Category Archives: Healing and Wholeness
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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When too much info is too little
In writing about legal or medical topics there is a danger of giving too much info which is at the same time too little. The danger arises from transferring fact without nuance. Truism without truth can kill. Info without understanding … Continue reading
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There once was a couple….
Once there was a couple who sought to make their Wills. They thought about their children’s loves and skills and difficulties. They thought about their house of worship. They thought about all the things they did in the world: work … Continue reading
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This way of doing legal projects is hard work–
This way of doing legal projects is hard work—not just for the attorney. Client and family are apt to leave wrung-out, sweating, with a glow of a task well done. We don’t try to make it unnecessarily easy. :- Doug.
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Trying on garments is young person’s work
Trying on garments is young person’s work dancing shoes working suit and tie cook’s apron; parent’s towel expert’s demeanor; hider’s shadows worshiper’s solemnity bon vivant’s broad smile But later when you’re seeking your truth & wisdom the way of this … Continue reading
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Hear one another well
Hear one another well. :- Doug.
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Where’s the needle, where’s the thread?
When Mom’s mind begins to crack and shrivel We want to go retrieve the pieces From our remembered store Even though we know There’s no thread to stitch Memory to flesh :- 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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take time to make conversation
Let us take time to make conversation that just might make wholeness. :- Doug.
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What would family wholeness look like for your family?
What would family wholeness look like for your family? :- Doug. What would family wholeness look like for your family?
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The first work: live fully
The first work is to help families and communities live as fully as they can, whatever their stage of life: sick and fragile; young and athletic; wise and seeking the holy. All alive can live well now. :- Doug.
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Why is “I love you” important to us?
What are the 100 important daily things you want to do up to the moment you die? The things that make living worth going on? Last night I asked this of a group of people and got responses like Ride … Continue reading
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The healing work of a lawyer
The healing work of the lawyer includes also healing the family over this losing of Mom and Dad to a disease or a grave, slowly or suddenly. How do we, together, heal your family? What does your family need? What … Continue reading
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What to say to caregivers?
What to say to these caregivers? Not much. Simply invite to wholeness. Ask what are the good times? Are there compensations? What is working you these days? :- Doug.
Law is healing work
Law is one of the three original healing professions. I work to extend that healing work. :- Doug.
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