End of Life Caregiver
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Do you count for the thunder clap after you see a bolt strike? Waiting for rumble and roar… counting time to determine how close the storms is to you. Lighting bolts are a signal, that lights up the dark and unseen. Of what will come next after the thunder or crash when the electricity connects…
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A tin candle cover was crushed during the all night thunderstorm, but I still lit the bee’s wax candles to honor my late Daddio. To honor his memory and help me feel his loss and remember his legacy. Grieving is like the lighting of the thunderstorm it hits you all at once and might make…
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Life is a series of micro decisions that lead you down a path. You can plan, organize, shop and prepare… and then the direction changes, life has a course corrections So, I surrender to what is and what will be step by step to reach a goal until it changes if the goal is not…
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because the words remembered are often whispered in the quiet moments of life. tell them that you believe that they lived a good life tell them their legacy will be remembered tell them that their treasures will be kept safe say it out loud or write it in a card, but show your heart on…
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During the American civil war, the severely wounded soldiers, the ones who where dying would be met by a Lady of Charity. This is my impression during historical reenactments for Mid-States Living History Association. As a living historian, I explore the time period civil war and their stories, their roles and herbal practices. In particular,…
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fueled by grit, lugging through each hour of time. Holding on, letting go. deleting the un-necessary from your list so if you are in constant motion, where is rest, reflection Are you chained to constant motion? pinned in or overwhelmed by their to do list? Grinding through what your expectations are of yourself. so if…
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Personal End of Life Care
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The swirl of the circle while your waiting, that nervous feeling of the unknown. Havening strategies are part of my the tool box of as a Death Doula and Restorative Therapist. Neuroscience havening is a method to calm emotional and physical disturbances. Framework of Techniques Self Tapping Humming Visualization Eye movements Rocking Also call psychosensory…
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Hard turn… right angle change. It’s abrupt to make a left hand turn from the right hand lane, when life was just going along in a routine. Like daylight saving when time changes and you lose or gain an hour. Reality is not the same. The idea of unraveled string with no vertices, no corner,…
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If you are persistent you will get it, if you are consistent, you will endure it. Do not think only in absolutes, when deeply stirred emotionally, be consistent, you will endure it there is both good and bad in all people especially when there is pain and worry be consistent, you will endure it know…
Got any book recommendations?
The Storyteller’s Death a novel by Ann Davila Cardinal
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serl
The Power of Moments by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Why we do what we do by Edward L Deci with Richard Flaste
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Flow by Mihaly Cikszentmihalyi
Grit the power of passion and perseverance by Angela Duckworth
Your ever after 