Health & Wellness Blog Posts

As a volunteer hospital chaplain and author of the hospice~utilized book “Dying Without Crying,” I find one of the most prominent struggles between the world of the dying and the world of the living is communication.Because the language of the dying ... Read more

A Stroke or CVA is when the blood flow to the brain is cut off. You can have an ischemic stroke caused by a blood clot or a hemorrhagic stroke caused by bleeding in the brain. There are nearly 7 million stroke survivors in the US and stroke is the 5th le... Read more

The role of a death doula, (or end of life doula), has been gaining a lot of interest in the past few years. So what exactly is a death doula? The term doula has been around for centuries. In ancient Greece, it was used to describe both a ho... Read more

Certified Wellness Coach, Holistic Health Practitioner, International Speaker, & Author Being Featured on CBS, FOX, NBC STRESS from work. STRESS from family. Stress can be defined as a strong or straining exertion. Our bodies have a mechanism the ... Read more

After presenting a webinar on our book Love’s Way: Living Peacefully With Your Family As Your Parents Age, I realized that little of what I discussed about having “The Conversation,” or transparency, or naming a healthcare proxy applies to per... Read more