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...
by Susan | Nov 6, 2019 | Caregiving, Communications, Medical, Relationships
I feel blessed that Mike and I were able to work with such great doctors. Feeling like doctors are not superhuman and better than us can help us to know, like, and trust them. Even seeing it in the smallest ways Early in his illness Mike had been in the hospital in...
by Susan | Oct 24, 2019 | Awareness
Last October I wrote a post about how I feel that other cancers besides breast cancer need awareness and funding. We see a lot about breast cancer especially in October. Two years ago, in October was the beginning of my journey with breast cancer. My first almost...
by Susan | Oct 14, 2019 | Caregiving, EGC, Gestalt, Horses, Medical, Relationships
You’ve heard this about doctors. Believe me they are no better at it than we are as caregivers. We tend to focus on our loved one who needs our care and put off our own care. Frankly, I was very fortunate that I didn’t fall into that category. I had my almost yearly...
