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Have you had the end of life conversation?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by dgermann

Have you had the end of life conversation? If not, when? How will you begin? Whom do you love enough to have the conversation? Whom among your clients and patients do you love enough to help get this conversation started? … Continue reading →

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Love around the death bed

Posted on June 4, 2012 by dgermann

Let us speak of going beyond living in a “normal” (actually subdued, greyed-over) community, where everybody is marching toward the grave with as little pain as possible. Let us speak of having the pain, having the ecstasy, having the full … Continue reading →

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If death were not for keeps

Posted on June 3, 2012 by dgermann

What if we did not see death as for keeps, but as a chapter, a pearl on a continuing string? The family, the tribe, the story goes forward. Someone is born, and destined to change the drama. Someone dies and … Continue reading →

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A family in medical crisis

Posted on June 2, 2012 by dgermann

Say you have a family with a medical crisis. Consider the scenarios that could happen here. Consider more than one. There are always more than one good choice. Open some conversation, engage them in what is possible, not just now, … Continue reading →

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Gentle and kind and respecting….

Posted on June 1, 2012 by dgermann

How can I make sure I get end of life treatment that is gentle and kind and respects my wishes? :- Doug.

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The question that heals:

Posted on May 28, 2012 by dgermann

What are your areas of discomfort? “What ails thee?” This is the question that heals. :- Doug.

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What does it mean to be a burden?

Posted on May 16, 2012 by dgermann

What about caring with you would be a burden? What does it mean to be a burden? Was it a burden to change your children’s diapers? :- Doug.

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Vending machine picture of law

Posted on May 14, 2012 by dgermann

Many times we have a vending machine picture of law: put in a coin, out comes a certain result, predictably. Time by time we find we are in a flowing stream with 10,000 variables floating past, each can touch us, … Continue reading →

When one of us is aging….

Posted on May 12, 2012 by dgermann

When one of us is aging our only options are to respond with love or fear. Anything not love is fear. :- Doug.

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