by Susan | Feb 11, 2026 | Awareness, Medical
The Power of Grace When Time Runs Short When the Day Unravels Do you ever have days that seem to unravel despite your best intentions? Days when one thing leads to another and suddenly, you’re behind schedule? We all have them. In healthcare, those moments can ripple...
by Susan | Feb 4, 2026 | Awareness, Caregiving, Medical
Presence Matters—Creating Focus Together in the Exam Room Presence Begins at the Door Life is full. For all of us. By the time a doctor walks into an exam room, they may already be carrying the weight of earlier patients, difficult conversations, urgent calls, and...
by Susan | Jan 28, 2026 | Awareness, Caregiving, Communications, Medical
When Clear Language Builds Trust and Better Care Clear Words Help Us Be Better Patients One of the most helpful things a doctor can do for a patient or caregiver is translate medical language into words we can truly understand. You’ve spent years learning the language...
by Susan | Jan 21, 2026 | Awareness, Caregiving, Medical
When Patients Are Heard, Understanding Deepens and Healing Expands Our Bodies Speak—and We’re Willing to Help Translate Over the last few years, I’ve come to deeply appreciate how much information our bodies hold—and how powerful it can be when patients are invited...
by Susan | Jan 14, 2026 | Caregiving, Gestalt, Grief, Horses, Medical, Podcasts
I Used to Be…A Caregiver Podcast episode with Dean James Click on the button below for the podcast Used to Be's Do Count Podcast Let's Talk - Schedule Now CS Bar — my grandfather Charles Socolofsky’s brand. Today, it’s mine too. A legacy carried...
by Susan | Jan 7, 2026 | Awareness, Caregiving, Medical, Relationships
We’re Human–Make a Connection with Us If there’s one thing I’ve learned from being both a patient and a caregiver, it’s this: when a doctor takes a moment to connect with you as a human being, everything changes. We listen differently. We ask better questions. And we...
by Susan | Dec 31, 2025 | Awareness
Listening to the Quiet Signals That Invite Real Change There’s always a moment—sometimes quiet, sometimes unmistakably loud—when you realize you can’t keep living the way you’ve been living. It might arrive as a whisper in the middle of the night, when your mind...
by Susan | Dec 24, 2025 | Awareness
How Reflection Creates a More Hopeful Year Ahead There’s something about late December that makes the whole world feel a little quieter. Maybe it’s the long nights, the soft glow of holiday lights, or the way the year tilts toward its own ending. It’s always been my...
by Susan | Dec 17, 2025 | Awareness
Listening to the Signals That Guide Your Next Chapter The pain woke me again at 2 a.m.—a deep ache in my hips that pulled me straight out of sleep. It had become a familiar pattern. Some nights I could ignore it, but on others, it felt like the pain was asking me to...
by Susan | Dec 10, 2025 | Awareness
Why Vision (Not Willpower) Creates Real Change Every year, as winter settles in, the world starts buzzing with “new year, new you.” Resolutions pile up like leftover wrapping paper. Gym memberships spike. People vow to overhaul their entire lives in a single calendar...
