by Susan | Mar 4, 2026 | Awareness, Communications, Relationships
Communication Begins Within After we begin to let the pieces shift internally, something else becomes clear: The way we relate to ourselves shapes the way we relate to everyone else. For years, I thought communication was primarily about skill. The right words. The...
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 | Nov 19, 2025 | Communications, PlayShops
When Life Feels Light—and When It Doesn’t Sometimes I feel like I’m cruising through life. Other times, it feels more like trudging uphill in thick mud. You may know those contrasts yourself. The seasons when you glide, energized and certain, and the seasons when...
by Susan | Nov 5, 2025 | Awareness, Communications
When Life Breaks Open Over the past five weeks, I’ve shared some of the passions that sustain me — horses, caregiving, creativity, storytelling, and community. Each one has been a way of filling in the cracks that caregiving and life have carved into me. Keeping Life...
by Susan | Oct 22, 2025 | Awareness, Communications
Why Sharing Our Stories Matters This blog is part of Filling in the Cracks, a five-week journey into the spaces where hardship and healing intersect. I believe stories are medicine. Not the kind you pick up at the pharmacy, but the kind that seeps into your heart and...
by Susan | Mar 5, 2025 | Awareness, Communications
How Horses and Gestalt Can Help Heal Relationships Do you have a strained relationship? It may be with a loved one or with yourself. For many years my marriage was this way. My expectations were high with what a marriage should be. Ours didn’t meet them. I wanted Mike...
