by Susan | Jan 28, 2020 | Awareness, Caregiving, Relationships
Isn’t work part of life? We all try to achieve balance between our work life and our personal life. I don’t believe an equal balance can be attained. We can only do our best at not letting either take over. Last week a friend posted the following quote on FaceBook: I...
by Susan | Jan 21, 2020 | Caregiving, Communications, Medical
I read a post by Brandon Janous titled Wanna feel loved? Get Cancer. The title is what drew me to the article. It’s very true. I got gifts from people I knew well and people I hardly knew. One friend insisted on bringing dinner which turned into several meals. But I...
by Susan | Jan 14, 2020 | Awareness, Communications, Medical, Relationships
I’ve heard people complain that their doctor was more interested in themselves than their patient. I’m not going to lie I’ve felt like this myself. When Mike was first diagnosed with a rare auto-immune disease it felt like the doctor was giddy about making such a...
by Susan | Jan 7, 2020 | Communications, EGC, Gestalt, Horses
As I embark on the next stage of my Gestalt education a student in the Equine Gestalt Coaching Method® program posted something in our FaceBook group about a talk with a friend. Her friend was discouraging her from following her dream because of her age. Most of the...
by Susan | Dec 31, 2019 | Awareness, EGC, Gestalt
I’ve been feeling rather nostalgic lately. It probably has something to do with the holidays. Then this came up in my memories on FaceBook. I posted the following on December 31, 2017 along with the picture at the right. As I have for the last 4 years I came into the...
by Susan | Dec 18, 2019 | Awareness, EGC
Every year we get a chance to look back at the past year and see what we have done. Maybe what we haven’t gotten done and decide if we would like to carry that forward into the next year. This year is the end of a decade so it’s a great time to write our plans for the...
by Susan | Dec 11, 2019 | Awareness, Caregiving, Communications, Medical, Relationships
Actually, Susan, everyone is reasonable. They just have their own reasons. And usually it’s worth trying to learn what they are to maximize chances of a full-blown, 60’s style, psychedelic lovefest. Which is always a good thing. Groovy you,The Universe My...
by Susan | Dec 5, 2019 | Awareness, Communications, Relationships
Have you gotten the idea that I wake up with music playing in my head? It happens almost every morning. (you can read more about music in my life here, here, here, and here) This morning it was You’re Only Human (Second Wind) by Billy Joel. It got me to thinking about...
by Susan | Nov 21, 2019 | Awareness, Communications, Medical, Relationships
This is likely a different take on continuity of care than you’re used to. A few weeks ago, I touched on why building trust with your patients and their caregivers is important. Not only for doctors this applies to every service professional. When someone trusts a...
by Susan | Nov 14, 2019 | Caregiving, EGC, Gestalt, Horses, Relationships
I woke this morning with this song playing in my head. I always think of it when someone tells me that I can’t give from an empty cup. Over the five-and-a-half years that I was helping Mike negotiate his illnesses I heard many times and from many people some version...
